Culled by Judy Garrison From July 1918 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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It may not be generally known that the local Auxiliary [American Red Cross] pays for all material for the work room activities, and for the yarn. Between now and September it is asked to buy material for and make 100 Refugee garments…
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Merchants must not sell a second lot of sugar to the same household for canning purposes unless they obtain a permit from the local Administrator; any householder can get 25 pound of sugar on a canning certificate, but they cannot get a second certificate …when the used certificates are returned to the Food Administrator at Walton, they will show whether any person has evaded the law.
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Eat more fish, says the food administration, for fish feed themselves.
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John Connor has sold his property on High street to Dennis Hughes, the junk man from Bovina. The price paid was $650.
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Adam Biggar, in Biggar Hollow, sustained a bad fall Wednesday afternoon, while hiving bees. He was on a ladder up an apple tree ten or twelve feet from the ground and as he reached for his saw, a round of the ladder broker and he fell to the ground striking on his side…Mr. Biggar was still unable to turn himself in bed Thursday.
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James Little, who is the chauffeur for David Ballantine, has had blood poisoning in his right hand the past week. His arm was swollen to the shoulder and had to be lanced. The trouble started from the bite of a Long Island mosquito [sic].
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George H. Norton, who for the past year has been with a geological survey corps in Idaho, Arizona and Utah, arrived home Monday night for a vacation. His coming was unknown to his parents.
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Monday was St. Swithin’s day, whereon if it rain, it will rain 40 days. If it does not rain, then the skies will be fair during that long interval. It did not rain in Andes.
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Hotels, restaurants, and boarding houses are on the 3 lb. basis; when their allotted stock (July-August-September) is used, they cannot buy more for these months. They are asked not to keep the sugar-bowl or sugar on the table, and to deal a minimum allowance to each guest; this is now being done all over the country. No frosting or sugar is now allowed on cakes. Do your bit save for the boys in France.
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Judge Bruce has had electric lights installed in his summer residence.
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Andes real estate transfers recorded are John W. Bohlman and others to Helen Gorsch, $1500. [ED: This is the current Andes Library Building.]
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A heavy hail storm late last Friday afternoon did considerable damage to gardens and crops in portions of Andes and Bovina….At Mr. Strangeway’s the storm was terrific and in a depression in the meadow opposite his house there was a bank of hail about 10 feet across and the following day it measured two and one-half feet in depth. At W.L. Clark’s the storm was also severe, cutting his garden and other crops swverely. Mr. Clark says the hail was the size of chestnuts and that he never saw a hail storm its equal….Some of the first stones that fell [at William Archibald’s in Bovina] were nearly as large as plums, but in the main storm they were larger than peas.
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Six young men went from the town of Andes to camp Dix on Monday, viz: Howard Gladstone, Lemuel Butler, John Clement, Archie Titch, Ed Van Dusen and Mr. Bee.
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The Town Board has increased the number of election districts in town of Andes from two to four to provide for the women voters. Those in districts No. 1 and No. 2 will vote in Andes village. No. 3 is the Shavertown district and No. 4 is Union Grove. This change does not effect the Primary this year…
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Attorney Andrew C. Fenton, who has been suffering for six weeks from an attack of influenza, is no better. His physician has ordered a complete rest and change of air. As soon as he is able to travel he expects to go to the seashore ….He has been forbidden to discuss business matters and can see no clients at all, no matter how important the occasion may be.~