Reception for Corporal and Mrs Short in Bloomingburg
In Bloomingburg on Sunday a reception was held at Mrs. Martha Short’s home for Corporal and Mrs. G F Short, married in New York City. The bride Miss Mary Horning of Interlaken NY is now a White Plains teacher. Local notes mention farm changes, mill fires, and holiday visits. a Grange Christmas event drew about 60 attendees. The service next Sunday will honor local men serving the country.
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Bloomingberg
Martha Short
G. F. Short
New York City
James Mance
Richard
Hall
Liberty
Charles Mance
Marion Ellis
Morris Lierd
Wellshere
M. EL Church
Bos
Eran H Sertige
Eenday Seheok
W. H. Jones
Merritt
New York
Minnie Hegan
Noidars
John Hagan
T Deligh Tech
Edward Decker
Myr. Decker
Wurtsboro
Don Foreman
C. W. Tailroad
Knitting Nerves Warn Women in New York
New York December 2. Dr A A Brill a noted nerve specialist says knitting nerves are a real risk described by Louis R Weltmiller director of the West Side YMCA who warns thousands of women may suffer from the condition after heavy holiday knitting The remedy is rhythmic circular motions and wrist exercises to counteract tension while experts note no cases have been reported yet and a decade of ten hours daily knitting would be necessary to produce symptoms.
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New York
A. A. Brill
Louis R. Weltmiller
West Side
Dr. Brill
Largest Mortgage Recorded in Milford Pa
Milford Pa December 23 The largest mortgage ever recorded in the prewar period is being entered for record by The Bankers Trust Company. The mortgage dates December 1 1916 and records December 12. Amount five hundred million dollars. Also notes a Christmas Cantata The Shepherds Vision by Horatio Parker to be given by the Grace Church choir this Sunday at the church.
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Milford
Razer
Ene Railroad Company
Bankers Trest Company
Horatio Parker
Grace Church
Lehigh & Hudson Curtails Train Service in Warwick
On orders from the Railroad War Board to conserve and align with actions by other carriers, Lehigh & Hudson announces timetable changes effective Dec 31. Train 6 from Warwick at 7:17 am is discontinued, with Sunday schedules shifting from Jan 6 1918. trains 59 and 51 will depart Warwick at 1:00 pm and 12:00 pm respectively, while 52 arrives at Warwick 3:25 pm. Sunday connections from New York under the new timetable include Erie No. 3 from Jersey City at 3:09 pm connecting with L and H No. 33.
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Warwick
Ser
Lehigh & Hudson
New Fors
Erie No
Jersey City
Ferndale Notes: Englis Family Visit. Local Greetings
Ferndale, Dec. 28 Mr and Mrs Fred Englis and Lester are visiting relatives in New York City. Oliver Cooley and James Demerest were Susifers callers in Liberty. Mr and Mrs John Earle spent Christmas with uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs George Earle. Mr and Mrs Dever Carr and daughters Edith and Grace from Risewar Pa are visiting relatives here. Henry Bryan returned to Middletown Wednesday after time with relatives in Midway and Ferndale.
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Ferndale
Fred Englis
Litle
Lester
New York City
Oliver Cooley
James Demerest
Liberty
al John Earle
George Earle
Dever Carr
Edith
Grace
Ricsewar
Henry Bryan
Middletown
Midway
Won a Wife by Billiards In a Neck and Neck 100 Up
W X recalls a 100 up billiards match three years ago with a friend to decide who would propose first. After a close contest a fluke decided the win for the speaker and he laments wishing he had not.
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W. X
Indy
Northern Lights O and W Shows Patriotism in War Effort
Local New York Ontario and Western Railroad employees praise their company for patriotic support and providing passes and transport for furloughs. Reports detail a planned service flag, but officials offer no definite acceleration. Other items note lectures on St Paul, rail crew moves, a repaired money wagon, a big New Year dance, visits to Scotch Town, and a busy social calendar with community notices and personnel moves.
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New York, Ontario and Western Railroad
New York, Ontario and Western Railroad Company
United States
Wich
Ridgebury Society Notes and Holiday Reminders
Ridgeburr and Westerfield vacation trip to South Willington Conn. Miss Mary D. Ellis visiting Schenectady friends for the holidays. Sunday School at 10 o clock next Sunday morning in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Epworth League devotional at 7:50 p.m. led by Edmund Guther. Mrs Pauler’s son Charles Jr. had an eighteen hour furlough from Christmas Eve to Tuesday morning in Middletown. Women’s Home Missionary Society of the M E Church holds monthly meeting January 3 at 2:30 p.m. Parish House room prepared, members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles FT. Pauler, Jr
Middletown
Womens Home “Missionary Society of the
M. E. Church
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