An Appeal to Santa Claus

Oh, Santa, can’t you come again?

Just see the dolly that you gave!

She’s gone and slipped out of my hands —

Her head is all that I can save!

My daddy says that you can’t come

Until another year has passed.

But years are very, very  long —

Just think how long a year can last!

I loved my dolly — oh, so much!

My heart ’most broke when down she fell.

But, Santa — let me whisper it —

Another doll might do as well.

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THE D. & H.’s NEW SCHEDULE

New Timetable Goes Into Effect — Residents of Altamont and Other Towns Dissatisfied.

For more than forty years the Delaware and Hudson railroad has tried to carry out  a system of train service between Altamont and Albany that in a measure was satisfactory to the traveling public. As far back as we can remember a local train has been run to Albany leaving here at 7:50 and another train from Oneonta arrived here about 8:40. Both these trains were well patronized and gave excellent service. For some reason these trains have been discontinued and in their place we have a through train due here at 7:40. From that time until 12 o’clock, four hours and twenty minutes, no passenger trains are run to Albany. People living at a distance, notably the residents of Berne and other places on the mountain, will be placed at a great disadvantage, as the stages from that section do not arrive in Altamont until about 8:30 each morning. Those driving here with the idea of catching a train for the city will be compelled either to make an extra effort to reach here by 7:40, or wait until noon, at which time two trains are available within the space of one hour. From one until five o-clock in the afternoon there are no trains going to Albany, another long wait of four hours.

The railroad company seems to be rather inconsiderate of the needs of a large section of the country lying adjacent to Altamont and other villages in this vicinity. A train halfway between these two periods would undoubtedly relieve the situation. We hope some effort will be made whereby this can be accomplished.

ITEMS OF INTEREST        

Newsy Notes Gathered From All Parts of the Empire State Telling What Others Are Talking About.

The bi-ennial epidemic of measles is upon the city of Schenectady. The health department has quarantined over fifty homes.

Two hundred and eighty dollars is the price of murder in New York City. That was the amount paid to the professional gunmen who assassinated Barnet Baff, a rich poultry dealer, on November 24.

A recent investigation by the education department of the home life of school children who appeared to be ill-nourished, resulted in the finding that many of Albany’s school children are given beer with their food and the meal often comprised no more than dry bread and beer. These children, according to superintendent of schools C. Edward Jones, generally were found to be mentally dull and their growth had been retarded. Dr. Jones stated that lack of proper food was greater than lack of sufficient food.

A dispute over coasting last Friday night at Ballston caused an assault in which Frank Pastore stabbed Harvey Chambers. A number of boys, including Chambers, who is 17 years old, were coasting on Blittersdorff’s hill, and when Pastore, who is 15 years old, asked to ride, he was refused. Pastore then took a knife from his pocket and slashed Chambers about the face, making a number of wounds. The thumb of his right hand was nearly severed when he threw up his arm to protect himself.

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 Quite Handy

“The automobile is a great institution.”

“For instance?”

“You can sit up in it as you pass a friend and crawl under it when a creditor heaves into sight.”

— Louisville Courier-Journal