1913 Christmas Post Card
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1913 Christmas Card
Christmas Cards sometimes arrive after Christmas. I went through my extensive old Postcard scans file and found a few cards that I don’t think I have posted. So here is a belated very old Christmas Card.
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Others in 1915
Joseph Meyer, a glass cutter, and his wife Florence Van Eastenbridge had a son Raymond. Florence was the daughter of Mary van Eastenbridge Bosch and Mary’s first husband. Alexander and Ida Wait had two children. His mother Mary Wait lived … Continue reading
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Mountain Grove House 1915
Homestead Cottage Burns Down The Homestead Cottage on Collins Road that Mort and Jennie Austin ran, burned down in 1915 or 1916. Mort and Jenny then purchased Mountain Grove House, which seems to be the Austin house on Proctor Road … Continue reading
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Eldred News, March and August 1915
Abel A. Hazen has purchased a new automobile of the Studebaker type. Mr. Hazen is learning to operate his machine and will use it in carrying his summer guests from and to Shohola station. Mr. Hazen’s boarding house is finely … Continue reading
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Eldred News, February 23, 1915
Mr. and Mrs. J.R. [Jackson] Myers spent Wednesday in Port Jervis. Sunday was A.S. [Abel] Myers’ 80th birthday. He had two pretty birthday cakes and many expressions of good will from his many friends. Many were remembered with cards from … Continue reading
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Indian Motorcycle Company
In the summer of 1911, the race team for the Indian Motorcycle Manufacturing Company (originally called the Hendee Manufacturing Company) took the first three places in the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy. Over in Highland Lake, Ed Bosch drove his … Continue reading
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R.M.S. Lusitania
On May 7, 1915, the R.M.S. Lusitania, an ocean liner owned by the Cunard Line, was torpedoed by a German U-boat, 8 miles off Kinsale, Ireland. The Lusitania sank in 18 minutes, and 1,198 of the 1,959 people aboard were … Continue reading
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9 Cousins
C. Raymond Austin 1900–1983 William S. Austin 1903–1979 Clara Leavenworth 1907–1967 Clinton Leavenworth 1909–1983 Arthur L. Austin 1913–1991 Anna Leavenworth 1913–1974 Robert C. Austin 1915–2008 James Leavenworth 1922–2003 Charlotte Hirsch Schroedel 1924–November 27, 2012 I was saddened to hear that … Continue reading
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Uncle Bill’s Report Card 1914
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