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Newspaper
Orange County Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1914
Page
4
Mrs Seeley Green and Mrs Wil Bortriacht attended the funeral of Arthur Holden on Thursday at the home of his uncle W D Crosby on Linfen avenue.
May 28 reports say an unidentified balloon descended into the sea several miles off Swinemunde Germany. A rescue boat has been sent to reach the craft and determine its fate.
Temporary administrators announce a three day auction at Cragside Cold Spring Putnam County New York starting June 4 5 and 6 1914 at 10 am daily. Items include furnishings tables chairs book cases hat racks piano player couches bedding beds paintings bric a brac porcelain glassware curtains tapestries carpets bronzes art objects a billiard table coaches farm wagons and implements. Terms cash. Auctioneers James E Towner and administrators John R Yale William H Berrigan.
A damaged OCR fragment lists WM Stewart Ker as funeral director and embalmer with address details and phone numbers, plus another entry for Torntelius, a funeral director and embalmer at 138 North Street with partial contact data. The text shows scattered office lines and misread street names and states New York listings.
Summitville and Middletown residents share visits and moves. George Miller and family visit Cornelia Cudney. John Gray calls on uncle David Pride. William Reynolds travels from Toacos to join D B Adams. Mrs Roy Watson improves from illness. Vera Welker visits from Monroe. Horn property buyer relocates to farm nearby. James Morgan sick but improving. Edith and Anna Fitzgerald visit Middletown. John Ryan and Hamersley Howler host visitors. Mallett opens ice cream parlor. Willams sisters in town. Dr Wilkton attends. Charles Salmine resigns Adams store for Stanton Garage. George Hughson buys new auto. Aunt Fannie plans front-improvement painting. Byron Killam painting. Larkies Aldway chicken pie supper deemed a success. Summitville Fire Co No 1 to host June supper in Greenleaf hall. Mrs Harry Masterson and Mrs Harvey Brown visit New York. Mins Martin Bell visiting Middletown. Stanley Dodd rents Groo residence.
A May 29 Florida account describes a violent storm in Orange County with cyclone-like winds uprooting trees and flattening crops on Pumpkin Slice meadows. Homes suffered roof and wall damage, livestock died, and gardens were leveled. Sunday school plans proceed, and activities at the Presbyterial Church are noted. Mr and Mrs George Lanine from Jamaica Lane visited town.
In Mechanicstown May 29 many friends mourn the death of Mrs Lena Gale of North She who resided here long. The funeral drew mourners including Mr and Mrs C B Moy ork and Mr and Mrs Septey Green. Other locals mentioned include Mrs Wolken, Mrs Doreman, Mrs Nedler, Mrs Gilbert Green of Philadelphia, and Mrs Series Crureats. A drive way and 400 evergreen trees were planted in memory of a resident. plans for children expected to arrive around June.
A fragmentary account hints at Renaparte meeting with Madame de Staci and the powerful court figure in a national crisis. The text references Mme de Staci approaching Renaparte, with implications of diplomatic dialogue and high level intrigue among elite figures.
A garbled excerpt discusses the pursuit of knowledge and its higher purpose. It references a daily worker and a call to gain all knowledge and then apply it toward the greatest aim. The text appears to be a miscued historical note or quotation fragment with distorted wording.
Campbell Hall hosts two bangball games at Gouge Park on Saturday at 10 and 2 20. Mirandy's Minstrels will be presented by Campbell Hall's all star troupe in Grange Hall June 8 at 8 15 p m. New wedding report and local happenings include Mrs John Stillman attending a New York City wedding and Thomas Aughe’s family moving to Miss Mary Heben’s cottage on Main Street. Community notes praise Visitors' Night at Mamptonburgh Grange with attendees from multiple towns and a lively program. Memorial Day exercises feature eleven Campbell Hall pupils and local clergy note hopeful Sunday worship. John Ju Stillman’s illness delays work at Maybrook. Dr Hamilton aided him.
Westtown Presbyterian Church outlines Sabbath morning route with sermons The Nemesis and The Christian's Needs. Evening service Christian Patriot. Sunday school 9 20 a m Epworth League Builders of Methodism. Orange County Bible Society meets at Westtown church. Methodist lawn ice cream May 30. May 31 morning sermon True Patriotism Church notes and community events include May 29 gathering at Mrs I Albert Horton home and Miss Lizzie Kernich recovering from rheumatism.
Montgomery notes list of local scouts Llewellyn Lodge William Hadawnay Howard Howitt Louie Andrews Clarence Mould Earl Hanlon as participants. Also mentions Webster Laquer moving to Bull House and visitors from New York. Catholic Grange Hall dance with Mort's Orchestra reported. Mary Bennett of Kingston visited.
