First boat load of coal to traverse D H Canal
A historic note recounts Delaware and Hudson Canal Company's early coal shipments to New York. The Albany Argus (Dec 12, 1828) highlights the first coal boats reaching tidewater, the canal’s 100-mile construction from Kingston to Honea- dale, and the planned railroad link to Carbondale. It cites 26–30 ton boats and 7,000 tons loaded at $7.60–$8 per ton, with expected continued flows to Hudson markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pailin Howe
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company
New York
Philip Howe
Lackawanna
New York City
Tidewater
Albany
Delaware Ann Hudson Canal
Kingston
Honeadale
Pennsylvania
Hudson
Messrs. Townsend
Guphtol
Argus
Rondout Creek
Wath
Judson
Port Jervin
Delaware River
Neversink River
Rondort Creek
Port Jervis
Jenathan
Carpenters Point
Neversink
Delaware
State of New York
New Jemey Corner
Pennalvania
Port Jervia
Lackawanca
Iberry
Ald Honesdale
Locke
Bonesdale
Carbondale
Lackawanna River
Camp Meade Boys Inoculated Race to Washington
Camp Meade Md July 27 Saturday pass day for all except rookies from Orange County. Inoculations completed, men await passes for a week from Monday. Some plan trips to Hatmore, Washington, or Baltimore with round trips under $2. Friday night 55 men attended a YMCA movie showing former Ambassador Gerard’s Four Years to Germany. Many notes on daily life, welding anniversary, and local news amid troop setup and racial composition shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan
Baltimore
Orange County
Washington
Sim
Gerard
Germany
George Snyder
Stanley Douglas
Tra Coddington
Hera
Atiary
Cork
Camp Meade
Why He Joined All Service
A fragmented reminiscence explains why a man enlisted in the Allied forces. After arriving in Paris intending to join an infantry unit, he changed plans days later after meeting an American airman on leave who described frontline life, maps, and Turkish motifs. The tale ends with him applying to the Poanon American corps on the Champs Elysees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drew
Jamex
Ital
Pranes
Legiog Kirangere
Parla
Jackson
Atinison Squairon
Poanon- American Corps
Grand Circuit Opens in Columbus with Pace and Trot Events
In Columbus Ohio yesterday the Grand Circuit meet opened with the Free for all Pace and the Elks Home Three Miles Five Heats event drawing a large Monday crowd. William beat Single G in the pace while other races including the 2.09 trot and 2.05 Elke flame pace followed after a mid afternoon shower. The S and S 5,000 stake for 2.12 trotters was set for today featuring Directum J and Little Batice among entrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Harris M
William
Single G
C. i
Bee
J. Mar
Adavcticoraneverss
Agderon Wilkes
Georg Oo
Hussall Boy
Ruastls ’ Potenter
Eidtuan Stern
Coakley
Thawoh
Holr Nwaper
Gariokia
McMalony
San Francisco
Cox
B. m
Atlantic Express
Murphy
Elks
Directum J
Chamberlain (Murphy
Little Batice
Red el
Evan Mary Rosalind Parr
Quy Princeton
Valentino
Alexander the Great
Caduceus the Great
San Qinss
Willia
Miaionie
Walter Cochato
Cochato
Pitman
Scouts Face Harsh Year As Draft Strains Roster
Cleveland Indians scout Jack McAllister warns the coming season will be grueling for baseball clubs. He says many players will be drafted or released, forcing majors to draft minors and misalign rosters while minors also lose talent. Frank Lebel of Wichita Falls proposes using players in harvest work between seasons so they can return to baseball after harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack McAllister
Cleveland Indians
McAllister
Army
der Avery
Lengen
Berrien
Isbell
Frank Lebel
Wich Fa Ciph
Orange County to Exhibit at State Fair
The Orange County Farm Bureau announced plans to display county agricultural exhibits at the New York State Fair. Last year Orange county placed second among 13 counties. this year about 35 counties plan to enter. Farmers are urged to save and contribute products, with names and addresses to be listed on the exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange County
Orange County Farm Bureau Association
D. W. Farley
Orange County Farm Bureau
Orange
The
Farm Bureau
Middletown
Wurtsboro Man Nets Big Fish at Yankee Lake
Wurtsboro scene reports a notable catch by Ira Osborn who weighs three bullheads at two pounds each during night fishing at Yankee Lake. The item also notes local social visits, injuries recovering, and plans for a summer guest house expansion by Samuel Goldstein. Ladies' Dime Society of the Reformed Church to host an ice cream sale and supper with fancy articles for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wurtsboro
Leslie Darby
Pine Street
Ira Osborn
Yankee Lake
Osborn
Ethel King
Middletown
Mressantha Dunston
Leslin Olcott
Russell Lord
Fisher
Rock Hill
C. Stanton
Brooklyn
East Orange
N. J
Wilson
New York
Monntain View House
Samuel Goldstein
Sumnoyer
Goldstein
Ladies’ Dime Society of
Tha 'Reformed Church
M. Nile
The Building of Life and Its Quiet Builders
A reflective aphorism on how daily life gradually erects an inner structure. The author notes that every book read, conversation shared, and ordinary action contributes to an invisible edifice, shaped by each life’s small influences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evers
J. R. Miler
Substitute for Gold in 19th Century Text
A fragment discusses a substitute alloy made by mixing copper and antimony in specific parts and adding magnesium carbonate to increase weight. It claims the alloy can be drawn, hardened, and soldered like gold, takes a bright polish, and is reportedly worth about 26 cents per ounce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TE Ia
First Baseball of the Season At Circleville
