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August 29, 2023 Edition
130 Years Ago - 1893 Frederick Warde, the noted actor, is stopping at the West shore House in White Lake. Ex-mayor W.R. Grace of New York is visiting E.N. Knox at the latter’s summer … more
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The ‘cure’ at the springs: Glass plate negatives in a collection at the Sullivan County Historical Society’s archives in Hurleyville have contained mostly unlabeled images. (See other photo for closeup.) We cannot say for certain if this image is of the local springs, or another mineral spring in the state, but that’s part of the mystery that makes it an intriguing image to study. In 1916, the mineral springs site located in the hamlet of White Sulphur Springs was reviewed by Dr. Felix van Oefele of New York City who suggested that the owner at the time, Mrs. Ada Maffett, might develop it as a health resort.
August 22, 2023 Edition
140 Years Ago - 1883 W.D. Haley of Mongaup Valley was the successful competitor in the recent contest for the Cornell Scholarship. Stephen Euker of Callicoon has purchased from Fabian Reel, … more
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August 15, 2023 Edition
130 Years Ago - 1893 Policeman Philip Schmidt of New York is visiting with his family in this vicinity. He came up with a horse and wagon by way of Newburgh. VonBergen and Yager are kept on … more
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August 8, 2023 Edition
140 Years Ago - 1883 A new method of raising money is currently used by some church societies known as break the jug. Just what “break the jug” means we have no way of knowing but … more
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August 1, 2023 Edition
150 Years Ago -   1873 The Clements House of Liberty, purchased last week by Mr. Crispell, has been sold by him to Elias Champlin of that village. The Clements brothers will conduct the … more
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July 25, 2023 Edition
140 Years Ago - 1883 The 8th annual picnic of Sullivan County Lodge No. 421, I.O.O.F. will be held in Inderlied’s Grove near Youngsville on Monday, August 21, 1883. Music will be furnished … more
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July 18, 2023 Edition
130 Years Ago - 1893 Roscoe was the only place in Sullivan County which had a real celebration on the Fourth this year. At the Callicoon Center Schuetzen Verein match on July 4, the prizes … more
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Photography still evolves: This postcard shared by Jim Henke fifteen years ago describes a challenge that photographers today might be glad they missed. According to the notes on the right of the card, the image was a double exposure, one of Klinger’s dam and mill pond in North Branch, and the other of the sheep on parade. The sheep seem to have won out, although the comments (signed by E. Jost) indicate that the photographer thought the glass plate was a lost cause. Without noticing that the plate had already been exposed, the effort was revealed once the plate was developed. Dated in late 1907, we know that the sheep seen here, as well as Klinger’s mill pond, are now long gone.
July 11, 2023 Edition
150 Years Ago - 1873 William Hardenburgh, well known in this part of the county, died in San Francisco, Calif., last Wednesday and was buried there. Mr. Arthur Bird has retired from the … more
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July 4, 2023 Edition
150 Years Ago - 1873 Sheriff Winner was in town the other day armed with papers with which those two worthies, Ludington and Waller, are bound to compel the Board of Supervisors to give Waller a … more
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June 27, 2023 Edition
150 Years Ago - 1873 Mrs. Christina Weintz of Beechwoods has by far the finest orchard in the Town of Delaware, containing about 700 fruit trees, all of choice and selected varieties. John … more
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‘The Summer House’: This Artino postcard at Kenoza Lake conjures up memories of the sunny heat of summer, and the welcome escape to a shady gazebo like this. We can just imagine tunes from a local brass band drifting from the shelter, as night falls and cool breezes waft from the lake — time for an evening stroll! This year, the summer solstice arrives on Wednesday, June 21. Welcome, Summer!
June 20, 2023 Edition
110 Years Ago - 1913 On Saturday the Callicoon Fire Department sold to the newly organized Lake Huntington Fire Department, the hand engine which was used here before the hydrants were put in, … more
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Falls at Reynolds’ Mill: Thanks to Elise Hornbeck for identifying the falls in Glancing Back (May 23, 2023 issue). The feature formerly existed at the Reynolds sawmill on Chestnut Creek, near what is now the New York City DEP sewer facility, which was renovated in 2019. Readers who would like to learn more about the falls, the tannery, or the town of Neversink in general, can visit the Time and The Valleys Museum in Grahamsville to find out more.
June 13, 2023 Edition
150 Years Ago - 1873 Messrs. Gardner, Casey & Co. of Hortonville offers the following rates of good rye straw — $11 per ton is offered for flail threshed rye straw; $9 per ton for … more
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