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Newspaper
Orange County Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1918
Page
2
Orange County Times-Press outlines subscription costs and submission rules for paid obituaries and notices. It states single year at two dollars, six months at one dollar, requests signed communications, and explains free insertions for certain obituaries but charges for memorials, resolutions, and similar items.
The text presents a jumbled, period tone mixture lampooning wartime policy, aviation, Quaker pacifism, recruitment drives, and public rhetoric. It references Ireland and America, a Quaker convention endorsing the war, aircraft material shortages, propaganda about stamps, and a Republican county committee meeting. The piece weaves wartime cost concerns, advocacy for War Savings Stamps, and calls to conserve resources amid shortages.
A Goshen editorial shifts from fuel shortages and the national fuel administration to urge coal extraction and stockpiling as a safeguard against a harsh winter. It laments restrictions on direct mine-to-consumer transfers while stressing urgent action to avert widespread hardship. The piece then profiles American soldiers in France, praising their aid, goodwill, and bonds with French civilians, including acts of daily kindness and mutual respect.
Report from Newburgh News on county and legislative GOP primaries. County committee tried to present all candidates fairly but voters ultimately determine the slate. Informal ballot testing and candidate endorsements described amid party lines and process questions.
A fragmented opinion piece rails at lax morality and duplicity, urging stern arbitrement against treachery and hypocrisy. It weaves religious and social references, urging love of neighbor and the Golden Rule amid wartime insistence on discipline.
Nell Shipman laments hair and wardrobe while filming Baree in north camp snow and ice. Alfred Whitman Joy Rickson Al Garcia join the cast. Maury Pickford leads a military parade in Los Angeles as Dorothy Dalton prepares The Triple Cross. William Farnum starts The Rainbow Trail after Riders of the Purple Sage. Marie Pagano joins The Judge cast for athletic roles. Fragmentary notes cover Kaiser rhetoric, General Foch, and scattered quips from Frank Hobbs and others.
Viola Dana describes a rhythmic dance she performs in The Only Road a conventionalized fandango blending fandango tarantella and hula elements. The scene aims to show her playful Spanish dance style as she films alongside Siders of the Night and Breakers Ahead at a Hollywood studio.
Aldermen adopted a resolution to finance the East Side sewer at 49 381.59 paid by the city and matched against benefited properties, with payment over up to five years if chosen by taxpayers. The measure, tied to a new state law, aims to spread the 998 763.18 project cost and assigns authority to the council to fix installment terms.
A special Middletown meeting of the First Orange County National Farm Loan Association approved several new loans. At Springfield request, local bank territory extended to include Rockland county, now covering Orange, Rockland and Mamakating in Sullivan. The bank reports a prosperous condition.
A piano recital by Mrs. Edward B. Kimble’s pupils at her Park Street home in Ellenville drew praise from parents and guests. Students aged eight to older members performed well, with refreshments served after. Names of participants include May Potter, Alice Coutani, Bernice Fitzgerald, Vanessa Jones, Mildred White, and others.MISS HARRIS M PACES FAST. Poughkeepsie June 25 The Red Cross Day featured Miss Warvis M. pacing mare in a mile race at Hudson River Driving Fork raising funds. A diagram race was also held. WILLARD NOW IN O11 Kansas City June 25 Jess Willard announces retirement from boxing and enters oil business.
Stewart of Newburgh J A D Findlay Salisbury Mills and KE Milliman manager of the safe Bureau visited Albany to confer with the State Food Commission about threshing. They met Calvin Huson director of the Bureau of Food Products as the commission notes a critical grain surplus with inadequate threshing facilities. The committee will soon appear before John Mitchell president of the State Food Commission to address the threshing problem.
Bloomingburg June 26. Mr and Mrs Alva Seybolt of Oneonta motor to New York Saturday and called on friends. Marion Tripp of Livingston Manor spent the week end with his sister Mrs Alva Comfort. Alex Fraser and son Charles of Brooklyn spent Sunday with family. Dr R O Beakes and wife taking a short vacation. Birdsal Low of New York spending a few days with his sister Mrs W W Vanluwegen.
Official figures released by Commissioner of Elections John B. Corwin show 7,416 women enrolled for the fall primary in Orange county. About 80 percent are Republican. Rural communities listed include Middletown Newburgh Fort Jervis and Montgomery areas with city totals already printed.
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