West Point displays arms collection for cadets’ equipment needs
Major Earl Mc Farland curates a First Class club room exhibit at West Point featuring pistols, rifles, sabers, and historical artifacts from the Ordnance Department. The display lets graduating cadets compare prices and quality with civilian suppliers while highlighting items such as the Colt .45 pistol and various service weapons.
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Ordnance Department
United States Army
Earl McFarland
Military Academy
Colt Company
England
Germany
Austria
Japan
Chile
Sweden
Bulgaria
Portugal
Holland
Italy
Norway
Ordnance Museum
Grant
General Grant
Archival Figure Shaped Academy Standards 1817 to 1833
The passage credits a single leader for laying the enduring military academic and disciplinary framework of the Academy during his long tenure from 1817 to 1833. His efforts anchored enduring standards still echoing today.
Monroe Quintets Defeat Cornwall In Twin Matches
Monroe and Cornwall on Hudson squads met at Monroe on February 1 with Monroe winning both games. The second team won 17 to 7 while the regulars triumphed 27 to 23 in a seesaw thriller with Pembleton of Monroe and Hubbard of Cornwall each posting nine points. Lineups listed for both contests.
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Monroe
Cornwall-on-Hudson
Pembleton
Moonroe
Hubbard
Cornwall
Dann
Johnson
Lorch
van Slyke
Lear
Tonoli
Kasschau
Coddington
Robert Conkiiifi
Gaunt
Dunn
Jessup
Aged Man Odell Found Dead With Self Inflicted Wounds
Daniel Odell, 18, who had lived alone in an Atlantic and Pacific company store apartment at Cornwall for a decade, was found dead in his room with a slash wound. He had apparently been dead a week before discovery by landlord Harry Hancon and Gilbert Wilson. no motive is known. Odell was married with a daughter and several brothers.
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Daniel Odell
Atlantic and Pacific Company
Cornwall
Odell
Harry Hancon
Gilbert Wilson
Octogenarian dies at Bloomingburg
Bloomingburg February 10 Peter Hamilton Ferguson aged 86 died at his home Friday evening. Born in Canada to Scotch parents John and Jane Hamilton Ferguson he was a retired traveling salesman. He spent most of his life in Bloomingburg with a stint in California. His first wife Agnes Currey preceded him in death in California.
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Bloomingburg
Peter Hamilton Ferguson
Canada
John
Jane Hamilton Ferguson
California
Ferguson
Agnes Currey
Robert Currey
Cornwall Teams Are Victorious In Basketball Night
Cornwall C H S defeated Maybrook teams at Maybrook with the girls winning 37 to 12. Williams led Cornwall’s scoring in the boys game with 11 points as the team rallied from an 8-0 start and finished strong. Other notes mention Columbia’s loss to Army, local society events, and upcoming games at Cornwall on Hudson.
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Cornwall
Maybrook
Misses Dayton
J. Clark
Wilson
Garthwaite
Clark
Garland
Holroyd
Gibson
Scantlebury
Meyer
Tulip
Shaw
Ryan
George
Gray
Brown
Dayton
HL Clark
Cornwall Boys
Williams
A. Ackerly
Thurston
Downsborough
Mead
Young
Droney
Scott
B. Ackerly
Janvis
West Point
Columbia University
Army
J. Lorch
Columbia
Thomas Quinlan
Bishop Lassey
Frank Moore
New York City
Edward M. Kane
St. John’s
Parish Aid Society
Cornwall High
Montgomery High School
Orange County Basketball League
Newburgh Academy
Egam
Cornwall- On- Hudson
Cornwall-on-Hudson
Highland Falls High School
Howell's Church Lincoln Service Planned Next Sunday
Howell's Congregational Church will hold Lincoln memorial services at 11 a.m. next Sunday. Local veterans and residents share Lincoln remembrance as part of community observances.
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Howells Church
Lincoln
Busy spring planned for Army teams
West Point outlines 43 cadet athletic contests for baseball lacrosse track tennis golf and more from April 9 to May 28 with Navy clashes on May 28 highlighted and away games mostly limited to lacrosse at Annapolis and one potential away lacrosse date and two tentative golf dates.
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West Point
N. Y
W. A Copthorne
Navy
Annapolis
Pennsylvania
Altho
Catholic University
Columbia
Colgate
New York University
Georgetown
University of Maryland
Johns Hopkins
Fordham
Cornell
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Umbia University
Springfield College
University of Delaware
Bucknell University
Williams College
Union College
Springfield
Boston University
Mass.Insti. Tech
Lacrosse
Stevens Tech
Hobart College
University of Venoa
Lafayette
New York Univ
Rutggers Univ
Swarthmore
Union
Amherst
Mass. Inst. Tech
Wesleyan
Rev Fisher Fractures Head in Parsonage Fall
Rev G D Fisher suffered a deep gash over his eye after tripping on stairs at the parsonage Friday afternoon. Dr F H Dreyer of Thompson Ridge attends. Envelopes for Mt church offering to be returned by February 13. Richard Weber to return to New Jersey early in February.
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Richard Weber
George Taylor
New Jersey
Rural Consumers Accept Rate Rise at Meeting
The Rockland Light and Power rural consumers committee voted to accept the Public Service Commission increase from 75 cents to 1.25 dollars and disbanded after funds were raised to contest the raise. Charl... Redfield served as counsel.
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Rockland Light and Power Company
Watts, Oakes and Bright
Middletown
Public Service Commission
Charleae Redfield
Expert Truss Fitting at Middletown Shop
Expert truss fitting for men women and children claim best New York specialists at lower prices. Abdominal belts supporters seamless elastic stockings made to measure. Lady assistant for women with private fitting room. McMonagle and Rogers 28 North Street Middletown New York.
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New York
McMonagle & Rogers
North Street
Middletown
N. Y
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Cornwall Town News
Storm King Sentinel
E. P. Thompson
Academy
Cornwall-on-Hudeen
N. J
E. A. Anderson
Central Valley
Warwick Tire Co
Elm ST
Warwick, N. Y
Middletown Tire and Rim Co
Stanley Auto Co
Florida
Florida Auto Sales
Haggerty Auto Sales
Sussex
Storms
Goshen
Jack's
Wilcox
Central
Port Jervis
Minisink
Washingtonville
Highland Mills
Highland Falls
Self
Theodore Hahn
Marsham
Conklin
Order of Amaranth
Newburgh
Faith
Annes
Walter Warden
Firthcliffe
Coats
Colden St
Langer
I. H. Bronner
Nellie Whitlock
H. H. Case
Jacob Mead
Annie Mead
R. C
E. H. Woodruff
Caleb Woodruff and Son
Alice Miller
Wawarsing
G. M. Manes
Wilma Siers
June Bennett
Alfreda Joachim
Odell Sanatorium
Nenburgh
Ian P. Dewitt
Robert
Howell's Cong
William Dicks
Brooklyn
University of Vermont
Lehigh University
University of Penna
Stevens Institute Technology
Col
Florist and
Ff. Y
R. J. Pia Surveyor
Davenport
Dresser
Buck
Water Street
Radio Cabinet
Cogswell
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