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Newspaper
Orange County Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1919
Page
2
Inflation fears ease as July shows record low failures in decades and job demand rises. Trade and school hiring debates surface with janitors seeking raises. public school physician L G Distlen reappointed. Chamber of Commerce survey opposes railroad nationalization citing high costs and efficiency concerns.
George Boyce who bought lakefront land at foreclosure faces a court injunction barring commercial use and public casino entertainments on the site. The order, sought by Mira Slade for the Greenwood Lake Realty Company heirs, hinges on deed restrictions targeting exclusive residential use. Witnesses include John J. Galloway as testimony unfolds in Warwick and Middletown areas.
Albany August 194- An estimated 250 insane soldiers in New York State hospitals are described by Attorney General Charles J. Whitman. He said most veterans became insane during service in France and that committees will manage their wards property and guardianship under court supervision with annual audits and bonded safeguards.
In Whitesboro, Mrs John Ammiticor announces the engagement of her sister Mine Jane Ayre Lowers to James Rennan MelaVish, a residential clerk at the plate assembly in Albany.
A list of filings for county committeemen across towns and wards including Newburgh Middletown Port Jervis and other districts. Names such as William H Hyndman Max Carkedale Alfred Nutt Harris Joseph Ro bert Hamill Le Grand W Pellett John B Corwin George Loveton H Ambr oze Wheeler Edward Lockwood James Tweed and many others appear across districts in Germain creeks and towns with districts reporting nominations and gaps.
Fragmented item discusses mail boxes location rules along routes and a reopening date. It mentions carriers and system timing, but readability is limited. The text references right side placement and potential changes affecting mail delivery operations.
The strike by 7,000 New Haven shopmen triggered an embargo on all freight across the New York New Haven and Hartford and Central New England systems, disrupting transfers to the Ontario and Western and Central New England lines. Principal impact centers in Middletown as freight to New Haven routes shifted to Central New England, halting major express movements and passenger service.
The 25th annual reunion of the Veteran Soldiers and Sailors Association of Orange County met at Grange Hall East Main Street with 35 in attendance. President Floyd S. Goble presided. Mayor Cox gave an address of welcome as 94 members were recorded on the last roll call, ages 70 to 93. Attendees included W. W. Padgett James Harford George Brown and others from Otisville Cuddebackville Suffern Walden Goshen and Circleville. A dinner followed and the afternoon session named officers for the coming year including Goble Brown and Wheeler.
Liberty Aug 9 Constable J L Tremper arrested Frank Lawfensweiler 20 residing with his mother on the Gregory road Mason Billyou 18 of Sprague avenue and Herman Smith 18 near the O and W crossing on Buckley street for entering Geron Francis co s feed mill on July 12 and robbing the safe. They confessed and were held to 1000 bail each or in default sent to Monticello to await grand jury action.
Herbert Nield Laverna Winner and Miles Winner were sentenced to $25 fines after Justice Voorhees ruled they assaulted Clement Lawson of Woodhaven in Livingston Manor. Lawson, who had argued with Nield weeks earlier, allegedly struck Nield during a pool room dispute. Lawson fled and is being sought on a separate assault charge.
Warren H Van Sickle was honored Thursday in Sandyston by Mr and Mrs Andrew Morris with a surprise reunion and birthday party for his eightieth year. His three sons Ablahr P VanSickle Frank W VanSickle and B F VanSickle attended. Van Sickle has long served Sandyston as an assessor and community leader.
Alfred Tiewald aged 27 of Guttenburg New Jersey died instantly and William Waller Doyle of Guttenburg fatally injured after an automobile traveling from Altamont toward Albany on the Western Turnpike was struck by two light engines at the West Shore railroad crossing near Gunderson Center. Both men were inspectors for the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection Insurance Company.
Greene of the Farm Bureau announced a poultry culture expert will advise visitors at the Orange County Fair exhibition hall No. 2 next week. Miss Alice Howell and staff will oversee demonstrations as prices for exhibit care rise versus last year.
Local golfers gathered at the Rockland County Golf Club for a chess tournament style program with classes and prizes. Meanwhile Albany contemplates closing Garry Benson's tab and transforming the site into a state liquor control office.
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