Great Program Of Racing at County Tracks During August
A busy August racing circuit in Orange County features the Orange County Circuit at Monroe August 2–4 with $31,000 purses, the Historic Track races at Goshen August 9–11, and the Middletown events at the Orange County Fair August 16–18, culminating in the Grand Circuit at Goshen’s Good Time Park the week of August 22. The slate opens in Endicott on July 26 with multiple trotting and pacing events, then moves to Monroe and Goshen with a string of races and purses, including 2-year-old and 3-year-old divisions and featured Stakes events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange County
Monroe
Goshen
Middletown
Orange County Fair
W. H. Cane
Stee Oan
John R. Gentry
D. Harriman
Renese- Lilver Weston
Seeereree
Walden Bride-to-Be Dorothy MacGowan to Wed
Miss Dorothy MacGowan daughter of Mr and Mrs Lewis F MacGowan Walden and N Scovil Osborne of Amityville N Y will marry on Saturday April 9 at the prospective bride home in Walden The ceremony will be quiet with only immediate family present Miss MacGowan a graduate of Albany Teachers College and New Paltz Normal School has taught in Amityville for two years Mr Osborne a young Amityville businessman
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy MacGowan
Lewis F. MacGowan
Walden
N. Scovil Osborne
Amityville
MacGowan
Albany Teachers’ College
New Paltz Normal School
May Solve Pension Problem Delays Pensions for 40,000 in New York
President Coolidge hopes Treasury and Interior officials can divert funds so May and June pensions can be paid by July 1 after Congress delayed the deficiency bill. About 40,000 New York pensioners are affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolidge
Treasury
Interior Departments
Congress
New York State
Tragic student crises claim two New York youths
Two more student personal crisis reports surfaced Tuesday. Anthony Zeno, S Jr., 18, Port Chester High School senior, died after poisoning and gas exposure at home. Frank Conklin, 13, Richmond Hill High School student and son of a policeman, shot himself with his father's pistol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Zeno
S Jr
Port Chester
N. Y
Frank Conklin
Richmond Hill High School
New York
Beacon Residents Protest Webb Bill Water Plan
Manufacturers urge Beacon residents to oppose the Webb bill allowing New York City to acquire more water from Dutchess and Columbia counties. They fear diversion of Fishkill Creek would cut industrial water supply along its banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon
New York City
Dutchess
Columbia Counties
Fishkill Creek
Browning separation ruling shocks his wife in New York
Peaches Heenan Browning, wife of Edward West Browning, faces likely no appeal after Justice Seeger grants separation and bars alimony. The court sharply criticizes her charges, deeming them baseless and trivial. Also reported are Kermit Roosevelt fined for traffic rules, Earl Carroll’s failed Supreme Court bid, a gas leak mystery in Hornell, and a GE long range searchlight gun development. The Chicago park murder case appears solved with the bodies of the mother and foster father found in Austin apartments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peaches
Heenan Browning
Edward West Browning
New York
Justice Seeger
Browning
Kermit Roosevelt
Earl Carroll
United States Supreme Court
Atlanta
Chicago
Austin
Nationalists Take Shanghai No Battle Reported
Shanghai fell to Nationalist forces without fighting as 1,200 American Marines landed to protect citizens. Natives fear massacre while Moscow celebrates a Soviet victory with tens of thousands rejoicing in the streets. Admiral Williams reports a tense situation to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
China
Admiral Williams
Washington
Moscow
Alcohlic admissions rise in state hospitals since Prohibition start
A report to the legislature shows a marked rise in alcoholic cases admitted to state hospitals since the low mark in 1920 the first year of prohibition. The State Hospital Commission now operates under the Department of Mental Hygiene. Drug patients have remained stationary since 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Hospital Commission
Department of Mental Hygiene
Baumes laws praised in Nassau DA annual report
District Attorney E. N. Edwards lauds the Baumes laws for aiding criminal law administration in Nassau County. He states the measures have knocked the blackjack and gun from crooks and given the DA prompt legal weapons to deal with criminals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nassau County
