Roosevelt to Open Val Kill Inn and Farm Complex
Farmer Roosevelt plans to open Val Kill Inn this fall in a remodeled white farmhouse near Route 9 G north of Poughkeepsie. Elliott Roosevelt says the project is part of a five year plan to develop 842 acres bought from his father. the inn will hold 22 double rooms and serve 1100 patrons, using farm products. The operation includes a 450,000 tree Christmas tree program and a Berkshire pig enterprise with 20 sows and two boars, aiming to expand to 900,000 trees and ongoing pig production among ongoing farm labor.
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Val-Kill Inn
Anna Eleanor and
Elliott Roosevelt
Poughkeepsie
Val-Kill Farms
Elliott
Top Cottage
Roosevelt Farm Plans Self Brand Sausage Line
The property operates wholesale meat sales in Poughkeepsie. Animals are slaughtered on site and pork products stored in a deep freeze. Val-Kill smoke houses cure hams and bacon. The farm intends to produce and market its own sausage brand later.
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Roosevelt
Poughkeepsie
Average US Farmhouse Age Reaches Over Fifty Years
The report notes that the typical rural dwelling in the United States is now fifty years old or more. It highlights aging farmhouses as a national housing trend with implications for maintenance, renovations, and rural property values.
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United States
Columbus Mayor Sings Bond Drive Song About Paul Revere Horse
Columbus Mayor James A. Rhodes penned and will perform a bond drive song questioning what happened to Paul Revere's horse. Lionel Hampton will sing it Saturday on a national Treasury broadcast, as Rep. J Harry McGregor notes in the congressional record.
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Washington
James A. Rhodes
Columbus
Congress
Paul Revere
Lionel Hampton
U. S. Treasury
J. Harry McGregor
Rohio
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Revere
Charleston
Lexington
Mass
Forgotten horse and Revere ride lore rise here
The article notes that an unnamed horse shared the fame of Paul Revere in the ride. It mentions the Bodleian Library at Oxford, founded in 1598 and endowed in 1611 by Sir Th Podley, expanding from 2,000 volumes to over 1,250,000.
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Revere
Paul
Oxford
Th Podley
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Choice
Bologna Ls. Boc
VEAL
Veal Breast Ltd. Soc
Bodleian Library
Castell Drug CO
N. Main ST
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Idea
Hawthorne
Delta Airline
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Airline
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