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Newspaper
Orange County Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1914
Page
7
Police with a warrant found 36 pairs of new rubbers 6 pairs of shoes and several jars of jam at Lizzie Petersons home. A suspect boarder was arrested and jailed while another fled toward Staigvills. officers pursued him.
Rumor swirls that Goshen's Independent Republican may change owners though verification is incomplete. Public notices follow of petty arrests, a nonpayment incident, a mock robbery correction, farm thefts, Red Cross seal sale, Christmas church sale, local moves, a lecture, a future Riverdale play, and plans for a veterinary hospital in New York State.
Tickets on sale for a Goshen charity event next Monday at Central Amusement Hall. Proceeds aid poor children on Christmas morning with a Christmas tree lit by electricity and Santa Claus distributing clothing and necessities. Donations accepted at the Central. parents may arrange pick ups for unused clothing. Tickets 25 cents. students are selling them to support needy families.
Obituary notices report the death of Martha Battison Tice of Ellenville at 32 years, with service details in Ellenville and Athens. Also noted are Agnes Grier of Newburgh and James L. Werner of Matamoras, with burial plans in Wallkill and family details including spouses and children.
The Orange County Pomona Grange held a two day session in Grange Hall with nine new membership applications and multiple candidates elected. A major topic was extending land loan terms to 20 or 25 years, and a public program included speeches and musical offerings.
Os bore a well known citizen of this place died at home after heart trouble leaving a wife and two daughters and two grandchildren. James H. Collins died at his home in New York City on November 30 with funeral in Ellenville from his wife Minnie A. Mance's home.
The funeral for Eumer A. Rose was conducted at 2 p.m. from the home of his brother Emerson H. Rose at 32 Grand Avenue with Rev. Forest Preston Hunter officiating. Pallbearers were family members. Interment followed in Wallkill Cemetery at Phillipsburgh.
The article lists several weddings including Miss Idz Mae Terns and Frank H. White at the Presbyterian manse in Campbell Hall, Grace Mabel Halleck and George Britt, and Grave Rhinehart and William Drum with details of venues and post ceremony plans. Additional notices mention Nina Vogel returning home after a New Bedford event and other local ceremonies.
Warwick reports include the Fortnight Club meeting at Demarest sisters home with papers on Arbella and Glenn Curtiss by Gilbert Wharf and B J Stidworthy. Attendees Est likely Mrs A C Mayham and Mr Kane missed. Local students and alumni from Rutgers Vassar Drew Cornell Columbia return from Thanksgiving at homes in Warwick.
Mr and Mrs Alia James Turnbull attended a play at the Academy of Music in Washingtonville on Tuesday evening. They stayed overnight in Newburgh visiting Mrs Turnbull's cousin Miss Annie Bond.
Howells December 3 the annual supper of the Ladies Ale Society served from six until finished. Mr and Mrs Franklin K Worzel announce the birth of a ten pound Labrador girl named Grace Irene Worzel who arrived at their home yesterday morning. The baby is spending a few days with her father Henry Worzel in Montacce.
A deadly factory blaze in Oswego New York leaves one dead and three missing as the Fulton Pater Amassaon macaroni plant roof collapses causing a warehouse inferno. Names and addresses of the deceased and missing are recorded along with ensuing funerals and marital notices from local residents.
Patchogue authorities pursue Dr Willam C Wallis after his wife Jessie Dayton Willis 45 is wounded by a window splinter incident aboard an Amityville bound train. Reports say Willis wandered Lobster Street and faced grand jury action previously but appeared with the couple to end proceedings. Later a night drive led to Mrs Willis being seized from a car and tied to a tree during a violent abduction episode.
The record outlines Dr Willis a physician once living in Islip disordered by a stormy marriage to Jessie Darton and a history of abuse accusations. He was confined at Central Islip Hospital then lived as a hermit on Great South Bay meadows. A rumor of drowning surfaced a year ago when his clothing was found in his hut.
A large barn and outbuildings on the George W. Earle farm near Midway Park were destroyed by fire in the early hours after 6:10 am. The blaze, likely started in the hay loft, caused extensive loss of cattle, horses, hay, corn, and implements. insurance covered by Archibald Tarler and A. V. Wallace. Residents aided in saving stock and property before flames overtook the structures.
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