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Newspaper
Orange County Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1917
Page
2
Near the northwestern and northern horizons the constellations Gemini Auriga Perseus and Cassiopeia were once visible. The Sun on Liemiertdinn of Washington at 11 seconds after 12 ofctovk.
Senator Saccomype and Finance Committee chair Saccomype address delegates at a Mayors Conference on state finances. The speech condemns rising state costs and urges prudent budgeting while noting the need for tax policy adjustments to support essential services, with praise for the Finance Committee’s work and the legislature’s leadership.
The article discusses Lord Northcliffe as a forceful advocate in wartime Britain, praising his propulsion of government action, opposition to censorship, and role in shaping public opinion. It notes his connections to the Huntley mission to the United States and his impact on mobilizing support for Britain and future Anglo-American cooperation. It also covers Japan's growing cotton goods exports and trade shifts in 1916, highlighting increased overseas shipments and domestic consumption effects on market dynamics.
The Board of Managers of the Orange County Agricultural Society sets August 21 22 28 and 24 for the annual fair. Officials forecast strong interest in the back to the land movement and related topics. The Orange County Fair aims to surpass prior records with broad local cooperation urged to ensure a banner year.
The piece argues Congress should back Gen Goethals over Deeman in shipping policy. It notes Goethals built the Panama Canal and criticizes Deeman as pushed by Secretary McAdoo. It suggests European interests would choose Goethals and questions the Board's direction.
The text debates how a certain type of U S president might desire authority over the press. It warns the mind behind such power resists force and may seek subtler methods, urging the national press to stay watchful and safeguarding free speech.
A fragmented column humor page notes on Frivols by A G M and a busy man with no time to spare. It jokes about concientious objection and a curfew debate in a city context. The piece satirizes brass checks and The Alpha and Omega of objection with playful distortions.
Excerpted prose and poetry fragments blend speculative futurist musings with wartime conscription debates. The piece cites Sherman, a census exemption query, and a romantically charged kitchen scene. It features reflections on service, temptation, and military duty through literary excerpts and satirical commentary.
The source outlines a state level exemption inquiry for military service, detailing grounds such as religious scruples, physical inability, serious disease, defective eyesight, or loss of an arm. It notes federal draft authority not fully guiding state exemptions and requests the most precise, clear answers to the exemption question.
A Daily Letter from Albany reports Martin Saxe, head of the State Tax Commission, may resign to pursue a New York City mayoral bid on a fusion ticket. Saxe, longtime tax reform advocate, has been active in tax law revisions. officials deny confirmation, noting no definite move and his absence from Albany.
Glimpses of actors and film figures include Cleo Ridgely a New York native of German descent noted for many Kalem and Lasky pictures and tallies of stage work. Monroe Salisbury, tapped as a model for an Indian figure, is praised for physique. Mabel Taliaferro returns to work after touring with Woman Then Gavest Me. Restione Teidy shines again in Cine work while Slim Summerville joins an emergency hospital after being drafted. Neal Hart, Western comic actor, buys horses for Britain. Word arrives that William Saver’s family notes he reached France, and Mr Ordent in New York joined Freemasonry Hospital Unit No. 2, arriving in Leeds around May 28.
A century old letter to the Goshen Middletown press reveals a disconsolate young woman seeking a husband, while county papers report a mysterious horse illness called burnt tongue. Recipes, remedies, and debates from Ulster to Albany Ploughboy crowd the era as authorities search for causes, including ergot in spire grass and related distempers.
At the Monroe Opera House on a Monday afternoon June 13 about 100 women attended a Red Cross meeting. A guest speaker from Tuxedo led the program, resulting in 173 dollars subscribed with 127 paid at once. Officers were elected: Mrs. Fred Newbury President, Mrs. Burt Newbury Vice-president, Mrs. William Cregar Treasurer, and Mrs. Baird Carpenter Secretary. Commissioners named to select saloons under the Brown bill are Henry Hull Finley J McWhorter and David N Thorne.
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