French Peace Painting Stolen From The Hague Museum
New York report states Albert Besnam’s painting symbolizing Peace, a gift from France to the international peace palace, has vanished from the French line in this city. The painting, a notable work of the French government, remains missing under mysterious circumstances.
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New York
William Francklyn
Paris
Museum of French Art
Albert Besnam
France
The
Hane
Plier
Ford Pilgrim Dies in Norway Peace Party Entertainer
Lloyd M. Bingham official entertainer for the Ford peace party died of pneumonia in a Christiania hospital. The Ohio native, fifty two, was an actor broker stage director and manager. His wife was Amelia Bingham.
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London
Lloyd M. Bingham
Ford Peace Party
Christiania
Oscar C
Bingham
Ohio
Amelia Bingham
Christmas Quiet One for London
London December 23 diplomatic circles plan quiet Christmas Day with Ambassador Page staying home. The sole festivity will be a dinner for bachelor members of the American embassy force.
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London
Ambassador Page
Baroness Nancy Barnum d'Alexandre Orengiant
Mrs Phineas T Barnum wife of the circus founder now holds the title Baroness Nancy Barnum dAlexandre Orengiant She resides in Paris supported by $40 000 a year from her husband’s estate in the latest New York report dated December 28.
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New York
Phineas T. Barnum
Nancy Barnum d'Alexandre Orengiant
Paris
Powder Blast in Münster Kills Hundreds of Women
Amsterdam reports a catastrophic explosion at a powder factory and ammunition depots in Münster Westphalia. Early figures say 200 of the 300 women employed at the mill were killed with great damage to the town.
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Amsterdam
Muenster
Weatphalia
Train wreckers confess in Connecticut court
In Middletown Superior Court two Italian convicts from Wethersfield prison pleaded guilty to wrecking the crowded New Haven summer express at Maxomas on August 27 1911. The two men face additional terms for prior crimes.
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Middletown
Conn
Wethersfield
New Haven
Maxomas
Federal League Becomes History With Peace Treaty Signed
Cincinnati reports the end of the Federal league as a peace treaty with the national commission ends the dispute. The Federal league will withdraw its suit in Chicago, marking the league's dissolution and its incorporation into organized baseball.
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Cincinnati
Federal League
National Baseball Agreement
Organized Baseball
National Commission
United States
Chicago
Carranza Takes City of Juarez
Juarez has been formally turned over to the Carranza government. General Jacinto Trevino and General Alvaro Obregon led Carranza forces to take charge of the Chihuahua garrison and assume control from the opposing side.
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Mm Paso
Tex
Juarex
Carranza
Chihuahua
Jacinto Trevino
Alvaro Obrexon
Joares
Fitzsimmons Likes Golf Despite Boxing Fame
Veteran heavyweight Rob Fitzsimmons professes a passion for golf, saying it keeps him outdoors and healthy. He recalls a recent eighteen-hole match in Buffalo where he defeated a local champion and argues early exposure to both boxing and golf could curb youth violence.
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Rob Fitzeimmons
Ruby Robert
Buffalo
Marred Digits Highlight Long Catching Career Of Sullivan
The St Louis Republic notes catcher Mily Sullivan is proud of his scarred hands from 1400 games and 196000 pitches. It lists pitchers Griffith Callahen Altrock Smith Owen White Waleh and others as contributors to his collection of marks amid a Chicago saga.
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Mily Sullivan
White Box
Chicago
Griffith
Callahen
Nick Altrock
Smith
Owen
White
Ed Waleh
Bullivan
Recipe for Gray Hair Sparks Curious Courier Journal Stunt
In Louteville the Courier Journal reports a quirky item claiming to provide a recipe for gray hair. The snippet hints at novelty appeal and local curiosity about aging or hair color remedies.
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Louteville Courier Journal
Ex-Congressman Metz Rejects Public Office Offer
Former New York congressman Herman A Metz declined an offer to return to public office. Political circles noted his decision reflected a preference for private life and professional work outside government.
