Findings of Grand Jury Reported Today in Newburgh
Newburgh December 22 1914 Grand Jury reported to Justice Hirschbere at 11 15 o'clock and handed up indictments. Judge praised their careful duties and the district attorney moved for bench warrants and sending cases to county court. Indictments include burglary in the third degree grand larceny and assault with several defendants named. Several defendants previously convicted or mentioned in relation to Port Jervis and Maybrook incidents. The list notes details of alleged offenses and locations including Montgomery Highlands Goshen and Otsego county references. The grand jury also presented a inscribed umbrella to foreman Walton P B Westlake.
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Times-Press
Newburgh
Hirschbere
Walton PB
Westlake
Middle Hope
Stanci
Augustus Denniston
Washingtonville
Frank Barrett
Eugene Carroll
Newbursh
W.H. Jones
Edward T. Labar
Isaac D. Lain
Port Jervis
Jones
Albert Johnson
Frank Brock
Timeson
Otsego County
Farry Davis
Robert Hingston
Ror Garner
Gien
W. Watts
Montgomery
Peter Marntich
Joseph Zero
Highlands
Sam Evans
Goshen
James Williams
Anthony Chambers
Christmas Dinner for Four for 573 May Be Served Here
Christmas dinner for four can be prepared and served for 5.73 dollars based on Middletown grocers prices. The menu lists celery olives cranberry sauce jelly turnips beets bread and butter fruit salad sherbet cheese crackers coffee crackers and other items. Local dealers note a rise in poultry and turkey prices with turkey quoted at 55 cents per pound and expected to climb before Christmas as wholesale quotations jump.
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Middletown Grocers
Mar Eer
Christmas mail volume rises amid stormy delays
The city sees increased Christmas mail today but a heavy storm keeps residents from visiting the postoffice, limiting outgoing mail. Saturday is expected to bring a surge as many send cards late, despite marked "Not to be opened until Christmas" on packages. Four wagons and express services are busy, while Port Jervis man Gear faces extradition charges for abandoning his wife and five children last March. the family now resides in Middletown, with his arraignment likely before Judge Seeger next week.
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Thursder
Gear
Port Jervis
Chicago
Middiestown
James Greeves Taken by Death in Bellville
Word reached Middletown today of the death of James Greeves at his home 564 Courtland street Bellville N 5. He is a brother of John Greeves of 65 Beattie avenue and an uncle of Patrolman John J. Greeves. Funeral will be at 9 on Saturday morning. The temperature today ranged from 36 at 7 to 33 at noon and 40 at 3.
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Middletown
James Greeves
Courtland Street
Bellville
Greeves
John Greeves
Beattie Avenue
John J. Greeves
Christmas Programs Today in the City's Schools
Schools held afternoon Christmas programs with carols, solos, and readings for students across the city. At Liberty Street and Benton Avenue schools the sessions were shortened due to regular instruction. The High School featured a program in the auditorium followed by a class gift exchange among Juniors and Seniors.
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Liberty Street
Benton Avenue
Herald Angelis
Mildred Carner
Blizzard Grips Northern New York as Storm Paralyzes Travel
A fierce blizzard blankets northern and eastern United States with heavy snow and strong gales. In New York state traffic slows or stops in cities like Rochester and Buffalo, with fifteen inches of snow crippling street movement and causing minor injuries. Trains face delays across the region as a winter storm expands toward Delaware and New England.
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International News Service
New York
Trafic
New York State
Weather Bureau
Delaware
Atlantic
New England
Ohio
Cleveland
Rochester
Buffalo
Manning Is Selected by Supervisors
Albert Manning of Otisville was chosen as the county farm bureau executive committee representative after a delayed vote. The session covered county officers reports, a $5,000 to $10,000 borrowing authorization, and bond approval for County Treasurer Gibson. The board adjourned with grand juror apportionments listed and forecasts of adjournment to Tuesday.
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Des
Albert Manning
Otisville
Mts Hope
Manning
Orange County Farm Bureau
Clarence S. Knight
Monroe
E. F. Stil
Warwick
Newburgh
Still
Daffy
Highlands
Mining 2
Gibson
Blooming Grove
HE Chester
Cornwall
Crawford
Deerpark
Greenville
Hamptonburen
Hichlands
Middletown
Mirisink
Mt. Hope Newburgh
Newbursn
New Windsor
Port Jervis
Germany ready to exploit Wilson note in peace talks
London dispatch reports Britain delaying peace moves while Parliament prorogued and King George pledges single aim of winning the war. Wilson note prompts mixed reactions in Britain and calls for allied consultation before a peace conference. Germany reportedly plans to use the U S offer to press for mediation and peace terms, with Berlin seeking a joint entente response.
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George
England
Europe
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Law
Germany
Great Britain
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United States
Noel E Buxton
Commons
Washington
Thica
Count von Bernstorff
Gerard
Entente
Lloyd George
Maybrook and Port Jervis Men Killed in Freight Crash
In Winsted Connecticut two freight trains collided head on at Horseshoe Curve early today killing five men from Maybrook and Port Jervis and injuring six trainmen. The dead include Alfred Bedford vice president and treasurer of Standard Oil, aged 52, elected president to succeed John D. Archbold. Conflicting orders are blamed. a Poughkeepsie dispatcher is cited by railroad officials. A Stony Ford sale at Stock Farm Tuesday and Wednesday drew strong bids but left property unsold. additional sales may follow.
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International News Service
Winsted
Conn
Horseshoe Curve
Here
New Hartford
Bedford Oil Head
New York
Alfred C. Bedford
Standard Oil Company
John D. Archbold
Bedford
E. Bennett
Port Jervis
William Dingee
Maybrook
Poughkeepsie
Stony Ford
Stony Ford Stock Farm
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