Soldier Corporal Russell W Sprague Dies in France
Local Arlington area mourns Corporal Russell W Sprague of the American Engineers reported killed by a German shell near the front in France on Christmas Eve. He was 25, a Middletown native, jeweler by trade, enlisted May 5 and sailed with Pershing’s forces in August. The service flag at 15 California Avenue now bears one star for his sacrifice.
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California Avenue
Hom
Baner
Les Ead
France
Russell W. Sprague
Middletown
Zaberis
Sullivan County
Charles E. Ball
Liberty
Corporal Sprasue
Stars and Stripes
New York City
General Persnizg
Parksville
Sherman G. Sprague
Ia Y
Sprague
Middletown High School
Tax totals by town in Orange county reports
Orange county supervisors review detailed tax amounts from town collectors. Figures cover state tax Supreme Court and general funds poor fund town audits bonds and interest roads and bridges certificates of indebtedness school tax armory tax home defense and local library and other funds for each town including Brooming Grove and Chester with totals and unpaid taxes noted.
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Orange Country
Board of Supervisors
Orange County
Supreme Court General Fund
Brooming Grove
Fred Earl
Supreme Court
Moffat
Chester
George L. Wilson
Dairymen’s League Moves To Aid Farmers After Plant Sales
The Dairymen's League via Farm Bureau announces Sheffield Farms and Slawson Decker have acquired Diamond Dairy and Locust Farm Co. assets, including pork lines. Only Diamond Dairy Plant at New Hampton in Orange County is affected. Locust Farms Plant at State Hill sold to Hires Condensed Milk Co. The league and Farm Bureau plan outreach via local branches to assist affected farmers. L. H. Mapes of Howells serves as area secretary coordinating farmer unity and negotiations with receivers.
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Dairymen’s League
Farm Bureau
Sheffield Farms
Slawson- Decker Company
Diamond Dairy Co
Locust Farm Company
Orange County
New Hampton
Locust Farms Co
State Hill
Hires Condensed Milk Co
Muwal McDermott Co
Central Labor Union Meeting Held Friday Evening
A special gathering of the Central Labor Union was held Friday evening to discuss Atlas Far Dressing Company issues. Attending were President H. D. Gould and Secretary G. O. Theleen from the Chamber of Commerce, delegates from the Central Labor Union, and Fur Makers' Union officers from Newark. The session did not conclude its business and will continue at the next Friday meeting.
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Central Labor Union
Atlas Far Dressing Company
H. D. Gould
G. 0. Theleen
Chamber of Commerce
Fur Makers’ Union
Newark
Atlas Fur Co to Pay Bonus and Welfare Plan
Fifty four Atlas Fur Dressing Co. employees heard director H A Fenning outline a profit sharing bonus plan with a minimum of five percent rising toward 13 by year end. The firm will create a welfare fund, organize worker committees, and stage athletic events and a baseball team. Each employee will receive a life policy. detailed rules to be announced. The meeting followed a board session at Mitchell Inn.
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Atlas Fur Dressing Co
H. A Fenning
Railroad Avenue
Mitchell Inn
H. A. Fenning
Fenning
Harry D. Gould
Middletown Chamber of Commerce
G. D. Theleen
Chamber of Commerce
Wiggins Named County Judge in Orange County
Governor Whitman appoints Russell Wiggins, Orange county judge, to fill the vacancy created by Justice elect A H F Seeger resignation. Seeger will join the Ninth Judicial District bench January 1. Wiggins is a Middletown native, son of the late Henry Wiggins, and well known locally.
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William A. Orr
Whitman
Russell Wiggins
Orange County
A. H. F. Seeger
Newburgh
Ninth Judicial Distret
Judge Seeger
Times-Press
Wiggins
Henry W. Wiggins
Middletown
Middletown Legal Pioneer Delegates Constitutional Convention
Wiggins, longtime corporation counsel of Middletown, who studied locally and practiced with his father until his death, served six years in that role. He argued the McMillan case before the Court of Appeals, challenging municipal liability reform, leading to dismissal of many damage claims. In 1913 he was elected as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention for the 25th Senatorial District. Christmas organ recital by Andrew J. Baird and Mrs Cornelia Marvin Dillabouga at Webb Horton Memorial Presbyterian Church tomorrow at 1 p.m. proceeds to Middletown Red Cross workroom.
