Gier Named As Sergeant By Aldermen
Mayor and Common Council elect John Gier to sergeant of police after ballot. Roth and other applicants were considered. Gier’s experience and tenure noted as decisive factors. Nine votes approved him to take over duties during peak crime hours.
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John Gier
Police Department
Ot Police
Willem H. Faulkner
Common Council
Gier
Ballon
Stanton
Louis Roth
John 3
Herbert
Force
Cole
Ballook
Major Thompson
Tfat
Capaci
Roth
Abi
Miles
Osden Tellers
DuVall
Gir
Eagles to Hold Annual Clambake at Eagles Hall
Empire Aerie No 544 Fraternal Order of Eagles schedules its annual clambake and social at Eagles Hall on October 26. The social committee chose Jimmy Snell as arrangements chairman and more plans are to follow.
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Empire Aerie
Order of Eagles
Eagles Hall
Jimmy” Snell
Jimmy
Public Meeting At City Hall Deliberates Street Grievances
The Monday session began late as the Council and Clerk Stanton entered the Chamber. Spectators included Republican aldermanic candidate John H Tu tli and many officials. E G Medrick raised grievances about East Mainstreet walk repairs and snow clogging the gutter, prompting a street committee review.
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Stanton
John H. Tuthi
Thinl
H. S. Spooner
Frank H. Darton
L. William P. Cortes
A. Cortright
F_ Edson Coleman
BH. V. Loder
H. Galloway
Chef Higham
McCoach
L. S. Conkling
Wengenroth
L. C G
Medrick
Newburgh Camp Paratyphoid Cases Send Men to Hospitals
Confirmation of numerous para-typhoid cases at Camp Whitman leads to 12 men to be sent to St. Luke's Hospital in Newburgh and others to Poughkeepsie and Beacon. Fifty four cases exist in Beeland camp among Fourteenth Regiment, Sernitz-fist and Third. Disease traced to Mexican border service, described as camp fever or a typhoid variant treated after enlistment.
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Newburgh
St. Luke’s Hospital
Beelanan
Poughkeepsie
Beacon
Farmers Parade Overalls Plan and Milk Canal Deal
A Dairymen's League order for 1000 new milk cans arrived early ahead of October 1 delivery. Farmers to wear blue overalls at the parade before a mass Strattan meeting. DoJ begins nationwide milk price probe while New York aims to undercut Bordens with eight cent quarts. Also notes an enjoyable auto trip home from Keyser, with family reunions and no mishaps.
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Dairymen's League
Cams
Perade
Stratt
League
New York
New York State
Bordens
Pope Benedict XV Pushes Fresh Peace Effort
Rome, Sept. 26. Pope Benedict XV plans a major consistory address to outline Holy See peace efforts and announce readiness to resume diplomatic relations with France and Portugal. The Vatican indicated a renewed push to end hostilities and stabilize the war-torn era.
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I. N
Times-Press
Rome
Benedict XV
Vatican
Holy See
France
Portugal
Chase Held on Charge Arraigned in Middletown Court
Tony Chase was arrested on Cottaroo Street on a warrant issued by Justice Stage of Hortons New York for enticing Lily Bates from her home. He waived examination before Recorder Howard M Starr and was held for the Grand Jury. Chase to Goshen jail this afternoon. Lily Barnes returned to Hortons with her mother. Damaging testimony expected at trial.
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Tony Chase
Cottaroo Street
Oq, & Wy
Grant R. Wilson
Gier
Justice Stage
Hortons
N. Y
Isoarold Lilly Bates
Howard M. Starr
Barry T.crist
Goshen
Joseph Barnes
Horton
Middletown
Lily Barnes
Chase
Cottage Street
Ontario & Western
Alhambra to be The Show Shop
The Alhambra theatre will be renamed The Show Shop after a private nominee refused publicity and rejected $25. The donor designated Thrall Hospital via Mrs. E. W. VanDuzer as treasurer, with proceeds for charity. The theatre opens next week under the new title.
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Alhambra Theatre
Hathaway
Stratton
Alhambra
Thrall Hospital
Mirs
E. W. VanDuzer
Mrs Stinard Operated On After Back Shot Near Goshen
Mrs Kate Stinard residing about two miles from Goshen was shot in the back by a stray bullet from boys shooting at a target. She underwent surgery Monday at Middletown Sanitarium for the removal of the bullet. She remains at the institution and is expected to recover.
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Irs
Kate Stinard
Goshen
Middletown Sanitarium
Stinard
Contradicts Bell Report on Villa Presence at Chihuahua raid
Secretary of State Lansing rejected General Bell Jr. report claiming Villa attended the Chihuahua City raid, with Carranza troops deserting to him and munitions captured. Lansing said State Department information aligns with the Mexican government, stating Villa was not in Chihuahua and no desertions occurred.
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International News Service
Washington
Lansing
Geo. Bell, Jr
Villa
Chihuahua City
Carranza
State Department
Chihuahua
TWO CHILDREN IN FAMILY STRICKEN WITH POLIOMYELITIS
Two children in a family near New Hampton, Clifford O Brien aged six and Daniel aged four and a half, developed poliomyelitis and grew ill. Dr Homer Smith of the State Health Department went to administer serum this afternoon at their home.