E. N. Edwards
Virginia man killed during liquor raid in Tazewell County
Chapman Osborne, 42, a dry agent from Tazewell County Virginia, was shot and killed while attempting to search an automobile for liquor. Cliff Joyce of Jewel Ridge Va is jailed on murder charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapman Osborne
Tazewell County
Virginia
Cliff Joyce
Jewel Ridge
Mrs Pratt Elected to New York State Board of Regents
Mrs Herbert L Pratt of Glen Cove Long Island is named a member of the New York State Board of Regents becoming the first woman to receive the honor. She succeeds the late Dr Charles B Alexander of Tuxedo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert L. Pratt
Glen Cove, L. I
State Board of Regents
New York State
Charles B. Alexander
Tuxedo
President Coolidge’s Wrist Trouble Sparks Theories
President Coolidge complains of a swollen right wrist and limited hand use. Doctors are unsure of the cause though some suggest excessive handshaking may be a factor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coollige
Governor appoints Frank Utter to Bureau of Standards
Governor Smith announces Frank R. Utter of Friendship Alleghany county as head of the Bureau of Standards and Purchase. He has long service with the Republican state committee and will receive a salary of ten thousand dollars per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Frank R. Utter
Friendship
Alleghany County
Republican State Committee
Bureau of Standards and Purchase
Fertilizer Report Details New York Prices and Improvements
A report titled Composition and Prices of Commercial Fertilizers in New York in 1926 released by the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station at Geneva notes ongoing improvements in fertilizer products available to New York farmers. The study analyzes composition and price ranges for farm use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Republicans Attack Governor Smith Over Gasoline Tax And Water Power Issue
The Republican State Committee issued two statements attacking Governor Smith for extravagance in government and claiming Republican legislative leaders blocked a gasoline tax. They say motorists will thank the GOP for showing how such a tax could be avoided and accuse Smith of capitalizing on the water power issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican State Committee
Smith
Typhoid Fever Epidemic Hits Montreal With 443 Cases
An epidemic of typhoid fever sweeps Montreal Canada with 443 cases reported since March 4. Health authorities mobilize response and urge vigilance as spread continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Canada
New Drivers License Law Set To Start May First
The Bartholomew bill authorizing three year operators licenses ends special chauffeur licenses and makes all drivers hold the same licenses with juniors allowed learners permits. It becomes effective May 1 and includes a $2 fee for three year licenses with renewals beginning April 30.
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Assembly
Senate
Motor Vehicle Bureau
Charles A. Harnett
Smith
Aged Circus Star Faces Eviction in New York Tenement
Annie Jackson, once a noted equestrienne in Barnum's circus, now eighty five and penniless, faces eviction from a small New York City apartment. Born in Goshen she toured with circus life, later living on a Florida road farm with husband Ed Jackson. She struggles to pay $9 monthly rent while coping with rheumatism and deafness. Her only companion is a blind fifteen year old dog named Elsie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Jackson
Goshen
East 25Th Street
New York City
Jackson
P. T. Barnum
Florida Road
Ed Jackson
Inspectors Continue Talks With Students In Orange County
Motor vehicle inspectors extend statewide safety campaign in schools. They lecture at Cornwall Central Valley and Highland Mills, stressing do nots to curb cross road accidents and child injuries. Eliminate mishaps through careful behavior.
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Orange County
Cornwall
Walden
Montgomery
Central Valley
Highland Mills
Seven Sailors Rescued From G. J. Cheery Wreck
Captain Hall and crew of the G. J. Cheery were wrecked March 2 off Cape Hatteras. For thirteen days they clung to a deck house roof with little water or provisions as eight ships passed by. The Gulf Point of Gulf Refining Co. finally picked them up and brought them to Bayonne New Jersey.
