Fires Rage In Downtown Warehouse District Fire marshal investigates arson
Two simultaneous blazes sparked before 5 a m in Middletown damaged the J J Newberry warehouse on East Main Street and a separate Fair store warehouse. A night watchman was injured, and investigators seek a possible arsonist after a suspected incendiary pile of bags and boxes was found on the Newberry site. Firefighters from Middletown responded quickly, preventing spread to adjacent buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Newberry Company
East Main Street
Charles Decker
Orange County Trust Company
Francis P. Shear
Newberry Company
Newberry
Mitchell Studio
Franklin Square
George Finn
Finn
Pet
Erson
Middletown Savings Bank
William Street
Main Street
Middletown
Youle Yirewen Fighters Blaze Second Fire This Saturday
Youle Yirewen fighters engage in a second blaze as teams race to contain the Saturday incident. Fire crews from Peamareeve respond, with officials outlining evacuation and containment measures for affected districts and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youle Yirewen
Newburgh ferry weekday and Sunday schedules listed
The notice provides a long list of weekday ferry departure times from Newburgh and a Sunday schedule with multiple times across the day including morning and late evening trips. It notes an adjustment after 11 40 A M on weekdays and repeats the same timing pattern for Sundays with a few clarifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newburgha
Central Hudson Steamers Schedule Moves Rounds City
Central Hudson line steamers will depart Newburgh Tuesdays Thursdays and Sundays at 5 PM. Steamers depart New York from Franklin Street Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays at 2 PM.
Mrs William A Robinson Widow of Middletown Pastor
Mrs Stephen Slater of this city received a letter from Mrs William A Robinson widow of Rev William A Robinson D D for thirteen years pastor at the First Congregational church of Middletown. She was in ill health when she lived there and had survived her husband who would have been 87 this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Slater
William A. Robinson
First Congregational Church
Middletown
Robinson
Franklin Juvenile Band organizes practice and events
The Franklin Borough report notes the newly formed Franklin Juvenile Band with 28 members rehearsing Tuesdays and Fridays at the Neighborhood House. It lists members by instrument, announces upcoming Phyllis Club and Camp Fire Girls activities, a prize card club win, a new baby, and a Young People's Choir minstrel show to raise funds for a New York concert trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Borough
Chester Gorczyca
John Hurta
John Bendis
Muriel Osborne
Alexandra Tillson
Ralph Crissey
Hamburg
Piccula
Joseph Stefkovich
Adam Gorczyca
Lois Paddock
Mary Paddock
Clarence McKeely
Frank Remus
Phyllis Club
JF OD. Hasbrouck
Loring
Camp Fire
Tuseday
Hess
Camp Fire Girls
Harrison V. Bailey
George Schurman
Community Card Club
Clarence Hughes
Judson Gunn
Aaron Holley
Hamburg Avenue
Presbyterian Church
Ruth Fisher
New York City
Miss Fisher
Alice Haight
Alice Kinney
Council Hosts Delaware Hose Co. No. 2 Supper
The Common Council was the guests of Delaware Hose Company No. 2 at a supper held at the truck house on Tuesday night. A fine supper was served and a social hour was enjoyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware Hose Company No. 2
Truck House
Lincoln Night Highlights Local Historical Society Program
The Historical Society of Middletown and Wallkill Precinct held Lincoln Night in Chamber of Commerce rooms drawing a fair, enthusiastic audience. Speeches by Sprague W. Drenan Rev A H Pagan J A Bates and Mrs F E Winslow covered Lincoln’s present day view Lincoln as a man of destiny and Emancipation Proclamation. The Amalgamated A M E Choir directed by Levi Hasbrouck performed spirituals and other pieces. A Seward family paper was announced for the March meeting by Dr F W Seward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Historical Society of
Middletown
Wallkill
Chamber of Commerce
Sprague W. Drenan
A. H. Pagan
J. A Bates
F. E. Winslow
Levi Hasbrouck
Drenan
Lincoln
J. A. Bates
G. A. R. Man
Hooker
Army of the Potomac
Jesus
America
Hundred Mile an Hour Gale Destroys Property in City
A severe wind storm last night caused two major fires in Orange County and widespread damage in Middletown. A plate glass window at Singer Sewing Machine, an awning at Holmes Music, and a storm window in the hill area were all damaged. Fires burned the Goshen trolley station and Tuxedo stores, driven by fierce winds that hampered firefighters.
