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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1916
Page
10
Classified advertisements list items for sale including a well bred horse, a heater, a used gas heater, a fur coat, a piano bench and tool set, a billiards table, and a steam heating boiler. An auction is noted for a 69 acre farm near Mount Horeb with stock and utensils. Also a stray two year old heifer is sought and a reward offered for a Scotch Collie missing from Harriman Tavern.
Classified notices seek a farmhand for half share, milking 73 to 30 cows, and a farmer needed after April 1. Job seekers include experienced mechanic, delivery boy, stenographer, bookkeeper, and housework roles. Several households and businesses list openings for middle aged women, a saleslady, hat makers, and sewing machine operators. Box numbers and addresses provided for responses.
Classified ads show to rent storage spaces, modern apartments, furnished rooms, and a 236 acre farm near Crystal Run. Real estate listings include building lots, an eight room house near O&W shops, and a $2009 cash deal. Also notices of executors and public hearings in Orange County and Middletown with dates for legal and tax matters.
Public notices list multiple wills and estates in Orange County New York. Executors and attorneys solicit creditors and claimants to present vouchers by specified deadlines at Middletown offices. Dates span 1916 to 1938, with addresses for North Street Middletown and firm Frank H Finn. Some entries include names like Elizabeth Loud Greenleaf, Emil Pianharer, and Mary Hartin.
Announcement says bazaar dates at the State Armory under the Lented Sewing Society and Hospital Corps Detachment First Infantry N G will be announced. events previously set for February 11 22 and 23 are postponed due to Lent and Ash Wednesday. No definite dates yet set.
International News Service reports a British steamer LaBlanaca relayed a warning from Goatston Jamaica that a German cruiser raider was seen Sunday afternoon off the Florida coast. The alert urged allied ships to beware. A separate note mentions a January 21 masquerade ball hosted by Grand Eagles and Empire Aerie.
Samuel Gray shoe dealer recounts his lifelong ties with Henry C Hoegi and Henry Hoagland a former DL and W Railroad conductor. Gray recalls coming to the country in 1392 and living at 10 Little Avenue, Hoagland living next door at 21 No 8. The two men, once neighbors and friends, separated for years and later reunited before Hoagland’s death. Gray calls Hoagland a prince in mourning over the loss of his old friend.
In Newburgh on December 12 XM Donahue and Son received what is claimed to be the city’s largest casket. It measures 15 by 24 by 34 inches with an interior extra large, steel reinforced interior and double bolting. The casket, for the late Hannah T Hannigan’s buddy, required removal of a doorway to bring it in, as the body weighed around 450 pounds.
Izzie Palmer wife of Asher B Palmer of this city died at home 178 Linden Avenue Monday night at age 3 years. Survived by husband Asher B Palmer and three children plus brothers and sisters. Mary J Dorr widow of George Dorr died at No 5 Orange Street aged 68 after two weeks illness. Survived by three children Wilam W. Dorr George Dorr Ada Dorr, and several siblings. Sylvester E Porter died at home in Grahamsville on December 5 aged 75, wife survives.
Funeral services for William Norris Sr were held at his Godeffroy home Sunday afternoon. The ceremony drew many relatives and friends, demonstrating the high esteem in which he was held.
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