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Newspaper
Middletown Evening Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1871
Page
1
The Middletown Evening Press announces publication times and office location in Gothic Hall, First Floor, Middletown, New York, with editions on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday afternoons at five o'clock.
The Mippietown Evening Press offers home delivery by carriers at ten cents a week and four cents for single copies. Mail subscriptions cost 400 dollars a year, 200 for six months, and 100 for three months. The county weekly is issued Friday morning at 200 dollars per year, payable in advance.
Mr A B Deming is the general agent for the MippLeTown Evening Press in Middletown and will manage village delivery and collections biweekly. Single copies may be bought at Deming's and Vail's Bookstore for four cents.
A garbled piece shows a child unable to walk or play, blocked by doors and confinement. The speaker laments lost playthings and locked bricks while wishing to share play from different sides, highlighting isolation and a desire for companionship.
Reports describe famine across central and southern Persia with drought crops failed and taxes rising. Starvation spreads in Ispahan Yezd Kirman and Shiraz as farmers flee, prices soar and people eat roots vermin and even children amid depopulation and pestilence.
In Middletown on July 28, 1871, residents hear of a letter from a lawyer claiming a large English estate has heirs in this country. The principal heir is an elderly man in Orange County, reputedly aged around ninety to one hundred. The estate is said to be worth several millions and the lawyers waive payment if no claim succeeds.
A Newburgh Journal correspondent criticizes local wealthy citizens for neglecting to fund a first class hotel. The piece urges enterprise and investment of a few thousand dollars to build a better hostelry, arguing streets and sewers pale beside quality lodging. It laments the lack of action from stock groups and hopes someone will aid humanity by improving hotels.
Brick Pomeroy’s Democrat column attacks Tammany rule as devilish and tyrannical. He denounces corruption and calls for drastic action against political figures, framed as a fearless curb on graft. The piece promises sharp, sensational rhetoric typical of his stance.
Miss McCrea was thrown from a buggy near Scotchtown when a horse bolted after an umbrella. Her chignon is credited with saving her skull as she was dragged several rods but sustained only bruises. A second runaway near Hampton involved Mr. Gale’s hay wagon. wheels parted and both wagon and horses ran but no serious injuries occurred.
Report of the death of Fanny Hoffman Tucker at her aunt Mrs White’s home in Poughkeepsie from scarlet fever. The orphaned girl, adopted by Hoffman Lodge No 412 F A M, had the lodge’s care and portrait on display. Funeral services are planned for Monday at 3 PM in Middletown, with arrangements to be announced from local pulpits.
Oliver Hulse, a long respected town resident and father of Hon. Gilbert O. Hulse, Surrogate of Orange County, died Thursday evening from internal injuries after a fall from a mowing machine. The couple celebrated their golden wedding three years ago and were presented with gold plate. The funeral will be held tomorrow from the deceased’s west village residence.
Rev. F. McCarthy formerly pastor of the First Baptist Church in this village now serves in Chicago. He spends a few days at Long Branch and will visit Middletown before returning West. The Goshen Republican notes he practices medicine in New York City during weekdays and preaches Sundays in Middletown to crowded houses.
The Wallkill Union Society ends its last picnic after a rough crowd spoiled the day. Those who paid for tickets will be given a free picnic by the Society on Monday August 7 1871 with proper police to maintain order.
The A. M. E. Zion society hosts a sociable in their new Middletown church on East Avenue near Water street Thursday evening August 17 to raise funds for building payments. Admission is 25 cents and all are invited.
The Cooper Institute on North Street Middletown across the Erie Railroad will open as a restaurant and boarding house on Monday July 31st 1871. Respectable mechanics can find good board and lodging there.
Hoffman Lodge No. 412 helped install Sandard Lodge No. 711 at Chester on July 27 with about 500 in attendance. Grand Master John H. Anthon led ceremonies at the Presbyterian Church after a processional from the Methodist Church, with a large showing of sister lodges and a banquet by the ladies.
A travel letter from July 11, 1871, recounts Sterling Castle's Douglas Room, the Grayfriars Church and Abbots, Holyrood Palace, and Edinburgh Castle. The writer describes Mary Queen of Scots, Rizzio’s assassination site, the Regalia Room, Mar’s Work ruin, and John Knox’s House, with vivid impressions of the Old and New Towns and Calton Hill views.
The Monticello Republican news notes Midland Company’s poles being erected from Mitchell’s toward Monticello, enabling near real time telegraph links. It recounts Mr. Weed’s office test sending inquiries and receiving wide replies, praising the marvel of bottled electricity and public progress. Major Weller to oversee the post office office.
The Newburgh Telegraph touts a Democratic cucumber sample sent by Major Sherman, candidate for Congress, while a local comparison favors Republican Nathan Goble’s produce. The column playfully wagers on who holds the superior harvest in this village debate.
The Oswego Advertiser warns Middletown readers to muzzle their dogs or risk police action. It urges owners to secure canine companions with wire and leather restraints to avoid lethal consequences and a dangerous return to dust.
Bequests of 500 dollars from Mr Benjamin Carpenter of Newburgh to the Newburgh Branch Society and thence to the American Bible Society are recorded. Mrs Keturah Bull formerly of Hamptonburgh leaves 100 dollars to the Orange County Bible Society.
In Monticello a newly named illness titled Constipated littleness has appeared as a local health report. No further medical details are provided in the fragment.
On Sunday afternoon Squire Elston and family riding to a hilltop cemetery encountered a wagon tongue failure. The wagon overturned catching all eight passengers except Mr Elston. Baird suffered internal injuries but is recovering. Adams fractured collar bone. others escaped serious harm.
The Journal reports petitions circulating in Newburgh urging the Common Council to appropriate two thousand dollars to outfit the Nineteenth Regiment with new uniforms for about two hundred fifty men. Total cost is around seven thousand dollars with the state likely contributing two thousand five hundred dollars. a ten dollar shortfall per soldier remains to be covered by the soldiers. The regiment is to receive breech loading rifles replacing Springfield muskets.
Evening Press reports temperature variations for July 27 showing values at 6 AM 9 AM 12 M 6 PM 9 PM with figures around 0.70 to 0.90. Readings recorded by Mc Monagle Rogers' Standard Thermometer North Street.
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