Middletown Evening Press and Orange County Press Info
The Middletown Evening Press lists delivery terms ten cents weekly and four cents per copy with mail rates four dollars yearly or two dollars for six months. Postage fifteen cents per quarter by mail. The Orange County Press appears weekly Friday mornings with annual subscription two dollars. Address orders to Stivers & Kessinger in Middletown New York.
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Middletown
Orange County Press
Stivers & Kessinger
N. Y
Deming Named General Agent for Middletown Evening Press
Mr A B Deming, Newsdealer and bookseller, is the general agent for the Middletown Evening Press in Middletown and will oversee village delivery and collections every two weeks. Single copies may be bought at Deming's Morgan and Sloat's and Vail's Bookstore for a few cents.
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A. B. Deming
Middletown Evening Press
Middletown
Deming’s
Morgan & Sloat’s
Vail
Senatorineff Prints Wasteful Library Report Debated
A motion to print 1,000 copies of the State Library Trustees report was nearly killed. Mr Madden called it spoiling a white paper with printer's ink, a view that gained broad support.
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State Library
Legislative Adjournment Sparks Public Debate
Senator Madden and Col. Young returned home as both houses adjourned from Friday to Monday evening. Newspapers criticized the adjournment, but officials say public business remains unaffected at this stage of the session.
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Madden
Col. Young
New Excise Law Bill Proposed by Senator Woodin
Senator Woodin introduced a bill in the State Senate to empower voters in towns counties cities or wards to decide by ballot whether intoxicating drink sales shall be prohibited and to enforce prohibition if the majority approves. The proposal mirrors a state law enacted about twenty five years ago and later repealed.
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Woodin
Senate
Political Notes From The Indianapolis Journal
The Indianapolis Journal urges tolerance toward opposing senators and moderates in civil service reform, noting that defenders include Trumbull and Fenton while former allies oppose the plan. The piece urges Congress to respect differing party views on public measures and policy.
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Indianapolis Journal
Trumbull
Fenton
Presidential candidates crowd the field before midsummer
The piece notes many contenders forming before summer from conventions in Columbus next month. It mentions a Temperance and Labor Reform candidate and a Women Suffrage faction planning a Presidential bid, with sex still undecided. It observes the American electorate will have a broad choice in rulers in a democratic nation.
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Ohio
Columbus
Lawsuit Over Monticello Railroad Bonds Set for Feb
Sullivan County notes the appeal in the Court of Appeals over the $170000 bond issue for the Monticello Railroad. The same column reports two fatal accidents near Mors ton and Fremont, a blue stone company profit of 100000, an arson attempt on a M P J Branch bridge, a new schoolhouse at Gilman’s Station, a new store, and a Bloomingburgh Good Templars lodge organized by James T. Vail with 20 charter members.
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Thompson, Sullivan Co
Monticello
Court of Appeals
Harvey Ward
Morston
Wm. Gabriel
Fremont
Blue Stone
M & PJ
Gilman's Station
Templar
James T. Vail
Lodge of Good Templars
Bloomingburgh
W. C
Reuben A. Campbell
W. V
Sarah Bell
George Campbell
Lewis Bell
W. M
Stephen Bill
Edna Anderson
William Tompkins
Sarth Anderson
Connecticut Court Rules Survivorship In Drowning Case
A Connecticut court examined a survivorship dispute where a man and his daughter drowned together. If the man died first the estate would go to the daughter and then to her mother, now divorced. If the daughter died first the estate would pass to the father’s half sister. The rule concludes that males outlive females and adults outlive minors in such cases.
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Connecticut
Discovery of Mastodon Bones in Orange County
Andrew Mitchell found mastodon bones while digging muck one mile east of Otisville. The bones include two 4 foot 4 inch ribs and vertebrae eight feet below ground, now on display at Joel Northrup’s store. Also noted is a Goshen water works accident injuring Capt Sanford, a Rev Ezra Fisk memorial tablet upcoming, H Bevens purchasing stock from Judson Masterson, and a singing class led by L L Ross planning a closing concert.
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Andrew Mitchell
Mount Hope
Otisville
Joel Northrup
Goshen
Sanford
Ezra Fisk
Humble Lay Member Challenges Baptist Immersion Critique
Dear Press laments a Lay Member of the Baptist Church answering a Protestant correspondent. The letter defends immersion, condemns bigotry, and urges unity and charity among Christians amid public controversy in Middletown. The writer asks for restraint and peaceful conduct to avoid sectarian conflict.
