Middletown Auto Show Promises A Notable February debut
Middletown prepares for a four day auto show February 16 to 19 under the Chamber of Commerce and local dealers. Most exhibition space at the Armory is taken as organizers plan music decorations and dancing nightly with MecConnal's orchestra. Mayor Thompson will open the event on February 16.
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Middletown
Chamber of Commerce
Armory
Newburgh
Mitchell Inn
Walter S. Marx
Marx
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Middletown Decorators’ Association
MecConnal
Archibald C. N. Thompson
New York Ragtime Scene At A Family Flat
A visitor describes a bustling New York home where beds double as sofa sleepers in a two by four flat. The lively room fills with piano and ragtime performances as relatives pass through before bedtime.
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Carter-In
New York
Pneumonia Laden Mice Eaten By Capitol Cat
At Albany on January 20 a state laboratory scare ends with six inoculated white mice missing after a nighttime incident. A prowling cat knocked over the fragile cage and consumed the pneumonia infected specimens, causing officials to note the danger without alarm. The cat had previously visited the lab, but the inoculated mice were new.
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Capitol Cat
Albany
State Capitol
Gumalkin
No Reason for Alarm in Diphtheria Cases
Health officials report most diphtheria patients are in excellent condition and few deaths have occurred. A local home milk supply is urged to boil all milk and avoid germ exposure while doctors note current numbers are lower than past outbreaks.
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Humber
Times
Mary Bokner
Funeral Obituary Notice for Robert Gardiner
Mr and Mrs D J Halstead and daughter Beatrice and Frieda Cox Mr and Mrs Frank N O Neal and Mrs Frank Rose have returned from Portamouth C where they attended the funeral of Robert Gardiner who died of pneumonia He was married 18 years ago to Miss Anna Beckman of Piketon Ohio where the burial took place.
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D. J. Halstead
Beatrice
Frieda Cox
Frank N. O'Neal
Frank Rose
Portamouth
Robert Gardiner
Anna Beckman
Piketon
Ohio
Newspaper editors meet at state capital for sixteenth annual NY dailies session
Albany January meeting of twenty three upstate daily newspapers from twenty two communities closes with election of Frank F. Gannett as president. Officers include H. H. Knickerbocker as vice president and Gardiner Kline as secretary-treasurer. Speakers discuss press influence and advertising truth amid patent medicines issue.
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Albany
Ten Eyck
New York Associated Dailies
Frank F. Gannett
Elmira Starazette
H. H. Knickerbocker
Middletown Times Press
Gardiner Kline
Amsterdam Recorder
Warren I. Lee
A. C. Devel
New York State
A.C. Kessinger
Rome
Robert P. Bush
Frank FE. Gannett
Elmira
L. Wm. Hones
Bush
Publtc
M. 5. Halliday
Charles W. Walton
William Wallace Chace
Henry DeWitt
A. Allen Comstock
Clare Willard
Bert M. Moses
Omega Chemical Company
New York City
Wpmen
Pneland
Germany
Land
Central School Referendum Rejected by 239 to 341 Vote
At City Hall on Thursday the proposition to purchase the Wilson location on Weather Street for a school site failed by a 341 to 239 margin with 16 blanks. Voters lined up, debates heated, and returns quickly posted on the Times-Press bulletin.
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Te City Hall
Wilson Loc
Weatob Street
3Il
Times-Press
Sir Percy Lake Takes Command In Mesopotamian Expedition
London January 20 Sir Percy Lake assumed supreme command of the Mesopotamian expedition replacing General Nixon who is invalided home. Reports say infantry activity on the western front was revived but not on a large scale. Berlin confirms repulse of a British attack near the Belgian border.
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London
Percy Lake
Nixon
Berlin
Sunday Baseball Bill Advances In Assembly
Assemblyman Kiernan introduced a bill to amend penal laws to permit playing baseball after 2 36 p m on Sundays and allow an admission charge. The Senate adopted a resolution for a memorial service for late Senator Walter A Wood of Hoosick Falls.
