Westtown News Reports Local Giving and Fox Hunting Ventures
Miss Isabel Sayer hosts friends at Lakewood and Robert Dixon raises 3177 for Frank Elston and others who lost belongings. Lewis Belcher Reeves Essler buy three fox hounds near Greenwood Lake and plan to test them in Ulster’s wooded tracts. Rabbit populations surge in Ulster and Orange counties with several local shootings nearby.
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Westtown
Isabel Sayer
Lakewood
Robert Dixon
Samaring
Frank Elston
Fextiy
Lewis Belcher
Reeves Essler
Greenwood Lake
Ile Woods
Weettown
Wes
Thorne
Ulster County
Orange County
Robert Trier
Wiliam Gibbs
Miss 3
Fred Risvon
Jeb. SM. Runson
Abo
Training to be a nurse at Albany hospital on vacation
A student nurse trains at Albany hospital and is home on vacation. Presbyterian Sunday school children rehearse Christmas exercises for Christmas night performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Presbyterian Sunday School
Pythian Sisters Elect Officers
The Juanita Temple Pythian Sisters held a regular meeting to elect officers and plan year activities. They announced a Christmas program for children, a one week prayer focus, and continued church services with emphasis on prayer as vital to the community and wartime support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juanita Temple
Pythan Sisters
Pyta
Ear Senkeuren
Fy Wesoek
RL Armstrong
Raham
Graham
PQACE
Sspie
Christmas program plan noted for Montgomery area
An article fragment describes a Christmas entertainment plan in Montgomery with school participants. It mentions Locust Valley New York location four miles from Oyster Bay, and a hospital visit for two children, plus recoveries. Other notes include local residents and a fifty year anniversary related to the opening of a railway in 1867.
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Montgomery
Locust Valley
L. i
Sundar
Oster Bay
Geo. B. Susdam
Richard Read William
St. Luke's Hospital
Newburgh
Geo. Havens
Geo. McCartney
George
Brown
Paterson
XL. J
Emery
Eric Railrcad
Hirak
Boer
Joseph Ers Omici
Unclear fragmentary local notes on visitors and services
Fragmentary item notes M Wilkin at home after a noon tram arrival and a road described as sonishing. Mentions Mr and Mrs James Edwards of Middletown as guests at Borihi home. Perry E Brown son of Leonard Brown now serving in the Ambulance Corps for the American Red Cross at Newport RI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Wilkin
James Edwards
Middletown
James Borihi
Perry E Brown
Leonard of Brown
American Red Cross
Newport
Penalties for 1917 Tax Due Before March 1 1918
Notice states penalties apply if the 1917 tax is not paid by March 1 1918. It specifies the deadline and consequence, reflecting local tax enforcement. The source emphasizes timely payment to avoid penalties and potential collection actions.
Midnight Mass Christmas Eve in local Catholic churches
The Archdiocese prepares for midnight mass on Christmas Eve amid uncertain approval by Cardinal Porter. A letter from Cardinal Fallex, read to pastors, permits the mass as part of a prayer crusade for world peace, stressing prayers for the nation’s safety and the return of servicemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardinal Porter
J.P McCleacy
Farlex
New tax changes to strike small incomes nationwide
Albany, October 3 war revenue act provisions will affect thousands of earners. Tax officers will tour counties with blank return forms to aid compliance and collect affidavits. Taxpayers must file based on net income after expenses, with strict deadlines and enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe Lewin
Albany
Ms Menthly
Tien
Mrr. Irwin
Neip Ue
Mi-g-na Stomach Tablets Advertise Quick Relief
An old advertisement touts Mi-g-na Stomach Tablets for sour stomach belching and bloating. It claims instant digestion relief and bans fermentation effects, saying use will cure indigestion and biliousness with druggists selling nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Giean
Tuthill & Tehune
Cardinal's Christmas Eve message amid wartime losses
The Cardinal urges prayers for welfare as they enter the war and note the absence of many Catholic fathers and family members on Christmas Eve, marking the solemn sacrifice of the season and emphasizing seriousness on the anniversary of the infant Saviour's birth.
No Increase on Coal Shipped Before December
Albany dispatch notes county fuel administrator G Y Lansing warning coal dealers in the city that several appear to have misunderstood the rulings on the recent advance. No increase should apply to coal shipped prior to December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
G.Y. Lansing
Coal price rise under federal ruling limits by date
Authorities allow a 49 cent per ton increase on coal shipped from mines after 7 a.m. December 1. Dealers applying higher prices to coal shipped before December 1 face investigation by Mr. Lansing who intends to stop such practices. Old price applies to coal shipped before the cutoff.
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Lansing
Revolutions Not Made They Come Quote
A compact aphorism attributed to Wendel Phillips notes that revolutions do not originate by will but arrive as emergent events rather than planned upheavals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendel
Phillips
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W. J. Goetz
North Street
M. Singer
Depot Street
Middletown, N.Y
China
Gray
Black Fox
RED Fox
Kolinsky
Gierings
Ber
Ping Wits
Curiss
Pythian Sisters
Pine Bush
Ansco
Fearyes
Miona
L. Stern Coo
Middletown, N. Y
Cagy Dental
W.L. Rhodes
Midletown
N.Y
Bolivia
Holiday Club
Orange County Trust Company
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