Erie Canal Drove Change in Orange County Agriculture
The Erie Canal shifted Orange County from grain to dairy and beef farming, prompting support for Clinton's canal policy. Assemblyman Isaac R. Vanturner recanted opposition after studying canal benefits, noting rising dairying and butter production. Rail fever then spread, with Newburgh and Albany meetings pushing for a Hudson to Lake Erie link as settlers imagined rapid transport and growth.
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Hudson
New York
Lakes
Orange County
Lower River
de Witt Clinton
Clinton
Isaac R. Vanturer
Assembly
DeWitt Clinton
Chenango Canal
Orange
Newburnh Bay
Son
New York and Fire Railroad Company
Hudson and
Lake Erie
Newburgh
Delaware
Erie
Paterson
Jersey City
Folka
Albany
Buffalo
Fridson
Enaat
Montomery Big Fair Lectures Kick Off May 12
Elwood St. Ackerly, pastor of the M E Church, will deliver two lectures in the auditorium on Friday nights May 12 and May 19. The first talk titled Heeling the Exposition features 140 colored slides. the second, Boeing Yellowstone Park, the Wonderland of America. No charge, silver collection taken. Other local notices mention attendance by Rev. C C Thompson of New York and various town visitors.
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C. C. Thompson
New York
J Coates Kenner
Goshen
Henry Green
Highland Mille
Mex
William
James Demarest
Edward Durland
Cheater
Willam McNeal
Henry Bergen Suydam
Presbyterian Church
Ivan G. Martin
Erlaes
Joelle
Methodist Episcopal Church
Elwood R. Ackerly
Custone
Veter 1 Miller
Sanford
Florida
Haa
Bloomingburg Notes Local Sales and School Board Actions
A. B. Chi hamp sells the Grant automobile to Eliabeth buyers. The Board of Education retains Freq Odell as principal and four other staffers for the coming term. New trustees are Dr. R. Weakest and John Pax replacing Gowder and Redfield. Cold Brook Farm sold to New York buyers to take possession this week. Local residents report hospital updates and travel news. Mother's Day services directed by Haworth League on May 14. William Toward of Union Hill underwent a delicate operation and remains in a low state.
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Bloomingburg
Cl Ham
Grant
Eliabeth
Ladies Aid of the Reformed Church
Miles Decker
Board of Education
Freq Odell
Mins Stuth Godfrey
Vaniessler
Mes. Knapp
R. Weakest
John Pax
J. ©. Gowder
W.L. Redfield
Cold Brook Farm
New York
George Meachutte
Thrall Hospital
M. W. Seageara
Saint Anguetine
Seugeare
New York City
Mary M. Miller
Howard Tarrie
Rhode Ialand
Haworth League
William Toward
Union Hill
No 1
Death of John Deuther at Orange Farm
John Deuther of Highland Falla died at Orange Farm Sunday night aged 80 years four months. Interment took place in the burial plot on the farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange Farm
John Deuther
Highland Falla
Minister Found Dead in Watertown Home
Retired Methodist minister Rev. Wood was found dead in bed in Watertown early today due to heart trouble. The death was attributed to natural causes after a brief illness, with no foul play suspected.
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Watertown
Wood
Mrs Booth Inspires Chautauqua Audience With Prison Reform Message
Mrs Maud Ballington Booth famed as The Little Mother of the Prisons spoke at Chautauqua in this city, sharing prisoner reform tales and urging community support. She described personal interviews with inmates, the Hope Hall program, and noted prison methods shifting from punishment to rehabilitation.
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Maud. Ballington Booth
Stratton Stage
Booth
Mrs. Booth
Yarnall
Hooth
Philadelphia
Hetory
Mrse. Booth
United States
God
Ground Broken for Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York
In a ceremony with 2,000 attendees including Governor Whitman and Mayor Mitchell Bishop Greer broke ground for the nave of the Cathedral of St John the Divine at Amsterdam Avenue. The site once housed the Leake and Watts Orphan Asylum and the project has cost about 4.5 million dollars to date with excavation beginning today. Ralph Adams Cram presented the silver shovel used to turn the earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Whitpont
Mitchel
Greer
St. John the Divine
Henry ©. Potter
Amsterdam Avenue
110Th
118Th Street
Leake and Watts Orphan Asylum
Ralph Adams Cram
F. S. Smithers, Jr
Middletown
Four Dead and Many Injured in Atlas Powder Blast
In Landing New Jersey near Lake Hopatcong an Atlas Powder Company mixing plant explosion left four dead and about one hundred injured today. Officials reported a blast at the plant and救 investigation is underway as crews work to determine the cause and scope of the disaster.
