Uprisings blamed on Catholic opposition in Mexico
In Mexico City on January 13 General Jose Alvarez reported 91 combatants killed in clashes between federal troops and insurgents over two weeks. Eighteen soldiers died. He blamed uprisings on opposition to religious laws, calling the conflict a crisis since last July. Reports of Catholic revolts in three states emerged as authorities pursued rebels in Jalisco.
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Mexico City
Jose Alvarez
Carles
Gerera Alvarez
Calles
Pascual Diaz
Alvarez
Culits
Jalisco
Arrandas
Cearren
Guadalajara
Syd
Historic Montgomery Horse Thief Detecting Society Disbands
The Montgomery Horse Thief Detecting Society, a long running group that aided in recovering stolen horses and prosecuting thieves, voted to disband at its recent meeting in Montgomery. The treasury of about 100 dollars was divided among 70 members, with plans to spend the funds on gas for travel. The society's era of horse theft deterrence ends as it succumbs to changing times and waning utility.
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Montgomery
Sanety
Fire Claims Buildings in Newburgh and Surrounding Towns
A major fire in Newburgh Tuesday morning destroyed nine buildings, left 16 families homeless, and caused about 300000 dollars in damage. The blaze began at 1 10 and was under control by 9 30 with 18 outside companies assisting from towns including Middletown. Four firefighters were hospitalized and many others suffered minor injuries as flames ravaged Colden and South Water streets.
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Newburgh
St. Luke’s Hospital
William Nixon
Colden Street
Fire destroys two Newburgh frame houses on Clark Street
A morning fire at 2 15 o clock on Ann and Clark streets drove ten residents in nightwear into the snow as two frame houses burned toward gutted interiors. Occupants included Alex Cornchette family and Mr aut Mra Louis Nelson next door Minnie Tollock Bessa Cohen and three roomers. Origin undetermined though flames spread through walls before discovery.
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Newburgh
Ann and
Clark Streets
Clark Street
Alex Cornchette
Aut
Louis Nelson
Boy Recovers From Fractured Skull After Sled Crash
Fifteen year old Benjamin Fletcher of Smatsburg is expected to recover after a sled collision with a car owned by Fank Simpson on a Smateburg hill. He is treated at Tuxedo Hospital. No charges are listed. In a separate incident, Michael Elko of Haverstraw died from injuries after being struck by Arthur Natick’s automobile in West Taverstraw. Natick is held on $2,000 bail awaiting a hearing next Monday.
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Benjamin Fletcher
Smatsburg
Fletcher
Smateburg
James Eschen
Fank Simpson
Tuxedo Hospital
Simpson
Sloatsburg
Michael Elko
Ridge Street
Haverstraw
Nyack
Arthur Natick
West Taverstraw
Natick
Bigamist Is Sentenced To County Jail
Denman, a 26 year old from Middletown, was sentenced to five months in Goshen jail for bigamy after pleading guilty. He had married Beatrice Berger in 1923 and Mary Hawkins in 1926, using the alias Kenneth Countryman. The case involved adoption ties to Clinton Denman and a prior connection to Summitville. The first wife testified of continued love, while the defense was led by Harry Crist with Assistant D.A. William Lamont presenting the case. The sentence reflects six weeks already served and will be deducted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Denman
Summitville
Russell Wigging
Denman
Wiggins
Special
Henry Merritt
Goshen
Beatrice E. Berger
Glenville
Mary Orvilla Hawkins
Linden Avenue
Middletown
Harry ‘T. Crist
William J. Lamont
Kenneth Countryman
Hawkings
Taft Heads Orange County YMCA Officers in Monroe
Taft of Mead and Taft in Cornwall-on-Hudson was elected president of the Orange County Young Men’s Christian Association at a regular Monroe meeting Saturday evening. Edward T. Clark of Goshen was chosen vice president and Augustus C. Wallace of Goshen recording secretary, with Dr. C. J. VanKeuren of Monroe as treasurer. A budget of 8000 dollars for 1927 was adopted, showing the best financial condition in five years and plans for extension in new communities. the organization works with boys nine to twelve in Friendly Indian groups and young men 18 to 25. The Rifene I le Electric Company of Bilenville won permission to increase capital stock from 1200 to 4800 shares.