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International Newsee
Albany
Jan
Kiernan
Assembly
Senate
Sage
Walter A. Wood
Hoosick Falls
England Flayed by Hoke Smith in Senate Speech
Senator Hoke Smith urged action to curb England from expanding its own trade at U S expense while trying to destroy Germany commercially. He accused Britain of disregarding neutral rights and condemned its treatment of American cotton trade.
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Washington
Hoke Smith
Senate Today
England
United States
Germany
America
Miss Winans Appointed Postmistress at Mountain Lakes
Miss Frances W. Winans of this city has been named postmistress of Mountain Lakes New Jersey. The growing community has attracted wealthy residents and she has already assumed her duties.
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Frances W. Winans
J. A. Hoar
Mra C. Bush
Mountain Lakes
N. J
New Jersey
Winens
Derby's Volunteers Called Up for Active Service
London January 2 1916 the first volunteers under Lord Derby recruiting scheme to be called up by the war office for active service began reporting today These men aged 19 to 25 number approximately 330 000 men
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Derby
London
Lord Derby
War Office
Greece to take active measures to free soil of Anglo French force
Greek rulers and King Constantine face a crisis as revolt backed by Venizelos threatens the throne. The photo shows Constantine with Premier Venizelos amid tensions with Britain and fears of revolution and German ties. The Queen is described as a target of the plot and a sister of Wilhelm.
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Greece
Constantine
Venizelos
Willam
Grece
Venizeloe
Protests and Greek Coalition Tensions Over Allied Occupation
Greek government plans energetic measures to reclaim property occupied by British and French troops with a new protest to the Anglo French governments. King Constantine favors expulsion but advisers urge restraint. Parliament meets next week as Allies tighten grip amid Greek suffering and starvation claims.
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International
Athens
England
France
Constantine
London
Briand
As — Council
Yes Vn
Germany
United States
Sweden
Balkan
Greece
Rome
Jan
Montenegro
Nicholas
Austria
Bad Half Day for Mrs Mohr at Court
Elizabeth F. Mohr endured a challenging court session as cross examination supported the claim that she hired George Heakes, Victor Brown, and Henry Stellman to murder her husband. Heakes testified the trio shot the doctor and Miss Emily Burger after arranging the plan at Mrs. Mohr's home on Friday night August 27. The witness recounted stopping the car on a secluded stretch of Washington road.
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International News Service
Providence
R. 1
Elizabeth F. Mohr
George Heakes
Victor Brown
Henry Stellman
Ten Rescue Trains Ready for Mine Workers Evacuation
American mine owners in northern Mexico plan to dispatch 100 special trains from the border to districts inland to rescue hundreds of workers endangered by Villa band raids. They seek military protection from the Carranza government or permission to arm guards on each car as gunfire echoes through the border region.
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International News Service
Paso
Mexico
Carranza
Conviction in Excise Action on Eagle Hotel Case
Walter Chrystal proprietor of the Eagle Hotel was found guilty of violating the Excise Law. sentence deferred until other excise cases are disposed of. Separate case involves George A. Zabriskie John C. Wade vs Alexander Cordisco over $389 and flour credit under false pretenses. Cordisco asserts non liability through his brothers firm A Cordisco and Company.
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Elwood
Smith
Henry
Eeek
Cordiseo
National Security League Convention Attacked by Speakers
In Washington on January 20 the National Security League heard critics of Secretary Daniels naval program as weak and inefficient and of the United States foreign policy. David Jayne Hill former ambassador to Germany spoke on the issues.
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Washington
Daniels
National Security League
David Jayne Hill
Germany
Partial lunar eclipse seen by few in city
The minon eclipse occurred at 3 o clock Thursday morning and was viewed by very few in the city. Observers reported only a hazy appearance as the moon passed through the shadow, with no remarkable phenomenon. The next eclipse will be a solar event on February 3 visible as a partial eclipse in the United States.
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Minon
Pheumbra
United States
England to debate German blockade in Parliament
London January 20 Premier Asquith announced in Commons that measures to intensify the blockade of Germany would be debated in Parliament next Wednesday. The first official admission of this decision was made today.
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London
Frst
England
Germany
Asquith
Commons
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