The Way We Were

Culled by Judy Garrison From

June 1917 issues of

The Andes Recorder 100 Years Ago

 Week In and About ANDES

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Events of a Week as Chronicled by

the Man on the Street

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With commentary by Jim Andrews

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Mr. and Mrs. David Ballantine visited his son at Garden City, Long Island, the past week, making the trip by auto. Mrs. A. L. Carman accompanied them as far as New York.

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…We believe that on temperance question Delaware county is not fairly represented in congress. We believe that for the good of our country the liquor traffic should be prohibited during the war. We believe that the waste of food in the manufacture of alcoholic liquor should be stopped by the federal government at this time. And we call upon every patriotic woman of our town to use every possible influence for the accomplishment of these ends.   Signed, Andes Local W. C. T. U. [Jim Andrews: Andes was a dry town from the 1870s until the 1940s, so during this period the WCTU (Women’s Christian Temperance Union) was very active (obviously, since Andes had its own branch)].

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Mrs. E. A. Knapp informs us that May 25, 1877, (just 40 years ago), there was a heavy, cold rain in Delhi all day and that in Meredith the precipitation turned to snow and covered the ground, fences and roofs of buildings, remaining a sufficient time to give the entire landscape a compact white appearance.

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President Wilson has set June 5^th as the registration day under selective draft and on that day all men who have reached their 21^st birthday and have not reached their 31^st birthday must register between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. Any person who does not register shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year, and shall then be registered.

With commentary by Jim Andrews

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Mr. and Mrs. David Ballantine visited his son at Garden City, Long Island, the past week, making the trip by auto. Mrs. A. L. Carman accompanied them as far as New York.

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…We believe that on temperance question Delaware county is not fairly represented in congress. We believe that for the good of our country the liquor traffic should be prohibited during the war. We believe that the waste of food in the manufacture of alcoholic liquor should be stopped by the federal government at this time. And we call upon every patriotic woman of our town to use every possible influence for the accomplishment of these ends.   Signed, Andes Local W. C. T. U. [Jim Andrews: Andes was a dry town from the 1870s until the 1940s, so during this period the WCTU (Women’s Christian Temperance Union) was very active (obviously, since Andes had its own branch)].

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The Andes Creamery Company now receives over 300 cans of skim milk every