Railroad Schedule Resumed and Trolley Line Opens
Rail service nears normal across lines as passenger and express trains regain regular schedules. The Wallkill Transit trolley to Goshen starts operations with cars running to Railroad avenue and anticipated stops at Franklin Square tonight. Freight travel on main lines resumes, with one milk train delayed but deliveries catching up.
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Times
Senger
Cornwall
Ontario and Western
Middletown
Unionville
Wallkill
Prospect Avenue
Railroad Avenue
Mechanicstown
North Street
Academy Avenue
State Hospital
Transit Company
Woodlawn Avenue
Midway Park
Goshen
Willard M. Gould
Drie
Montgomery
Newburgh
Erie
Crawford
New York
Brieway
Death of F O Grover Chief Clerk Railway Postal Service
Frank Oliver Grover long time railway postal clerk and chief clerk on Erie trains 3 and 8 dies at 4 am at his home 14 Albert street after a brief illness in his 63rd year. He leaves a widow Elizabeth Hoar and children Sarah Grace Charles Wickham Ruth Elizabeth Oliver J Grover and five grandchildren. Funeral Sunday at 2 pm at Hillside Cemetery plot.
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Frank Oliver Grover
Railway Postal Service
Albert Street
Grover
Er. Grover
Newburyport
Mass
Oliver Grover
Hattie Nichols Grover
Danvers
Elizabeth Frances Hoar
Frank Fletcher
First Baptist Church
Erie
Mr. Grover
Sarah Grace
James MacKay
Fort Logan
Col
Charles Wickham Grover
Ruth Elizabeth
McKean W. Keeney
Oliver J. Grover
New York
William Oliver
Elizabeth Grover
Los Angeles
Cal
Ruth Elizabeth MacKay
Grace Madaline
Zella Grover Keeney
First Presbyterian Church
Middletown Lodge
Frank O. Grover
MacKay
Hillside Cemetery
Mrs G Brown Undergoes Operation at Sanitarium
Mrs G Brown of Searsville underwent an operation at the Middletown Sanitarium on Thursday and is progressing well. The procedure was performed by Dr Charlies.
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G. ©. Brown
Searsville
Middletown Sanitarium
Charlies. Redfle
Furnace Fire Grieves Otisville in Fatal Clothing Blaze
Mrs Valera KE Writer, 57, of Otisville, died after her clothing caught fire while tending a furnace in her home. She married G Emmett Writer in 1879 and is survived by her husband and son Erwin. Funeral will be held Saturday at 2 PM at the Otisville Presbyterian parsonage.
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Otisville
Valera KE. Writer
G. Emmett Writer
L. B. Plumer
Otisville Presbyterian Church
Telephone lines to Metropolis hampered by wrecks
Direct line calls to New York City were impossible on Thursday and must route through Scranton. Postal Telegraph routes west of Middletown operated normally yet storm damage below Suffern caused two to three hour delays. Western Union lines remained largely functioning with messages sending in all directions.
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New York City
Scranton
Orange Co. Telephone
Postal Telegraph and Cable Company
Middletown
New York
Western Union
Yulan Barkeep Henry Wolf Indicted on Liquor Tax Charge
Monticello December 16 Henry Wolf of Yulan a casino bartender was indicted by the grand jury for violating the liquor tax law in connection with drinks sold at The Casino during the William McMurray felonious assault trial. He was arrested by Constable A D Warmuth and held on $400 bond posted before Supreme Court Justice Thas Brouck.
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Monticello
Henry Wolf
Yulan
A. D. Warmuth
Wolf
William McMurray
McMurray
Warmuth
Supreme Court
Thasbrouck
New Hotel for Chester Planned
Cheater reports interested parties will erect a fine hotel on the former Howland House site. The structure will be a type building in every particular and work is expected to start in the early spring season.
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Cheater
Austrian reply to US note on sinking of Ancona
Washington reports a summary of Austria's reply to the US protest over the Ancona sinking. Officials consider the response unsatisfactory and seek further details. Berlin denies embassy takeover rumors as US-Austria tensions near a breaking point with another sharper note anticipated.