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Bayonne
N. J
Gulf Refining Company
Gulf Point
Captain Hall
G. J. Cheery
Cape Hatteras
Vessels Lost Last Year Reported by Washington Bureau
The Bureau of Navigation in Washington reports last year 291 vessels lost. The total includes 267 merchant ships and 24 yachts with 2,014 passengers aboard and 175 lives lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Navigation
Washington
Postal Robbery Confession Leaves Gaps in Record
Postal inspectors could not verify Fred Buhl Jr and five others robbed postal clerks on a Chicago and Alton train and escaped with 300000 dollars. Buhl, 24, was arrested in Brooklyn. No record of any mail train robbery at Alton Illinois in August 1923 exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Buhl, Jr
Chicago & Alton
Buhl
Brooklyn
Alton
Ill
Tragedy at Northampton crossing leaves three dead
Three people died when an automobile stalled on a grade crossing of the Central Railroad of New Jersey at Northampton near Easton. On the same day an unidentified man stood for hours watching trains pass and then threw himself under a train, dying instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Northampton
Easton
Teen Hunter Sets Valley Rattlesnake Record in New Hampshire
Douglas Cain aged 16 broke all local rattlesnake hunting records at Mount Wantastiquet in New Hampshire by producing sixteen live stakes and three dead ones over two days. He earns a bounty of nineteen dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut Valley
Douglas Cain
Mount Wantastiquet
New Hampshire
Trial of Ellenville Women Called Off
The March 24 trial of Mrs. Arland J. Sanderson and Mrs. Roy M. Currey on a third degree assault charge was dismissed after attorney Leroy Lounsberry stated all facts were addressed in the Police Chief’s trial. All parties were exonerated and the case ends as gossip with no further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellenville
Arland J. Sanderson
Roy M. Currey
van R. Moffitt
Leroy Lounsberry
Lounsberry
House passes Cross bills amending railroad taxes
Albany March 24 The House approved Assemblyman Cross of Sullivan County bills. One amends the municipal law to cover railroad taxes and the other is his Edson D. Knapp claim bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pass Cross
Albany
House
Assemblyman Cross
Sullivan County
Edson D. Knapp
Prominent County Figure Frank J. Nearn Dies
Frank J. Nearn died Friday at his Central Valley home. A former Middletown police officer and long-time McQuaid Engine Company member, he served as Central Valley postmaster and was active in several organizations. He born November 20, 1859, in Middletown and is survived by his wife Elizabeth Reilly, five grandchildren, three sisters, and two brothers. Funeral at 9 a.m. Tuesday from his home and 10 a.m. at St. Josephs Church Middletown. Burial in St. Josephs Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Nean
Central Valley
Middletown
McQuaid Engine Company
Mr. Nearn
Elizabeth Reilly
Wurtsboro
Lucy Nearn Ford
Central
Victim of Lockjaw Near Death in Warwick Hospital
John Stankilezwicz a Florida black dirt farmer aged 45 lies dying in Warwick Hospital. Doctors report tetanus from a splinter under a fingernail causing convulsions and neck stiffness. Surgeons have given repeated antitoxin doses as the patient deteriorates despite care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stankilezwicz
Florida
Warwick Hospital
Stankiezwicz
M. R. Bradner
Warwick
Middleton Residents Pass Civil Service Exams
Local Middleton residents Raymond A. Henry of 265 North Street and Joseph Herbert of Middletown State Hospital passed competitive civil service exams. Henry becomes Chief railroad inspector with a 1200 dollar annual salary and inspector duties in the Conservation Commission. Herbert earns as Chief transfer agent for the State Hospital service with a monthly pay ranging from 74 to 82 dollars and maintenance duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Middleton
The
Conservation Commission
Raymond A. Henry
North Street
State Hospital Service
Joseph Herbert
Middletown State Hospital
Road project progress for Middletown Pine Bush highway
The Highway Committee of the Board of Supervisors met at Cir cleville on Friday to secure rights of way for the Middletown Pine Bush highway. Most rights of way have been secured and bids are expected soon, with changes from the old route noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Circleville
Middletown
Pine Bush
Tax receipts suggest large public debt reduction in 1927
With income tax payments likely topping 600 million dollars the government may report receipts over expenditures exceeding 600 million and the public debt reduction for the fiscal year ending June 30 could reach about 1.25 billion.