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Baptist Church
Middletown
Shakspeare
Local Notables and Reunions Highlight Village Notes
James O Miller lectured with a Hydra Head at Campbell Hall on a Saturday night. Terry Graham of Chester leases a Slate Hill storehouse to resume mercantile business. Col Abbott sent sleigh-bells to Counselor W T Shaw as a token of gratitude. Eclectic College graduates Phoebe Low and J D Appley are mentioned with Low delivering the address. Silas Seymour, Civil Engineer, visits with F L Nichols. recalling his work on the Brig Railroad from Middletown to Dunkirk and the Union Pacific spike drives. He notes growth in Middletown and recalls old landmarks. headquarters in No 20 Nassau Street, New York.
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Terry Graham
Chester
Slate Hill
Eclectic College of Philadelphia
Phoebe Low
Liberty
J. D. Appley
Boeckland
Brig
Middletown
Dunkirk
Erie Railroad
Halstead Sweet
Seymour
Union Pacific Railroad
Nassau Street
New York
Execution of Botts Last Night at Newark
Botts the murderer known as Pet Halstead was hanged in Newark yesterday after quiet preparations. He prayed overnight, viewed the instrument, spoke a message to his mother, and walked to the gallows at 11 30 a.m. He wore the night clothes, a black cap, and faced the end with clergy present before his body was taken to Boonton.
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Botts
Pet” Halstead
Newark
Colonel Johnson
Siegfried
Jesus
Boonton
Real Estate Sales Highlight Goshen Warwick and Edenville Properties
Real estate sales across Warwick Goshen and Edenville include O Smith selling the Warwick creamery to a farmer association for 7300 dollars. Wm Fletcher buys Washington Hall building in Goshen for 9000 dollars. Edward Tether purchases the Casterline farm near Edenville at 50 dollars per acre. At Patrick Moore estate sale in Goshen various parcels fetch prices from 400 to 205 dollars per acre and 750 dollars for a house and one acre. a Broad street lot sells for 2500 dollars.
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Wm. Fletcher
Brewster
Goshen
Washington Hall
Edward Tether
Edenville
Casterline
Patrick Moore
A. S. Murray
A. B Post
van Sickle
Greenwich Street
Thomas Finan
Chester
Messrs
Town Clock Faults Spark A Public Plea For Reform
The Town Clock is denounced for never striking correctly. It supposedly disturbs sleep, messes with schedules, and causes late hours and meals. Citizens urge abolition while the writers voice regret at criticizing their neighbor clock.
Feed the Sparrows and the Philanthropist
On a cold week day a respected citizen paused business to feed sparrows with broken crackers on the frozen ground. The feeding scene drew flocks of birds and appeared as heartening as children on Christmas morning.
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Bergh
Mercury Paper Promptly Corrects Fire Company Credit
A reader accuses the Mercury of misattributing credit for the first water on a January 19 Main Street fire. He notes No 3 arrived first, Monhagen Hose Co. returned to its house for more hose, and No 3 suffered a wrench loss delaying its approach. He urges fair play and accurate reporting by the Mercury editor.
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The
Mercury
Monhagen Hose Co
Main St
No. 3
Monhagen
Methodist Conference committee to buy parsonage in town
A New York Conference committee of the Methodist Episcopal Church visited to select and purchase a dwelling as a conference parsonage. They bargained for a house and lot on Little Ave owned by Mr Wells noting similar humane actions in other places for exhausted church workers.
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M. E
J. G. Oakley
L. H. King
D. D
W. C. Smith
New York
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Little Ave
Mr. Wells
Soiree Dansante and Bars Planned by Local Clubs
The Soiree Dansante of the Y M QR ER A at Fowler House, Port Jervis, took place last evening. The Grande Bar of the Gay Boy Associates is set for early February. The second Annual of the Long Exred Brotherhood is scheduled for the 224d.
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Y. M. QR
ER. A
Young Men’s Razor Eating Association
Fowler House
Port Jervis
Long Exred Brotherhood
Mil waukee Turf Board awards two minutes seventeen seconds
The Turf Board of Appeals rules Goldsmith Maid earned the record time of two minutes seventeen seconds at Milwaukee. A Goshen village correspondent praises A H Russell’s team and carriage as the finest seen this winter. Unionville rider Brad Doty sells stallion Black Harry Clay to George Harding of Romeo Michigan for $2000. The horse, sired by Old Harry Clay, has famed progeny including a colt sold for $4000 in Chili. Black Harry’s stock is noted as fast, and he was shipped on the 25th inst.
