Crisis as SI Falls in Riots in Mexico City
In Mexico City on January 13 General Jose Alvarez reported 91 combatants killed in two weeks of clashes between federal troops and insurgents amid revolts. Eighteen federal soldiers died. unrest linked to opposition to religious laws and tensions with the Catholic Church, with alleged Catholic uprisings in three states. Alvarez blamed the episcopate while noting the government can cope with the crisis.
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Mexico City
Jose Alvarez
Calles
Alvarez
Pascual Diaz
Bigamist Denman Sentenced in County Jail Case
A Summitville man linked to an adoption history faced a five month Goshen jail term for bigamy after pleading guilty. Denman, who used the alias Kenneth Countryman, had married Mary Hawkins in Middletown on November 18, 1926, after a 1923 marriage in Ellenville to Beatrice Berger. The first wife testified to lingering affection, while defense and prosecution debated sentencing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Denman
Summitville
Russell Wiggins
Denman
Wiggins
Special
Henry Merritt
Goshen
Beatrice E. Berger
Ellenville
Mary Orvilla Hawkins
Linden Avenue
Middletown
Harry T. Crist
William J. Lamont
Kenneth Countryman
Hawkins
Burn City Arrandas Attack Report From Jalisco Unfolds
Gall 10 units estimated at 600 operatives conducted a widespread assault in Jalisco, attacking Arrandas and torching the city hall. Municipal authorities fled with official papers, a priest reportedly joined the attackers, and Arrandas lacks a local garrison. Federal troops from nearby towns were said to pursue the rebels.
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Mexico City
Jalisco
Arrandas
Guadalajara
Fire Rips Through Newburgh Five-Alarm Blaze
A five-alarm fire at Ann and Clark streets in Newburgh raged at 2:15 this morning driving ten people from their beds into the snow. Two frame houses were nearly gutted before flames were checked. Occupants include Alex Cocochette family and Louis Nelsons next door, with Minnie Tollock Bessie Cohen and three lodgers in the other. Cause undetermined as flames spread through walls of adjacent buildings.
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Newburgh
Ann and
Clark Streets
Clark Street
Alex Cocochette
Louis Nelson
Minnie Tollock
Bessie Cohen
Boy in Sloatsburg Recovers From Fractured Skull
Benjamin Fletcher aged 15 of Sloatsburg is expected to recover after a sled collision with a car driven by Frank Simpson. He sustained a fractured skull and is treated at Tuxedo Hospital. No charges were filed, police said.
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Benjamin Fletcher
Sloatsburg
Fletcher
James Exchen
Fank Simpson
Tuxedo Hospital
Ana
Simpson
Fatal pedestrian crash near Haverstraw cited in police record
Michael Elko of Ridestreet Haverstraw died in Nyack hospital on Tuesday from injuries after being struck by a car driven by Arthur Netick of West Haverstraw. Netick surrendered to police and was held in $2,000 bail for a hearing next Monday.
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Michael Elko
Ridestreet Haverstraw
Nyack Hospital
Arthur Netick
West Haverstraw
Netick
Taft Heads Conty Y M C A In Orange County
Taft of Mead and Taft in Cornwall on Hudson was elected president of the Orange County Young Men's Christian Association at a Monroe meeting. He succeeds John J. Eden who was drowned in Lake George last fall. Edward T. Clark Goshen was named vice president Augustus C. Wallace Goshen recording secretary and Dr O J VanKeuren Monroe treasurer. An $8000 budget for 1927 was adopted with a report showing strong finances and plans to extend work in new communities. The Y M C A focuses on boys nine to twelve in Friendly Indian groups and young men 16 to 25.
Ellenville Electric Company Seeks Stock Increase
The Ellenville Electric Company of Ellenville obtained permission on Thursday to increase its capital stock from 1200 to 4800 shares par value.
