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Newspaper
Orange County Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1917
Page
4
At Viret Congregational Church Sunday school the Senior Intermediate and Junior departments voted by a large majority to donate 245 to the Red Cross this year. The school officials praise the students for their forward spirit and generosity.
In the ladies jitting tourney at the Orange County Golf Club on Friday afternoon, Miss Augusta Wickhag won first prize and Miss Glatys Kingetind took second. A three way tie for second involved Suey Allageland Allaw Jin Wiksing and Ming Kings among others.
Stockholm reports tobacco tax receipts reaching about 19000 crowns after a 1 percent price rise for cigarettes. The budget commission notes revenue increased as a state monopoly ended and wholesale to retailers tightened. Prices for popular brands rose sharply compared with Germany.
A jumble of classified style lines lists clothing ads and rental notices alongside funeral directors, license numbers, and shop addresses. Names like Cohen and Reilly appear with addresses in New York and Milwaukee area listings.
Two fatal railroad incidents unfold Sunday. Fred Elvor, a German worker with the firma, identified postmortem, after losing limbs in a crash. Relatives sought. burial arrangements await locating kin as authorities probe the accident site.
Proceedings show Secretaries opposing a fixed sentinel post for air services and arguing for a separate air arm from artillery and signals. Conference plans a single draft bill to carry appropriations and govern personnel exchange between the army and navy for aircraft provisioning.
In Freeville at the tabernacle on Grove Street Reverend Williams, after a two year stay in Auburn, led an evangelistic meeting drawing seventy attendees to the front. Forty three had never made a decision for Christ before and many were young. He will resume work after a month at his Minghanton home with several more campaigns planned for the faith.
A garbled Osaka era political note urges undivided loyalty to the Imperial line. It accuses recent officials of disobedience and calls for officers to remain faithful, unentering foreign influence, and to uphold the nation’s fundamental principles.
An essay by Marian Bonsall Davis, through Red Cross volunteer work in Porte, imagines New York as Paris to convey wartime sacrifice. It contrasts cities, refugees, hospital work, and homefront devotion, urging support as the American Red Cross seeks 100 million dollars for victory efforts.
June meeting of New Prospect Reformed Church unan mobed to extend a call to Rev John J Van Strain to pastor. He has accepted and seeks vacation in September before beginning duties with his wife. He is from Grand Rapids Michigan and a Western Theological Seminary graduate. He visited here as candidate and drew no dissent.
City officials in Cleveland plan annexation of East Cleveland and Lakewood to boost population and rise to fourth city in the nation by 1920. Council also weighs a large electric power station at Stave coal mine to cut local power costs and to develop the lake front, while Detroit’s rapid growth spurs the move.
The British government advertises a sale of secret planes, banning 105 airplanes for immediate disposal. Only one is complete with engines, while the rest await engine mounting, with most believed to be obsolete models.
In Stockholm and Gothenburg queues form as residents seek scarce food items. Long lines of men women and children crowd streets hoping for potato allotments and rations offered by city authorities. The crisis mirrors wartime shortages seen in Germany with citizens frantically seeking limited supplies.
Fragmentary text references a person named Tiperton, a realty matter involving Ere Quet T, and a mention of an Anguin Tynes in a unclear debt or property context. The garbled lines hint at a misread report about financial or legal issues affecting individuals in a local area.
Chester reports the closing exercises of St Columba’s Parochial School set for Friday June 29 at 8 pm under Sister of St Dominic and Rev T B Gilmartin. After the program a church reception and dance will draw guests from Middletown Monroe Goshen Arden and nearby villages.
Short column notes a dialogue between a young wife and another wife about taking from a husband’s pockets. It frames the act as a fading joy rather than fortification, with a brief advertisement notice for Times Free Want Ad Columns.
Albany reports a stray cat named Tommy survived a car strike and two rifle volleys. The humane officer fired six bullets to end its suffering, while a National Guardsman later fired six more into the remains. The cat continued to meow as it was buried.
Columbus via June 26 A stirring tale titled How the Rooster Held the Road circulates here and is claimed true W W Townsend and Harry Wille observed a chicken stride ahead of their flivver as it collided with the bird the machine overturned and burned with the rooster uninjured.
A large Thompson Ridge congregation attended the Children Day exercises at Hopewell Presbyterian Church on June 21. The program featured many named children and awards of gold pins and certificates, with early baptismal rites and a flag distribution to all Surrey school members and children. The service concluded with the congregation singing America as flags waved and the church decor featured ferns wildflowers and American flags.
Circleville will host a missionary from India Miss Wheeler to speak at the Christian Endeavor meeting on Wednesday evening June 27 Miss Wheeler will discuss her India work. On Friday June 29 a musical at Circleville Presbyterian Church starts at 6 30 pm Miss Rose K Martin performs tickets cost 15 cents with ice cream and cake for sale after the entertainment.
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