Brooklyn – Israel Reynolds, of West Brooklyn, died at his home on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 1917, where he had lived practically all his life of 80 years.  His funeral was held on Friday, Rev. T. J. Vaughn officiating.  Mrs. Reynolds is very sick, not expected to live, and did not know of her husband’s death at the time.

Glenwood – The Sons of Veterans and wives, of Freeman P. Whitney’s Camp, of South Gibson, invited the Sons of Veterans and wives of Russell Phillip’s Camp, of this place, to meet with them to witness the installation of their new officers for the following year.  Chicken pie was to be served, but on account of the scarcity of chicken, the Glenwood boys and wives were royally entertained and treated to coffee, baked beans and sandwiches.

Franklin Twp. – Mrs. Wm. Austin spent Sunday afternoon in Hallstead with her mother, Mrs. Geo. Shoemaker, and son, Lyman Jameson, who presented her with a beautiful rocking chair, which was made in the Hallstead chair factory.

Middletown – A sleighload of young people from Silver Lake, including James McCormick, Guss Murphy, Walter Giblin, Jeremiah Mahoney, Ward Murphy, Raymond Donnelly, Francis Mahoney, Walter Murphy, John Kane, Joseph McCormick, Winifred Hannigan, Mary Heavey, Mary Donnelly, Bertha Kane, Marie Murphy, Kathryn Heavey, Mary Murphy and Edna Ward, attended the dance at Middletown Center.

Springville – At his late home occurred the death of Ira Ward, Jan 2, 1917, after a few days’ illness of pneumonia.  Deceased was a son of Sanders and Almira Ward and was born in Norwich, N.Y. in 1838.  He was united in marriage to Miss Lucetta Wallace, Nov. 30, 1861.  Their union was blessed by six children, of which four survive, Worthy, of Malta, Ill.; Oscar, of Montrose; Eddie and Stanley, of Springville, and the widow of the deceased, of Springville. His brother, James, of Nicholson, attended the funeral.  Deceased came to Pennsylvania in 1866, spending the greater part of his life, over 50 years, in this community.  He was a veteran of the Civil war, a member of 144 Light Artillery. ALSO There is one school in this district that is teaching an important lesson in patriotism by swinging to the breeze the Stars and Stripes every school day, unless it be a very stormy one.  This is Kasson school, presided over by Miss Winifred Smales.

Nicholson – The Nicholson Examiner thinks that none of the Nicholson hotels will apply for liquor licenses this year.

Montrose – While in the Subway Lunch, in the space of an hour’s time, it was observed that a veteran of the Civil War, a veteran of the Spanish-American war, and one of our young men who had returned from the Mexican border—William Holmes—had entered the restaurant.  And, as a finishing touch, Claude Miller, who had served under the heat of battle in France for over 5 months, was also present.  When it became known that the latter had “faced the war music” in Europe, he was the center of attraction and for about two hours Mr. Miller entertained those who tarried, in relating many incidents as he recalled them from the bloody trenches, and also giving bits of information in relation to the cities of London and Paris, which he had visited.

Kingsley – Stearns Bros., of Kingsley, have installed a “Calfway” milker outfit for Chas. B. Dayton, of South Montrose.  Mr. Dayton has a large herd of Holstein cattle and finds it impossible to secure help for hand milking.  With the “Calfway” he is milking and caring for 20 cows without outside help. 

Susquehanna – Burgess O’Connell gave Henry Smith ten days in the lockup today as the result of Smith’s arrest of drunkenness, disorderly conduct and reckless driving.  Smith appeared in Susquehanna, from Jackson township, with a one-horse rig and whooped it up until he was gathered in.

Parkvale, Dimock Twp. – Icy roads make it dangerous traveling these days.  Horses have to be very sharp to stand up and people, too.

Jackson – A. C. Crosby, of Binghamton, has erected a steam saw mill upon the farm recently purchased from O. C. Galloway, at Maple Ridge.

Lynn – W. B. Fish has hot and cold water installed in his house; also running water to the barn.

Clifford – John Irving, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of this place, passed to the great beyond Dec. 29, 1916, as the result of paralysis, aged 86 years, having been born in 1830 on the farm where he spent his life, unmarried, until declining years made a change necessary and went to live with his sister until her death a few years ago. He inherited his excellent qualities from his parents, who were hardy Scotch pioneers.  Interment in Elkdale Cemetery.

Forest City – A three-day Chautauqua, commencing Jan. 20, will be held here.  Frank Dixon, the well-known lecturer will be one of the chief drawing cards.

