01 Feb 1872
Page 1
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 23 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Middletown Evening Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1872
Page
1
The Middletown Evening Press from February 1, 1872 appears as a brief publication note with publication details and a promise of regular issues. Contents are not fully legible. the item indicates a daily or frequent newspaper schedule in the era.
Mr A B Deming Newsdealer Bookseller is the general agent for the Middletown Evening Press in Middletown and will manage village delivery and collections. Collections occur every two weeks. Single copies cost four cents at Deming Morgan Sloat Vail’s Bookstore.
Tonight at the Opera House the final lecture of the Rev Mr Harvey's course on Switzerland and the Alps, Germany and the Rhine and related topics.
A Lay Member of the Baptist Church appeals for tolerance while denouncing impostors who misinterpret scriptural terms and church practice. He criticizes immersion zeal, interdenominational unity, and heated disputes, insisting many are sadly deceived. He promises another contribution before a planned vacation.
The bill creating a City Board of Audit to pass on claims and estimate future expenditures has been adopted by both Houses after a heated controversy. It follows Twombly’s substitute for Hawkins while omitting Crochrane from the board. members named are Green Stebbins and Van Nort with Abbott voting for Twombly.
Amity and Edenville report a fatal tree accident, creamery sales, revival meetings, school prayers, property exchanges, and a poison scare. Also listed are rail, mining, farm rentals, new drainage and a mad dog incident, plus local auctions, new leases, and community improvements in Monroe and Wantage areas.
A special train carried officers and invited guests from Middletown to Ellenville for the formal opening of the Shawangunk tunnel to passenger traffic. The first regular timetable train also passed through the tunnel that morning, with full coverage to follow in the next item.
Mr. Lewis N. Tremper takes over the barber shop and bathrooms in Gothic Hall basement beneath the Press office after Kleine vacated for repairs. Tremper, a Newburgh native formerly from Montgomery, arrives with solid character and habits, seeking public patronage.
The play returns around February 19 at Bull's Opera House for a renewed War drama evening. It promises grand success and features remodeling with many new elements, pleasing both first-time and returning audiences.
The column notes provide broad latitude for disputants in a spirited discussion on baptism. The press will host both sides fairly but does not commit to either view, acknowledging the debate may remain unresolved after the exchange.
On Wednesday evening after the choir meeting in the lecture room of the Presbyterian church George J. King received from his choir a framed Hope portrait of each member artistically grouped around his own. Jirah S. Foote made the presentation and Mr Kunz responded with surprise and pleasure.
Evening Press records temperature variations at North Street Drug Store. Readings noted for 6 AM 9 AM noon 8 PM 6 PM and 9 PM with scattered figures. Exact values are unclear due to OCR errors but indicate daily fluctuation.
Between Shaws and McQuoid's and Harford's grocery a calfskin fob pocket book was found containing about two dollars and papers. The owner may recover by returning it to this office. the money may be kept.
The Society of Primitive Baptists, previously meeting in Bonnell's hall, have secured the large lower room at Slauson's Hall and will hold services Sunday next at 11 am and 3 pm with preaching by Elder F. P. Walker.
Counsellor Chas. G. Dill and wife with Mr. Henry B. Dill sail on Saturday from Charlestown to visit Florida, Georgia, and other Southern States intending to be away several weeks.
A Russian town is destroyed by an earthquake with many deaths. British troops clash with Looshins in India. Countie Chambord issues another throne claim manifesto for France. A Norwich Canada fire causes damage. Senate passes Approbation bill with minor amendments. House refers Cuban belligerency bill to Foreign Affairs. Final adjournment day set after debate. Mount Hood shows volcanic signs. Two highwaymen are captured at Troy. Erie freight charges a topic in New Jersey legislature. Union Pacific blockade continues. Three prisoners escape Covington Kentucky jail. Japanese Embassy to depart San Francisco for the East tomorrow. More frauds found in Public Works. Indictment against Stokes argued before Justice Ingraham. Hepworth speaks at YMCA anniversary. Several criminal assaults reported in Brooklyn. Gold and thermometer quotes noted.
Senator D. P. Wood moved to appoint a committee to investigate newspaper charges against Senate Clerk Janes Terwilliger. The panel includes Senators Perry Lowery and Hardenbrergh. The first meeting is scheduled for this evening.
Doctors in Newton and Branchville see brisk vaccination business amid small pox concerns. John E Beemer, long-time local merchant, moved to Jersey City to enter groceries. Last Friday night a carriage overturned after a horse frightened, injuring Scott Titsworth and a sister. The horse leaped a fence carrying the wagon away.
The article salutes fish culture as a rising national industry led by New York with a State hatchery at Caledonia. It notes the creation of a Fish Commission, headed by Seymour, Cooper, and Roosevelt, spawning stock raised at public expense and distributed to public waters. It cites large expected yields and outlines rules for delivering spawn and living fish to public waterways only.
In Kingston New York Louisa Fowler won four thousand dollars and costs against David A Martin for breach of marriage promise after seven years of courtship. A Howellsville millinery store firehouse collapse injured several during an auction. Margaret Landers seeks five thousand dollars in Brooklyn for her husband’s death in the Westfield ferry disaster and may pursue the appeal. A windy rail incident near Flushing injures passenger Bullis. Chicago warned labor surplus will persist for two months. Mount Hood emits smoke from possible volcanic activity. Three hundred buffaloes slaughtered near St. Joseph by Alexis butchered for sale.
In a frontier village of crude shanties Senator Nye lies dying as Gov. Nye tends him with care. The sick man, pressed if he should speak of family or clergy, declares he never voted the Democratic ticket in his life, rejecting a minister.
Joseph H. Lyman, agricultural editor of the Tribune, died Sunday at his home in Richmond Hill Long Island of small-pox. He was forty seven and had served the paper four years after succeeding N C Meeker. He was highly respected and married to Mrs Kate H whose Hearth and Home diary was popular.
Otisville resident Uncle John Willis has given a valuable Regulator clock to the Presbyterian Church in Otisville. This shows a pattern of recent generous gifts to the same church, and the writer offers thanks to him.
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.