PLATTSBURGH SENTINEL, Friday, Mar. 5, 1920 ST ALBANS Mrs. Mary Alice (Reed) Brooks, wife of H. Kibbee Brooks, died Sunday night aged 49 years. THE PLATTSBURGH SENTINEL AND CLINTON COUNTY FARMER, Friday Morning, Sept. 25, 1903 MOOERS. Sept. 24. - John Brooks returned home from Ellenburgh Monday of this week bringing with him his bride who was Miss Lena McGregor.... PLATTSBURGH SENTINEL AND CLINTON COUNTY FARMER, Friday morning, Sept. 25, 1903 DEATH OF WATSON BROOKS. Died, at his home in Ellenburgh Tuesday evening, Sept. 15th Watson Brooks, aged 24 years. Mr. Brooks was leading a horse to water and while putting up the bars the animal kicked him, he receiving the full force of the blow on the side of the head just over the right ear. He was unconscious when found and remained in this condition to within a few hours of death. Watson left home seven years ago and worked on the electric light works in Houghton, Mich., where he married Miss Emma Genahling, June 4, 1899. He came home last spring to take care of his father, John Brooks of Ellenburgh. He leaves a wife, two children, a father, three brothers, and two sisters to mourn his loss. The funeral was held at Ellenburgh in the M.E. church and was largely attended by sorrowing friends and neighbors. Many handsome floral designs were contributed. ____________________ Card of Thanks. The undersigned hereby tenders her heartfelt thanks to kind friends and neighbors for their assistance and tokens of respect during the painful suffering and death of her husband. MRS. EMMA BROOKS. PLATTSBURGH SENTINEL, Fri., Oct. 22, 1926 John Brooks and wife of Mooers sold to Luce? Jane Stratton Bowes of the same place, property in Mooers. No consideration was given. PLATTSBURGH SENTINEL, July 1894 The Summer School is proving to be a very successful enterprise, as the register below will show the interest taken, and School Com'r Duffy is entitled to much praise for his perseverance. With such instructors as Miss Kellas and Prof. Norse, it is safe to predict a profitable term. The following is the list of students so far: ...Julia Brooks, O. Fifield, Anna M. Brooks, Minnie Brooks, ... PLATTSBURGH SENTINEL, Friday, October 1, 1886 Runaway Accident at Rouses Point. L. E. Brooks and wife, of the Alburgh Springs House, Mrs. G. Brooks, his mother, and sister, Mrs. Cheney, and Mrs. Morse, of Athol, were the victims of a serious runaway at Rouses Point on Wednesday of last week. They were driving about the village when the evener broke, letting the whiffletrees upon the horses who started on a run, Mr. Brooks being unable to control them, and the carriage was overturned in the ditch opposite the Frontier House, the occupants being thrown to the ground with the carriage on top of them. Mrs. Brooks suffered a broken ankle and some serious bruises. Mr. Brooks had his left leg badly strained, his shoulder injured and a cut side of the face. They were carried to the Frontier House and made as comfortable as possible, and afterward to the Windsor. Strangely enough the venerable Mrs. Brooks was uninjured and seemed to bear up under the excitement the best of any of them. PLATTSBURGH SENTINEL, Nov. 15, 1889 Mrs. M. F. Brooks went to Lowell last week to visit friends. PLATTSBURGH SENTINEL, Friday morning, Dec. 3, 1886. --Erastus Brooks, former editor of the New York Express, whose death occurred on the 25th, was the last of the eminent New York editors of the era of Greeley, Bennett, Webb and Raymond. He was a leading "Silver Gray" before the was and became a Democrat. Death of Erastus Brooks. Erastus Brooks died at his residence in West New Brighton, S. I., at 8:40 o'clock Thursday morning, Nov. 25th. Although Mr. Brooks had suffered a very painful illness of two months his death was peaceful. The nerves of sensation had already been paralyzed, but he was aware of the fact that his illness was fatal, and retained full possession of his mental faculties up to within a few hours of his death. The immediate cause of death was funtional failure of the heart resulting from prostration of the system. Mr. Brooks was seized with pleuro-pneumonia September 13th last. He made aspeech at the Lake Mohunk meeting subsequent to his temporary recovery from illness, and the effort strained his lungs so that he was again prostrated. The funeral occurred on Saturday at the church of the Ascension, West Brighton, of which the deceased was the senior warden. He and his brother James founded the New York Express. They began life as Whigs, but drifted into the Democratic party in 1851. He was the contemporary of Horace Greeley, James Gordon Bennett, William Cullen Bryant, Thurlow Weed, Edwin Croswell, &c. He had been Member of Assembly, State Senator, and the Know Nothing candidate for Governor in 1856. PLATTSBURG SENTINEL, Friday, May 19, 1893 WEDNESDAY Wednesday was occupied by Miss Woodruff of the Normal School, who taught the institute as a class in drawing, and her work, which has always been very beneficial to every teacher of this subject, was of a most practical and valuable nature. The Conductor took up language, "Interest vs. Methods, and Primary Arithmetic." He showed his characteristic practibility, by doing actual teaching as well as giving many sound and substantial principles, which showed much and varied experience. NAMES OF TEACHERS. Orson Fifield, Mooers Forks. Minnie Brooks, Mooers. Julia Brooks, Mooers. The Spelling contest created considerable enthusiasm, there being one hundred words to spell, and a Webster's Unabridged Dictionary to be given to the one who spelled correctly and capitalized the greatest number of words. The contest was very close. Prof. Quinn of Champlain won the prize by getting 96 per cent. Miss Eva A. Brown of West Chazy, Miss Mary Coonan of Champlain, Miss Nettie Thurber of Chateaugay, each getting 95 per cent. Miss Minnie Brooks of Mooers, spelling 96 but missed one capital.