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Ellenville Electric Company
Ellenville
Hard cider case ends with arrest at Westtown
George Bogash of Westtown faced a chaotic sequence after alleged hard cider sparked violence. He reportedly hurled bricks from a barn roof toward nearby residents, brandished a revolver at Mrs. Kate Stone and her 20-year-old son, toppled kerosene lamps in the Stone farmhouse, and fled two miles to summon state police as horses ran loose and a woods chase ensued. Bogash, an Austrian foreman on Mrs. Stone’s dairy operation who had past troubles with her son, was captured by state troopers Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bogash
Westtown
Goshen
State Tropers
Bogash
Kate Stone
Robert Sayer
Brownies to Retain Jobs Until April Albany
Jan 13 report says sixty six motor vehicle inspectors kept on state payroll until April 1 under reorganization. Governor Smith and Senators Hewitt and Hutchinson support humane treatment for workers with families. They assist January and February with auto registration, take a one month vacation in March, and await next steps in April.
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Albany
Smith
Hewitt
Hutchinson
Tter
Legislative Budget Committee
St Alberts College to Receive 3500 Bequest in Will
New York January 13 St Alberts College at Middletown New York will receive 3500 from the will of the late Mary McDonough filed for probate in Surrogate Court listing an estate of 5000 The be quest 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 7th
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New York
St. Albert’s College
Middletown
N. Y
Mary McDonough
Missionary Society of Our Lady of the Scapular
Campaign Under Way To Raise Eight Thousand For Newburgh Scouts
A drive is under way in Newburgh to raise $8,000 over the next two years for Girl Scout work. There are 14 active troops contributing to the effort.
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Newburgh
Ten Year Sentence For Third Degree Burglary
George E. Erb former West Point soldier from Tennessee had his sentence changed to ten years at Sing Sing for third degree burglary as a second offender. He had concealed a prior conviction in Goshen, drawing three and a half years as a first offender, and admitted a 1914 Keystone State reformatory sentence. He confessed to the prior crime avoiding a jury trial, and time served will count toward the new term. He had been one of three soldiers arrested for robbing a Highland Falls store, taking the blame while others were released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Erb
Tennessee
West Point
Heard
Russell Wiggins
Erb
Goshep
Ossining
Elmer H. Lemon
Baumes
Keystone State Reformatory
Sing Sing
Highland Falls
Broscol Bridge Bid Sets Beavyerkill Crossing Cost
The Beavyerkill crossing at Rescoe will cost 35378.60 dollars with Frank Lewis and Sons of Afton winning the bid for the concrete structure. Work is slated to begin in the spring under the State Department of Public Works.
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Broscol
Beavyerkill
Rescoe
State Department of Public Works
Frank Lewis and Sons
Afton
Landis Frees Star Players in Ball Scandal
Chicago January 13. Judge Kenesaw M. Landis exonerates 21 baseball players over accusations tied to the 1917 Chicago Detroit games. The findings dispute sloughing claims, upholding statements by Eddie Collins Ray Schalk and Donie Bush while denying most charges against Risberg Gandil and others. Bill James testimony about a paid bonus is cited as decisive in clearing the stars.
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Chicago
Detroit
Kenesaw M. Landis
Landis
Charles
Boston
Risberg
Gandil
Eddie Collins
Ray Schalk
Donie Bush
Bill James
James
Gandi
Middletown Men Pass Examinations for State Jobs
Residents of Middletown have passed the recent competitive civil service examination for assistant engineer and electrician in the State service. Salaries range from $82 to $110 monthly. Names listed include Homer W. Slater, Jack M. Benjamin, Merrill Shoemaker, and Gordon E. Morris, with their respective addresses.
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Albany
Middletown
Homer W. Slater
Wallkill Avenue
Jack M. Benjamin
Middletown State Hospital
Merrill Shoemaker
Hanford Street
Gordon E. Morris
Monhage Avenue
Marlboro Merchant May Face US Entry Bar Over Italy Stay
World War veteran Antonio Amedeo, a Marlboro merchant, may be barred from entering the United States due to a stay of over five years in Italy. He says illness kept him abroad until his passport expired. Naturalized in 1919, he will receive a hearing.
