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October 31, 2023 Edition
150 Years Ago -   1873 The Hancock Cornet Band will give a grand vocal and orchestral entertainment at Harmonie Hall, Callicoon Depot, next Friday evening. Mrs. Peter Wagner of … more
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October 24, 2023 Edition
150 Years Ago -   1873 A man may as well expect to grow stronger by always eating, as wiser by always reading. The United States steamer Juanita has arrived at St. John, Newfoundland … more
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October 17, 2023 Edition
150 Years Ago -   1873 Hunters’ hounds are receiving a thorough training preparatory of next winter’s hunt. This season will prove to be an unbearable one for some bears. … more
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October 10, 2023 Edition
150 Years Ago -   1873 Mr. Henry Rose informs us that the bridge which is situated near his residence is in sad need of repair. P. Jacobs of Youngsville has assumed the directorship of … more
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October 3, 2023 Edition
150 Years Ago -   1873 Mr. A.P. Childs, formerly of the Record, has charge of the Youngsville District School. This seminary is classed among the best around here and the District is to be … more
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Springs at White Sulphur: Glass plate negatives in a collection at the Sullivan County Historical Society’s archives in Hurleyville have contained mostly unlabeled images. A closer look at one plate reveals lettering apparently etched into the rocks: “White Sulphur Springs of New York.” The rest of the letters are tough to decipher. In 1916, the mineral springs 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.
September 26, 2023 Edition
150 Years Ago -   1873 Mr. Wales of Pike Pond, County Republican Chairman, attended a convention in Saratoga where he met an old associate, George William Curtis, chairman of the … more
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September 19, 2023 Edition
140 Years Ago - 1883 Wish to buy apples for cider and will pay fifteen cents per bushel for good cider apples delivered at my mill. A   Grouten. A special meeting of Frasier Post 361, … more
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September 12, 2023 Edition
150 Years Ago -   1873 The Fremont Union Schuetzen Verein will meet at Fremont Center on Wednesday, September 10. This society already musters   60 members and is now very popular in … more
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Ferndale’s marketplace: This intersection in the town of Liberty has changed a few times. The hamlet was known as Liberty Falls in its early days, but with the advent of train service, the name was causing havoc with the mail, and so it is said the name was changed to Ferndale. The grist mill and original stone bridge are evident in this postcard from the early 1900s. The chimney on the left is a reminder of the tannery that was once located in the hamlet, of which nothing remains. The mill pond, which was drained away long ago, was fed by the Middle Mongaup River which still wends its way through the town en route to Swinging Bridge Reservoir.
September 5, 2023 Edition
150 Years Ago -   1873 The Hankins nitroglycerin factory has suspended operations. More than 800 people were in town on Fair Day in Jeffersonville. The Hortonville Paper Factory … more
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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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