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Clifford O Brien
Daniel O'Brien
Wh- Ham O’brien
New Hampton
Homer Smith
State Health Department
Middletown Fire Parade Plans Highlight City Protection
The 8th annual Middletown parade and fire department inspection begin tonight with seven stations visited under Chief Higham. Inspectors plan routes to Eagles, Excelsiors, Monhagen, McQuards, Phoenix, Ontario, and Waalkills, ensuring protection during the Orange County Volunteer Firemen’s Convention in Newburgh.
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Middletown
A.C. N. Thompson
Comaion Council
Board of Engineers
Middletown Fire Department
Chief Higham
Orange County Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Newburgh
Highams
Excelsiors
Easles
Phoenix
Ontarios
Waalkills
Covention
Higham
Excelsior Hook and Ladder Company
Eagles
Millés Sweener
Monhagens
T. H. Trright
Waalkilis
Iauck
Ontario Hose Company
Phornix Frigine Company
Serice
New York, Ontario and Western Railroad
Cmpany
Falls From Horse Injures Mrs Jordan in Pittsfield
Mrs Joseph Jordan of Newbury, a visiting swimmer, was thrown from a horse on Elm Street in Pittsfield this afternoon, fracturing her skull and being listed in critical condition at the House of Mercy hospital. She had been staying at Wendell Hall. Miss Elizabeth Clemson hosts a gathering at Highland avenue in honor of Miss Dobbs of Minneapolis.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Joseph Jordan
Newbursh
Pittfield
House of Mercy Hospital
Clemson
Elizabeth Clemson
George N. Clemson
Highland Avenue
Miss Dobbs
Minneapolis, Minn
Miss Clemson
Dana Hall
Wellesley
Widening Plan for Middletown Goshen Road Culvert
Middletown and Goshen officials move to widen the 18 foot Middletown Goshen road at the Denton culvert by eight feet over about 205 feet. County Engineer Charles H. Smith announced work starts immediately with completion expected in a few weeks to reduce dangerous conditions at the narrow bridge and steep grades.
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Middletown T Goshen
Denton
Coty
Charles H. Smith
Smith
Executive Not to Comply With Request of New York Committee
Governor Whitman refused to call a special session to address the threatened general strike, saying he would meet a labor committee instead. Despite violence on the traction strike with shots on the Third Avenue elevated line, no serious injuries occurred. Labor leaders plan to mobilize unions to pressure employers while stating they did not want to strike.
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International News Service
New York
Whitman
Enmeloy
Lye Covernor
Hugh Frayne
State Federation of
Iabor
Expect Settlement in Borden Strike
New York on September 26 reports a peaceable settlement of the Borden milk wagon drivers strike through the Strate Board of Mediation and Conciliation. Officials said they would confer with a company executive and that the outlook was promising. otherwise, a larger scale strike could extend tonight, potentially keeping 1,800 to 1,204 workers idle tomorrow in New York and nearby areas. Commissioner Woods ordered 10 extra motor patrols, totaling 56, to handle strike duty, while the company asked for a patrolman on each wagon.
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Informations News Service
New York
Borden
Strate Board of Mediation
BM. J. Reagan
John Jui Bealin
Hallock
New York City
New Jersey
Milk Myers
Commissioner Woods
Allies Penetrate Combles and Grow Gains on Somme
French troops pushed through at Combles on the Somme front seizing Combles and southern outskirts after a heavy bombardment. British forces later fought into Combles as German resistance stiffened. Violent German assaults at Verdun were checked and 47 aerial combats on the Somme yielded five German planes downed. Greek revolt spreads to Corfu as Venizelos moves to shape Greece’s provisional government amid a looming political upheaval.
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Ews Service
Paris
Combies
Somme
Fregicourt
Combles
Bethune
Verdun
Thigumont
Fleury
London
Corfu
Athens
Exchange
Soannon
Carsu
Haa
Blackmail Victim Admits Identity in Chicago
Edward R. West, vice-president of a major tea and coffee company, admitted he is A. R. Wesley the man linked to a New York hotel blackmail case. He said he chose humiliation to spare others and confessed paying 95,000 to the blackmailers after being brought to Chicago under arrest.
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Chicago
Blackmafilers
Edward R. West
A. R. Wesley
New York
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Board of Estimate
Dillon Festerday
Borden Company
Dairymen’s League
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W. H. H. Morrison
Ray Hemilton
Rosamond Orden
John H. Morrison, Jr
Keyser
W. Va
John H., Jr
Father
Lilly Barnés
Mrs. Stinard
Bell
Wilson
Princeton
N. 3
Shadow Lawn
Mrs. Jordan Hurt
Denton Culvert
New York Committee
Salonika
Greece
Kiang Constantine
M. Venizelos
Londos
Venizelos
Parti
Crete
Vesizelas
Costantine
Germany
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