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Antonio Amedeo
United States
Italy
Historic Montgomery Horse Thief Detecting Society Disbands
The Montgomery Horse Thief Detecting Society voted at its annual meeting to disband after many years. The treasury held 1,004 dollars, to be shared among 70 members, with a joking note that funds may go to gasoline. The group aided in pursuing horse thieves, recovering stolen stock, and aiding prosecutions in the horse era.
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Montgomery
Municipal Bouiding
Storm King Highway to Be Kept Open
Albany reports a bill will fund a new concrete road through West Point land to keep Storm King highway open in August when artillery practice closes the route. The plan, approved by War Department permit, avoids simultaneous closures and improves traffic for thousands of motorists.
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Albany
United States Military Reservation
West Point
Frederick Stuart Greene
Nce
Steen
Miliaery Academy
Famnane Academy
War Department
Federal Department
Aad
Greene
Hanford MacNider
Colonel Greene
West Point Military Academy
Rockland births rise in 1926 totals nine more than 1925
In Rockland town Sullivan county nine more births occurred in 1926 than 1925 with 29 girls and 31 boys born during the past year.
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Rockland
Rockland Town
Sullivan County
Wayne County Records Show Divorces and Licenses in 1926
Wayne County Pa granted 34 divorces in 1926, up five from 1925, with women initiating 20 of the actions. The year also saw 187 marriage licenses issued.
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Wayne County
Walter Brown declines appointment as Orange County jurors chief
Walter G. Brown of Goshen says he will not accept the newly created post of Commissioner of Jurors for Orange County, citing a belief that no citizen should hold more than one public office. The Board of Supervisors endorsed John J. Toth of Port Jervis for the position, with plans to appoint him before week’s end. Brown discussed the matter with appointing authorities before declining. The board also aims to appoint Toth soon to begin classifying 300 Grand Jury jurors for the year, with plans to meet Supreme Court Justice Seeger and County Clerk Penogar.
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Orange Counts
Walter G. Brown
Goshen
John J Toth
Port Jervis
Board of Supervisors
Brown
Orange County
Mr. Brown
Toth
Grewn
Orange
Russell Wiggins
Supreme Court
A. H. F. Seeger
William B. Penogar
Exhumation Of Livingston Manor Man For Insurance Cause
Body of William Hendrickson buried at Livingston Manor December 15 exhumed to determine death cause for State Compensation Insurance Fund. Death followed head injury from striking a beam while working on a box car and subsequent apoplectic stroke December 11. Brain portions sent to New York City for microscopic analysis. no conclusions yet.
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William Hendrickson
Livingston Manor
Hendrickson
New York City
Gets 60 Days For Stealing Auto Tire
Monticello January 12 Willard I Robinson 23 was arrested Monday afternoon on a charge of petit larceny. He pleaded guilty to stealing an automobile tire valued at 25 dollars from a Liberty woman. He was sentenced to 60 days in Sullivan County jail. Troopers had arrested him months earlier for theft of an automobile. charges were withdrawn and he received a suspended sentence.
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Monticello
Willlard I. Robinson
Justice of the
Fred Sprague
Liberty
Sulivan
Robinson
Fire claims nine buildings in Newburgh area
A devastating Tuesday morning blaze swept Newburgh’s business district, destroying nine buildings on Colden and South Water streets. Eighteen outside fire companies aided the Newburgh department, 16 families were made homeless, and damages reached about $300,000. Nine businesses were destroyed before nightfall with several firefighters injured.
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Newburgh
St. Luke’s Hospital
William Nixon
Colden Street
Shapiro Brothers
William T. McCaw
McCaw
Walden
Highland Falls
Cornwall
Marlboro
Central Valley
Highland Mills
Beacon
Poughkeepsie
Reed Haight
George Davis
Edward FitzGerald
Dale Coleman
Red Cross
Salvation Army
McQuoid Company
Middletown
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Mexico
South Water Street
Brewster Ladder Co
New the
Bigamist
T. K. Taft
Conty Y. M. C. A
Cornwall Man
J. J. Eden
Brownies
Risberg and
Walter Brown
John J. Toth
Middletown Respond
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