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44-581: The News traces its roots to the founding of the Utilitarian in 1863. The first newspaper in the town of Margaretville , the paper was published by Orson M. Allaben . After passing through a number of hands it was purchased by the Catskill Mountain News . In 1894, the Margaretville Messenger was founded by a stock company, which hired as editor John Grant. It continued to 1902, when it

88-510: A local currency that is pegged to the U.S. dollar or the New Zealand dollar . The Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (in Cyprus ) use the euro. Since decimalisation on Decimal Day in 1971, the pound has been divided into 100 pence (denoted on coinage, until 1981, as "new pence"). The symbol for the penny is "p"; hence an amount such as 50p (£0.50) properly pronounced "fifty pence"

132-399: A penny", "two and a penny", etc. 5 shillings, for example, was written as "5 s ." or, more commonly, "5/–" (five shillings, no pence). Various coin denominations had, and in some cases continue to have, special names, such as florin (2/–), crown (5/–), half crown (2/6 d ), farthing ( 1 ⁄ 4 d ), sovereign (£1) and guinea (21s, 21/–, £1–1–0 or £1.05 in decimal notation). By

176-523: A post office station. It was actually a small addition made onto the G.G. Decker store. In 1894, William H. Eells started the Margaretville Messenger newspaper. In 1904, Clarke A. Sanford bought the Margaretville Messenger and changed the name to the Catskill Mountain News . Sanford's editorial column was titled "Mountain Dew" and ran until the 1960s. In 1905, the Delaware and Eastern Railroad (later changed to

220-580: A road from Marbletown to Pakatakan (near present-day Margaretville and Arkville ). In the 1770s, the original settlers paid "one hundred forty-nine pounds and 19 shillings " to American Indians for the land. In 1778, the East Branch of the Delaware River valley's settlers were driven off by the American Indians. In June 1778, a combined force of Tories and Indians led by Joseph Brant raided

264-525: Is a village in Delaware County , New York , United States. The population was 596 at the 2010 census. The village is in the town of Middletown , on the border of the Catskill Park . Margaretville is located near the geographic center of the town of Middletown at 42°8′51″N 74°39′4″W  /  42.14750°N 74.65111°W  / 42.14750; -74.65111 (42.147496, -74.651090). It

308-655: Is near the eastern end of Delaware County, in the valley of the East Branch Delaware River . According to the United States Census Bureau , the village has a total area of 0.70 square miles (1.82 km ), of which 0.68 square miles (1.77 km ) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km ), or 2.63%, is water. New York State Route 30 runs through the center of the village, leading northeast 19 miles (31 km) to Grand Gorge and west 26 miles (42 km) to Downsville . NY 28 passes through

352-417: Is often pronounced "fifty pee" /fɪfti piː/. The old sign d was not reused for the new penny in order to avoid confusion between the two units. A decimal halfpenny ( ⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠ p, worth 1.2 old pennies) was issued until 1984 but was withdrawn due to inflation . Before decimalisation in 1971 , the pound was divided into 20 shillings , and each shilling into 12 pence , making 240 pence to

396-599: Is the central bank for sterling, issuing its own banknotes and regulating issuance of banknotes by private banks in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Sterling banknotes issued by other jurisdictions are not regulated by the Bank of England; their governments guarantee convertibility at par . Historically, sterling was also used to varying degrees by the colonies and territories of the British Empire . There are various theories regarding

440-561: Is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its associated territories. The pound ( sign: £ ) is the main unit of sterling, and the word pound is also used to refer to the British currency generally, often qualified in international contexts as the British pound or the pound sterling . Sterling is the world's oldest currency in continuous use since its inception. In 2022, it

484-536: The Delaware and Northern Railroad ) was built. The railroad era lasted only into the 1940s. In 1907, Sanford brought the first automobile (a Pope-Toledo) to Margaretville. In 1922, Sanford built the Galli-Curci Theatre (named for the singer Amelita Galli-Curci ) on Main Street. In 1925, Dr. Gordon Bostwick Maurer moved to the community, and his village home quickly became a "veritable hospital". On October 21, 1930,

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528-562: The National Register of Historic Places . As of the census of 2010, there were 596 people, 276 households, and 129 families residing in the village. The population density was 851.4 per square mile (328.7/km ). There were 359 housing units at an average density of 512.8 per square mile (198.0/km ). The racial makeup of the village was 92.3% White , 0.8% African American , 1.2% Native American , 4.7% Asian , and 1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.9% of

