Sullivan County Pomona Grange Meeting at Rock Hill
The Sullivan Pomona Grange met at Grange Hall in Rock Hill on Saturday with a full program from 10:45 a.m. to 6 p.m. including discussions on farm prices, cooperative buying, milk pricing, and canning factory proposals, plus a closing play and open meeting. The program committee members were Mrs. Willis Sleath, D. H. Clements, and John P. Mapes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan Pomona Grange
Grange Hall
Pile
Albany
Witness
Bureat Guapager
Canning Factory
Stevenstille Grange
Willis Sleath
D. H. Clements
John P. Mapes
Surrogate Swezey Affirms Widow's Income Ruling
The Appellate Division affirmed Surrogate Swezey’s January decree in the estate of John T. Elliott of Tuxedo. The widow’s claim to the entire net income was rejected. she will receive about 76,000 yearly under the will as trustee for her two children. Proceedings involved counsel from Rh. Coaxin of New York and others for the trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Elliott
Tuxedo
Swezey
Appellate Division
Teatawr
Veslwers
New York City
Hoey
Witern Rh. Coaxiin
New Turkeiy
Willem J. Wygant
Newhwerth
Gusrina Ad Hiem
Sapte
Foster and
Newnan
British Keep Their Help Despite War
A fragmented report discusses British efforts to retain domestic support and labor during wartime, noting prewar quotas and the role of households. The text mentions issues with servants and resource allocation as citizens wait and adjust to wartime conditions.
Makes Christ Your Objective Tells Graduates
Rev Dr Kirkwood delivers a graduation sermon urging graduates to make Jesus Christ their sole objective. He links this to war time duty and gratitude to teachers and taxpayers, arguing democracy as the worthy objective and stressing service, courage, and spiritual lives over personal gain.
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Christ
Dr. Kirkweed
Ife
Tts
United States
New York Harbor
Red Cross
Kirkwood
Jesus Christ
Dr. Kirkwood
Japanese General Tanaka Visit Sparks Chinese Criticism
Nanking June 25 reports say Lieutenant General Tanaka vice chief of the Japanese General Staff visited Choa and Talvgtau in Shantung. Chinese officials treated him with courtesy at Teinantu and other sites, while Chinese newspapers criticized the mission amid unsettled internal affairs and anti-Japanese sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aasool Press
Nanking
China
Tanaka
Sted
Choa
Talvgtau
Shantung Province
Teinantu
Nim
Tenake
Republic
anuJapasces
Princess Serves Munition Workers and Windsor Garden Visit
Mary, the King of England’s daughter, devotes time to her Windsor garden and visits munitions plants where she presides over midday meals for workers. She buys treats for children and smiles at the crowd, a rare public display during wartime. New Paltz Normal School will close for summer on June 27 with a schedule of ceremonies and a junior play. Pine Bush Grange No 114 hosts a dance on June 27 with entertainment and refreshments.
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London
Mary
Windsor Casta
Che
Faust
NEW Paltz Normal School
Normel
New Palta
Bliss
Pine Bush
Ptee Buah Grange
Donty
Mary Hill longtime resident dies after long illness
Mrs. Mary Hill wife of John W. Hill died peacefully at home 51 Prospect Avenue on Sunday afternoon June 24 after seven weeks of declining health. Born April 9 1837 in Rockland County she married John W. Hill in 1855 and moved to Middletown in 1862. She leaves nine children Rose Corwin Mary Thorn Susie Tidabuck Minnie Yowers Flora Donald Oliver and others plus 21 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. She was active in the Methodist Episcopal Church and the South Street heater society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masry Conklin
Havershaw
Rockland County
Zepheniah Conklin
Rocka County
John W. Hill
Middletown
Hil
Rose A
Joshua W. Corwin
Matamoras
F. A. Cavanaugh
South Jiaven
Kansas
Mary
Charles W. Thorn
Elsworth
Susie C
W. H. Tidabuck
Minnie L
H. PB. Yowers
Flora M
Orrin W. Donald
Milk shipments surge as New York market adapts demand
May 1917 shipments reach 1,520,555 cans of milk and 109,948 cans of cream in New York with May prices for grade B milk at 1.99. Compared to May 1916, cream rose 21.75 cans while overall production shows growth. The report notes abnormal March weather, increased milk output, and that export demand supports sustained production despite supply strains. July price set at 1.49, with district prices around 1.82 and 1.81 per can.
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New York
Mar
Benier
Jfirst
Mk Reporter
Local Notices From Ellenville Village In June News
Regular Wawarstug Lodge meeting in Ellenville raises funds for Red Cross. Town activities note donations and messages from Norbury to Kiamesha Lake and Hoboken. Local residents join military service chains, church events, and women’s society reports describe South Sea Islands study and Red Cross sewing efforts.
