Congress Hotel owner Converts after temperance lecture
A Decatur era tale recounts Joseph K. Lewis, proprietor of the Congress Hotel on Sixth Avenue, closing his bar after a lecture by Francia Murphy. Lewis reportedly destroyed his liquors and pledged reform amid cheering crowds, with mirrors of public praise and thousands signing temperance pledges.
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Sixth Avenue
Joseph de Lewis
Tix Bay
Francia Murphy
Vroy Parm
Dan
Chively
Lewis
Murphy
Congress Hotel
Slory
Congress
Joseph K. Lewis
Congress Street Hit Run of 1874 Described
A 1874 report recalls a horse drawn stage colliding with a farmer’s wagon on Congress Street near Sixth Avenue. The incident, noted by Tray Times, shows the vessel driving on with the farmer pursuing, while terms like Carr’s Hotel are linked to Congress Hall in rival directories of the era.
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Congress Street
Sixth Avenue
Tray Times
Car's Hotel
Carr's Hotel
Congress Hall
Water Supply Loan for Caldwell in Warren County Planned
The Community Facilities Administration announced a 34 420 loan to Caldwell in Warren County for preliminary planning of water supply and distribution facilities. Caldwell, a resort community near the southern end of Lake George, will use funds to study project scope and feasibility.
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Community Facilities Administration
Caldwell
Warren County
Lake George
Pleasantdale Highgirls Meet Camp Fire Girls at School
Pleasantdale Hight girls attended the meeting of the Okinepi Camp Fire Girls at the school recently. The girls made posters and worked on their embroidery stitches. Mrs. Mahert Bodtiger, troop leader, was assisted by Mrs. Ernest Fosmire. Seventeen girls attended the meeting of the Lobby Joo Blue Birds at the school Monday. The meeting opened with a salute to the flag, with Macy Ann Burns hosting. The girls made aprons and plans were made to attend the smother and daughter banquet. Miss Jean Bashford, tranp lesel ler, was assisted by Mrs. Walter Ip, Reynolds and Mrs. John Griffen Jr.
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Okinepi Camp
Mahert Bodtiger
Ernest Fosmire
Joo Blue Birds
Macy Ann Burns
Smother
Jean Bashford
Tranp Leseller
Walter Ip
Reynolds
John Griffen Jr
Stillwater Board Sets Education Measures and Terms Change
The Stillwater Board of Education approves a plan to continue group life and accident insurance for staff and requires annual chest X rays for personnel. It also plans to seek bids for No. 5 fuel oil for April to September and announces term expirations for several board members with pending registrations potentially adjusting terms to three years.
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Secident Insurance
Board of Education
Lig Brownell
Jones B. Gagoon
Willian Werner
Sulematey Board of Education
Lot
Lloyd Brownell
Daniel FE. Gannon
Face Lifting Started By Several Business Firms
Several business firms began urban improvements along Congress Street and Stillwater area. A new Burnstear used car lot at 24 Congress St and Sth Avenue will include a seven bay service station. The building, under construction since April 1956, aims to be ready by July 1. Nearby stores include Starligan's, Arch Shoes, Curtis Pharmacy, Moncrief and Fraviks, and Trojan Hardware, with Trojan at 96 Congress St.
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Burnstear
Congress Street
Sth
Fred Curtis
Jesse Doustan
T24
Congress St
Starligan
Stora
Comnings Arch Shoes
Bigyear
Curtis Pharmacy & [Paints Inc
Moncrief and Franvis
Trojan Hardware Co. Inc
Conecess St
Buffalo Mayor Sends Conneil Budget in 1959 60 Plan
Buffalo Mayor Frank A. Sedita sent a hold the line 1959 60 budget totaling 77,224,346 to the county on Saturday. It includes a 15 cent tax cut to 41.86 per 1 000 assessed valuation funded by a 1 500 surplus and expected aid reductions. The plan preserves current services with no past debt increases and relies on long term urban renewal to address financial problems in New York’s second largest city.
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Buffalo
Frank A. Sedils
Sail Sedita Io
Sedita
Mr LaPlante Northside Man Dies
Mr LaPlante Northside resident 89 of Ho dst Ave Waterford died at 5 30 Saturday at daughter Mrs Bertha Sligon 188 Viiet Blvd Cohoes. He was longtime textile mill worker and retired. Survived by wife Amelia Sorel LaPlanty and several children grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral 2 am tomorrow from A G Boivin Funeral Home Cohoes then 230 am mass at St Anne's Church with burial in St Mary's Cemetery Waterford.
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Jarae
Charlie) LaPlanile
Waterford
Bertha Sligon
Cohoes
Louis Laflant
Canada
May Lae Plante
Watersford
Schuylerville Confirmation Services Suited by Local Clergy
Confirmation will be held at Notre Dame de Lourdes Chereh and Ghureh of the Visitation on Wednesday April 1 with Most Rev Willian A Scully presiding. The class will be confirmed at 2 30 pm and 4 80 pm. Richard D Taylor son of Floyt J Heabler of 80 Pearl St is serving aboard the radar picket destroyer escort USS Fessenden a unit extending from Pearl Harbor across the Pacific to Asia and north to Alaska. Jois Vantewerker daughter of Clayton Vantewerker Baro Th freshman at State University Teachers College Plattsburg has been named in the dean's list for the spring term.
