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Newspaper
Orange County Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1919
Page
4
The 79th Orange County fair inaugurates its postwar session with four days of exhibits, animal shows, and racing. Plans include Grange Day on Wednesday, afternoon trotting, and Thursday prize awards before automobile racing closes the event.
A proposed outing for the Chamber of Commerce members is discussed for Wednesday September, with plans for a social event and possible participation by attendees. The matter may be addressed at the next Board of Directors meeting. Prof. Klsep coming back, Bart.
Ethel Nathansup, 11, of Monticello, sustained fractures in both forearm bones after an accident. She is currently at Thrall Hospital and receiving treatment. The surrounding text also references Theodore Sti, a candidate for Assembly in Kings County, and a separate obituary item noting a death on Sunday night.
Two men were badly bruised and cut and three others sustained minor injuries when a large truck bound for the Orange County Fair left the road a mile north of Wurtsboro. The crash occurred on a bad grade near a curve, the vehicle rolled over into a ditch. Driver loss of control or defective brakes cited. Truck carried butter popcorn a roaster and a tent. Injured were taken to a garage and treated. the truck was towed back to the shop. The three less injured resumed their trip to set up at the fairgrounds.
Middletown Times-Press and Orange County Times-Press invite fairgoers to their large tent opposite the team Exhibition Halls. Subscribers and advertisers may place orders, use the telephone No. 153, and pick up sample copies with the latest news each day.
Louis G. Wilson Montiy denies a report that the Hagen and Refer plana factory site at 21-25 Tranirgad Avenue has been sold to an independent oil company. The rumor stated the sale closed Friday with plans to establish tanks and offices on the property.
The article notes a new parking area on the Wilson site to replace the old proy trix on West Main. Ground has been graded and spaces prepared for cars, with planners stating readiness though some cues remain in development.
Lenox Massachusetts August morning the famed steel magnate and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie died at 7 am after three days of bronchial pneumonia. His wife Louise Whitfeld and private secretary were with him. A daughter Margaret could not reach the bedside in time. Carnegie had spent summers at Shadow Brook and Skibo Castle and leaves a wife and daughter, with ties to international peace movements.
In a Sunday afternoon head on collision at the junction of state roads to Vails Gate and Cornwall at Woodlawn cemetery three people were injured. David Pisig and Mrs Adler of New York were occupants of a southbound Breck tour car and Mrs Mellissino of Central Virginia rode in a northbound Packard. The Breck was wrecked while the Packard suffered minor damage. Ann Pisig and Mrs Adler were taken to St Luke's Hospital, while Mrs Mellissino remained at home in Central Valley.
Oia W Donald of IF Prospect enue reports a dixdranges on his lawn containing 286 bunches of bles ame. It is one of the largest if not the largest ever produced in this section. William M. Osdtard died shortly before IV alam, at home on 6 Lite arene after more than a year’s illness. Obituary and funeral notice will appear in the next edition.
The conference now demands Romanian forces leave Budapest immediately after the Supreme Inter Allied Council had urged restraint. Delegates debate allowing Romanian troops to stay briefly to stabilize the region while reassessing supply shipments to Hungary and Bosnia.
Three suspected pickpockets were arrested near Mountain Dale after targeting passengers on a Sunday train. One man, Jack Sechabin alias Stein, identified city addresses, was found with a needle and $80 in his trousers. The other two, Samuel Rosenberg and Morris Cohen, were also taken into custody, while a fourth fled. Bond set at $40 with a hearing to follow. Officers reported multiple “touches” on the train as a pattern of the alleged operation.
Ralph Albert Blakelock famed landscape painter and member of the National Academy of Design died Sunday morning near Elizabethtown New York at a guardian home He collapsed entering his room after months of hospital custody and failing health His body to be moved to Grace Church Breadon Ninth Street New York for funeral services to follow his guardians and relatives arrangements
Jackson Smith of this city narrowly escaped injury when his car skidded after a bursting tire on State Road near Otisville Sunday morning. Passenger Charles Clark and Russell Krauss were with him. Krauss drove toward Port Jervis. The crash crushed the wheel and door, throwing Smith from the vehicle before it came to a stop against a bank.
City property to be assessed at full value under commission rules. Notice outlines assessment procedures and tax rates with names and dates obscured. Indicates officials and commissions involved and references the mayoral action and forthcoming procedures.
Dr Edwin Peacher president of the Orange County Telephone Company offers a reward of 23 dollars for the apprehension of a missing person involved in a scheme to collect dimes and other coins from the public, with potential months imprisonment and a total amount of 36207 dollars noted in the report.
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