News Brief: Five hundred gallons of whiskey, wine and beer were poured into the city water wagon at Phoenix, Ariz., and the streets of the business section sprinkled with liquor.  Two hundred automobiles and several floats formed a parade that followed the water wagon.  A band played a dirge.  The liquor was confiscated in raids by the sheriff under the new Arizona prohibition law, and its disposition was ordered by Judge Stanford. ALSO Col. W. F. Cody, known all over the world as “Buffalo Bill,” died in Denver.  Col. Cody was the most picturesque figure of Indian days on the frontier and the country mourns the death of this famous scout and Indian fighter. Cody got his name by furnishing buffalo meat for the men engaged in building the transcontinental railroad across the plains.

200 Years Ago from the Montrose Centinel, January 11, 1817. 

*Married, in Springville, on the 5th inst., by J. W. Raynsford, Esq., Mr. Benoni Tuttle to Miss Susan Rosengrants.

*Note Found. Found, in the township of Bridgewater about four weeks since, a NOTE OF HAND, signed Jacob Tewksbury, payable to Robinson & King, of Fourteen Dollars.  The owner can have the same by calling on the Editor of the Centinel and paying for this advertisement, as I have left said note in his lands.  HART ROBERTS, Jan. 8, 1817.

*Silver Lake Bank. The Silver Lake Bank was organized on the 4th instant, and the following gentlemen were chosen Directors:--Robert H. Rose, James Pumpelly, Ebenezer Dana, Charles Pumpelly, John H. Avery, William Camp, John A. Drake, Isaac Post, David Post, Benjamin Lathrop, John Lanning, George Scott, and John W. Robinson.  Directors on the 6th inst. chose Robert H. Rose, President and Putnam Catlin, Cashier.

*Milford and Owego Turnpike. At an election for officers of the Milford and Owego Turnpike Road Company for 1817, held at the house of Edward Fuller in this village on Monday last, Robert H. Rose was elected President, Abraham T. Stryker, Charles Geer, Jonathan West, Isaac P. Foster, Charles Fraser, Isaac Post, Frederick Bailey, Bartlett Hinds, Isaac Rynearson, Stephen Wilson, John Brink & James Barton, Managers, Putnam Catlin, Treasurer.  Benjamin P. Case was appointed Secretary by the Board of Managers.

In any litigation, the court must consider whether a litigant has “standing” to initiate a proceeding.  The concept of standing is a judicially created doctrine designed to bar litigants from the court where the litigant has no direct interest in the outcome of the litigation.  When a litigant’s standing to pursue legal action is challenged, the litigant must demonstrate that he or she has been aggrieved in some concrete and real manner by the action of the other party.  For a litigant to be considered aggrieved, it must be demonstrated that litigant has a “substantial, direct and immediate interest in the litigation.”  For an interest to be “substantial,” it must be an interest that it greater than the general interest of all citizens in the litigation.  For an interest to be “direct,” a litigant must demonstrate that the purported harm to the litigant has a causal relationship with the other party’s conduct.  Finally, for an interest to be “immediate,” the potential harm to the litigant must not be remote or speculative.

In layman’s terms, a litigant has standing where they have alleged some kind of actual injury which was caused by the conduct of the other party.  This is a preliminary inquiry – it has nothing to do with the merits of the claim asserted or even whether the law itself allows for recovery.  The concept of standing exists to prevent a litigant without any interest in the outcome of the litigation to file a legal action.  Occasionally, the legislature enacts specific statutes that confer standing on certain groups of litigations, such as the grandparent standing statute that has been discussed in previous columns.

A recent case from the Superior Court provides a good example of the concept of standing.  In Rellick-Smith v. Rellick, Rose Rellick created two certificates of deposit totaling nearly $300,000 in August 2006 and indicated that the funds were held in trust for three of her relatives, namely two nieces (Sharleen and Kimberly) and a sister (Betty).  In 2009, Betty and Kimberly used their authority as Rose Rellick’s power of attorney to remove Sharleen’s name off of the certificates of deposit.  Sharleen was not informed that this had been done and still believed that she was named as a beneficiary of those CDs.

After Rose Rellick’s death, Betty and Kimberly withdrew all of the monies from the certificates of deposit and divided it between themselves.  Sharleen received none of the monies.  Sharleen then filed an action seeking to recoup her share of the proceeds from the certificates of deposit contending that it had been Rose Rellick’s intent that the money be divided between the three relatives – not just two of the relatives.  Sharleen contended that Betty and Kimberly had abused their authority as Rose Rellick’s power of attorney to enrich themselves and essentially disinherit Sharleen.