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School of Missions
Stillwater United Chuuch
Cirele 5
RPI
Troy
Warnell
Stillwater
Justice of the Peace
Lynn Goodrich
Champlain Road
Mress
Italian Manor Home
Joseph Stanley
George Ingersoll
Ave
Kenneth Hathaway
Franca Nalo
Notre Dame de Lourdes Chereh
Ghureh
Visitation
Too Paradis
Jamis R. Gas Reley
Willian A. Scully
Alany
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Church of the Visitation
Richard D. Taylor
Floyt J Heabler
Pearl St
Fessenden
Thawait
Alaska
Fleet Home Town News Center
Great Lakes
Pearl Harbor
Navy
le Pacie Ocean
Asia
Australia
Jois Vantewerker
Clayton Vantrewerker
Baro Th
State University ‘Yeachers College
Plattsburg
Hastor
Accident Victin Funeral Held Saturday
Funeral services were held at Bridgeport and Columbia for Slaytoy F. Morawski 26 of 660 Pawling Ave fatally injured Wednesday when the rear of a truck fell on him at Troy Spring Works 626 Congress St. He was changing a rear spring in a damaged truck when the body fell. Morawski was taken to Samaritan Hospital and pronounced dead on arrival from a skull fracture.
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Bridgeport
Colin
Saturky
Iberia
Slaytoy F. Morawski
Pawling Ave
Troy Spring Works, Inc
Congress St
Yather
Morawski
Clemente ‘Bros
Washington
Pray Polic
Samaritan Hospital
g@ Ambulance Service Corp
Twenty Eight Men Take Fire Department Test
Twenty eight men took the examination Saturday for appointment to the Fire Department. The tests were given at Troy High School by the Municipal Civil Service Commission and will be graded by the state. Seventeen vacancies will be filled from the list created by the examiner.
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Troy High School
Municipal Clit Service Commission
Wynantskill Missionary Convention Opens Weekend Program
The Wynantskill Wesleyan Methodist Church launched its weekend missionary convention with a panquet in Fellowship Haven chaired by Clifford Melfner. Rev Siamey W. Klob offered the invocation, Mrs Frances Hommes welcomed, and Mrs Josephine Dayton served as master of ceremonies guiding delegates from area societies in a panorama of missionary work.
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Wesleyan Methodist Chywell of
Wynantskill
Panquet
Haven
Clifford Melfner
Siamey W. Klob
Francelia Hommes
Local Missionary Society
Josephine Dayton
Corinth al Chichester
Wesleyan Methodist
Funeral Rites Held For World War Veteran
Funeral services for Martin Thoun a World War I veteran were held at Danforth’s Purcell Bros. Funeral Home and St Joseph’s Church. Rev John A Keele officiated a Requiem High Mass with Julia Willey at the organ and Elizabeth Morrissey singing. Pallbearers included Leo A James William A Gartiner Thomas B Oathout Francis J Becker George J O’Brien and Kenneth E O'Brien. The body was laid in St Joseph’s Cemetery vault with interment planned next week if weather permits after a brief service by Sisters of St Joseph of Carondelet visiting the funeral home.
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Martin Thoun
Etittan oFork
Purcell Bros. Fueneral
Jackson
Danm
St. Joseph's
John A. Keele
Julia L. Willeh Seas
Elizabeth Morrissey
Leo A. James
William A. Gartiner
Thomas B Oathout
Francis J. Becker
eGarge J
Kenneth
E. O'Brien
Gospel publisher speaks at convention closing sermon
Mix Dayton introduces speaker Martis Bark as the evening’s highlight. Earl oversees the Western Avenue prizing Office in Colombia, a leading gospel printing press. In 1957 they printed 10,000,000 pages for Sunday School literature, periodicals, revival guides, and tracts for Central and South America and Mexico. Hewitt delivers the benediction. Mrs. Rubs Reisdorph misses opening service due to a severe storm in western New York.
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Mix
Dayton
South Anterica
Earl
Weste Fay
Colombia
South America
Hewitt
Rubs Reisdorph
Women’s Missionary Society
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Africa
New York
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Cwldy
Troy, N.Y
Bowen
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Gardner's Liquor & Wine
Agnes M. Gardner
Still Water Central School
Netion
William Werner
M.D. Een
Pirestove
Contaiss Tral School
State Department of Education
Ces
Montgomery
RAM
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Tout Abrunza
Pere Mtarold Sitled
York State Grange
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Canary
Robert’ Foster
Cindy Canary
Karen Burgess
Allen Pooler
Edward Pooler
Peggy Pooler
Paula Burgess
Inti Canary
Jeanne Guile
Cares
Linda Wash
Jody Baker
PTA
Tarent
Stillwater Central School
Selva
Marjorie Boyes
Schnoly Nieso
Teii Varidernac
Ylipe
Vannterzee
Ant
Richard 7. Testo
American Association For Health, Physical Relocation and Recreation
Robert Malzlip
Marguerite Hansen
Neville Clothier
E Pam
Sidth
Albert Bareholt
Conneil
Talian Center
Mr. LaPlante
Northside
Schuylerville
Om Troy Surgical CO
Abdominal Bellz
Stanley W. Kieb
Iby Beisdurphy
Women's Missionary Society
Anteview
Lo Morrow
Hogan
Eyo
Moore
Benjamin AX Moores
Curtis Paints
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