Spring Weather and Local Events Across Nearby Towns
Spring arrived with rain as forecasts of a severe cold wave proved unfounded. In Middletown the J W Demerest dry goods store hosted a large fashion show by the senior class raising funds for an Easter trip to Washington D C. Over 1 500 visitors and 500 luncheon guests were served. Owing to poor road conditions between Middletown and Pine Bush, bus service has ceased. In Orange County anglers prepare for opening day April 2 while trout prospects look poor due to cold water. Governor Smith signs a Putnam county supervisor pay bill. Bass transfer approval allows bass caught in the Hudson River to be moved to Orange Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Demerest Dry Goods
Middletown
Middletown High School
Wilson C. van Duzer
Chester
Florida
Washington, D. C
Pine Bush
Orange County
Paul F. Taylor elected Walton village president
Paul F. Taylor won the Walton village presidency on the Citizens' Ticket by a margin of 308 votes over incumbent His De Courtney, who has served six terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul F. Taylor
Walton
Citizens
de Courtney
Queenly Delusion Of Mrs Ida Flagler Confined
Mrs Ida A Flagler widow of Henry M Flagler is declared by her brother Charles F Shourds to own the earth and all its subjects. She is confined in a sanitarium at Central Valley amid questions about her fortune and status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida A. Flagler
Henry M. Flager
Standard Oil
Charles F. Shourds
Boston
Nervous Wreck funds boost for Newburgh senior trip
More than $1,000 was added to the fund for the Newburgh senior class trip to Washington. The boost came from proceeds of the West Point players’ recent play The Nervous Wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newburgh
Washington
West Point
Barn Fire Destroys Fraley Miller Structure North of Montgomery
A new barn on the Fraley Miller place north of Montgomery burned last week. The empty structure held no hay as it had been pressed and removed the day before. Loss set at about $7,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fraley Miller Place
Montgomery
4-H Seeks 495000 Trees in Three Year Forestry Project
Boys and girls in 4-H clubs across fifteen counties will plant 495000 trees as their initial year effort in a three year forestry project.
Middletown Receives New Aerial Ladder Motor Truck
Middletown unveils its new aerial ladder motor truck with a demonstration showing ladders raised to the roofs of tall buildings. The shift ends use of horse drawn fire apparatus in the city.
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Middletown
West Point graduates mark 125th anniversary at Astor dinner
About five hundred graduates attended the New York Section Association of Graduates dinner at the Hotel Astor Saturday night in observance of the academy’s 125th anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point Military Academy
New York
Association of Graduates of the
Hotel Astor
Car stolen from Palatine Hotel recovered wrecked near Woodbury
The Packard sedan owned by Carl Willisen of the Palatine Hotel in Newburgh was found badly wrecked near Woodbury before the owner realized it had been stolen. Two men had escaped injury and were seen fleeing on foot after the car went down a steep embankment at about sixty miles per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Willisen
Palatine Hotel
Newburgh
Woodbury
Convicts Dig Out Ore Near Sing Sing Prison
State land near Sing Sing prison is being mined as convicts drill and blast for new prison buildings. A historic silver mine once stood where the current facility is being expanded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sing Sing Pan
Local man dies by suicide. another missing after ice incident
Frank McDonald, 32, of Pierium, died by hanging in a barn after a temporary derangement. An employee of Rockland Light and Power found the body. A caretaker known as Turkey George at Greenwood Lake is missing and feared to have fallen through rotted ice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank McDonald
Pierium
Rockland Light and Power Company
Turkey George
Greenwood Lake
Hudson girls returned to reform school by police
Three young girl inmates of the Hudson institution for delinquents were picked up by the police of Poughkeepsie and returned to the institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson Institution For
Poughkeepsie
Currey resigns as Ellenville police chief after acquittal
After the Ellenville assault case and the acquittal of Police Chief Roy M. Currey on directing an assault on Arland Sanderson, Currey resigns effective immediately. He had been off duty for weeks during the probe and issued no statement upon resigning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellenville
Roy M. Currey
Arland Sanderson
Chief Currey
Albany Bill Aims at Huge Hudson River Water Project
Passage of a strongly backed bill in Albany signals a near certainty that New York City will not receive waters from the Delaware or Neversink rivers. The measure paves the way for a $400 million project along the east side of the Hudson, dashing Orange and Sullivan counties hopes for a Neversink Manakating lakes plan. The shift comes as New York rethinks plans due to the water treaty with New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
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Delaware
Neversink
New York City
Albany
Hudson
Orange
Sullivan
Manakating
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Middletown Chamber Meeting Invites Worker Input
