Middletown Middletown Post Office Notices Items
A disjointed OCR fragment lists post office and publication notices for Middletown New York. It mentions second class matter entries under various acts, dates around 1870s 1879, and staff details for Orange County Independent Corporation with names and publication rules.
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Maytroak Kuteemring
Mapbrook
Middletown
Mitchtomd Milian Star
PustoMea
Florida
N. Y
Cheater
Chesier, & Y
Hmighland Falls
Stadard
Highland Falls
RB. O
Plunger and Plugger: A Tale of Two Brothers Fortunes
Two Orange County brothers start with $500 each after their father’s plan to let Providence decide their paths. The older, the plugger, becomes a bold stock trader who founders and profits rapidly in New York. The younger, the plunger, stays steady as a bank clerk, gradually building wealth through cautious investment and family life.
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Orange County
Providence
Middletown
Bent
New York
The Pluggers of Middletown and a Family Tale
A Middletown family story follows a modest son who builds wealth through real estate after selling bank stock and paying off a mortgage. He becomes a respected citizen, supports his parents, and, despite setbacks, accumulates a fortune rivaled by his more flamboyant brother. The tale ends with a moral for young men: steady effort beats risky plunging.
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Uus
Middletown
Middletowns
New York City
Strange
Orange County
What is it that ties a nation to its farm
A compact, period piece card notes the farmer as the backbone of the nation asking what sustains food clothing shelter and luxuries while few city men value him until lost. It highlights independence from bossism and freedom to speak, praising the farmer who feeds the world and breathes pure air.
War on Jersey crows ends with mass slaughter
In Woods town New Jersey a crowd of 500 men raided crow roosts under the Game Warden and killed about 2500 crows. The piece notes crows are vilified by farmers and suggests burying the carcasses in corn fields to aid next season's crops. It mentions an estimated one million crows still survive.
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Jersey
Woodstown
N. J
von Muller
Cocor Instr 4
Pacific Ocean
Wadsworth Farewell Noted For Service In Senate
As Senator Wadsworth closed twelve years in the U S Senate on March 4 he received a letter from Secretary of War Davis praising his invaluable counsels in the Senate and calling him the highest type of legislator. The report predicts a growing list of American statesmen sacrificed to Bachsus.
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Wadsworth
United States Senate
Davis
Senate
Bachhus
Turkey hints at veil ban amid women’s religious fears
reports indicate many women fear eternal damnation if a stranger sees their faces and refuse to remove the veil while others cite valid personal reasons not to discard it. The decree appears to clash with deeply held beliefs guiding veil practices among communities.
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Turkey
Disaster echoes in wake of catastrophe and repair effort
The piece notes alarm at ongoing disaster aftermath with fatalities and heavy property loss, underscoring a long reconstruction task. It mentions a Danish machinist claiming a gearless, brateless automobile, praised as the automotive Edison, alongside a wry remark about Danish belief in Doe Cook and a jab at gender style shifts.
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Denmark
Edison
Doe Cook
Dawes Voiced Senate Reform From the Rostrum
Frederic W. Wright notes on Dawes two years after his explosive inaugural attack on Senate debate rules. The vice president, now enjoying the Senate rostrum, believes the chamber’s filibustering has spurred calls for reform and that his time on the rostrum has rejuvenated him.
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Dawes
Washington
Senate
Palaver
Daybook of a New Yorker portrays charity in Bowery shelter
The piece profiles Charles J. Wichmann a Rochester retiree who quits his clothing business to mend garments at the Salvation Army Bowery hotel daily. He offers free repairs, shares a quiet gospel, and helps men rejoin families and seek work, counterbalancing vice with personal outreach. The column contrasts Central Park West’s rising aristocracy with a shifting Fifth Avenue and the city’s impermanence.
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New York
EFL
Bowery Hotel
Salvation Army
Charles J. Wichmann
Rochester
Mr. Zero
Bowery
Central Park West
Bernstein
Lowenthal
Rosenwald
Eichenberger
Burna
Lawrence, Ross and Aiken
St. Thomas
Superior Street
Fifth Avenue
Central Park
Diverse 1920s Clippings Mix Politics, Magic Suppression and Mars Views
A blend of humorous dialogue about Governor Smith and ambition contrasts with a Turkish ban on magic books and public fear of charms. A joke about marriage nerves a father and suitor. Mars atmosphere and potential life are hinted at via color photography from Yerkes observatory experts, suggesting infrared imaging could reveal more.
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Mars
Yerkes Observatory
Gothic Hall and Middletown Odd Fellows history
This piece reviews Gothic Hall in Middletown built 1851 52 with Odd Fellows lodge 112 and its frescoes by C G LaFata. It traces its dedication June 9 1852 and its use for public meetings lectures and concerts, plus long term significance and later neglect.
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Middletown
Margaret
Northda Cox Sreet
Traven
A. Zimlich
Michletown Lodge of Odd Fellows
Joseph D. Friend
Prof
Hows
New York
Cyrus G. Frost
Elisha Wheeler
Edward M. Madden
William M. Graham
I. C
O. F.lodge
C. G. LaFata
Gothic Hall
Odd Fellows’ Lodge
J and Akill
la Fata
Middletown Lodge
John Stevens
William K. Stewart
Hiram Shons
Henry
Shons
William Warrell
Henry B. Shong
Noble Grands
William H. Stewart
R. Martine
Elisha FP. Wheeler
George W. Underwood
Anthony Houston
J. F France
Elisha Judson
L. W. Prercy
Galeriel N. Swezey
Edward M. Madten
Thomas A. Harding
H. W. King
A. G. Edwards
George Houston
Charles I. Stephenson
Alexander Wilson
Moses H. VanKeuren
N. T. Smith
James T. King
Guy C. Wigging
J. G. Canfield
Henry S. Beakes
James G Swezey
John E. Corwin
E. B. Graham
J. L. VanCleft
Samuel Pitts
H. W. Stephens
D. B. ‘Wheat
E. R. Dennison
J. Macfay
Theron B. Clark
Fred 8
Hulse
John Scott
William F. Brown
A. A Swinton
Noted Explorer and Quotations Mix in Local Log
A fragmentary column cites sayings from historic figures and fiction along with a rumor of a lecture material. A diary-like exchange shows Madge worried about Dick obtaining her father’s consent, while a Decorah Iowa Public Opinion item notes heavy rain, a bridge accident, and Ben Elmera’s presumed drowning with a later uncertain detail.
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Decorah
Iowa
Ben Elmera
Ben
Antiques and Odd Exchanges Inspire Humorous Anecdotes
In Lorain Ohio and Cincinnati scenes, lighthearted vignettes mix antiques sales with a barber mouse fright and an odd tale of a gasless drive. A Brown drove two miles to a town after running dry, traded $6 for a truck ride to the garage, and the exchange sparked a joke about helping country folk with gasoline.
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Brown
Questions Answered in The Question Editor Column
The Daily Herald-Times Press Washington Bureau offers readers a Q and A page answering facts on kilowatt hours liberal arts actor names wool trade and warships. Questions about energy units education film credits wool production imports and the Emden cruiser are addressed with concise explanations and figures.
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Washington
New York Avenue
Washington, D. C
Lloyd Hughes
Richard
Dix
Gleane Boardman
Uchard Dix
Ernest Carlton Brimmer
Eleanor Bardman
King Victor
Lloyd’ Hughes
United
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