Cider Allegations Surround Westtown Man in Barn Attack
Georke Bogash of Westtown is jailed after a sequence of alleged crimes sparked by hard cider. Reported actions include bricks hurled from a barn roof toward residents, a revolver brandished at Mrs. Kate Stone and her 2 year old son, kerosene lamps thrown about the Stone farmhouse, a two mile dash to summon state police, a team of runaway horses, and a woods chase. The case ties to Bogash, a dairy foreman on Kate Stone’s leased Robert Sayer farm, with prior trouble between him and Mrs. Stone’s son. Continued on Page Three.
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Georke Bogash
Westtown
Goshén
Bogagh
Kate Store
Begash
Kate Stone
Robert Sayer
Brownies to Retain Jobs Until April Albany
Albany January 13. Despite plans to drop sixty six motor vehicle inspectors from the state police patrol under reorganization laws January 1, officials report they will remain on the payroll until April 1. Governor Smith Senator Hewitt and Assemblyman Hutchinson, budget chairmen, agree it would be inhumane to dismiss workers with families during winter. They will work January and February to aid automobile registration. In March they take a month vacation, and by end of March may seek positions elsewhere or be reassigned within government.
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Albany
Smith
Hewitt
Hutchinson
Legislative Budget Committee
St. Albert's College to Receive $3500
New York January 13 St Albert.s College at Middletown New York receives 3500 under the will of the late Mary McDonough filed for probate in Surrogate.s Court here today listing an estate of 5000 The bequest is placed in the hands of the Missionary Society of Our Lady of the Scapular directed to expend it on the college McDonough died December 7 and to be buried soon.
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New York
St. Albert's College
Middletown
N. Y
Mary McDonough
Missionary Society of Our Lady of the Scapular
Ue. McDonough
Newburgh Scouts Seek $8000 For Two Years Of Girl Scout Work
Campaign under way in Newburgh to raise $8000 over the next two years for Girl Scout activities. Fourteen active troops will be supported as funds are collected.
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Newburgh
Actioe
Ten-year sentence for third degree burglary on ex soldier
George E. Erb an ex soldier from Tennessee and former West Point cadet had his prior sentence vacated by County Judge Russell Wiggins and resentenced to Sing Sing for ten years for third degree burglary as a second offender. He previously drew three and a half years for a prior conviction. Erb confessed the prior conviction to avoid a jury trial and time served will apply to the new term. He had also confessed to taking part in a Highland Falls robbery with two accomplices. Roscoe bridge across the Renaverkill will cost 35378 dollars with Frank Lewis and Sona of Afton as successful bidders. construction to start in spring.
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George E. Erb
Tennessee
West Point
Heard
Russell Wiggins
Erb
Goshep
Ossining
Elmer H. Lemon
Baumes
Keystone State Reformatory
Sing Sing
Nattre
Highland Falls
Roscoe
Renaverkill
State Department of Public Works
Frank Lewis and
Sona
Afton
Landis Frees Star Players In Ball Scandal
Judge Kenesaw Landis exonerates 21 Chicago and Detroit players tied to the 1919 World Series scandal after reviewing evidence from players including Risberg Gandil and others. Key witnesses Eddie Collins Ray Schalk Donie Bush supported they were not paid for sloughing games amid disputed payouts and bonuses.
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Chicago
Detroit
Kenesaw M. Landis
Landis
Charles
Risberg
Arnold
Chick
Boston
Gandil
Eddie Collins
Ray Schalk
Donie Bush
Bill James
James
Gandi
Middletown Men Pass Examinations Albany
Residents of Middletown pass the recent civil service exam for assistant engineer and electrician in the State service. Monthly salaries range from 82 to 110 dollars. Names listed include Homer W. Slater, Jack M. Benjamin, Merrill Shoemaker, and Gordon F. Morris.
