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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1916
Page
1
Justice Tompkins grants Henrietta Murray a partial win in a Goshen stock farm dispute. The injunction bars loading of cars after 10 PM and requires improved cleansing to reduce odors while upholding the farm’s sanitary conditions and denying other relief with costs taxed to the defendants.
Navy orders issued Wednesday list Assistant Surgeon E A Brown as to Naval Hospital Norfolk. Brown is a son of Mr and Mrs O Harry Brown of Norfolk Va and a grandson of the state E A Brown of
A 500 strong mob killed Paulo Boteta in Greenwich Village after he fired a revolver wounding Archibald Madison and two girls. Police searched for ringleaders as reserves dispersed the crowd. Boteta, a shoemaker, was thought temporarily insane.
Berlin reports Von Mackensen’s forces pushing along the Roumanian front with the Bucharest to Cernavoda railway fully in German control. The line links Bucharest to the Black Sea and holds strategic value. Elsewhere French offensives in the Argonne were halted, with artillery activity near Somme and Verdun.
Washington December 14 The House judiciary committee voted to report constitutional amendments for woman suffrage and national prohibition. The prohibition measure goes to the House with a recommendation to pass. the suffrage amendment will be reported without recommendation.
In Newburgh Supreme Court Justice Hirschberg presided over the case of Mrs. Allan Cuff versus her husband Thomas Cuff to decide who owns a piano. The piano, bought before their marriage, was in dispute after their separation with the verdict favoring the plaintiff for return or $260. Other related actions by George W. Cornell and others against George E. Cornell involve challenges to deeds by George T. Cornell, alleging undue influence and age-related lack of capacity. defendants contend he was lucid and knowledgeable, noting prior transfers to family in Newburgh and Jay.
In Kingston Supreme Court December 4 1923 the jury disagreed in the case of William L Wood versus the New York Ontario and Western Railroad. Elbert N Oakes represented the defendant. Wood, a city resident, claims an 1914 injury while loading iron on a flat car led to a postaccident payment of 65 dollars signed under duress after being presented a form by a clerk.
A Newburgh Goshen Middletown grand jury session is examining John Dee proceedings amid alleged malpractices linked to a Middletown physician. Ethel Mabee, 21, of 26 Golden Hill Avenue Goshen, was summoned but reportedly ill and later released after district attorney intervention.
Seely Green of Green & Hise, ice dealers in Mechanicstown, died at 9:50 p m Wednesday at Thrall Hospital from injuries after being struck on the Goshen Line of Wallkill Transit Company near the power house. Motorman Faulkner, the only eyewitness, could not stop in time as Green walked in the center of the tracks at night. Green, 45, was born September 6 1868 in Adenville, married Mary E Townsend October 30 1892 at Sugar Loaf, and leaves wife and son Charles T. Green. The trolley left Franklin Square at about 9 p m. the car was returned to Middletown and Green rushed to hospital where he died shortly after arrival.
London report says Chancellor Bonar Law told the House of Commons that Britain still needs reparations and securities for the future to sustain the war. He disclosed daily war costs of 28.55 million dollars and a new war credit of 2 billion dollars, raising the total issued since the war began to 147.66 billion dollars.
News from Washington reports Germany is ready to discuss peace with its enemies. Joseph C. Grew conveyed the note to Wilson and Lansing, who prepared it for transmission to Berlin, Vienna, Constantinople, and Sofia. Officials say the president must act cautiously while considering further proposals to end the war.
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