The Middletown Chamber of Commerce held an open meeting last week where workers expressed views on how the city could benefit. Workers offered useful suggestions to manufacturers and merchants and the session proved instructive for both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Port Jervis Trio Seek Bus Line to Monticello
C A Porter C C Herman and Stewart Rippon all of Port Jervis have filed with the Public Service Commission seeking permission to operate a Port Jervis to Monticello bus service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Porter
C. C. Herman
Stewart Rippon
Port Jervis
The
Public Service Commission
Monticello
Release Leads to Arrest in Ellenville Assault Case
Ishmael Brown, once jailed for a 20 year sentence for assault in Ellenville, has been released and returned home. He is now under arrest and held for the grand jury on a second degree assault charge filed by a young white woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ishmael Brown
Ellenville
Pioneer engine company marks 70th anniversary
Pioneer engine company of El lenville celebrated its seventieth anniversary with a banquet for members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneer Engine Company
Ellenville
Two Sisters Die in Poughkeepsie From Brain Abscesses
Genevieve Kennedy 12 and her sister Caroline Beatrice 9 of Poughkeepsie died within five days of each other from brain abscesses at the base. The siblings fell ill with similar symptoms prompting medical investigation and reports note the rare cause of their deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genevieve Kennedy
Caroline Beatrice
Poughkeepsie
Marcus D Williams 85 Died in Poughkeepsie
Marcus D Williams died in Poughkeepsie at age 85. He was born in Summitville and moved to Poughkeepsie forty one years ago. He established numerous lunch wagons and quick lunch spots in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcus D. Williams
Poughkeepsie
Summitville
Missing Poughkeepsie Woman Described as Railroad Operator
Edith F. Stickles left her Poughkeepsie home on March 6 1920 to work as an operator for Central New England Railroad in Beacon and was never heard from again. Her will filed in Poughkeepsie disposes of an estate estimated at $2000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith F. Stickles
Poughkeepsie
Beacon
Central New England Railroad Company
Albany hearing on radical revision of state poor laws
Miss Caroline Cuddeback and Peter Cantline of Orange County sponsor a radical revision aimed at abolishing 1100 town overseers of the poor and ending waste in relief administration. The proposal seeks to prevent suffering and hardship by the poor as Father Homes are urged at a joint Senate Judiciary and Assembly Internal Affairs hearing in Albany with representation from over twenty counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Cuddeback
Peter Cantline
Orange County
Senate Judiciary Committee
Assembly Internal Affairs Committee
Albany
Near By Places News Reference
Brief note directs readers to page 9 for additional nearby place news and items.
Two Counties Targeted by Crime Board Report
A Crime Commission report portrays bleak rural New York conditions in two counties labeled Atlantic and Pacific. It cites drab schools, dancing causing anxiety, bootlegging, partial law enforcement, and rising juvenile thrill seeking with cars and flasks, urging reform without naming counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sinclair Lewis
New York State Crime Commission
New York State
Atlantic
Tioga
Schuyler
Crime Commission
Pacific
Port Jervis Café Owners Granted Bail After Raid
Tony Fantano John Bridgid er and Alphonse Petite port Jervis cafe owners were arraigned Saturday before U S Commissioner Harry T Crist in Middletown. They were released on bail, and the cases adjourned for one week with a New York attorney representing them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Fantano
John Bridgider
Alphonse Petite
Port Jervis
U. S
Harry T. Crist
Middletown
New York
Weston Badly Injured While Walking After Birthday Gift
Edward Payson Weston, renowned trans continental pedestrian, was struck by a taxicab near Orange County. He suffered a fractured skull but is not in serious condition. Weston recently turned eighty eight and had been living in poverty until Anne Nichols provided him with a lifetime income of 36000 dollars. He was en route to church to give thanks when the accident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Payson Weston
Orange County
Anne Nichols
War veterans warned on lapse of insurance reinstatement
World War veterans are warned that the privilege to reinstate and convert their war time insurance will lapse on June 2 1927 Congress failed to pass an extension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Earley Murder Trial Set for April 18 in Newburgh
Mrs Lucy Earley of Newburgh faces trial for the murder of Daniel Earley. Justice Arthur S Tompkins set April 18 as the date, with a possible delay pending the Court of Appeals decision on a writ of prohibition secured by the District Attorney Lemon. The writ challenges Justice Seeger’s order to expose the case to the defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Earley
Newburgh
Daniel Earley
Arthur S. Tompkins
Court of Appeals
Prohibition
Lemon
Seeger
Also Mentioned on This Page
William. H. Cane
Walter Cox
News OF the World
Hornell
General Electric Illuminating Engineering Laboratory
Sanderson
Frank J. Nearn
Committee
Weather Bureau
Ruth Snyder
Albert Snyder
McLaughlin
Henry Judd Gray
Gray
Rochester
Putnam County
John Rothery
Orange Lake
Crime Board
Crist
Weston
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