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Newspaper
Orange County Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1909
Page
3
The Ellenville Times-Press page fragment mentions Rondale at the Store of Lm McMullen with limited readable details. Further context is needed to identify exact event, names, or location.
Aug 18 notices recount travelers and residents in Ellenville and vicinity. John De Vaney returns from vacation near Cleveland. various visitors, business people, and officials are noted at the Wayside Inn and around town, with shifts in fairs prep and local services.
Aug 18 briefing items from Mountain Dale recount Flord Wilson moving to Livingston Manor to work for David Blumenauver. Mr and Mrs Oraule Braden and their two children visit, D Wahl of Centerville Station stops by, Webster Smith and mother stay with the latter’s mother. Charles Norton of Brooklyn leaves for a lucrative position with Hudson HUSA Telephone Co now at Mounce. Wesley Gerow and Middletown visit relatives here. An insurance agent visits to cancel policies lacking flood water protection. George Carden’s new house is nearly complete.
A weeklong gathering at Shandlee Lake for youths included chaperones Mrs. H. Gd. Severance and others from Liberty. Attendees listed include Edna Grant, Sarah Mer Vis, Hilda Clements, Jennie Raiser Paterson New Jersey, and several Liberty residents with a few from Greenfield.
Car 36 of the Wallkill Transit Co left the tracks at West Main and Pemacil streets Monday afternoon. It was replaced within three minutes after the wrecking crew arrived. The derailment was not serious.
Heel Hberton placed in the hands of A. V. Beak for disposal by Mrs. Penton widow of A. Fenwin the former hotel operator. The sale notice indicates the property is offered for sale under the widow’s authority and the continued management by the current hotel manager.`
John Corwin from Boothtown told police of a Fulton Street robbery at Barney Reynolds’s place, naming George McKenna as the suspect. McKenna denied guilt, was jailed for intoxication, and police found Corwin’s tale unreliable after investigation.
Forestburg correspondent reports Chester W. Chapin plans to open his overstocked deerpark in fall and harvest surplus by cutting into adjoining torans. The Chapin property spans about nine miles across Lumberland Hishland Forestburg Bethel and Thorapson towns. The Times-Press also notes Historic Walkit and Hudson River Valleys souvenir for 1909 by Walkiit Valley Farmers Association with emphasis on Hudson-Fulton information and Albany Dar Line of taches along the old state road amid a snowstorm.
George Bardin long time hotel manager died after an operation at Noack Hospital. He had run the St Geore Hotel in Nvack for twenty six years.
Felix Rippi and Francesco Foffi Jinlians and cousins quarrelled at Proxus Station in Mester county Moon day afternoon. Fumi fired killing Rippi. Ful made no escape and is jailed in Kingston. Also noted is the dissolution of the partnership of Stack and Poller with Miss Stack withdrawing her interest. Botd and Deming, 19 North Street, Middletown, N.
Birney Potter and Frank Truzall faced a police court arraignment for disorderly conduct after a Fulton street brawl. Both pleaded guilty to intoxication with a minor scuffle noted. Potter had a prior six month sentence for chicken cheating. Truzall, claiming no prior convictions, was jailed for failing to pay fines. The judge warned about hardship on wives and babies.
Daisy B Davenport wife of Homer Davenport, famed cartoonist, has served summons and complaint on her husband in an action for separation. Judd of New York represents Mrs Davenport. The couple had separated by May, with Davenport moving to Morris Plains New Jersey taking animals to a Richardson farm near Goshen, while Mrs Davenport and three children stayed on the farm. He cited incompatibility of temperament as the cause.
Middletown residents and others flock to the Monhagen Inn in Asbury Park for the season with many guests already registered. The list includes Mr. and Mrs. Hathaway and family,Dr. C. H. Tice and wife, the Buckleys and their daughters, Mrs. Roberts and others from Warwick and Washingtonville. Additional names indicate a steady influx of visitors from nearby towns and surrounding areas.
In Goshen a rock slide of about 150 tons covered the railway near Houghton Farm Monday night, forcing trains to use the main Moe track. The Les harvest euchre and dance at Garr Hall drew about 150 attendees, awarding prizes to Mrs. John Dunn, Miss Mary Tierney, Miss Malley, and James O'Connell among others.
Plans are nearly perfected for the Port Jervis Fire Department parade and inspection on the 26th inst. The march starts at 3 p.m. with the Chief and Police Platoon and a long list of visiting chiefs, engineers, assistant chiefs, and multiple hose and ladder companies plus drum corps and carriages.
