Rivalry Heats Up as Town Elections Set for March Fifteenth
In multiple villages voters face sharp contests for offices including president and trustees. Cornwall court rules the village board controls a new polling place after an appeal, while Civic Progress and Public Welfare list distinct slates. Highland Falls, Suffern, Goshen, Chester, Monroe and other towns also schedule races with independent candidates and party lines shaping the field.
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Supreme Court
A. H. F. Seeger
Cornwall Village Board
Cornwall Board
Public Welfare
John H. Clarkson
Thomas H. Ashworth
Charles A. Slater
Robert J. Britnell
Samuel VanTassell
John H. Culver
John A. Parkman
Samuel Docherty
Harvey CC. Ferriss
Annie Geenwood
Highland Falls
Peoples
William D. Stewart
Frederick Michel
Suffern
Charles Hooper
Erven Shuart
F. O. J. Carter
Leo W. Shuart
Goshen
Chester
Monroe
Maybrook
Walded
Liberty
Warwick
Montgomery
Boomingburg
Body of Slain Boy Found on Refuse Pile
In Palmer Massachusetts the mutilated body of John H. Kelly a three year old from the town was found in the public dump. Albert Doe a farmer was arrested for first degree murder and Mrs Ida Kelly the boy’s mother was held as an alleged accessory before and after the fact. Police linked the body to the missing child after neighbors identified it. Doe had previously been charged with assaulting one of Mrs Kelly’s children and was discharged at trial. Both are to be arraigned in Palmer district court today.
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Ida Kelly
Doe
Crimmins
Kelly
Beer
Cornwall keeps single polling place in village election
Justice Seeger ruled Cornwall will hold all March 16 votes at the village office building as the only polling place. The court cannot compel the Board of Trustees to add a second location or use the Canterbury firehouse, affirming the board’s discretionary authority over polling places.
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Justice Seeger
Cornwall
Henry Hunter
Board of Trustees
Highland Engine Co
Canterbury
Firthcliffe-Cornwall
Seeger
Henry Hirschberg
Hunter
Edson Halleck
Hirschberg
Henry Chadeayne
Chadeayne
Elwood Corning Leads Washingtonville Christian Endeavor
Washingtonville report notes Rev. Elwood Corning elected president of Blooming Grove Christian Endeavor Society at a March 1 meeting hosted by Miss Myrtle Felter. Officers include Victor Hendershott as vice president and Miss Katherine Felter as treasurer. Funeral attendance and local society updates also recorded.
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Washingtonville
Blooming Grove Christian Endeavor Society
Myrtle Felter
Frank Brown
David Hudson
A. Elwood Corning
Victor Hendershott
W. V Seaman
Katherine Felter
Middletown
Felter
Blooming Grove
King’s Daughters
Athenia Club
Harriet Munter
Chester
W. H. Wilcox
Goshen High PTA Cafeteria Supper Planned
The Parent Teacher Association will host a cafeteria supper at Goshen High School on Thursday evening at 6 o'clock.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Goshen High School
Dairymen See Wide Tuberculin Test Reactions
Farm Bureau and county veterinarian report dairy herd tuberculosis at a Slate Hill demonstration near Bradley's Corners. About 50 cows were tuberculin tested by Dr. John R. Morse. nearly all reacted indicating infection. Plans call for slaughter of affected cows at Chester, with further meetings this week at Montgomery Bullville and Hamptonburgh Granges.
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C. C. Davis
Orange County Farm Bureau Association
John R. Morse
Times Herald
Ira Carpenter
Slate Hill Road
Bradley’s Corners
Morse
Chester
Montgomery Grange Hall
Bullville Grange Hall
Hamptonburgh Grange Hall
Nicoll Seeks Ruling On Goshen Farm Proposal
State Health Commissioner Nicoll requests Health Officer McGeoch decide on permission for the Jewish Consumptives Relief Society to establish a farm for consumptives on the Goshen village reservoir watershed. McGeoch has refused a prior request and Nicoll aims for an advance ruling before Friday.