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Albany
Middletown
Homer W. Slater
Wallkill Avenue
Jack M. Benjamin
Middetown State Hospital
Merrill Shoemaker
Hanford Street
Gordon F. Morris
Monhage Avenue
Marlboro Veteran Faces Barred Entry Over Italian Stay
World War veteran Antonis Aumofec, a Marlboro merchant, may be denied admission to the United States due to more than five years spent in Italy. He claims Italian health detention kept him after his passport expired. He was naturalized in 1929 and will be granted a hearing.
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Antonis Aumofec
United States
Italy
Il Health
Storm King Highway To Be Kept Open
Albany special reports a state plan to fund a new concrete road through West Point Reservation to keep Storm King highway open during August artillery practice. Colonel Greene says approved funding near 180000 will allow traffic on a new route while avoiding simultaneous closures with the existing road. The project aims to ease delays for thousands of motorists and begins before October 1927. Also notes Rockland town births in 1926 totaling 29 girls and 31 boys.
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Albany
San
United States
West Point
Forest McEtice
Frederick Stuart Greene
Steen
Military Academy
Federal Department
Greene
Hanford MacNider
West Point Military Academy
Rockland
Rockland Town
Sullivan County
Wayne County Divorces and Marriage Licenses in 1928
In 1928 Wayne County Iowa granted 84 divorces, up five from 1927, with 20 filed by women. The year also saw 187 marriage licenses issued.
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Wayne County
Walter Brown declines the appointment as jury commissioner
Walter G. Brown of Goshen, county clerk, declines the newly created Orange County Jury Commissioner post citing a principle against holding more than one public office. The Board of Supervisors had endorsed former chairman John J. Toth of Port Jervis for the role. County Judge Russell Wiggins plans to meet with Supreme Court Justice Seeger and County Clerk Penogar to name a new jur y commissioner and begin classifying 800 Grand Jury candidates.
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Orange County
Walter G. Brown
Goshen
John J Toth
Port Jervis
Board of Supervisors
Brown
Mr. Brown
Toth
Second Assembly
Orange
Russell Wiggins
Supreme Court
A. H. F. Seeger
William B. Penogar
Livingston Manor Man's Body Exhumed for Insurance Inquiry
The body of William Hendrickson, buried at Livingston Manor on December 18, was exhumed to determine cause of death for the State Compensation Insurance Fund. He had struck his head weeks earlier while working on a box car, later suffered an apoplectic stroke, and died December 11. Portions of the brain were sent to New York City for microscope examination.
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William Hendrickson
Livingston Manor
Bis
Hendrickson
New York City
Gets 60 Days for Stealing Auto Tire
Monticello January 12 Willard J Robinson 23 arrested Monday for petit larceny. He pled guilty to stealing an automobile tire valued at 25 dollars and was sentenced to 60 days. State Troopers had earlier arrested him for the theft in Sullivan county, but charges were withdrawn and a suspended sentence given.
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Monticello
Willard J. Robinson
Robinson
Magletrain
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Fire Claims
Middletown Respond
Shapiro Brothers
William T. McCaw
McCaw
Walden
Cornwall
Marlboro
Central Valley
Highland Mills
Beacon
Potattkeepsie
St. Luke's Hospital
Reed Haight
George Davis
Howard FitzGerald
Dale Coleman
Red Cross
Salvation Army
McQuoid Company
South Water Street
Brewster Ladder Co
Bigamist
T. K. Taft
Cornwall Man
J. J. Eden
Rifenc Ile Electric Company
Bilenville
Tte
George Bogash
Hoosegow
Brownies
ST. Albert’s College
Risberg and
Walter Brown
John J. Toth
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