County News Opinion on Congressman Fish in Orange County
The Middletown based Orange County group urges readers to back Congressman Fish in his fight over celery and onion grower protections. The piece argues bipartisan support will benefit all residents of Orange County and criticizes rival policies.
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Orange County
Ora
Ac County Times-Peens
Middletown
Cat
Middatuen
Marek
Congressman Fish
J. Monell
G Banvister
James B. Jackson
Orange County News
Jon
Brown
Ruttenber and Clark
Beebe
Gas tax opposition and county highway funds debate
Middletown Aldermen oppose enacting a state gasoline tax arguing refunds to cities are too small while noting the tax would fund paving and highways. A gas tax would shift costs to motorists and relieve local burdens, with New York likely to join the trend and bring statewide relief to taxpayers. The Goshen Sanatorium bill advances, restricting health facilities within three miles of villages without local consent, aiming to protect reservoirs and public health. officials favor sites that safeguard residents while enabling healthy climate benefits.
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Middletown
Goshen
State Senate
Smith
Orange County
Board of Supervisors
Away
Samatorium
Anates
Protection Drive Spurs Regional Tariff Efforts
Farmers across regions press for protective legislation as Chester county figures push Congressman Fish to back a celery tariff. The East Coast, especially Orange County, grows concern over policy shifts benefiting their neighbors while urging federal action.
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Middle West
East
Orange County
Chester
Congressman Fish
Beacon Bear Mountain highway push gains support
Ebwu rgh shows cooperation with Beacon to push the Beacon Bear Mountain highway project toward early construction. The plan has approval from Col Greene and the state highway commission, but faces opposing efforts to prioritise Post road repairs. Advocates urge scheduling the new road soon to relieve Post road traffic, while scenic concerns threaten the mountain route as it would require cutting into the mountain similar to the Storm King route.
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Ewburgh
Beacon
Beacon-Bear Mountain
Col. Greene
State Highway Commission
Worthwhile Hatches and the 4 H program legacy
An old feature lauds Ray Houston, a War wick farmer, for winning a Madison Square Garden poultry prize through the 4 H Club. It celebrates 17,000 4 H youth in the state, including Orange County honor rolls, noting their wartime mindset and four H initials: head, heart, hands, health.
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Warwick Town
Madison, Square Garden
Houston
Orange County
Lander
Tr Ensious
H’s
Daybook of a New Yorker. Professor Nicholson breaks stereotypes
New Yorker Kenyon Nicholson, a Columbia University professor of playwrighting, defies college-professor stereotypes by recounting a life of varied gigs from movie extra to tramp, circus roustabout, chicken-trainer on a freight train, and a street-side sandwich man. He once wore placards in Britain and later learned butling in Scotland, testing life beyond academia.
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New York
Kenyon Nicholson
Professor Nicholson
the Barker
Columbia University
Hatcher Hughes
England
Scotland
Butling
Illinois Senate Seat Absences Highlight Historical Delays
Washington Observations notes Illinois has faced long Senate absences in its history. From 1849 James Shields waited for citizenship before taking seat. In 1909 Olinnis waited during Lorimer case settlement. Other gaps included 1912 and 1918 periods with minimal representation and delayed entries.
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Frank L. Smith
Senate
Mlincis
James Shields
Olinnis
Lorimer
House of Representatives
Inois
Orange Blossoms editorial satire and vaudeville chaos
A fragmented editorial poem from a Herald Times-Press page blends praise for a scribe with moralizing riffs. It shifts to a State theatre vaudeville scene where Middletown police raid a show, delivering comic, brusque dialogue about morality, age, dancing, and a risqué revue amid humorous banter and broken narrative.
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State Theatre
0. Reese
Middletown
Bluecoats
Middletown Fire, Incorporation Debate In 1842 Courier
A Middletown Courier note from February 3 1842 recounts a small fire and the push for a larger fire engine and hose, plus a central reservoir. It argues for incorporation to allow enforceable taxes and cites meetings and local advertisers. The piece tracks the newspaper’s own fate and the village’s evolving press scene.
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Middletown Courier
Middletown
Publication listing Foreign Service personnel addresses source
The government’s Foreign Service record lists names, addresses, and appointment dates for the U S diplomatic and consular personnel worldwide, available from the Superintendent of Documents for 15 cents. Also covers citizenship, gem values, and Nicaragua Marines deployment details from 1912 to 1925.
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Foreign Service of
Diplomatic Land Consular Service
Foreign Service
Government Printing Office
Washington, D. C
Nicaragua
Avon
Stay Up Late Enough for Life and Work
A 1927 essay argues that early rising is a handicap, citing childhood routines and a belief in early to bed and early to rise. It suggests night productivity fuels thought, invention, and success, while early mornings waste energy and hinder performance. The author notes shifts in modern schedules and cautions against praising constant early rising.
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Lone
Mr. Brush
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