This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 25 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Middletown Evening Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1871
Page
1
Mr A B Deming, Newsdealer and bookseller, appointed as general agent for the Middletown Evening Press village delivery. He will manage collections biweekly. Single copies sell for four cents at Deming’s and Vaul’s Bookstore.
The Springfield Republican cites a harsh profile of Mayor A Oakey Hall illustrating a failed career due to shifting beliefs and actions. It condemns his political opportunism and lack of moral ballast while noting his wealth from bonds and real estate as compensation.
In Sackett’s Lake a young woman cut her palm with a knife but sewed eight stitches herself using a thread and needle. In Monticello burglars entered the U S Express office at the depot of the M and P J Road but left empty handed. Jesse Mitchell and Miss Vandemark eloped after parental opposition and found happiness with Squire Royce in Monticello on Saturday.
Horse Notes lists Dexter 13 Lady Thorn 16 Ethan Allen 22 Flora Temple 21. The 7url reports 11,081,676 horses in the United States with Illinois 1,340,820 and Ohio 1,200,000. A $200 match between Sussex stallions Henry Clay and Harry Clay Jr. is set for Saturday Aug 26 at 2 PM on the Decker town track, under National Association rules.
Special correspondent covers half day of institute sessions in geography invention drawing and ocean currents. Prof Fradenburgh lectures on rain and temperature causes while Prof Subject discusses oceanic currents and Gulf Stream implications for climate and potential Panama Canal impact.
The ladies of Unionville and Westtown M. E. Churches will hold a Harvest Home in Masonic Grove on Wednesday August 23 at 10 AM. Dinner and supper will be served with speaking and music expected.
The Mount Hope Presbyterian Church women plan an Ice Cream and Peach Festival Tuesday evening the 22nd at the church. If stormy, the event will be moved to the first fair evening.
A remark urges youths with a glass to choose between throwing away the liquor or risking themselves. The warning emphasizes personal responsibility amid temptation.
A man identified as Henry Neely alias McCabe was arrested after sending a threatening letter from Newburgh demanding two hundred dollars to Windham County jail warden Marlow. The decoy money order scheme led to his capture at the New Windsor area money order office with Sheriff Hoyt presenting.
By invitation of Thomas Clarendon, a yacht excursion to Spanish mackerel bluefish and a sharking afternoon ends with a nine foot plus shark weighing over three hundred pounds. The party includes L A. Bong, Clarendon, and editor J M Matthews aboard the Tommy Dodd and at Fire Island.
A deadly explosion at the Eagle shaft near Pittston Pa injures and entombs eighteen miners amid collapsing passages. Rescue teams recover seven bodies and three workers survive, with conditions described as suffocating air and perilous ventilation.
A stylish young woman entered Porter's boot and shoe store on North Street and watched for an accomplice. While clerks looked away she slipped a pair of gaiters No 4 under her skirt. Porter pursued and confronted her on the street. She returned the goods after partial confession and paid for the shoes, then departed. If the gaiters pinch, we shall be mistaken.
Hon A H Byington ex State Senator of Connecticut and Norwalk Gazette editor stopped in town visiting Mr Lewis Selleck and friends. He plans to visit Watkins Glen and Niagara Falls. A S and A W Dodge of Otisville just returned from Long Branch with their families. Horton Tidd founder and political editor of Elmira Daily Gazette gave a call on the way to Bloomingburgh to attend a sick relative.
The Newburgh Telegraph notes a sharp premium gap between Goshen’s The Difference sponsored by the Orange County Agricultural Society offering about 400 dollars and Middletown’s association offering 5,000 dollars. The piece contrasts old fashioned outlooks with a progressive Middletown program.
Mrs Ruth Ann E Vail sold three South street lots to W H Stoddard through Robert Lemon for 1800 dollars. W H Stoddard sold Myrtle avenue house to Mrs Ruth Ann H Vail via Robert Lemon for about 4000 dollars.
The Presbyterian Sabbath School held an annual picnic on the 9th at Blooming Grove woods with Mos cow's Newburgh Band. Colfax & Co enlarge salesroom by 10 percent. Wm Bodle builds two new rental houses. Onion market down to about $2 per barrel. Nehemiah Denton horse dies near Depot and Cornelius B Wood loses an ox on Aug 12. Friend Raymond, Masonic lecturer, visits.
The column reports a trespass lawsuit in progress with William C. Carr injured by the trial. L. B. Vail has many board applicants but takes only a few families. Glenmere house at Silver Lake is crowded. The N. S. Presbyterian church group advances a cemetery road project. Wm Sutton builds a barn frame and plans a house. An itinerant professor offers a writing school with 12 lessons for 3.50. Fish catches rise at Thompson’s Pond with daily picnics bringing home catfish and pickerel.
On Tuesday a workman swinging an axe to take down a church frame misfired. The axe grazed a bystander named Embler, injuring his face and knee pan. The wound is troublesome but not permanently crippling, and recovery is hoped.
Evening Press reports temperature variations for August 1 at North-st Drug Store with readings at 6 AM 835g 9 AM 838 12 M 79 8 PM 86 78 6 PM 79 16 edhh Gd 0 Ist ns cath 0.
The Orange and Sussex Pleasure Grounds Association announces its third annual fair at Unionville on September 6 and 7. Premiums totaling upwards of $1,000 will be awarded to winners across various events.
A reader objects to a press report about Rev McCarthy missing Sunday duties at First Baptist Church. Deacon invited him to the pulpit, he declined to sit there, and the pastor said the preacher would not speak during vacation. Justice Middletown Aug 16 1871.
G A R Entertainment promotes a four night run of the drama Winchester or the Spy of the Shenandoah at Bull's Opera House. Proceeds benefit Post Webb and support the local patriotic organization.
Hoffman Lodge No 412 submits a memorial for Fanny Hoffman Tucker born July 29 1871 aged 11 4 10, adopted child of Bro Andrew Tucker. The lodge mourns her loss and pledges to comfort her widow and orphaned kin, praising her amiable disposition and ladylike manners.
James Smith sued Braddock Houston for payment after buying cattle. The defendant, about two months past twenty, faced a non suit. The text argues for new laws to curb near twenty year olds from cheating creditors and affordability of cattle for farming. W H Stoddard and W Vannamee appeared for the parties.
It is reported that before the French Empire collapsed at Sedan Napoleon negotiated with Richard Schell of New York for the Jumel estate as a future residence if dethroned. War losses drive him to a smaller retreat and talks with Samuel L M Barlow for the Burton Kenards property at Glen Cove. Christiana paints are referenced and a $4,000,000 figure appears in connection with the Jamet Goth estate.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.