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New York
Mitchell House
BE. B. ‘TerBuch
Nisa Ethel
Floyd Wright
Henry B.hoornbeek
Napamoch
Hoboken
N. J
Watertown
N. Y
Center Street
South Sea Islands
Pleasant session in Patterson home in Monroe D A R
Blooming Grove D A R meets at the Patterson home in Monroe with large attendance. Regent Miss Jennie V Woodhull opens the meeting as officers report. Arbor Day tree naming contest prizes benefit the Red Cross in Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patterson Home
Blooming Grove
Monroe
Washingtonville
Blooming Groves
Div
G. B. Patterson
Jennie V. Woodhull
Thayer
Mitch Martha Werry
Mountain Children of
South
the Red Cross
Moffat Library
Newburgh
Clarence
William H. Hallock
Red Cross
Patterson
Oxen Prices in Brussels Reach High As Demand Grows
Havre report notes oxen price to Brussels at 1606 dollars per head as Belgian oxen scarce. Donkeys scarce too as Germans requisition remaining beasts. Food is scarce with flour at 27 percent of wheat and Dutch relief rations cut. German orders force factories to limit employment to maintain army needs.
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Havre
Brussels
Royal Dutch Reitef Committee
Major John Bigelow to command New Jersey unit at Princeton
Major John Bigelow is appointed to command the New Jersey State Military Corps unit to report at Princeton on August 23. He is a long time West Point graduate from 1877 and has served as a military professor at MIT. He is a candidate for Congress from the 4th district and a noted military strategist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
McCain
John Bigelow
New Jersey
Carr
Opem
Bigelow
Moe
N.Y
Wan
West Point
Winth Cavalry
Sam Jean Hill
Maenechesetts Institute of Technology
Sauna
Vais
New Worry for Liquor Dealers in Tax Certificates
Albroy June 3 Rossoe Irwin local collector of material revenue says arrangements are being made for the receipt of the excise taxes due July 1. The list includes brewers, retailers and saloonkeepers and a new blank requires the actual taxpayer name, complicating licenses for aliens or license-cancelled individuals.
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Albroy
Rossoe Irwin
Decmar
Internal Revenue Department
Transfer of Local Children to Leake and Watts Orphan House
Miss Caro line Cuddeback county agent arranged the transfer of most children from the local Children's Home to Leake and Watts Orphan House in Yonkers New York. Mary A Berns from Leake and Watts selected and accompanied twenty one children by train. The home offers a large central building for 200 children with cottages, forty five acre grounds, and a strong dunkeste school system under Berns guiding many vocations and academics for a happy well rounded life.
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Caroline Cuddeback
Leake and Watts Orphan House
Yonkers
N.Y
Mary A. Berns
Erie
Watts
Hudson River
South Yonkers
Dunkeste
Berns
Appeals Heard Over Hawke Liquor Case in Brooklyn
District Attorney Henry Hirschberg and Henry Kohl of Newburgh argued before the Appellate Division in Brooklyn on the Hawke case. Kohl represented Mrs Hawke who was convicted of selling liquor in a dry town with a $200 fine and suspended jail term. The court issued an order vacating the suspension and making the jail sentence operative.
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Henry Hirschberg
Henry Kohl
Newburgh
Brooklyn
Supreme Court
A. H. F. Seeger
Sarah L. Hawke
Kohl
Hawks
Tompkins
Kobi
Swedish Glass Industry Faces Complete Shutdown Soon
Stockholm reports lack of raw materials especially soda forces Swedish glass makers to cut output and fear full cease within two to three months unless import conditions improve. The industry, over 200 years old, employs nearly 6,000 people and has annual output around 3.5 million dollars with more than one third exported.
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Associated Prese
Stockholm
Tobacco Controller 18 latest addition to government posts
London reports the Tobacco Controller added to the government list of controllers to regulate supplies and prices. The move aims to ration tobacco for retailers and ensure full supply for the army, with seal] stocks in the country now under the controller. Seven controllers exist: Shipping, Drink, Food, Coal Mines, Railways, Poisons, and Tobacco.
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London
Art dealer sues France over antique sale premium
Paris June 25 An Italian antiquities dealer from Florence, Alfred Geri, seeks 101000 francs as a 10 percent premium on a Vinci painting restored for the Louvre. The French government denies the claim and the case goes to court. The report notes a large crowd at a public viewing and mentions witnesses and local observers.
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Preent
Paris
Alferd Geri
Florence
Italy
Lreovanio de Vinci
Loutre Museum
Sicvere
Fast trotter M. L. J. sets driving park record at Poughkeepsie
June report from Hudson River Driving Park details M. L. J. racing record 2:07 and 2:08% with 1:02 half, plus General Todd progress under Leonard. Other workouts include Oregon Hal, John F., Harvest Lad and Henrietta Guy as promoters plan Knickerbocker start and stable movements from Chester, Saugerties, and Kingston stables.
