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Newspaper

Orange County Times Press

Location

Middletown, New York, United States of America

Date

Jun 05, 1917

Page

8

Hirschberg Urges Aid to Enforce Law at Newburgh Meeting

District Attorney Hirschberg urged help from citizens to enforce liquor laws, recounting indictments and past cases in Cornwall Maybrook and Walden. Mayor Thompson praised enforcement and introduced Hirschberg, who warned of opposition and stressed the duty of officials and the public to back prohibition efforts. Rev Forest Freston Hunter and Rev C H Mattison spoke on support for enforcement while local leaders and Citizens' League members attended.

Mr. Hunter Forest Freston Hunter First Baptist Church Howard Hirachberg Thompson Hirschberg Orange ‘County Addred Orange County Mqnor Chlef J. D. McCoach Cornwall Maybrook Ufo County Court of Appeals Walden Attommor Letag Queen City Netburgh Board of Supervisors Sopertiera

Apollo Club To Give A Concert In June

The Apollo Club of this city will present a first concert at the First Presbyterian Church on Tuesday evening June 12 for the Red Cross benefit. Soprano Florence Otis will appear, marking her first city appearance. her recent recital in Holyoke drew strong praise and she is engaged as soloist for the Apollo Club in Middletown, Conn.

Apollo Club First Presbyterian Church The Red Cross Florence Ole America Miss Otis Onpheus Club Poughkeepsie Florence Otis Wona Fay Foster Alexander Kunsell Claude Warford Florence Turner-Maley Harriet Ware Monr Amrita Club Otia Andrew 3. Baird Middletown Highland School Hall Holyoke Mass Cryptic Club

Hindenburg Opposes Autograph Beggars

Vienna June 4 Field Marshal von Hindenburg is overwhelmed by autograph requests from Vienna schoolchildren. His adjutant general sent a letter to the Burgomaster explaining the volume makes it physically impossible to sign, urging officials to inform students that such requests cannot be fulfilled.

Vienna Port

Woman suffrage near in Italy says Boselli

Rome June 4 Premier Moselli replies to General Mirabelli a leading advocate of suffrage that there is no doubt the time is ripe for Italian women to vote in municipal and other administrative elections He adds that equal political participation should wait for results of administrative voting but believes political suffrage will come sooner or later.

Rome Mirabelli Moselli

The Slacker film drawn recruits in Wisconsin

Milwaukee June 4 The Wisconsin Defense Stogie begins production of a war photodrama titled The Slacker to aid recruitment in Wisconsin and nationwide. Critics say it portrays the declaration of war and German Secret Service intrique with the aim to deter German influence. Mrs Matilda Bracilet Curse, pioneer and first woman member of the Chicago Board of Education, dies.

Milwaukee Wis Wisconsin

Children Doing Their Bit School Campaign Report

The Red Cross drive in schools closed with 414 new memberships and over 550 in contributions. Of 2,235 pupils, 1,813 gave something, led by the High School with 125 and a $10 Junior class gift. Benton Avenue led pupil participation at 100 percent and $94.14 in cash. Mulberry 98 percent and Albert Street 95 percent. Of 73 city teachers, 70 are Red Cross members, many with multiple memberships.

Red Cross Popple Glee Club Benton Avenue School Mulberry Street School Albert Street

Chandler Appoints State Constabulary Officers With Military Experience

Albany June 4 There has been strong interest in joining the New York State Troopers the uniformed force soon to begin operations. Major George F Chandler will judge qualifications though not under civil service rules. Recruits must be horsemen, and 232 officers will serve in four troops Albany Syracuse Buffalo and New York City with salaries of 900 a year plus uniform and mount.

Albany State Constabulary New York State Civil Service Commission George F. Chandler Department of the Adjutant General New York State Troopers Capitol Ayracuse Buffalo New York City National Guard New York State George F. Chandies N. Y

Biggs Grove School Picnic Marks End of Term

Selistizy Mile June 4 residents report the Bigg's Crove school will hold a picnic on school grounds on the last day of the term. J E Hogan Jr was called home to Philadelphia after the serious loss of his sister Louie Homan of Monroe who was seriously injured in a recent automobile accident and is reported to be on the road to recovery. Hogan is a brother of J C Hogan Jr of the Clove. Stephen Fetter and Fred Fetter, Jr entered a hiking trip to Mount… on Memorial Day.

Stephen Fetter Fred Fetter Ae Jr Memorial

Orange County Home Defense meets to plan census work

The Orange County Home Defense Committee held a regular meeting at the Argus Building Middletown to align on census and enrollment efforts. Members discussed funds, staffing, and the appointment of Allen W. Corwin as chief of field operations and John E. Corwin as headquarter supervisor, with Frank H. Finn leading the census brief and reports.

Taylor Si George F. Gregg Board of Board of Supervisors Frank H. Finn Henry Albany Finn Addiion Allen W. Corwin Harry T. Cristae Bie John E. Corwin William N. Tuacano Port Jerris Home Defence Committee Toscano Home Defense Committee Jume Ll Mesare Corwin Crist Tarybor Amelynetics Xivem Aasistant Directore John E. Cortin

Burglar Embarrasses Sleuth On Honeymoon

In Chivate on June 4 a burglar disrupts a detective’s honeymoon tale as a wife and suspect clash over the chase. The case involves Joseph Cahill of Selphur Springs and Elizabeth Mice from Chicago, with a tangled, fragmentary narration of pursuit and family reminders.