In Ridgebury May 29 Miss Jennie Many is out after illness and parish house work advances toward completion. A park will replace crowds area for summer evenings. Preparations underway for the annual Fourth of July entertainment with a prize roast and a broad invitation. The annual strawberry festival of the WT Church will be held Tuesday evening under Ladies Socialaid auspices with luncheon and tastings planned on the grounds. Volunteers meetings planned under the supervision of parish homes supervisor.
Advertisement language from a Boston Transcript column misstates a proposed tax and product terms. The passage hints at consumer duties and unclear wording about a clear and hover-related items, reflecting period marketing style.
Miss Helene Caragiani, a daring woman sergeant from Carmen Sylva, travels with her own aeroplane and eyes trophies against American aviators. She has made many ascensions abroad and believes women can be as skilled as men, even crossing the Atlantic by airship. Suspender gowns and plaid taffeta skirts dual fashion notes populate the piece.
The article describes two simple curtain treatments for casement windows, with each window handled separately using sheer or modestly priced fabric. It advises placing curtains on a rod inside the frame for outward swinging windows and on the sash for inward swinging windows, and notes a top valance for groups of windows with draperies at the outer edges. Shades are not typical but may be added inside the frame and rolled up when not needed to provide privacy.
The text describes methods to finish seams on fragile fabrics. It advises binding edges with silk binding or pinking with scissors for fray prone materials like sheer fabrics, loosely woven silks, and woolens. It notes seams should be overstitched or whipped at the edge and warns unlined blouses and bodices require bound or whipped armholes.
A fragmented set of DIY notes describes making a window support from a broom band and a tiny screw, plus a tin can craft for sheds. It includes odd warnings, a misquoted price, and garbled phrases, with little coherent news value.
The article describes Roebling, New Jersey as a nine year old company town built by the Roebling plant. A manager oversees sanitation housing schooling and police with strict industry rules. The town of 3000 boasts clean streets and minimal disease while preserving worker liberty.
In Quebec on May 29 over 800 people died when the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Ireland collided with the collier Storstad in dense fog in the Gulf of St Lawrence. The ship sank rapidly and 35 survivors were landed at Rimouski.
Poughkeepsie defeated Danbury in seven innings of their first game with rain ending play early. The second contest was rained out. Scoring by inning shows Po'kips 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 10 33 and Danbury 2 7 1 0 1 0 0 4 8. Canfields and Steinbach starred for Po'kips with Schwartz and Mason for Danbury.
Hurleyville residents share a busy week with Middletown trips and social visits. George Van Keuren and Leéaire Prince were among those on business and mused outings, while Ruth Taylor returned from Marlboro to resume home life. The community heard a funeral address at Liberty, and Katherine Walsh visited from Roscoe. Real estate dealer W Kinnlie leases Lawrence's Casino with June 1 move. Bonell plans farm near Neversink. Brenner & Co. driver dislocated shoulder in a car accident. Dr Jacobs treated. Charles Lott and wife rent a Columbia boarding house for the season.
A large delegation of Stars visited Tuxedo Chapter No. 501 OBE and Seely B. Bull of Monroe on Monday night for a special visit by Mrs Elizabeth A. Smith of Nyack and RWDs D D G Li and Hawthorne Chapter members Adelaide Leonard Emme Relyea Emma Marvin Susan Relyesa Belle Gaunt Eliza Millington Mary J. Ashman Elizabeth Welling Emma Smith and Elizabeth C. Bull Ezrin H. Welling. Delegates from nearly all other chapters in the 16th district attended.
A. B. Mehaffey of Port Jervis joins 38 Cornell varsity athletes who departed Ithaca last night to compete in the intercollegiates at Boston. Birth notice records the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Waller Shoemaker of Mil Street on May 22.
The city endured a heat surge as thermometers rose from 40 to 101 degrees at noon. Citizens sought relief in parks amid a radical weekly change, with Tuesday night nearly as warm as the day and humidity high. A year ago noon temperatures stood at 60 degrees. Clouds formed Tuesday evening but a shower did not arrive.
Readers defend state hospitals against unfounded attacks and share personal experience at Middletown Homeopathic State Hospital. A Mt Hope Driving Park letter outlines plans for a 20 acre recreation complex with track, races, paths, fountain, lake, and landscaping.
Circleville and nearby residents will observe Memorial Day with a parade led by the Boy Scout band and cemetery ceremonies. Speeches by Hon. William T. Doty and Rev. Ralph W. Rowland will honor Civil War comrades, with a G A R post delegation from Middletown present. Exercises begin at 10 a.m.
Mrs Edward H Harriman purchased a pair of seal brown coach horses, sixteen hands high, recently from Eugene von Bach of the Fashion Studies, located at 156 Fast Fifty-seventh Street, New York.
London on May 27 Emmeline Pankhurst was released from jail after a hunger strike. The Times reported her condition as deteriorating and noted she sought medical attention following the protest.
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