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Newspaper
Scarsdale Inquirer
Location
Scarsdale, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1917
Page
2
The document notes Scarsdale official town and paper publication details, listing Bronze Valley Press at Station Park Scarsdale N as the publisher and noting Wednesday release.
The Yonkers Herald notes Allied missions produced admirable wartime arrangements in supply, finance, and coordination with Britain and France. It argues only a unified war aim with entente powers remains, as Russia and Prussia era policy diverge.
The article outlines how to send money and goods to Belgium via the Commercial Exchange during relief efforts. It notes private donations supplement government aid and urges pledges be converted to cash or refunded if prepaid. It emphasizes private channels will meet emergencies beyond official funding.
The article notes volunteers and adults performing work at a community farm with hourly pay for vegetables or cash. Mothers oppose New York legislative plans to shorten the school year, seeking tangible results from renewed efforts and volunteer labor.
A wartime message praises civilian aid to clear rail traffic and speed foodstuffs to trial centers and allies. It urges noncombatants to follow guidance from Scarsdale as spring arrives and calls for timely service.
Village President Wilson urges residents to observe Memorial Day with wreaths and ceremonies. He calls for duty, unity, and sacrifice to support the war effort, noting historical parallels to the nation’s founding and Civil War resolve. He emphasizes contributing resources and staying united to win the war.
Local poet Christoph Stapleton pens Scarsdale in Arms for May 1917 recalling World War I era duty. Poem describes scenes of town, families, farms, and a call to defend homes as sunset glows over a quiet landscape.
Westchester New York State Sufferage Party presents the Festival Dancers of the Neighborhood Players at Beechwood Playhouse. Proceeds support county suffrage loan recruiting relief work and related efforts led by Mrs Frank A Vanderlip who furnishes the venue and chairs the organizing committee.
A group lists attendees including Mrs V Everitt Macy Mrs Arthur B H Scribner and others across Rye Scarsdale New Rochelle Yonkers White Plains Scarborough with invitations issued by the committee and applications for tickets should go to Mrs Frank A Van derlip in Scarborough.
Scarsdale Estates President Robert E. Farley reports sale of a building plot on Reimer Road in Murray Hill to Robert E. Howe of New York City. The high point site immediately adjoins a 3 acre tract recently sold to Hugh I. Young, marking a notable local property transfer.
Christina Just mother of Gear Just and longtime Scarsdale resident died in her eighties on a Tuesday in May at her sister’s home in New Jersey. Interment was in Lutheran Cemetery on Friday June first. She was beloved for her kind nature and quiet unostentatious help to family friends and neighbors.
Weekly church notices list multiple services and catechism classes. Rev W A Jarvis at one lane lays out 8 oclock morning and 3 30 afternoon sessions with 7 30 evening worship and All Feasts eve. Other churches include Reformed Church on Lee avenue under E Harper and Hitchcock Memorial on Walworth with Sunday School at 9 45 and service at 11. Epworth league at 6 , St Andrews Chapel and Hartsdale Methodist Church outline morning and evening services and a Tuesday Bible class at the manse.
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