Dwin Hetsighe Joseph Cahill Selphur Springa Hernicie Cobblport Elizabeth Mtorr

Take Exams in Goshen Saturday for Free Scholarships

The following residents took the examination for Cornell University free scholarships at the High School Building in Goshen on Saturday. Names include Joshua Sundatram 19 Middletown Alec Butters Walden 17 Gertrude Hazzard Warwick 17 Harold Knapp Goshen 17 Edward McCord Walden 17 Eleanor Benmarteg Goshen 19 Natalie Scott Goshen 17. Results are expected before late July or August. The examiner board includes Superintendents Tut Bill of the city and James Crane with Arthur Naylor.

Cornell University Joshua Aliee Sundatram Middletown Gilbert Millspaugh Butters Walden Gertrude Curtis Hazzard Warwick Harold Board of Examiners J. F. Tut- Bill Quis City James M. Crane Irke Arthur H. Naylor Port

State requires counties to build tuberculosis hospitals by 1918

Governor Whitman signed a law after a health report by Dr. Hermann M. Bixys mandating every New York county with 36 000 or more population to establish a tuberculosis hospital by July 1918 if one is not already approved. If a county board fails to fund or contract by January 1918 the State Commissioner of Health will locate and operate a hospital at county expense.

Albany Hermann M. Bixys Whitman Board of Supervisors State Commissioner of Health Andb County Commissioner of Health State Defense Council Duke Austro Hungary Russia Germany Legielature France State Department of Health

Perkins Urges Mexicans to Strict Morality at Madison Barracks

George W. Perkins addressed about 2,400 student officers at Madison Barracks on June 1, urging strict moral and physical conduct during wartime living. He warned of postwar adjustment in US business and social life and urged discipline as soldiers return home. Concert planned at Howells Presbyterian June 11 featuring Julia Reid May Newton and others.

Madison Barracks George W. Perkins Y. Mlc. A C- Caan Perkins United States Confidt America Ufa Principie Howells Presbyterian Church Ladiest Ak Connery Julia C. Reid Oli Fai Mim May Newton Hj, Mather W. HW. Tremper Tittelis The Laden AM

The Runaway Returns to Aid Father and Cousin

Ned Barringer, gone ten years from age fifteen, returns at night to his father’s home and finds his father recovering in hospital. A cousin, Margret Curtis, reveals the second Mrs Barringer died years earlier. Ned's presence inspires a path to reconciliation and a hopeful, orderly future.

Fragmentary OCR Terse Item Noted In Paper

A partial OCR fragment mentions a marriage reference and a women named in a blurred context. No clear event, date, place, or organization is readable to establish a concrete item for a headline or summary.

Plattsburg Corps inaugurates new student officers training

Plattsburg New York June 1 after twenty hours of rough training the corps began its third week of field maneuvers. Many cadets were deemed unfit by army surgeons and sent home. Officers receive pay and regular service emoluments as they march and drill in Belg kit. Major Reginald Barlow assumes command of the Third Company to replace Capt Freeman. Arthur D. Alexander discharged for disability. Ledwig Brestein held on $500 bail awaiting federal grand jury action June 11 in Syracuse for robbing trunks of student officers.

G. D Freeman Sixteenth Infantry G. K. Wilson C. A. Hust Eighteenth Infantry R. L. Weeks Governors Island War Department Reginald Barlow Officers Reserve Corps New York New England Regiment Freeman E. W. Weidrick Fort Wadsworth Sixth Provisional Regiment Arthur D. Alexander New York Regiment Theodore Hoosevelt, Jr Reveiue Ledwig Brestein Bronx United States Gillirand Federal Grand Jury Syracuse

Whitman vetoes Brown labor bill in wartime policy

Albany June 4 Gov Whitman announced veto of the Brown bill to empower the Industrial Commission to suspend or modify labor laws during the war. He warned against relaxing protections for women and minors and urged avoiding burdens on the least able while citing wartime sacrifice and lessons from other nations.

Albany Brown State Industrial Commission Ver. Whitman Senate Senate War Committee Industrial Commission

Share Bites Son of Savannah's Mayor

Savannah, Ga June 4 Wallaee J r Jr son of Mayor Pierpont was attacked by a shark off Calibous wa Bound Sunday afternoon. While out with his wife and children the shark seized his right arm nearly severing it. Mrs Pierpont saved his life by pulling him aboard as he struggled at the surface. He had stopped the motor boat in shallow water to bathe the children. after leaping overboard he disappeared, then resurfaced to escape the shark which surfaced and struck him as his wife watched and aided his return to the boat.

Savannah Wallaee Jr, Jr Pierpont Calibouswa Ar. Pierpont

Pisin Words and a Lawyer Hire in a Curious Debate

A quirky exchange from Birmingham's pages shows Pisin Words debating the hiring of a lawyer. The dialogue touches on fees, case outcomes, and the odd phrasing of legal terms. The fragment hints at a courtroom scene with a clerk and requests for space, all amid a playful, noisy street-like setting.

Fragmentary verse line raises doubt on author’s intent

A garbled fragment suggests a poetic line about seers and couture with a cryptic signature. The text includes partial phrases and unusual spellings that obscure meaning and proper attribution. Further legible context is needed to identify the creator and confirm date or publication details.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Mr. Howard Mets Mani Fietagatide Butler Citizens’ League Orange County Paru Israel Hingston Newburgh C. H. Mattison Haward van Fleet Edwin A. Goldsmith Hindenburg Italy Boselli the Slacker DRAN Chandler Salisbury Mille Committee ON Home Defense MR. Finn Alice Beeston Kate Goshen Mex By Ethel Holmes Ned Barringer Barringer Ned Tose White Baralar Ned Barvinger Sbe Floaky Borth Margaret Easiler Plattsburg Corps U. S Share Bites Son W. J. Pierpont, Jr Birmingham Feiler
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