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Wiggins
Middletown
Court of Appeals
McMillan
Andrew J. Baird
Cornelia Marvin Dillabouga
Webb Horton Memorial Presbyterian Church
The
Red Cross
Destruction of German submarine by U S destroyers
The Navy Department released full details of American destroyers Fanning and Nicholson sinking a German submarine and capturing its crew. The action, reported November 24, is now fully documented with the officers and ships involved.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy Department
Fanning
Nicholson
New Safeguard Planned at Camp Wadsworth
In Spartanburg S G Dec 29 conferences of silk dealers and dairy owners are under way to implement new milk pasteurization rules for the extra cantonment zone around Camp Wadsworth. The move aims to restore fresh milk supply for the troops and may include a central pasteurization plant as sanitary upgrades proceed in the camp area.
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Spartanburg
S. G
Camp Wadsworth
New York
Federal Public Health Service
Wadsworth
Formal Draft Icall On Feb 15
A three act farce titled A Colxt Of No Account by Anthony E Wills was staged by Middletown High School seniors at Easles Hall with strong acting. The cast included Archibald Waring and Luther characters, directed by Prof Edward Oakes and Miss Myria Gibbs, drawing a large local audience. Washington dispatch notes a new draft call will not occur before Feb 15 with questionnaire classifications guiding exemptions and future selective service. Local registrants received 138 questionnaires from 7 to 1735 across multiple towns and regions as lawyers assist in answering questions.
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Anthony E. Wills
Archibald Waring
William E. Winans
James J. Long
Long & Short
Seward Ogden
Marvin Short
Alton Rackett
Johann Kramer
Lion Inn
Frank L. Sundstrom
Henri Negoedie
Paris
Middletown High School
Easles Hall
Edward Oakes
Myria Gibbs
Aticket
Henri Dio
Allen Rackett
Bessie Long
Gertrude Wood
Jessie Short Bertha Savers
Kramer
Mogoodie
Belived
Wiliam E. Winans
Waring
Long
Short
Iama
Maria Goodley
Bertha Wallace
Washington
Crowder
Bien
Hone
Gen. Crowder
Local
Exemption Board
Middletown
Walden
Roseton
Montgomery
Maybrook
Newburgh
Campbell Hall
Middle Hope
Wallkill
Scranton
Hoboken
N. J
Savilton
Bristol
Philadelphia
Lansford
Brooklyn
New York City
Erie
Ryerson Near Front in France Reports Distance From Front
Lieut. Robert E. Ryerson, of this city, with the American Expeditionary Force in France, writes that at the time of writing he was about 60 miles from the front near Alsace and Lorraine. He had visited Paris twice and met people he knew in the states.
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Robert E. Ryerson
France
John F. Dusepherry
Alsace
Lorraine
Paris
States
Hope City Red Cross set to reach 3500 memberships
Local Red Cross chapter canvass continues with a target of about 3500 memberships. Community services proceed as usual with Sunday services at the Italian Chapel scheduled normally.
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the Red Cross
Three British Vessels Sunk Off Netherlands Coast
Dec 29 Petrograd dispatch notes rumors of Romanian king Ferdinand abdication amid political crisis and mobilization delays. Pan German papers denounce peace terms as a German defeat. Three British destroyers sunk off the Dutch coast after torpedo attack or mine. 13 officers and 180 sailors lost. British prisoners held total 46,712, including over 2,000 officers. French bomb raids on railway depots reported. continued.
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Rumania
Petrograd
Austria
Ferdinand
Leopold
Hohenzollern
Prince Charles
Romania
Amsterdam
Taglische Rundschar
Berlin
Deische Zei_tung
Entente
Admiralty
London
Switzerland
New York
Paris
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Central Powers
Iddletown
Orporal Prague
Mrs
Pershing
McDermott
Central Labor Union Meeting
Atlas Far Dressing Co
Atlas Fur CO
United States
Garfield
Lagi Bentarber
Gov. Whitman
O’ryan
Eagle Hall
Hans
Otto
Herbert Barnes
Anthony Veraldi
Terror
Bertha Wallsee
Jessie Long
Bertha Sarer
Louise
Ian Adelaide Corwin
Ryerson
Holland Coast
Petrogradt
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