Fire loss adjustments and reopening of Tompkins Dry Goods
The Gunther Building at 59 North Street is being transformed into a large Tompkins Dry Goods Company store while the former Merchants Bank building will also house the same company. Workers raise safes from ruins and plan to resume office work and adjust insurance early next week. Local officials report rapid arrival of new goods and favorable market conditions aiding Christmas trade.
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Gunther
Norch Street
Tompkins Dry Goods Company
Merchants Bank
Stanler Ispaugh
The
Comppany
Millspaugh
Beneft
Giles-Giles Company
Giles Giles Company
Higham
Weather outlook for tonight and Sunday turns colder
Main and colder tonight and Sunday with a chance of a man in the north.
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North
Twenty-one Names On Casualty List For This Vicinity
A local casualty list reports twenty one soldiers with homes in Orengs Sullivan Ulster and Delaware counties as wounded dead or missing. Entries include John H Stanton John Joseph Baird Frank W Totty Felix McLeon Charles Koman John Goldstein Emil Maier Ralph Roosa Oscar Hessinger Henry Overton and others with kin and home addresses.
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Orengs
Sullvan
Ulster
Delaware
Ager
John H. Stanton
John Stanton
Seacon
Marvin Ball
Marin
Central Myer
John Joseph Baird
J. L., Baird
Water Shed
Newbureh
Frank W. Totty
S. D. Toit
Water Street
Walden
Felix BR. McLeon
N. Lo Ne Leon
Grand Street
Newburgh
Charles Koman
Deborah Kerroan
Crystal Run
John Goldstein
Samuel Goldstein
Glen Wild
Emil J. Maier
Amelia Hal
Neversink
Ralph L Roosa
Naomi Roosa
New Paltz
Osear C. Hessinger
Valentine Hessinger
Callicoon Center
Henry Overton
Ezra Overton
Sus
Dartford Views of U S Base Hospital 37 and Middletown Soldiers
Letters and photos from E R Forthoffer published by the Times-Press show Dartford and the U S Base Hospital No 37 near Dartford. The piece lists Middletown men stationed there including George Fetheroff William Breadhead Frank Saichels Nate Fotter and Frank Carey with others previously discharged or missing in action and wounded. It notes most are recovering and awaiting disposition.
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Times-Pres
Dartford
U. S
Tere
Middletown
George Fetheroff
William Breadhead
Frank Saichels
Nate Fotter
Frank Carey
Usu
Jesse Graham
Archie Bronimous
Granam
Forthoffer
Ingenious Gardener Huls Beans With Wringer
A clever gardener discovers that beans can be hulled using a clothes wringer. By slightly loosening the roller tension the beans separate from their pods without breaking, offering a simple mechanical method.
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Sean Huller
Local Soldier Wounded in France Arrives in New York
Horace F. Riggs son of Mr and Mrs George H Rigys 103 Academy Avenue is among wounded American soldiers arriving in New York after a shell hit near his position in France. He lost his right leg above the knee and suffered severe injuries to his left leg while serving with the Rotor cxcle Dispatch Squad 27th Division. He will receive hospital care until full recovery. He formerly lived in Goshen. Assemblyman Charles L Mead and Mrs Mead have taken a home in Albany at 92 Willett Street.
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Horace F. Riggs
George H. Rigys
Academy Avenue
New York
France
Rotorcxcle Dispatch
Goshen
Albany
Charles L Mead
Mrs. Mead
Willett Street
Daly Thought Inspires Questions on Rare Intellect
A concise reflection cites Emerson on how to identify intellectual depth by asking what books a person reads. The remark frames curiosity about reading choices as a gauge of intellect.
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Daly
Emerson
Armistice Extended Through January 17 For Peace Talks
Copenhagen report from Treves states the German armistice is extended to 5 a m January 17. Delegates of various countries have been in conference there. Extension will last until the conclusion of the preliminary peace, subject to Allied governments consent.
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Copenhagen
Treves
Mass Meeting for Red Cross Hopes Big Turnout
Linden Hall hosts a mass meeting tomorrow at 3 PM with John Donnell and Joseph Bedard, AEF veterans, speaking on Red Cross work for soldiers overseas. The campaign urges every adult in Middle Town Chapter to join at $1 and every child as junior member at 25 cents.
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Linden Hall
John Odonnell
Joseph Bedard
American Expeditionary Forces
Red Cross
Red
Ren Cross
Society For
More Arrests in Election Case At Newburgh
Newburgh, Dec 14 More arrests have been made on charges relating to election law. Edward Lockwood and John Lockskin face vote buying charges. Matthew Hil Edward Gotto Ernest Partrick Thomas Lockskin, election board members, are accused of secrecy in voting by permitting an unauthorized person into the booth. Two new affidavits were filed in the Deisseroth case with a further notice to appear.
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Times-Press
Newburgh
Edward Lockwood
John Lockskin
Matthew D. Hil
Edward Gotto
Ernest Partrick
Thomas Lockskin
Board of Election
Fifth Ward
Deisseroth
John Deisseroth
Poincare Hosts Dinner for Wilson in Paris
President and Mrs Poincare hosted a state dinner at the Elysee Palace in honor of President and Mrs Wilson. Wilson spoke of the war’s aims beyond victory, justice, and lasting peace, while Paris welcomed his Paris entrance with artillery salutes and crowds. The Wilson party then proceeded to the Murat residence.
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Associated Press
Paris
Poincare
Palace de la Elysee
Wilson
Nce
United States
France
Belgium
Bois de Boulogne
Clemenceau
Andre Tardieu
Bullville Boy Killed September 29 in War
War Department dispatch reports Corporal Russell D. Miller of Bullville, son of Mr. and Mrs. Miller, killed in action September 29 while serving with Company I. He last wrote Sept 21 but mailed Oct 30. Survived by parents and sister Mrs. G. Frank Anderson. Miller worked at Price's Metal Works before enlistment.
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Andra
Miller
Bullvile
Dave
War Department
Russell D. Miller
van Courtlandt Park
N. Y
Camp Wadsworth
Price's Metal Works
Waterbury
Conn
G. Frank Anderson
Bailville
Three Beneficial and Harmful Friendships
Confucius notes three advantages of friendship with the upright, with the sincere, and with the observant man. He warns that ties with the smooth speaker, the insinuating, and the glib tongue are injurious to one’s character and judgment.
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Confucius
Nothing Gained by Breeding and Fresh Start Phrases
A fragmentary note urges abandoning breeding and starting anew with practical steps. It stresses staying constructive, seeing good in people, and keeping informed about soldiers overseas. The text references daily tasks such as dish washing and mentions mind states that drag the spirit.
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Safe
Tompkins Dry Goods Co
Marr of
Si Joseph’s Church
William A. Bennett
No. 1
Camp Jackson
Hun
Sennstt
Camp Hill
Pase
W. A. Bennett
England
George Fetherolf
U. S. Hospital
E R. Forthoffer
Dartford Kent
Navy
N. J
Frank H. Davenport
A. J. Davenport
Quarryville
N. Z
Sanford O'Dell
Eliza Halstead
Hancock
Oscar E. Ward
Josephine Ward
Hover
S. Lee
Evelyn Lee
Hisn Rails
Eawin J. Shaw
Charles B. Shaw
Montgomery Street
Newbursh
Ernest Miller
Louis Miller
Francis J.wings
T. J. Dinan
Courtney Avenue
H. Lounsbury
William Bailey
J. H. Hector
Narrowsburg
Columbus
America
Spain
Bullville
Waterbury, Conn
Wiliam Earl
Earl
Wison
Wiliam F. Kennedy
Vane
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