Godeffroy Arg tb Miss Julia and Master Harold Post of Port Jervis return home after summer with Mrs. George Van Strander. Master Douglas Ross of Bogotz S J leaves Shady Nook Cottage with his mother. Robert Phillips of Port Jervis visits sister Mrs. C. Mead. Mr and Mrs William Romynns of Finckville visit their parents Mr and Mrs Joseph Romyns. Mrs Deurell Sears and son Che Ford of Summitville visit her parents Mr and Mrs William Norris. Mr and Mrs Polcock of New York stay at Shawanguck Cottage. Miss Anna and Luella Cisco of Pond Eddy visit their recable Mr and Mrs Stephen Cisco. bet Stamp of New York visits sister Mrs Irvie Gumner. Mr and Mrs W Sherlock of Finckville spend Sunday with her brother Ennis Mead German of Hoboken N J visiting family here. Alfried Winters and family make a short call Sunday. Master Ralph Stothers, spending two weeks with his uncle Gideon Cisco at Fond Eddy, has returned home.
Harold H Smith eldest son of County Engineer Charles H Smith had an appendicitis operation at St Marys Hospital in Hornell Monday morning. He was visiting relatives in Hornell when seized with illness. The operation was performed by an Erie surgeon who is a friend of the Smith family.
Assemblyman Charles A. Evans will attend the Wawaranda Grange gathering Tuesday evening August 24 and give an address on The Legislature. Albert Meantins, Pomona Grange master, will speak on the Tammans League. Refreshments to follow. A Sudden Death Daniel T. Graves of Deerpark Lambert Co. died of cerebral hemorrhage at Bolton Tiasin near Sparroxbush after being found unconscious. He was 46. Survived by an infant daughter and two sisters. Out Again in Again Lee Combling and Frank Carpenter sent to five months in Go chen jail for whiskey theft at Port teria. Their terms were extended sixty days for a similar charge by a Greenville constable and Justice Samus Droker.
Jes Pauline Gewman, appearing tonight as a stage character, is linked with William Keewrich of 44 Haw Street. They are reported to be in town together, while Gewman rehearses and plans in Middletown for amateur performances before adopting a regular stage career.
Reeves B Wickham died on his Ridgebury area farm near Ridgebury. The funeral was held Tuesday at 1:30 PM at the old homestead on the Lower Road. Rev Frederick A Gates of Ridgebury Presbyterian Church spoke on the departed man’s life and character. Pailbearers included Adler Harden John Neeler Silas Brown S Frank Clark Will Canfield and Hiram Man. Interment followed at Ridgebury Cemetery with many flowers showing community esteem.
The General of Dorothy and Henrietta Ehlers, twin year-old daughters of Mr and Mrs William Ehlers of 66 Montgomery Street, were held Wednesday at 9 59 from the house. Rev Andrew F Schaefer of St Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church officiated. Abundant flowers adorned the caskets as friends mourned with the bereaved parents in the family plot at Wilside Cemetery.
Mr. Loder and family travel to Mombasha Lake near Mune for a fishing vacation at Idlers Camp with Miss Hattie Pembleton of New York joining. Mrs. Harrold D. Loder, their sister, accompanies the group while Harr, foreman of Waalkill Engine Co., and a clothing store worker, runs duties in the city before heading to Foxcikupesle for the State Firemen's Convention.
Two individuals named Al F. Servis and Jona G. Witkin drifted on the Delaware River after leaving camp at Parker's Gap Sunday. They returned to a nearby area for a day or two to buy provisions and temporarily set out a water soaked tent. They departed again by Wednesday.
The crests of Mountain View House at Blonmingharg will present a Friday evening entertainment at the Reformed Church on August 21. The program features high class vocal and instrumental music, dialogues, and recitations. Admission will be charged for children to benefit the church.
Guests of William H Coles forta rouse slate his have completed arrangements for a masquerade dance to be held Friday evening Ant 24% WW promises to be a very enjoyable affair as extensive preparations have been made. Admission 25 cents.
Creditors meeting in Binghamton adjourned without electing a trustee amid a dispute between the Binghamton Trust Co and other creditors led by Frank A. Taylor and K S Anderson. Taylor and Minor of Deposit face off against Henry St Beach as sole trustee, with voting dynamics tied to secured claims and attorney fees.
Mrs Van Gordon widow of Chas H Van Gordon was granted a pension of 122 dollars per month for her late husband's services to the Union Army during the Rebellion.
John Flanners brings his fast trotter Prince to Middletown for a three race event. Two owners will drive their horses in the program as Fishkill Herald reports on the race card.
Reflects on First Corinthians 13 Love as the supreme trait in ministry and speech Questions probe eloquence without love faith hope charity and the payoff of true charity in life and church practice Emphasizes enduring value over display and urges readers to weigh motives and actions against love.
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