Germany a Giant of Power and Courage
The letter from German clothier Max Huschke to Frank Mather portrays Germany’s war motives, claiming a just defense of homeland and family. It claims 5,000,000 fighters and 2,000,000 prisoners in Germany, cites English treachery, and asserts Germany’s moral high ground and eventual victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Mather
Frank H.mather
Times-Prezsa
Mather
Lom
Dax Huechke
Guben
France
England
Germany
Cuban
Frank
Ir. Mather
Mr. Huscike
Scotland
Fightig
Russia
Becaus
Holland
Denmark
Eneland
Max Huschke
Spelling Beams in Rural School Contests of Winter
Antiquarian recalls rural district school spelling bees of old time with vivid detail. Families gather for a community event inside Pleasant House style halls as contestants from multiple schools face off in a tense spelling duel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vilases
Hauge
Uinse
Local Notes Highlight Annual Visits and Community Events
Ellenville residents share winter travel plans with relatives in New Jersey and Georgia. Town officials issue 674 hunting licenses, while clergy lead services in Rev. Moser's absence. Community groups host lectures on Mexico and birds as the Woman's Club meets at Yankee Place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellenville
Jack Yenderlyn
Bearty
Hio
Vile
C. R. Bunting
Maple Avenue
James A. Myers
Terrace Hill House
Albert, Johnson
Montclair
N. J
J. G Crist
Basti Orange
Robinson
Leonard Pickel
Plainfield
W. D. Cunningham
New York
Dus James Love
Sullivan County
Apdairs. Clark
Atlanta
Georgia
Marilla Hook
Lakehurst
Theodore Auoke
Brooklyn
Irving Ostrander
Rhinebeck
Mae VanDeusen
Greater New York
George Knifin
Walden
David ©. Freer
Alex. Terwilliger
Cragamoor
Elienville
Dewitt House
Warren Street
Helen Reynolds
Kingston
Menville
Grace Berger
Church Street
Montrose
Cold Spring
Elizabeth Montrose
Aiiges Street
Ulster Palmer
W. B
I Moser
Mexico
Wiss
Eliza Cox
R. T. Cockingham
Helen Wolman
B M. Taylor
Local Notes from South Centreville 1934 Weathering Changes
Charles G. Davis quits farming to run a village grocery. Port Jervis visits and Middletown trips appear among column items. Blood poisoning and love poisoning cases treated by Myers and Stivers. Clarence Davis and Elizabeth Bennett linked to family events. Judge and Mrs. C C Fuller celebrate 45th wedding anniversary on December 2, 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Centreville
Charles G. Davis
Air
Josiah Conklin
Port Jervis
Emmett Davis
Middletown
Clarence Davis
George F. Ayrss
F.D. Myers
M.A. Stivers
Charles Faust
Greenville
Judge
C. C. Fullerson
Root to Preside Over Convention Opens Young Gridiron Debate
Elihu Root is generally expected to preside over the constitutional convention set for the first Tuesday in April. Delegates will receive the same compensation as Assembly members, plus mileage at 10 cents per mile, with travel from homes to Albany. The piece interweaves a ceremonial, nostalgic pageant celebrating schools, communities, and public life, ending with a poetic aside and an advertisement plea from The Antiquarian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elihu Root
Assembly
Albany
Defense of US coast defenses sparks political clash
Washington discussions mark plan to counter Gardner resolution probing military defenses. Representative Sherley vows to open defense talk in New York with Southern society while Hay leads military and naval committees in backing army and navy. He notes fortifications hearings have yielded needed data and prefers hearings after the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Sherley
Fitgerald
Gardner
Congress
Southern Society
New York City
Hay
Military Affairs Committee
Naval Affairs Committee
Army
Navy
Mr. Sherley
Sullivan Faces 50 More Years In Bank Fraud Indictments
New York December report states former Union Bank of Brooklyn president David A. Sullivan, jailed at Sing Sing, faces three new indictments for grand larceny tied to bank assets. He is charged as a second offender in two counts. indictments outline a $2,500 bond and mortgage, with $1,100 unpaid when taken, and alleged receipt of interest on the stolen property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Union Bank of Brooklyn
David A. Sullivan
Sullivan
Kings County Grand Jury
James C. Cropsey
Sing Sing
Roy
Tme
Union Bank
Instituton
Sullivan E
Ship Purchase Bill Attacked in Congress Debate
Washington December 5 Senator H. W. Gatlinger New Hampshire Republican leader returns to Washington to grill the ship purchase bill. He calls it meritless and worries it signals government ownership. The president is rumored to support the measure but Congress should not pass it, he says. The sole alleged justification is aiding Ireland and the U S merchant marine, a plan he predicts will fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Gathinger
New Hampshire
Warhington
Merchert Marine
United States
Maybrook Land Drain Dispute Sparks Local War
Maybrook residents struggle over a proposed drainage ditch on Jewell farm extending toward the Songalox building. Charles and other landowners oppose the plan citing costs while Realty Company interests push for improved water removal benefiting adjoining properties. The dispute centers on ditch alignment and who bears the expense for the altered surface water flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maybrook
Jewell Farm
Charles
Haraehavior
Kayne
Teehnos
Improvement Realty Company
Starbreek: Realty Company
No Tax on Cupid Doc as War Tax Effect Debated
Washington decision states no stand is required on marriage licenses returned after ceremonies. Clerks and pastors questioned stamp duties since December 1. Clergy may need to affix telecant stamps, increasing marriage license cost from 1.10 to 1.41 or more and hunting licenses from 1.10 to 1.20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Washington
Taylor
Crawford Divorce Case Heard at Newburgh