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Washington
United States
Ancona
State Department
Austria
Germany
Lusitania
Berlin
Amsterdam
Ths
South America
Vienna
Snowstorm disrupts Montgomery area commerce and trains
A severe snowstorm paralyzes Montgomery region with drifted roads, closed stores, and damaged roofs. The Montgomery & Erie train derailed near Camp Bell Hall, and reports say several travelers may be lost en route home. One man was killed in an accident on the Wallkill Valley line.
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Montgomery
Duzzard
Montgomery & Erie
Campbell Hall
Eoomer
Wallkill Valley
Snow clearance under way as Middletown returns to normal
City work crews clear streets and hydrants as rail services and trolley resume. Milk deliveries restart while several cars remain stranded between Middletown and Goshen. Icicles threaten pedestrians amid thawing roofs and lingering snow banks.
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Middletown
Here
Goshen
Sweeney Named Postmaster in Four-Year Term
President Wilson nominated Henry Guenther Jamestown Daniel B Sweeney Middletown James E Townsend Poughkeepsie A Raymond Cornwall Watertown for postmaster roles Sweeney already serves as post master in this city via recess appointment and would hold the office for four years pending Senate confirmation
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Washington
Des
Wilson
Henry Guenther
Jamestown
Daniel B. Sweeney
Middletown
James E. Townsend
Poughkeepsie
A. Raymond Cornwall
Watertown
Sweeney
Congress
Senate
Hospitals With Overcrowding In State Hospitals
The World reports severe overcrowding at state hospitals for the insane, including Long Island Central Islip Kings Park and Ward Island. It cites ward conditions with crowded beds and foul air, noting capacity versus population in Middletown and Binghamton.
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New York World
The
World
Long Island
Llip
Kings Park
Ward Island
the World
Binghamton
Verdict opened in Legas v Perlman case at court
Supreme Court reconvened at the Court House with Justice G D B Haabrouck presiding. The sealed jury verdict in Romelia Legas versus Samuel Perlman was opened and read, awarding $550 to the plaintiff.
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Monticello
Supreme Court
Court House
G. D. B. Haabrouck
Romelia Legas
Samuel Perlman
Traction Snowed Under Delays in Newburgh
Orange County Traction Company will not open for traffic for three or four days due to snow. Newburgh report notes extended service suspension impacting local transit.
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Newburgh
Orange County Traction Company
Monticello Docket: Sampson Reife Receives Commission
Monticello reports Sampson Reife, son of a local druggist, has been commissioned May 22 and assumed office June 1, marking his entry into public service.
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Monticello
Dec
Sampson Reife
Captain Wood Rescued From Snow Bank Near Home
Captain Charles B. Wood, superintendent of the poor, was trapped in deep snow near his Lake Avenue residence for about 90 minutes. An Orange County Brewery employee and several workers, alerted by Charles C. Young, manager, phoned for help and freed him. Brewery crews then cleared streets when snowfall ceased, reopening the area.
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Charles B. Wood
Orange County
Wood
Lake Avenue
Mr. Wood
Gunther Farm
Charles C. Young
Reife Discharged Over Fire Chief Car Incident
The Reife youth, who started Fire Chief William B. Hindley’s car rolling down a hill and caused it to crash, was discharged by County Judge George H. Smith due to a justice of the peace error. Hindley says he will seek rearrest for juvenile delinquency.
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Reife
William B. Hindley
County Jundee
George H. Smith
Justice of the Peace
Hindley
O. and W. Band New Year Dance at Fagle Hall
The O. and W. Band hosts a New Year's dance at Fagle Hall on Friday night December 1. The band will provide music for dancing until one o'clock. Admission is 26 cents per person and a large attendance is expected.
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Fagle Hall
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Death Takes
F.O. Grover
Jack Robinson
Writer
Yulan Barkeeper
Chester
Dela
Emilleane Moreau
Joffre
Loos
Kaiser
International News Service
P. M
Sullivan Court
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