The first baseball game of the season was played at B. W. Shaw's field. Hearsville defeated Circleville 11 to 4 after leading 4 to 2 until the seventh inning when errors allowed five runs for the visitors. Local residents and visitors were noted, including W. K. Crans of Middletown. Other items mention visits, religious talks, and a church festival with a large crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circleville
B. W. Shaw
Hearsville
Beere
Fevor
Searaville
W. K. Crans
Middletown
John Shaw
Raymond Bull
Camp Merritt
Bull
atah _Richardeon
Peter Richardeon
W. Shaw
J. Wallace
New England States
A.’Vandeveren
Newark
Del
Barnes Control Defied by Judge In Albany Co
Albany July 30 A break in the Barnes organization in Albany county is seen as County Judge Geo Addington enters the Republican primaries as candidate for Supreme Court justice in the Third District opposing Harold J Hinman. Addington has Whitman support while Barnes shifts to back Roosevelt for Governor. Democratic committees favor Patrick Dugan for Supreme Court and Joseph A Lawson for Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Barnes
Albany County
Geo. Addington
Supreme Court Justice
Third District
Harold J. Hinman
Addington
Whitman
Roosevelt
Hinman
Lewis
Third Judicial
Sullivan
Ulster
Democratic Committee
Patrick ©. Dugan
Democratic 28Th Congressional District Committee
Joseph A. Lawson
Congress
Grange Day at Orange County Fair Set as Big Event
Grange Day at the Orange County Fair is planned for Thursday August 15 with Grangers from across Orange county assembling at Middletown’s fairgrounds. An 11 am patriotic parade, grange unit processions and decorated floats will lead, Brookside Hamp tonburgh Warwick and others to be announced. Sherman J. Lowell NY State Grange master will speak at 1 pm in a tent, followed by community singing led by L H Mapes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange County
Middletown
Orange
Brookside
Hamptonburgh
Warwick
Sherman J. Lowell
New York State
Lowell
L. H. Mapes
Mount Hope
Grange Dey
Oraaze
Helmstadt May Be Interned During the War
Carl Helmstadt of this city faces a six day sentence in Goshen Jail on a charge of assaulting his common law wife and altering sedition remarks. His hearing references seditious comments against the government and American soldiers. Affidavits concern the statements and he may be sent to Atlanta for internment as an enemy alien.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Helmstadt
Goshen
Starr
Heimstadt
Unese Wi
Hare
Bern
United States District Atorneys
Usis Ette
Atlanta
Adi
Emmy
Lobater Shell Cracker Invention Noted In Agricultural Report
An inventor creates a device resembling a large octagonal cracker to crack Lobatera shells from tatklog Ube crops. The tool is described as an aid to shelling and processing the agricultural product, highlighting a novel approach to handling stubborn shells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lobetera
Sugar Shortage Urges Universal Rationing and Honesty
Charles E Treiman urges county food administrators to police sugar hoarding, limit canning permits, ensure equitable distribution, and stress that sugar cannot be added at consumption. He warns wives who hoard sugar are traitors and calls for mass press emphasis to curb waste amid wartime shortages and transport cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloocat
Frank Hi Beakes
Charles
of Agriculture
Florane
Ithaca
Charles Ei Treman
RPA
U S Urged to Raise Bank of Army Surgeons
Baltimore July 30 Col John M T Finneys return to America is tied to boosting the rating of US army surgeons in France. The drive seeks parity with British French and Belgian medical corps, noting no American surgeon above colonel while allied ranks reach Major General. Increasing the ranking would align command and prevent friction in Pershing s army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
John M. T. Finney
America
France
Allied Medical Corps
Gen. Pershing
Army
Sims
Flag in sky formed by clouds over Baltimore
A stormy afternoon in Baltimore yielded a dramatic cloud formation that resembled the American flag. A dark central cloud created a rectangular blue field with lighter stripes extending across, appearing to drift west as a portentous omen, lasting about five minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Passing Atg 4wan Songs on Beets NYC Route
A garbled note describes a figure tied to a New York route. It mentions a boy named Bin stopping at beet bottles and a laundry job executed to support Weowalng's Magazine. The phrases are fragmented but imply travel and work in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tie Boy bin
New York
Weowalng
Magasine
Committee Probes Furnishings For Girls Home
A chaotic meeting of a women committee debating the furnishing of a girls home stalls amid noisy objections. Members spar over budget 2000 dollars and furniture choices from light oak to wicker as the chair tries to adjourn and avoid delays.
Geenpressing Corn Steaks In Aved Book Reference
Fragmentary OCR notes describe corn stalk bundles tied and discussed with a book at end. The language is garbled but hints at tying stalks and a referenced book, suggesting a horticultural or agricultural note rather than a narrative event. No clear persons or organizations are identifiable.
Mary Lands Onty River and Its Course
The Boty River lands Mary Onty River and shows a course of about 200 miles from Anti Lebanon to the Dead Sea. The text notes the river's path and mentions settlements along its banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Yorfan
Boty
Anti ‘Lebanon
Dead Sea
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D. & H. Canal
Antiquarian
Ties Press
Adrar
Uisemeat
G. d. Picard
C. J. Picard
First Pioneer Infantry
A. M, Bizdorp
Biederfcook
Tba
Gaye Jack McAllister
Indiana
Helmstadt
U. S
Bank of Army
U. 5
Ferniaking
Julia
Boston
Tanal
Thever
Fox
Ib Piald
Lady In Green
Bey
Alere
Dave
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