At a special term of the Supreme Court in Newburgh today Judge Tempking presides over the divorce case of Leroy L. Crawford against Elizabeth Crawford. Crawford, a local railroad worker, alleges his wife left him years ago and later was found to have married Harry Montross, with further details in Highland Falls and Fort Montgomery. No defense was filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Newburgh
Juetics Tempking
Leroy L. Crawford
Elizabeth Crawford
Crawford
Ontario & Western Railroad
Fort Montgomery
Harry Montross
Edmund C. Faulkner
Newlyweds Honored With Old Fashioned Skimmington
In Montgomery on Wednesday Mr and Mrs Harry W Senior returned from Cleveland and were serenaded with drums, files and horns, ending with a box of cigars. Other items note Epworth League meeting, guests visiting, and social events around town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Harry W. Senior
Cleveland
Ohio
Leonard M. Brown
New York City
Epworth League
the Methodist Episcopal Church
James Borbie
Wiliam Sheehan
Wallistil
Anna T. Lang
William H. Senior & Co
Santa Clara
Willian Decker
Sussex
N. J
John L. D. Eager
Elizabeth Wallace
Charles J. Wallace
New York
Montgomery Spring Circle
Misa Sadie Schounmaker
Tanner Won't Abandon Practice Says Republican Chief
Frederick C. Tanner, Republican state chairman, vows to remain in private medical practice and not quit to support Governor elect Whitman. He says he joined Whitman’s campaign to build the party in New York, not for an office. He thanks Whitman for support but stands by his professional duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Goverger Elect Whitman
Frederick C. Tanna
Whitman
Republican Party
Starrett Opens Show in Boston
Howard Sterrent of Nyack a former manager of Milway Park has engaged in Boston for a holiday season engagement with a dog and pony circus. His troupe reportedly includes two trained animals and his friends will be pleased by his recovery from a recent illness and current good health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard
Sterrent
Nyack
Milway Park
Proston
Wass
Starmit
Mapr
New Albany Department Building Ordered by Trustees
Governor Glynn and Lieutenant Governor Wagner head a trustees meeting directing State Architect Pilcher to acquire property between Partpace State Hawk and Elk streets for a public state office building. Speaker Sweet objects, citing cost, while Glynn argues utility and long term savings. Pilcher to prepare plans for a gallery across the east side of the Assembly chamber and cost estimates for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Glynn
Wagner
Public Buildings
Pilcher
Speaker Sweet
Asembly Chamber
Improvements Planned for Harriman Village
Harriman notes show Thomas Jones improving from heart trouble and Bright's disease while Miss Hattie Simpson remains ill. Local real estate agent Elwood Smith buys the old corner building to convert into a two family apartment, prompting hopes of village improvement. The community also schedules a Turkey shoot by the H A A Gun Club for December 19 and reports on the successful Ship Builders program at the M E Church hall with songs, tableaux, and a chicken supper planned for December 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriman
Thomas Jones
Bright
Hattie Simpson
William Smith
Franklin Furnace
Hartman
H. I. ¢. Elwood
Smith
Monros
Michael Barrett
Mr. Smith
Monroe
Newburgh
James T. Meehan
Alen Hollenbeck
Timothy A. Quackenbush
New York
James E. Myer
M. E. Church Hall
Beneft
Christmas Trea Fund
Withey
Andrew Moser
Basail
Era Gardiner
Elsie Otis
Florence Withay
Olive Tapping
Rachel Thompson
Helen Fierce
Olive Stackburn
Lindsay Withey
James Tapping
Mias Fisther Beams
Miss Beams
Mr. Withey
Jesus
Saviour
Pilot Me
Olive Streeter
Janet Greene
Mary Doyle
Dorothy Clark
Clara Cole
Dorothy Blackburn
Finger
M. E. Church
Morgan Sweeney
New Jersey to Purchase Swartswood Lake for State Park
State Comptroller approval pending to add Swartswood Lake and about 18 acres of adjacent woodland to New Jersey’s state forest reserve. The plan seeks a public park with fishing and recreation access, funded under the 1907 land purchase act and geared toward creating a usable lakefront for all residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Edward I
Edwards
Swartswood Lake
New Jersey
Fiself
State Forestry Commission
Albricht
Edward Albricht, Jr
Elizabeth A. Spurr
Tar Lake
Ierlon
Maccabees Hold Annual Election at Middletown Tent
Middletown Tent No. 288 K O I M held a regular meeting in Maccabee Hall with a large turnout. The annual officers election lists Retiring Past Commander John Kapp Retiring Commander A A Saderne Ur Commander Lee Grasee Lieutenant Commander O R Parub Recon Keeper John Schindler Pinanes Rerper Ideia Thom Coaplain Joseph Hancock Semeant Emmett Warren Mastcaretarmé Hiram Keleher First Master Guanl Larry Campbell Second Master Guatd A V Robins Sentinel Conrad Newbarper Padheist Emmett Campbell Trusies tires reara Sopha Knapp Trosie one year F T Boater banker Stanley Colpo
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
O.I. M
Maccabee Hall
John Kapp
A A Saderne
Lee Grasee
O. R. Parub
Recon
John Schindler
Pinanes Rerper
Ideia Thom Coaplain
Josepa Hancock
Semeant
Emmett Warren
Persia protests against British interference in Persian affairs
An official statement from Teheran says the Persian government delivered a note to the British minister defending Persian equality and opposing entry of British warships into the Karun river. The Italian government has seized two Portuguese destroyers near Genoa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devinda
Sayville
Teheram
Karen
Genee
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Jimming
Snell
James Brown
James
Sisgie
Sanders Spelter
Jennie Green
Sammy Ball
Soonshrevch
Amiii
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Borks
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Tanner
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Forestry Commission
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Persia
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