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Matthiag Nicoll, Jr
R. L. McGeoch
Jewish Consumptives Relief Society
Permisson
Goshen Village
Dr. McGeoch
Dr. Nicoll
Reward Offered for Arrest of Chester Dog Poisoner
A $200 reward is posted by Chester's village board for information leading to the arrest of the dog poisoner. Since last Thursday thirteen dogs, six blooded, have been poisoned with strychnine and cyanide. Chief H B Green says a vigilance committee is searching, with a suspect under surveillance. The crimes' motive remains undetermined with a prevailing view of spite.
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Chester
H. B. Green
Dr. T. Smith
Arthur Prosser
James Dunn
Mary Burr
John Hunter
Joseph Frento
Harry Meyers
Thomas Kane
McMullen
Hall Bill To Ban Establishments Near Village Passes Senate
The Assemblyman Hall measure to prohibit such establishments within three miles of a village awaits Senate passage this week and then Gov Mith.
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Assemblyman Hall
Senate
Mith
Otisville Farms Change Hands in Local Deals
Mrs Marion A Smith of Otisville sold the Areson farm at Finchville to Mr and Mrs John J Keller of Middletown for a home and possession. Jacob Cawein sold his 18 acre poultry farm at Otisville to Hiram Terwilliger of Middletown for an investment and subdivision into building lots. The Harold Al Benton agency of Otisville, which brokered the sales, bought Cornelia Zieres house on Highland avenue Otisville.
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Marion A. Smith
Otisville
Areson
Finchville
John J. Keller
Middletown
Jacob Cawein
Hiram Terwilliger
Harold AL Benton
Cornelia Zieres
Highland Avenue
Correction and Reformation Committee in Goshen Hears Prison Contract
The Supervisors' Committee on Correction and Reformation met in Goshen on Tuesday to discuss the new contract with Westchester County Penitentiary for prisoner care. The principal matter was the staffing and terms of the agreement.
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Committee On Correction and Reformation
Goshen
Westchester County Penitentiary
Mabee, Noted Orange County Farmer, Dies at 77
Jacob A. Mabee, longtime Orange county farmer and cattle dealer, died Wednesday at his nephew Lewis Mabee’s Goshen home on Greenwich Avenue. He was 77 years old, born April 8, 1849 in Warwick. widowed husband of Amanda Burrell.
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Jacob A. Mabee
Orange County
Lewis Mabee
Greenwich Avenue
Goshen
Mr. Mabee
Warwick
Jacob Mabee
Henrietta Wanamaker
Amanda Burrell
Obituary for a Goshen farmer and church member
The Goshen farmer and cattle dealer, a Goshen Methodist Church member, died recently. Surviving are a daughter Mrs. Frank Blakney of Middletown and three granddaughters, plus a nephew, Lewis Aabee of Goshen. The funeral will be Friday at 2 PM at Goshen Methodist Church with Rev. R. L. Manterstock officiating. Interment in Slate Hill Cemetery, Goshen.
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Goshen
Frank Blakney
Middletown
John Rice, Jr
Harold Ebner
Venice
Florida
Emma Faulkner
Ridgefield Park
N. J
Lewis Aabee
Goshen Methodist Church
R. L. Manterstock
Slate Hill Cemetery
Bloomingburg Board Sets Easter Vacation Week
The Bloomingburg Board of Education met Tuesday evening and decided to hold Easter vacation in the week after Easter. A state inspector recently visited the school. The High View card club gathered at Mrs. William Wigger’s home on Wednesday afternoon.
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Bloomingburg
Board of Education
High View Card Club
William Wigger
Circle and Elks Event Notes From Local Meeting
Members were present and favors were won by Mrs. M. Davison and Mrs. Benjamin Horton. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. James Crane. Mrs. William Hagan is ill with a severe cold. Mrs. H. H. Bischoff and daughter Betty attended the Elks circus on Wednesday afternoon.
Legion Auxiliary meeting announced for Monday night
A meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary will be held Monday evening at 8 in the Auxiliary rooms.
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The
American Legion
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