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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1919
Page
5
Fire destroyed a house in Rio today at 3 am. The occupants escaped unharmed and the postmaster L. Patterson reports the blaze damaged the building extensively. The article notes Greater New York’s size compared with Switzerland’s population and housing.
A fire at 1 am destroyed Alexander Taylor's residence and damaged nearby houses in Fort Jervis. About $3,959 in losses reported as two residents aided by fire crews with limited water pressure. Families escaped uninjured, though Lydia Freeman, Mrs. Taylor's elderly mother, was carried from the burning home.
A private conference near 2 pm led to a halt in the hearing by the committee and board members. Attendees included Mr Futter and Mr Gett with attorneys. settlement terms reportedly discussed and a substantial reduction near agreed. The board plans to reconvene Tuesday to finalize action on the bills.
A federal judge issued a temporary injunction blocking enforcement of wartime prohibition laws on whiskey and wine. The decision protects the rights of opponents of the dry policy in the case brought before the district court.
General Wolters of the Texas Cavalry reported Mexican bandits raided a store 11 miles south of Zapata, binding the owner, looting the store, and escaping across the border. The report was received by a Ranger captain.
A Wednesday night alarm at the National Bank on Front and Sussex streets startled crowds leaving the New Theatre. The burglar alarm gong rang due to a short circuit and no thieves were found after investigation by Chief Moorehead and officers Grant Herr and Mulvaney with bank staff.
Mrs M Ignatz visits her parents Mr and Mrs George Rau of West Main street Port Jervis Ridgebury Slate Mill Denten Preaching at Slate Hall lodge Sunday morning at 10 o clock Quarterly communion at Li in the Denton Presbyterian Church Preaching at Hidgebury Presbyterian Church at 7 45 in the evening Melvin C Jacobs pastor
The Airedale originated with English poachers who sought an all around hunting dog that would not bark on the trail.
Grace Episcopal Church observes its seventy fifth founding anniversary on February 16 with plans in place. Rector Maxwell W. Rice will leave Zin Episcopal Church after the observance and assume duties at his new charge in Wappin g Falls for 5000 after the anniversary exercises. A successor has not yet been named but is hoped to be found by February 1.
Newburgh Justice Seeger reserved judgment on a motion to punish Howard G. Vernol for contempt of court over failure to pay $10 weekly alimony to his wife Hilda R. Vernol who had obtained a decree of separation after a July Supreme Court trial. Anson J. Fowler represented the motion.
Mere and Vernol 2od faced opposition from ex District Attorney Hirschberg who argued the separation was void because the parties briefly reunited last fall on South Miller Street with their year old son Raymond, then separated again and now live apart.
The O. and W. pay car number 23 will depart Weehawken Monday morning and arrive in Middletown as the last car on northbound train number 7 shortly before 6 PM. It will pay off many local employees at Wickham Avenue station.
A timetable entry describes a numbered train visiting shops and leaving at 8 to 10 in the morning, returning to the station by 8 pm and staying for the rest of the day, with a planned northward trip early Wednesday.
The text surveys the Malay Archipelago from the east coast of Africa across the Indian Ocean noting Sumatra and Borneo, where orangutans live. It describes the archipelago as a partly submerged continent and contemplates geologic uplift to form a land mass near Arabia. An advertisement for sore throat remedy Une Sterizo appears.
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