The Orphan’s Court found that Sharleen did not have standing and dismissed her claim.  In short, because Rose Rellick had died, the Orphan’s Court determined that the only party that could challenge the actions of taken by Rellick’s power of attorney would be her estate and its personal representative.  Because Sharleen was not the personal representative of the Estate, the Orphan’s Court found that she lacked standing to challenge the actions of Rose Rellick’s power of attorney – even where those actions resulted in Sharleen losing approximately $100,000.

On appeal, the Pennsylvania Superior Court reversed the Orphan’s Court and found that Sharleen had standing to challenge the removal of her name from the certificates of deposit by Betty and Kimberly.  The Superior Court found that Sharleen had alleged that she was “an aggrieved party as she has a substantial, direct and immediate interest in the outcome of the litigation.”  Moreover, the Superior Court concluded that finding that a named beneficiary of a trust does not have standing to challenge the misuse of a power of attorney to remove that beneficiary “could lead to an absurd and unjust result.”

Standing seems like a straightforward concept – but its application can be difficult depending upon the facts that are presented in a particular litigation.

What the pharmacy doesn’t sell

People come into the pharmacy and ask the pharmacist what really works for a cold. These are the rare moments when the pharmacist could not sell them the item that can really knock a cold: hot chicken soup. Is this an Old Wives’ Tale? Is it similar to dabbing whiskey on a baby’s gums to alleviate teething pain – a risky, toxic idea? In truth, nutrition scientists have been exploring the medicinal abilities of chicken soup – not to cure a cold – but to make it easier to deal with and possibly even shorten it. The scientists’  rationale is to justify why half of all the chicken noodle soup sold in the US is purchased during the cold and flu season. Here’s what researchers have found so far.

It is cleansing. “Consume plenty of fluids” is often advised when you are ill. A body full of germs needs to be flushed to get healthy. To that effect, the abundant broth in chicken soup increases the hydration your body needs to scoot your cold-fighting antibodies where they need to go. It is disinfecting. Chicken soup is generally fairly salty, so that when it goes down your throat it acts in much the same way as gargling warm salt water. In other words, it removes bacteria in the throat, mouth, and tonsils.

It clears sinuses. Chicken soup Increases air flow and mucus movement. Much like other warm liquids (such as tea), it can help to clear the sinuses with steam. It is strengthening. The lean protein in chicken and nutrients from added vegetables work to perk you up when your body is feeling drained of energy. The soup slows the movement of neutrophils (common white blood cells that defend against infection) which may help reduce upper respiratory cold symptoms by minimizing inflammation in the lungs and sinuses. Hot chicken soup also Increases the function of cilia, which are hair-like projections in the nose that prevent contagious organisms from entering the body.

When cooked, chicken meat releases cysteine, an amino acid that helps loosen mucus in the lungs and nasal passages making it easier for you to cough it out and to blow your nose. Don’t forget to load up your chicken soup with fresh vegetables – even if the kind you buy comes with its own. Carrots contain, calcium, potassium, and vitamins B and C as well as beta carotene, which is a provitamin that is converted to vitamin A. Carrots also have antiseptic properties. Garlic fights viruses and bacteria. Onions contain the flavonoid quercetin, which has antioxidant and antihistamine properties. They also contain properties that help fight infections. Celery is rich in vitamin C and has been shown to reduce inflammation and help prevent free radical damage. Vitamin C boosts the immune system to help fighting a cold.

Make your soup fun! While this pharmacist uses canned chicken broth, he adds a lot of colorful and nutrient-packed garden vegetables to it: scallions, broccoli, red peppers, Brussels sprouts, turnips, parsnips, bay leaf, and maybe a touch of either rosemary or dill. A dash of horseradish will give it bite and will clear your sinuses.

Chicken soup has been recognized as an important part of the physician's armamentarium for thousands of years. As far back as 60 AD, Pedacius Dioscorides, an army surgeon under the emperor Nero, was responsible for the book “De Materia Medica,” which, among other natural science knowledge, discusses chicken soup. Another dude, this time from the second century AD, Aretaeus the Cappadocian, an author of disease causes, symptoms and treatments, is credited with describing how boiled chicken can treat respiratory tract disorders. This winter, stock up on chicken soup as well as the ingredients that make it even better. Best part: no prescription required!

Ron Gasbarro, PharmD is a registered pharmacist, medical writer, and principal at Rx-Press.com. Visit him at www.rx-press.com.