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Orange County
Middletown
Singer Sewing Machine Store
East Main Street
Holmes Music Store
North Street
Goshen
Tuxedo
Goshen Members Noted in Social Notices
Ed to membership Dr. and Mrs. F. W. Seward of Goshen, and Mrs. William L. Vay Tassel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Seward
Goshen
William L. Vay Tassel
Charlie Wise Awarded For High School Training Service
In Monticello on February 10, letters from Arthur E. Wakeman Director of the Brooklyn Children's Aid Society thanked William Birmingham Liberty John D. Lyons and Miss Nellie Childs Smith for their roles in Charlie Wise case tried in County Court in October. The Board described the service as beyond money value and directed it be a permanent record in the Minutes, noting Charlie himself may not fully express its significance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Arthur E. Wakeman
Brooklyn Children's Aid Society
Charlie Wise
William G. Birmingham
Liberty
John D. Lyons
Nellie Childs Smith
Wise
Mr. Wakeman
Artis
Charlie
Beemerville man dies during 55th wedding anniversary
Theodore F. Rolason of Beemerville Sussex county died February 1 in Mansfield Pennsylvania from acute indigestion while celebrating his 55th wedding anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore F. Rolason
Beemerville
Sussex County
Mansfield
Van Ness Tries Death by Own Action in Franklin
S G Van Ness formerly of Middletown attempted suicide February 2 by slashing his throat with a razor at a roadstand near the L and H Railway culvert in Franklin. Alfred Phillips found him and took him to Franklin hospital where he is expected to recover. Despondency from job loss is thought to have driven the act. Van Ness, about 60, was boarding with the Harwoods and once worked as a carpenter for Loren Depuy. he is said to have a daughter in Middletown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
S. G. van Ness
Middletown
L Harwood
Alfred Phillips
Frankin Hospital
van Ness
Harwoods
Ise
Loren Depuy
Rosenblum Graduates Cornell Law School
Martin Rosenblum son of Mr and Mrs S Rosenblum of 114 Lake Avenue Middletown has just graduated from Cornell Law School He earlier earned a B A from Cornell in 1925 and a Middletown High School diploma in 1920 He earned the Woodford Prize in Oratory and the Class of 1886 Memorial Prize in Declamation and the Class of 1884 Memorial Prize in Debate He was on the varsity debate team and joined Delta Sigma Phi He represented Cornell in a debate with Oxford University
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Rosenblum
S. Rosenblum
Lake Avenue
Middletown
Cornel Law School
Middletown High School
Cornell
Rosenblum
Delta Sigma Phi
Cornell University
Oxford University of England
Electric Company Yearly Review and Directors Report
The 1927 annual meeting at Monroe saw 1493 shares represented. Directors Roscoe W. Smith Alfred J. Crane Frank Durland Jesse Bull and Henry R. D. Keller were reelected. New officers named Smith President, Crane Vice President and Secretary, Durland Treasurer. The year’s highlights include acquiring the Tuxedo Electric Light Co expanding service across southern Orange County. Electric output reached 22 142 000 KWH with 8 628 222 KWH sold to customers, up 23 percent from 1925. Cooking use rose 27 percent. 429 new customers connected, 85 new street lights added, 1464 new poles erected and 500 horsepower of transformers installed. A new water storage dam north of the plant neared completion with impounding begun. Lines extended to Hewitt West Milford Brown's Macopin and near Echo Lake in West Milford Township New Jersey where 137 customers were served in 1925. Progress noted in electric ranges and refrigerators with favorable service rates. Miscellaneous items: President Smith's month-long southern sojourn, a line to Albert Durland on the Goshen Florida road, lines extended in Woodside Drive Warwick, and a line to Skylands estate of Clarence Lewis near Eagle Valley completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Roscoe W. Smith
Alfred J. Crane
Frank Durland
Jesse Bull
Henry R. D. Keller
Tuxedo Electric Light Co
Orange County
West Milford
Passaic Co
New Jersey
Hewitt
Brown's
Macopin
Echo Lake
New Jersey Territory
West Milford Township
R. W. Smith
Albert Durland
Goshen-Florida Road
Woodside Drive
Warwick
Skylands
Clarence Lewis
Eagle Valley
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Newburgh
Central
Hudson
New
New York
Franklin St
WM. A. Robinson
Davenport
Lewis Feder
N. Y
Benj. Moore’s
Muresco
Presbyterian Young People’s Choir
Council Port
Historical Society
Ridgefield Park
N. J
A. Cannie
William F. Pennell
Children’s Aid Society
Bergen Building Block Company
Mount Vernon Street
Hackensack River
Telephone
Hackensack
Ridgefield Park, N. J
Straub
Fulper Pottery
Valentines
Lohman Electric Co
Central Valley, N. Y
Wm.f. Small
Fred
STS and Opticians
Water Street
Pho
Milady
Maher’s Drug Store
Washingtonville, N. Y
Orange & Rockland
Electric. Company
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