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Wilkes
Spirit of the Times
Turf Board of Appeals
Goldsmith Maid
Milweaukee
the Mail
A. H. Russell
Goshen
Brad. Doty
Unionville
Orange Co
Black Harry Clay
George Harding
Romeo
Michigan
Sussex Register
Old Harry Clay
Black Harry
Chili
Gen. Kilpatrick
Harry
Elsie
Big Margaret
Mr. Austin
John
George
Lyne
Judith
Closing Lecture by Rev Harvey on Foreign Tours
The last lecture of Rev. Mr. Harvey’s course will describe Switzerland and the Alps, Southern Germany and the Rhine, and Belgium. It is set for Thursday evening February 1st at the Opera House, and attendees are urged not to miss this final opportunity.
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Harvey
Switzerland
Alps
Germany
Rhine
Belgium
Opera House
Roger
Midland Machine Shops Consider Summitville Location
The Ellenville Press notes Midland Machine Shop interests in Summitville with perceived local advantages. Officials’ plans remain unclear. however the paper suggests Midland decisions will be decisive.
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Midland Machine Shop
Ellenville
Midland
Summitville
Temperature readings from Mec Monagle Rogers store
The Evening Press reports thermometer variations at North Street Drug Store. Readings show 6 AM 9 AM 12 PM 8 PM and 9 PM for January 25 and 26 with values around 20 18 12 18 22 and additional figures 15 14 25 4 80.
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Mec- Monagle & Rogers
North-st
Evening Press
Bess
Mary Powell Reacquired by Former Owner for Albany Route
The steamer Mary Powell has been repurchased by her previous owner and commander Captain A. L. Anderson and will be placed again on her old Newburgh to New York route after a season running from Albany.
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Mary Powell
Albany
A. L. Anderson
Newburgh
New York
Valentine Day notes offer letters for ladies
A village notice promotes Valentine documents for women to use in the year. It mentions proposals, flattery, moonshine, sincerity, devotion, importunity, and desperation if refused, available from the village postmaster for fifty cents.
Letter from Mr Jacob Ostrander on Northern market plantings
A dated letter from Jacob Ostrander of Woollawn near Hampton Virginia, formerly Scotchtown, reports his work sowing and planting pess and potatoes for northern markets, noting a poor week for gardening in the area.
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Jacob Ostrander
Woollawn
Hampton, Va
Scotchtown
Nimrod Kills Giant Bear Near De Bruce
Captain George Younis of Sullivan county slays a monstrous bear at the head of the Neversink near De Bruce during the present season, after already bringing down numerous pretty deer.
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George Younis
Sullivan County
Neversink
de Bruce
Baptism Ordinance at Pirot Baptist Church Tomorrow
A baptism ordinance will be performed at the Pirot Baptist Church after the morning service. An evening sermon will address the theme Storm and Darkness without Christ.
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Pirot Baptist Church
Christ
River Captains Join Revival at Newburgh Church
Among the converts in the revival now progressing in one of the Newburgh churches are several river captains.
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Newburgh
Trip lightly over trouble and sorrow
Poem urging resilience and hope despite darkness. It counsels letting go of grief and seeking joy, noting tomorrow may bring sun and song. The speaker urges not to dwell on dead blossoms or unsightly forms, but to look for joys ahead.
The Housekeeper's Story Seeks an Age Test for Kate
In a drawing room dialogue, Kate resists Uncle Roger's plan for her to marry Joseph Lawson. She offers three reasons and vows to become cook or housemaid for six months to gain independence. Aunt Lydia enters her future, while Mrs. Austin frets over a new hire as she juggles charity work and daily duties.
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Joseph Lawson
Uncle Noger
Mr Lawson
Roger
Mr. Lawson
Kate
Lydia
Lydia Seton
Vaccination urged as defense against smallpox
Dr John 8 Perry in Philadelphia argues smallpox is nearing control and that officials should be held responsible for vaccine failures. He says vaccination should succeed in nearly every 150 operations, protection varies 1 to 20 percent, and vaccine transmission risks are minor. He urges village boards to offer voluntary or compulsory vaccination and free access for the poor.
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John 8. Perry
Philadelphia
Board of Health
Middletown Musical Association Resumes Weekly Meetings
The Middletown Musical Association will resume its weekly meetings Tuesday evening next in the lecture room of the First Presbyterian Church.
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Middletown Musical Association
First Presbyterian Church
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