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M. R. Rockfellow
F. Olive
Rockafellow
New York
Great Jones St
N.Y
Gell
Wallkill Town Collector Notice of Tax Collection Dates
Town of Wallkill tax collector Allen Ralston announces collection for the current year. Attends at Jepee’s Mills Bloomingburg Dee 30 Kiescience of C W Harlow Stony Ford Jan 14 Howells Hotel Jan 19 Merchants’ National Bank Middletown Jan 17 21 plus at-home sessions weekdays 9 to 3 excluding Saturdays noon.
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Wallkill
Orne
New York
Jepee’s
Stony Ford
Tee
Howells
Merchants’ National Bank
Middletown
Allen Ralston
Ctor
I. D
N, Y
Christmas week activities in Ellenville area
Ellenville on December 24 features the Woman's Missionary Society Christmas meeting at Mrs. Wilklow's home with hymns prayers and readings. Local church events include a Christmas program at the M E Church with a tree and noctal entertainment, plus Christmas exercises and carols in St Marys auditorium.
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Ellenville
Woman's Missionary Society of the Reformed Church
Wilklow
R. T. Cookingham
R. D. Clark
J. K. Lathrop
Bert H. Terviliger
M. EF
H. Westlake Coons
Red Hook
N. Y
Arthur Dow
Fifty Years Service Honored by Lehigh & Hudson River RR
At a December gathering in Warwick Morris Rutherford praised the loyalty of Lehigh & Hudson River Railway staff during a harsh 10 week period marked by heavy snow and rising earnings. John Sayer, long time employee and treasurer, received a gold repeater watch inscribed for half a century of faithful service.
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Warwick
Morris Rutherford
Rutherford
Riley
Lehiah & Hudson
Judge Health
Sasha
Judge Beattie
John Sayre
Lehigh & Hudson River Railway Company
John Sayer
Lehigh & Hadson River Railway Company
Prenens
Sayer
Old Santa Claus Goes to Otisville Christmas Program
Ottaville on December 24 reports a Presbyterian Church Christmas program tonight with Miss Ruth Dodge directing novelty features and children performing recitations and carols. Santa Claus will attend and Rev W A Tinney has returned from hospital care. Mrs C Sherman Shepperd of Montclair visits sister Mrs O.
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Ottaville
Presbyterian Church
Ruth Dodge
Dromoole
Santa Claue
M. 6
Evenina
Santa
W. A. Tinney
Brooklyn M. EB. Hospital
Mra. C. Sherman Shepperd
Montclair
N. J
Mra
Jersey Considering Ending Game Protection Policy
New Jersey officials propose dropping state protection of game after a year of extensive woodland fires. The Department of Conservation and Development urges rethinking hunting rights, suggesting farmers and landowners bear the burden of supporting outside hunters.
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Trenton
Spoksmen
New Jersey
State Department of Conservation and Development
Fielder
Ean
Hazing Not Cause of Cadet Death, VMI Board Rules
The Virginia Military Institute governing board ruled the death of Thurber Sweet of Chicago was not caused by being chased by cadets. Dee, 22, was identified in the investigation as the deceased, with the board stating hazing did not kill him.
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Lexington
Dee
Thurber Sweet
Chicago
Virginia Military Institute
Kindness in Human Relations
Tolstoy quotes kindness as essential to good relations, stating that unkindness invites hostility and fosters negative interactions among people. The text emphasizes personal virtue as a social glue.
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Leo Tolstoy
Bloomingburg Snowbound Disrupts Daily Life and Local News
Heavy snow and rain cripple activity in Bloomingburg with many stranded vehicles and a stuck oil rig. Local milk deliveries, religious events, and social gatherings faced postponements while residents, travelers, and out of town visitors endured days of isolation. A basketball game outcome and life insurance settlement are noted amid winter hardships.
