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Culled from September 1908 issues of The Andes Recorder — 100 Years Ago
THE NEWS IN AND ABOUT ANDES

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Events of a Week as Chronicled by the
Man on the Street

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There was a great exodus of city people Thursday morning returning to their homes.

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In the Canada Hollow school district school will not be held this year. The two or three children in the district will [be] sent to Dunraven.

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The Badgley & Mack Amusement Company were here Tuesday night with their moving pictures and illustrated songs and as usual gave an excellent show. Their light throws a very clear picture on the canvass. The Night Riders of Kentucky gave an excellent idea of the scenes enacted there.

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Early week: The drouth remains unbroken. Later week: The drouth is becoming more serious every day and a water famine is threatened. In Andes village, since the waste was stopped, there has been sufficient water for domestic use. In many places streams are practically dry, only a few places containing any water. Springs never known to fail are now dry and cattle have difficulty in getting enough to drink. Last week in September: The drouth continues, with not even a shower since September 5. Its equal has not been seen since 1854.
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Clark A. Sanford, editor of the Catskill Mountain News at Margaretville, has been ill with diphtheria.

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Alex Liddle and Will Doig shipped a car of stock, mostly lambs, to New York this week

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John Forrest has completed his duties as salesman at Hotchkiss & Tuttle’s and his place has been taken by Duncan Ballantine.

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Mr. and Mrs. Oscan Edson of New York city, are stopping at the Dowie House [ed.: the former Ellie Contrini house above the cemetery.]. This is their first visit to Andes and they came thru seeing it in a list of resorts in the New York Times.

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Andes now has a real estate office. F. W. Treible and C. B. Johnson [ed.: Andes lawyer Charles B. Johnson, who lived in the current Louise Redden house.] have formed a partnership and will deal in real estate of all kinds and solicit your business.

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Although this has not been a good potato season, a potato grown by Frank Holmes was brought to the Recorder office this week, which weighed one pound and ten ounces,

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Wednesday evening the D. & E. train due in Andes at 7:05 struck two of Frank Liddle’s cows that had gotten on the track. One cow was badly injured and the other had a leg broken. ~