13 Jan 1872
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Newspaper
Middletown Evening Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1872
Page
1
A garbled text fragment hints at a sparsely stocked market scene with ribbons and sand sold as sugar and dirt parcels. The skewed narration references Lanny eyed customers and a shouted question What will I have suggesting a shopper’s indecision and uncertain purchases in a stalled marketplace.
Local items report anti-tobacco efforts Kingston social club in Liberty milk wagon activity in Sullivan County and debates on woman suffrage in Ellenville Monticello. Port Jervis freight car injury and Deckertown theft and jail incident. Reads of burglaries and a gambling saloon closed after a bribe offer.
A soiled suit of clothes was found in a North Street yard in the early hours. A man was later seen carrying off items that appeared to fit the clothing.
The Scranton coal strike is satisfactorily adjusted with concessions from both sides. The agreement benefits the public relying on cheap fuel and reflects mutual gains for workers and operators.
Goshen and Pine Island Railroad was leased by the Erie Railway Company for 3 percent on stock for forty five years with a possible extension after thirty years if earnings improve. The agreement secures ongoing operation and potential further gains.
The report notes that deaths from the disease in London over the past year reached 8 000, vastly higher than the 600 per year average seen in the prior three years.
The Week of Prayer draws wide attention as Rev. Corey suggests a monthly Union Prayer Meeting in Middletown. Churches including St. Pauls Methodist First Baptist and Presbyterian report strong attendance with extra services likely for two to three weeks.
The item discusses rumors about C. 8. Slauson moving to New York City for a few months, notes Schuyler Colfax quitting smoking, and contemplates civility reform linked to the Presidency. It also reports on Abe Abbott’s Japanese government invitation to promote the American school system, Miss E. Gray joining Christian Union as assistant editor, K Rootedee joining a Poughkeepsie Congregational Church, Beecher as editor, and Thomas Cornell elected director of the W V R Co replacing Kierstead.
No. 6 derailed near Callicoon on Thursday due to a removed rail for repairs with no damage. A Paterson train struck nine derailed cars from a broken flight train in Bergen tunnel, smashing into the engine. The embankment joining the Midland and Sussex rails at Franklin junction is completed.
Early in February a Court of Sessions will be held in Newburgh by an adjoining county judge likely A Edward Suffern of Rockland to try criminal cases and indictments found during S W Fullerton’s district attorney tenure as he is disqualified from trying cases he prosecuted
Rev. Mr. Harvey will occupy the pulpit at the First Presbyterian Church tomorrow, delivering both morning and evening services. The Evangelical Alliance proposed the prayer phrase Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven, as the subject for tomorrow.
Preasurer Broadhead reduced County his difference to 97273.56. Lary Young of Shawan gunk Paper Mill injured his leg last week when it caught in a belt. The fracture was set and he is recovering well.
The report lists temperatures from Mc Monagle Rogers' Standard Thermometer North at the drug store for morning and afternoon periods with figures like 88 and 63 and notes about social season mood for boys and girls.
Joseph White, of Sprague Avenue near the Oil Works, died after being thrown from a train between Goshen and Middletown. He was returning from Goshen with a witness in a civil suit when he slipped from a car and fell down an embankment. White worked at a local tannery before opening a small grocery and leaves a wife and three children. He had recently inherited property in Ireland.
The Wednesday gathering at the Presbyterian church featured Dr. Smith of Montgomery Gordon B. Barnes of Walden and local clergy. The address urged constant daily prayer for youth amid warnings about materialism and moral danger, stressing salvation through faith and the Cross.
The Rome Sentinel reports on a promising silicon steel invention and a planned large scale factory. Dr Charles Nes and other scientists promote silicon steel ore mixed with pig iron to create superior steel and rails. Elmira rolling mill already manufacturers rails. several railroads order the product. The Nes Silicon Steel Company, Rome NY, plans operations and invites inspection.
Nasby describes a tour through Northern states to measure Republican strength for a Democratic realignment. The diary recounts visits in Smithville New York Onesboro Ohio Brownstown Illinois and other towns detailing perceived corruption in the Grant administration and the appeal of a new fusion with the People and Union to defeat Grant.
A fragment recounts Democratic and Republican tensions, noting that Republicans remain hard to satisfy and seek office, while Democrats doubt the effort will succeed and fear returning to party lines as trials influence loyalty and control.
The National Committee of the Republican Party calls the National Nominating Convention to meet in Philadelphia on the first Wednesday in June, five months before the campaign. Past GOP conventions met in Chicago, Baltimore, and Chicago again, marking sixteen years since the first presidential nomination. The June date is two weeks later than in 1868, allowing five months for the campaign.
A reader defends Ned Bantline over Olive Logan praising Bantline for lively western wit and dramatic storytelling. The letter urges village support for a charity event at the Opera House, promising proceeds to aid the needy and a successful turnout. The author cites Hartford, Conn., as a prior example of Bantline’s laughter-inducing impact.
Listing of Port Jervis banks including First National and National Bank of Port Jervis with officers and positions. Names such as Jacob Hornbeck as President, Geo Redington as Vice President, and H H Farnum among other directors and cashiers are shown.
The Encampment of the Department of New York G A R will convene in New York City at Robinson's Hall on the 17th and 18th. Delegates include Post Webb Middletown E 8 Puff P C J F Roosa Port Jervis E Brod head P C and E Van Etten Post Jackson Goshen Col Cummings P C Wilbur F Lewis. Officers to be elected.
A hearing occurred yesterday with speeches by Mrs. Isabella Hooker Mrs. H B Stanton and Mrs Susan B Anthony. A petition bearing about 20 000 signatures from highly cultured women requests a declaratory law applying the XIV and XVI amendments to women.
London report states a fire damp explosion hit Oakwood colliery in Wales with eleven men recovered dead and many still missing. Rescue parties search the mine as flames destroy extensive works and machinery with some workers escaping.
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