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Bloomingburg
Standard
Newburgh
Shimers
Emery Dinger
Clarence Moor
Moor
EB. A. Jones
M. & Church
W. H. Colden
New England
Hy P
van Wagner
Kingsville
Ohio
Walter Robbins
Monticello
Kev
Mr. Sears
M. B
G. W. Comfort
George Chambers
Benjamin Horton
Lower taxes in Town of Minisink in Westtown report
Minisink town county and state rate set at 10.75 dollars per acre and highway rate 5.67, down from 10 and 6 respectively. The town and county claim the lowest combined rate in the county except Mount Hope. The town is debt free with a surplus in every fund while church and school activities schedule Christmas services and parties as winter events unfold.
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Westtown
Minisink
Mount Hope
Christ
Charles
Hulse On Mond
Isador Simpson
Middletown
Methodist Sunday School
Berman
Incarnation of the Saviour
Charles B. Hulse
Deputy sheriff wins dollar bet with balky horse
Port Jervis December 23 Deputy Sheriff Henry Hallock Jr won a dollar bet with a prominent automobile dealer that he could drive a balky horse up Front Street from Fowler and around the Hubbard building on Jersey Avenue. The stubborn animal, hitched to a sleigh, trotted off under his mild persuasion to the amusement of onlookers who doubted it could be done.
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Port Jervis
Sherif Henry Allock, Jr
Front Street
Fowler
Hubbard Building
Jersey Avenue
Hallock
TimesPrees Want Columns Help Advertisers
Classified note urges readers to use TimesPrees want columns for advertisements and listings. It emphasizes quick placement and wide reach via the newspaper’s classified section. The item reflects a traditional local paper promoting its marketplace feature.
Ice crop assured by cold winter and early thaw patterns
Editor letters argue the 1916 ice crop is assured due to light snowfall, recent heavy snow followed by rain, and repeated zero weather forming solid ice. Citing mills, creeks, and local ice houses, the writer recalls early harvesting by W Harvey Clark and M S Hayne and urges readiness for a busy ice season.
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Times-Press
Middletown, Unionville
Rutgers Creek
John Strain
Millsburg
Manning Mill Pond
W. Harvey Clark
Rutgers Station
M. S
BE. V. R. Gardner
Westtown
Gasoline prices in city seen rising through next summer
City garages report current gasoline at 21 to 27 cents per gallon and a belief prices will advance in coming months. A garage owner cites reasons prices may not drop before mid summer while demand rises globally due to reduced Russian output and growing European needs.
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Middletown
Burpire Gerace
Central
North End
Paul West End
Firemen’s Relief Assn Election Held in Middletown
The annual meeting of the Firemen’s Relief and Benefit Association took place in the Middletown department rooms at City Hall. Officers for 1916 were elected: President William Schindler, Vice President George Bowers, Financial Secretary Charles Woodruff, Recording Secretary George Kaufman, Treasurer John Gavin, and Trustee George E. Marks for three years.
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Firemen’s Relief and Benefit Association
Middletown
Wiliam Schindler
Waalkills
George Bowers
Charles Woodruff
Eagles
George Kaufman
John Gavin
George E. Marks
Snow slide injures church sexton in Newburgh
William J. McKelvey, sexton of the First United Presbyterian Church, was hurt when a snow slide on the steep roof swept him from the building while he cleared snow last week. He was buried under the snow until help arrived.
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Newburgh
William J. McKelvey
First United Presbyterian Church
McKelvey
Pine Kill Frost Fishing Trip With Aquila Springstead
Aquila N. Springstead and companions plan a Pine Kill fishing expedition with members of the Pine Kill Club. They expect a successful ice fishing trip, as they usually do, and look forward to enjoyable time on the ice.
