Port Jervis Boy With Pershing Enlists for France
Port Jervis celebrates James James, son of Collector Loren Cole, who enlisted in the U S Marines and is bound for France. He wrote home from training and expressed pride in serving, while family and residents honor his courage as the city awaits his arrival. The article also notes a separate London valuation estimate of Londons square mile at about 1 250 000 000 dollars.
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Port Jervis
IewIames
Tra
Loren ‘Ft. Cole
Jervis
Merahing
Lesters
Jm Moember
Die
Niles
Tentang
Ely
Teere
France
James Wines
Ted
Liebert
M. A
Tim
Stalwart
Day
Gorin
Grinie County
London
City of
Funeral directors and services listed for New York area
Alexander Merritt and Janes Street Paone provide funeral and burial information. National Casket Co at 14 East 29th Street and Murray address list casket offerings. Konig and Relly Funeral Directors advertise mortuary services with cars, hearse, and New York office. William T. Coratarus and associates list insurance, equipment, and contact details.
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Alexander Merritt
Dauniral Deridur
Janes Street
Paone
New York
Oon National Cashel Company
East
William T. Coratarus
North SL
Olliadic
National Casket Co
East 29Th Street
Murray
Biting Cold After Snow Storm Ravages City
The city faced severe cold as a historic snowstorm disrupted rail traffic and halted main lines. Erie and Ontario & Western trains ran late while workers shoveled from railroad yards. Temps plunged near zero with drifting snow closing roads and prompting widespread precautions.
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Erie
Ontario & Western Hnes
Delaware
Tito
Gite
Cee
Orange County
Soldiers Home for Holidays
Soldiers Home for Holidays notes a community department action and arrangements for holiday provisions for servicemen. The item mentions posts, consolidation of a local grange and county activities, with references to dates and officials involved.
Fragmented OCR Reflects Efforts to Identify Deceased
Fragmented text shows a list of names and phrases with scattered references to identifying the dead. Mentions include people, places, and possible dates, mingled with garbled words. The piece reads like a clipped OCR from a local paper column or notice page.
Sullivan County Advisory Board Formed for Draft Help
The Sullivan County advisory board, appointed by the Governor on November 2, 1917, coordinates legal advisers for registrants. A long list of associates and locations are named to assist with selective service papers, questionnaires, and guidance, all without compensation.
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Monticello, Dev, JI
United States
Sullivan County
Loom
Ingbusss
Merceln Skinner
George J. Hard- Ing
Wurtsboro
Crore Ho
Dteynalds
Gra Summaville
Calvit P. Hornbeck
Neserink
Sueene W. Roulon
W. AW. McGrath
Livingston Manor
Eimer Baler
Davie G. Carrey
Davie G. Carrey To Sit A Royroe, Dation [, Pareesl
John S. Anderson
Narrowsburegh
Eorge Ho Carpenter
Wiliam G. Sirminghilm
Uiarry M Beck
David S. WU
Joseph Rosch
Ward de Stival
Il Gut Liberty
James 1
Giving
Ttarksville
Nellie Childs Smith
William If Holmes
Edward Foitgan
Joseph J. Stall
Meyer A. Novick
Lewis WN
Stanton
Arti CG
Kyle
Mon Hirello
Unese
Poperly
Hienpaire
Censaary
Legal Sivisory Board
Monlice
County Board
Iid
Monticetin
John ND
LYONS
Obituary for Mrs Caroline Farr Former Miller Parr
Mrs Caroline Farr wife of Adam Parr died at her Center street home after a long illness at age 84. She came to this country with her parents as a child and lived in several states before settling here. Survived by daughters Mrs J Varro of Minnesota and Mrs Carrie Yarr of New York, among others. Funeral from the home on Sunday afternoon.
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Caroline Farr
Adam Parr
Center Street
Dias
Vane
Dong Ainess
Farr
Carolane Miller
Tata
Prat
Mie
Menreota
Chario Narr
New Woven Cogn
Mirenthar
Bearege
Lesa NooUdeal
Uta Tale
Mise
Carrie Yarr
New York
Taniine Asd
Banting Yi
Farwers Institutes advertise in Ellenville and Woolstock
The Bureau of Parmer instartes under the wirestiershin of jyward Van Verne announces events in Ellenville and Woolstock on dates in Te YT. Adver Ueement requests inquiries for supplies and services.
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Farwers Institutes
Bureau of Parmer Instartes
Jyward van Verne
Ellenville
Tee
Excise Vote Not Void Says Lawyer in Pine Bush
Pine Bush Dec 11 The annual officers election of Hiawatha Louke K of P No 262 was held Dec 4 for 1518 with C C J H Penny and others named to posts. At Pine Bush Grange 1014 meeting Dec 7 new officers were elected with Master Ernest Doyce and others listed. A feature opinion from Liberty discusses Sullivan County local option vote validity and soldiers voting rights under 1917 law.
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Pine Bush
Hiawatha Louke
C. C
J. H. Penny
V. C
James Moule
Baird Juraison
K. R
Harry Rockwell
John M. McEwen
Vernooy
Lews K. Schmitt
Clarence Crawtford
John G. Howell
Trustes
George E. Decker
Grand Lodge
F. OD. Decker
Pine Bush Grange
Ernest €. Doyce
Andrew Harkinshaw
Mra
H. Burger
George Kk. Kleppenburg
Arthur Snider
Jernest Boyce
W. H. Sirger
Elmer van Keuren
Albert Hanson
Ceres
Myrtle
Firefighters suffer in cold during hotel blaze at New Paltz
Mr. Tamney now conducts the New Paltz hotel. Firemen fought the finne s in bitter cold, many in thin clothing, and their garments quickly iced over amid the rapid blaze.
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Mr. Tamney
New Paltz Hotel
Tamney House in New Paltz Burns to the Ground
The Yamney Henge, among the village s oldest hostelries in New Paltz, burned Sunday at about 7 am reducing the hotel to ruins. Logs were valued around 9000 dollars with partial insurance. The fire started on the third floor, origin uncertain, with Feinberg family nearby and two of his workers sleeping in the building. The hotel, once owned by W C Tamney, had long carried a large mortgage.
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New Paltz
N. Y
Yamney Henge
New York
Abraham Feinberg
Feinberg
Handler
Kingston
W. C. Tamney
Court Says Soldier Vote Limits Stand. License Right Not Absolute
Opinion holds the legislature overstepped by regulating soldier ballots but the court cannot void an election over such mistakes. It rejects mandamus to force local option votes or liquor licenses, noting licenses are privileges, not rights. The Sullivan county nullification effort is dismissed as a mirage raised by bottle-imps.
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Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
Sullivan County
mirage-Pisgah
Rain Tree myth and traveler’s tree water claim
The article notes that for years scientists believed in a rain tree that could condense atmospheric moisture into continuous rain and endure droughts. It admits the leaf has a water-collecting base, but only a mouthful or so.
Time Markers in Lisbon Port Lanterns
Correct time is announced every even hour in the port of Lisbon by two 100 foot high iron column lanterns. Each lantern bears three faces measuring 65 feet by feet, serving as the official time signal for sailors and observers.
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Lisbon
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