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New York
Atlas Powder Company
Landing
N. J
Lake Hopatcong
A Long City Council Session Signals Busy Week
Aldermen held a lengthy 1916 meeting approving multiple reports from the city treasurer police and fire chiefs. Vacations with pay for police and fire drivers were set and officials were authorized to attend state and national police conferences.
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Board of Estimate and Apportionment
Fire Department
Police Department
Commissioner of Public Works
Rosslyn M. Cox
New York State
Syracuse
Thompson
Miles
John D. McCoach
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Newark
N. J
Alderman Cox
Secretary of the Civil Service Committee
George Marks
Board of Health
John G. Gray
Charles Higham
Board of Engineers
Department
Ontario
North Street
Holly
Higham
Jim Sprague
Standard Oil Company
Middletown
Good Roads Bill Passed by Senate
The Senate approved a good roads bill carrying 85 million dollars for five years of road improvement under Federal state coordination. A similar measure has passed the House. The Senate also allocated 10 million dollars for road work in national forests.
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Washington
Senate
Rordes
House
Baker James Buchanan Visits New York Then Bakes 120 Loaves
Orange Farm resident May James Buchanan aged 78 traveled to New York to visit his daughter and grandchildren and returned the following afternoon. He baked 120 two pound loaves on Saturday. The farm’s May 1 inmate roll showed 143 males and 55 females.
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Orange Farm
May
James Buchanan
New York
Two Barns Burned in Storm's Destructive Wake
New Hampton reports a barn on Robertson Latimer’s farm at Pellett's Island destroyed by fire at 2 am. Twenty one cows, two horses, and 60 tons of hay lost. Lightning and a possible smoldering hay were blamed. Neighbors saved other buildings. loss estimated at 2500 dollars.
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New Hampton
Robertson Lattimer
Pellett’s Island
Destructive Monticello Storm Spurs Lightning and Fire Damage
A fierce May 9 storm struck Monticello and nearby areas with gale winds and heavy rain. The Methodist Church steeple was damaged, Leon Stratton’s barn burned with sixteen head of stock, and injuries occurred in Middletown including Mrs. Remsen who fractured her wrist. Lightning hit the Wickham depot flagstaff and high school, with trees splintered and minor damage citywide. In Newburgh minor damage included a fire from a struck home and a gutter bolt lifting cobblestones.
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A. Sherman
Bogram
Gardnertown
Newburgh
Beacon
Broadway
Lander Street
Howells
Charles Terwilliger
FE. BE. & L. 8. Conkling
Monticello
Leon P. Stratton
Sullivan County Agricultural Society
Bushville Road
Stratton
Middletown
Shawangunk
William Remsen
James Street
Hess's
Remsen
A. W. Preston
North Street
New York, Ontario and Western Railroad
Wickham Avenue
Minnie A. Cortrient
Circleville
Bord and Deming
Earle
Midway Park
Archibald Taylor and Company
Harry Cheaver
Robinson Avenue
First Street
Johnson
Girls National Honor Guard recruits in wartime prep
Miss Theodora Booth, daughter of Maude Booth, visits the Times-Press to promote the Girls National Honor Guard. The nationwide group seeks earnest Americans to train in first aid to the wounded, support for soldiers' families, and general duties, with classes taught by doctors and nurses.
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Regular Army
National Guard
Red Cross
National Service School
Chevy Chase
Washington, D. C
Maude Ballington Booth
Theodora Booth
Blue Point
Newark
Spelling Bee Open to Pupils in Statewide Contest
Albany officials announced a spelling bee at the Syracuse state fairgrounds on September 12 to crown the state champion. Eligibility covers feltered students in elementary grades and those registered with work permits. preliminary contests occur at county fairs.
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Albany
State Department of Education
Syracuse
Spelling Contest Eligibility Set for Orange County Fair
W F Royce of the Orange County Agricultural Society says oral examinations will be held in county schools to determine entrants for the county fair spelling contest. The top speller will represent Orange County at the State Fair. District candidates must show certificates signed by their teachers.
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Charley's
Orange County
W. F. Royce
Orange County Agricultural Society
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Charley
Hamptonchurch
Charles Heard
Tinele Joe Beard
Felix Doyle
Montgomery
Ackerly
Hiere Mra. Booth
Smithers
Times
Orange Farm Notes
Bolt High School
Miss Booth
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