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Aquila N. Springstead
Pine Kill Club
Hawthorne Romeril Wedding in Monticello
Miss AGM Hawthorne formerly of Monticello wed Stanley M. Romeril of Poughkeepsie in the Presbyterian Church. Sister of Chester A. Hawthorne editor of the Poughkeepsie Daily Star, couple to reside in Poughkeepsie after a brief wedding trip.
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Romeril—Hawthorne
Monticello
Agm Hawthorne
Stanley M. Romeril
Poughkeepsie
Presbyterian Church
Miss Hawthorne
Chester A. Hawthorne
Monticello High Defeats Middletown in Lyceum game
Monticello High School defeated Middletown High School at the Lyceum on Wednesday evening by a score of 24 to 165. The Monticello lineup included Pelton Sweezy Race Robb Trowbridge Enright and guards Bishop Campbell Costa with subs Diamond Rudy LaBarr in the second half.
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Monticello
Middletown High School
Lyceum
Middletown
Pelton
Trowbridge Enright
Bishop Campbell Costa
Diamond
Rudy
LaBarr
Christmas Eve Supper and Entertainment Planned
Pine Bush notices the Sunday School Board of the Methodist Church plans a Christmas Eve supper from 5:30 to 8:00 followed by entertainment at 8. Next Sunday at 11 o clock the pastor will speak on Lessons from the Old Year and Inspiration for the New Year. Evening address on The Life of Christ with stereopticon views at 7:30. Epworth League meets at 6:45 led by Miss K Ter silliger. New Year’s Eve features an illustrated lecture Around the World, a dime sociable and watch night service.
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Pine Bush
The
Methodist Church
Christ
Epworth League
K. Tersilliger
Erie Men Injured In Train Yard Incidents
Flagman C B Quick of the New York Division was treated in Port Jervis for a hip sprain after falling from his train at Goshen. Trainman F P Lauber sprained his right ankle at Ramseys New Jersey and was treated at home in Port Jervis. Fred Richards in Port Jervis suffered two fractured ribs after getting caught between two trucks while loading mail at the depot for Erie train 1 and was treated there.
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C. B. Quick
New York Division
Erie Surgeons
Port Jervis
Goshen
F. P. Lauber
Ramseys
N. J
Fred Richards
Erie Baggage Room
Erie
Chief John D McCoach Leads Police Basketball Team
Chief of Police John D McCoach has taken over the managership of the Police basketball team. The coppers will meet the Company I five on the Armory floor at 2 o clock Saturday afternoon. The team has been practicing hard and is expected to make a fine showing.
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John D. McCoach
Company
I Five
Armory
McCoach
Coppers
Five
George Broughton in Delaware County Paralysis Stricken
Condition serious for George Broughton once a city letter carrier and resident of Little Avenue and Walton Delaware County. Stricken with paralysis 13 months ago he cannot feed himself or walk though he remains cheerful and hopeful.
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George Broughton
Little Avenue
Walton
Delaware County
Mr. Broughton
Professor Tuthill Under Knife in New York Operation
Professor James F. Tuthill superintendent of schools underwent a hernia operation in New York last week and is expected to return home soon. Mrs. Tuthill accompanied him for several days and returned home Wednesday.
Fire at Matteawan Laundry Causes Alarm
Fire in the Matteawan State Hospital laundry in Beacon New York caused alarm among patients who left the building in order. The blaze was slight and quickly extinguished by the hospital firefighting crew.
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Matteawan
Beacon
N. Y
Matteawan State Hospital
Bermuda boat trip joke about marriages
A humorous exchange notes returning from Bermuda with no passengers aboard the boat except the speaker. The punchline explains everyone else was married, making the trip feel awkward for single travelers.
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Bermuda
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Cahill
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Cornell
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Elizabeth Parker
Ethel Gilleran
Long Island
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Columbia College
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George F. Andrews
Mountain Dale
Pioneer Engine Company
L. & H. Railroad
John J. Beattie
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Modern Woodman of America
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No. 10
Mima Montgomery
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