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140 Years Ago - 1885
A colt whose front feet were divided into toes, the left one having four and working much like the foot of a dog, and the right having two like the claws of a lobster, was …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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6/17/25
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130 Years Ago - 1895
Diphtheria is again raging at Roscoe. Five families have had it and four deaths have occurred from it within a few months.
Grocery Bargains: 7 lbs. sugar, 35¢; 7 …
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6/10/25
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130 Years Ago - 1895
The Erie depot at Narrowsburg was burglarized Thursday night. The thieves ransacked the ticket office, express office and freight depot, and even broke the weighing machine …
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6/3/25
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140 Years Ago - 1885
The Callicoon correspondent of the Press says, “A new local paper has been started in this village. It is edited by the school teacher and called the Callicoon Valley …
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5/27/25
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110 Years Ago - 1915
While it is known that Narrowsburg is the center of the Sullivan County egg belt, the fact is not appreciated. To have shipped nearly 400,000 eggs in a day less than two …
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5/20/25
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130 Years Ago - 1895
While John Wortzell, an Erie track walker and a resident of Shohola, was screwing up a loose joint in the track at a point called “Red Rocks,” between Shohola …
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5/13/25
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130 Years Ago - 1895
Clarence, the four-year-old son of Edward Porter of Liberty, found a small bottle of arsenic pills one evening last week and supposing that they were for little boys to eat, …
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5/6/25
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130 Years Ago - 1895
Mrs. Sarah Harris died at her home in Monticello March 26, at the age of 104 years.
The New York O&W Railway announces that on April 9 they will run an excursion to …
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4/29/25
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130 Years Ago - 1895
The Sander farm at Youngsville which was sold at partition sale at Eagle Hotel on Saturday, was struck off to Mrs. Brittom of Jersey City, one of the heirs, for $625. She …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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4/22/25
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130 Years Ago - 1895
While digging in the cellar of the court house at Monticello a few days ago, one of the workmen found an old Spanish coin, dated 1779, for which he has been offered sixteen …
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4/15/25
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130 Years Ago - 1895
Theodore A. Cook, the creamery man near Callicoon Depot, will soon commence the manufacture of condensed milk. He is now bottling a milk preparation, made by a secret …
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4/8/25
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140 Years Ago - 1885
John Edwards of East Hill has sold his farm to William Miller of New York. Consideration $1800. Mr. Edwards will go to Tioga Co., Pa.
Mrs. Anna S. Miller has sold her …
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4/1/25
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140 Years Ago - 1885
Last week the snowstorm throughout Sullivan County was so severe that many jurors could not reach Monticello in time to attend court. Some jurors who went by way of Port …
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3/25/25
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110 Years Ago - 1915
Some time ago, Supt. Chas. Hick inaugurated a series of spelling matches between the pupils and schools of his district. Recently at a Grahamsville match at which Mr. Hick …
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3/18/25
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140 Years Ago - 1885
Twenty-four years ago Richard Wolf of Haverstraw said when the next Democratic President was elected he would walk to Washington to see the inauguration. In accordance with …
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3/11/25
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140 Years Ago - 1885
Mr. Porter’s first trip to Jeffersonville this week was a lengthy journey. He says he started from Liberty Wednesday morning and arrived there about 4 p.m. His delay …
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3/4/25
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130 Years Ago - 1895
The law is now in force forbidding forms of gambling: no more pooling; no more raffles and fish ponds at church fairs; no more “chances” in drawing for …
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2/25/25
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140 Years Ago - 1885
It is rumored that the Western Union Telegraph Company will establish a telegraph office at Pike Pond (Kenoza Lake) and the wire is to be connected on the Jeffersonville …
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2/18/25
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140 Years Ago - 1885
Long Eddy: Our village school, under the management of Miss Nettie Ward and Miss Emma Steele, assistant, is progressing nicely. The average attendance is said to be 78 …
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2/11/25
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120 Years Ago - 1905
Melchior Thoeny, a former resident of Jeffersonville, died after a short illness at the home of his daughter, Mrs. William Kohler of Galeton, Pa., on January 13, at the age …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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2/4/25
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130 Years Ago - 1895
The 14-year-old son of Alfred Akerly of the Six Thousand Acre Tract, near Briscoe, is entitled to the distinction of shooting three coons at one shot, although he was …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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1/28/25
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140 Years Ago - 1885
The following is the New York City market report of general country produce of this week:
Potatoes, per barrel, $1.25 and $1.35; apples, per barrel, $1.50; Beeswax, per …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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1/21/25
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130 Years Ago - 1895
F.W. Hartig raised from an acre of ground in Livingston Manor this year: 18 bushels of potatoes, 2150 pounds of hay, 5 bushels of sweet corn, 1 bushel of turnips, and 150 …
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1/14/25
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110 Years Ago - 1915
Headline reads “Allies Report Gains – Russians in Retreat.”
A city woman has sued William F. Henry, owner of William F. Henry’s Boarding house …
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1/7/25
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120 Years Ago - 1904
George Wind, a resident of Jeffersonville for thirty-six years and one of its most prominent citizens, died last Thursday evening. He would have been 80 on January 7. He …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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12/31/24
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