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Poughkeepale
Hudson River
Jack” Léonard
Old Colony
South Weymouth
Mass
J. W. Lenehan
Knickerbocker
Poughkeepsie
Leonard
General Todd
Guy Res
Murphy
Pacera
Oregon
Hal
John F
Thomas W. Murphy
Oregon Hal
William Fleming
Pittsburg
Oakwood Daredevil
Royal Mac
Dagan Tan
Pacers
Lanardo
Brown Gentry
But Hala
Peter Chenault
Expressive Lou
Ruth Mainghec
Admiration
Raban
Dr. Long
Hazel Hall
John Howell
Brook Farm
Chester
al Mack
Rodney
Frank Phillips
Ante Guy
Henrietta Guy
L. and
M. Qettinger
New York
Phillips
Gus Axworthy
Lady Henrietta
Peter Donna
R. W. Rosemire
Miss Wabon
Mugeins
Townsend Ackerman
Saugerties Farm
J. C. Winston
Kingston
Publishers Protest Excess Profits Tax Discussed by Senate Panel
Washington June 25 Senate Finance Committee discussed administrative questions of the excess profits tax. No decision was reached. The American Newspaper Publishers' Association filed a protest through its chairman Simmons. The issue may be brought up again before the committee completes its bus next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Simmons
Poughkeepsie Declines Harrisburg Base Ball Franchise
After a conference with John H. Farrell president of the New York State League Mayor Wilbur and local business leaders Poughkeepsie announced it would not take the Harrisburg base ball franchise in the State League.
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Poughkeepsie
John HH. Farrell
New York State League
Wilbur
Poughkeepsie Businens
Harrisburg
Travelers Favor A Study Of Languages
Commercial travelers in Liverpool favor greater knowledge of foreign languages and tailoring to alien customers. The group calls for abandoning the Make It or leave policy that benefits German competitors and pushes for broader language skills to win overseas business.
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Prensa Liverpool
Eng
Colted Kingdom
Masons Purchase Building for Home
Wappingers Lodge No 671 buys the Savings Park Building in Wappingers Village to renovate as a lodge home. The property purchase advances plans for a new Masonic meeting place. The Acacia deal and local timber notes appear in a companion fragment.
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Wappingers Loder
Wappingers Falla
Savings Park
Vilage
Ward Voters Reject Food Control Measures
Washington report notes the House passed the administration food control bill by 365 to five, authorizing broad presidential power over food, feed, and fuel for war, with $152,500,000 for enforcement and provisions restricting liquor stock use. The vote included Democrats McLemore Slayden and Young of Texas and Republicans Meeker Ward of New York.
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Washington
Administration
House
McLemore, Slayden and Young
Texas
Meeker
Missouri
Ward
New York
Representative Parker
New Jersey
Lever
Agricultural Committee
Lost valuables and handbag reward offer
Miss Margaret T. O Connor reports the loss of an envelope shaped black leather handbag containing 310 in cash a gold watch rosary gold rimmed glasses a bank deposit book a card case with cards a canceled receipt from H. D. Rockefeller for auto and license and key. The bag likely vanished at Slate Hill post office or on the road to her home near Johnson. A liberal reward is offered for its return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times-Press
Margaret T. O’connor
Johnson
Slate Hill
Merchants Bank
H. D. Rockefeller
Migs O'Conner
Various National Miles and Measures Cited in Foreign Customs
The piece lists quirky mile lengths and travel distances from Switzerland, Vienna, Flanders, Prussia, Denmark, Arabia, Turkey, and Italy, noting how each culture or country defines a mile or distance differently. It also includes a humorous exchange from a letter about eye words and a misquoted line.
Odds and Ends From A Fragmented Local Page
A garbled OCR style snippet shows disjointed quotes and stray phrases about promotion favors, protests, occupancy directors, and an exchange about salary. The text mentions Louis Repti and references to a year 1221 and a press column, with no clear cohesive event.
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Sullivan County
Pomona Grange
Rock Hill
Strongtown ‘Methodist Episcopal Church
Pit Tate
North White Lake
Robert C. Reynolds
Charles N. Howard
Edenville
Warren J. Conrad
D. D
Liberty
Farrar
Obureh
G. M. Heroy
Harleyville
A. A. Walker
Monticello
Fred H. Deming
Liberty Quartet
Cotection
P. Tae
Brahe c Pell
Beaeo
Mabel Bates
Lincoln Place
Bates
Dama
George D. Pelton
George Lederhose
Carrie Scriber
Helen Hail
Sidney Pendell
Ascociniad
Bevecholds
England
Princess Mary
MAG
J. W. Hill
Mary Hill
D. Userth
Cuca
Decdbent
Wes Alve
Masons
Hhick
Charles B. Ward
Margaret T.o’conner
Charles Cowen
Co. FI
47Th Regiment
Post Rogers
M. L. Birch
Gister County
Cohen
Gardner
Mitlee
Switserland
Vienna
Denmpark
London Mirror
Dageina
Angel
Cme
Chicago News
Louis Repti
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