572-657: The 1950s, coins of Kings George III , George IV and William IV had disappeared from circulation, but coins (at least the penny) bearing the head of every British monarch from Queen Victoria onwards could be found in circulation. Silver coins were replaced by those in cupro-nickel in 1947, and by the 1960s the silver coins were rarely seen. Silver/cupro-nickel sixpences, shillings (from any period after 1816) and florins (2 shillings) remained legal tender after decimalisation (as 2½p, 5p and 10p respectively) until 1980, 1990 and 1993 respectively, but are now officially demonetised. The pound sterling emerged after

616-469: The Bank of England has exclusively used the single bar variant since 1975. Historically, a simple capital L (in the historic black-letter typeface, L {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {L}}} ) placed before the numerals, or an italic l. after them, was used in newspapers, books and letters. The Royal Mint was still using this style of notation as late as 1939. The glyphs Ł and Ⱡ may occasionally be encountered. Use of

660-453: The League's money was not frequently debased like that of England, English traders stipulated to be paid in pounds of the "Easterlings", which was contracted to "'sterling". The OED dismisses this theory as unlikely, since the stressed first syllable would not have been elided. Encyclopædia Britannica states that the (pre-Norman) Anglo-Saxon kingdoms had silver coins called sterlings and that

704-549: The Margaretville Hospital was incorporated and was built using a two-story white farmhouse near the current high school. On 1931 January 13, the Margaretville Hospital was opened. It was run by Dr. Maurer until his untimely death in 1938. The hospital was expanded in 1944, and again in 1947. In 1969, the Margaretville Memorial Hospital (dedicated to Dr. Maurer) replaced the older facility. Margaretville

748-498: The Roman libra , solidus , and denarius . Notable style guides recommend that the pound sign be used without any abbreviation or qualification to indicate sterling (e.g., £12,000). The ISO 4217 code "GBP" (e.g., GBP 12,000) may also be seen should disambiguation become necessary. The ISO 4217 currency code for sterling is "GBP", formed from the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code for

792-640: The United Kingdom ("GB") and the first letter of "pound". In historical sources and some specialist banking uses, the abbreviation stg (in various styles) has been used to indicate sterling. Many stocks on the London Stock Exchange are quoted in penny sterling, using the unofficial code "GBX". The exchange rate of sterling against the US dollar is referred to as "cable" in the wholesale foreign exchange markets . The origins of this term are attributed to

836-581: The adoption of the Carolingian monetary system in England c.  800 . Here is a summary of changes to its value in terms of silver or gold until 1816. The pound was a unit of account in Anglo-Saxon England . By the ninth century it was equal to 240 silver pence . The accounting system of dividing one pound into twenty shillings , a shilling into twelve pence, and a penny into four farthings

880-399: The average family size was 2.61. In the village, the population was spread out, with 10.6% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 15.3% from 25 to 44, 29.6% from 45 to 64, and 37.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 57.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.8 males. The median income for a household in

924-474: The common phrase "quids in"). Its origin is unknown: possible derivations include scudo , the name for a number of currency units used in Italy until the 19th century, introduced by Italian immigrants; or from Latin quid via the common phrase quid pro quo , literally, "what for what", or, figuratively, "An equal exchange or substitution". The term "nicker" (also both singular and plural) may also refer to

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968-464: The compound noun pound sterling was derived from a pound (weight) of these sterlings. The English word pound derives from the Latin expression lībra pondō , in which lībra is a noun meaning 'pound' and pondō is a noun, in the ablative case , meaning 'by weight'. The currency sign for the pound unit of sterling is £ , which (depending on typeface) may be drawn with one or two bars :

1012-430: The fact that from the mid-19th century, the sterling/dollar exchange rate was transmitted via transatlantic cable. Historically almost every British coin had a widely recognised nickname, such as "tanner" for the sixpence and "bob" for the shilling . Since decimalisation these have mostly fallen out of use except as parts of proverbs. A common slang term for the pound unit is " quid " (singular and plural, except in

1056-647: The growth of the Oneonta market has had a corresponding negative impact on the retail industry in Stamford." He went on to note the future of the publication was a relentlessly local focus, and that of the weeklies he published Catskill Mountain News was the most robust. In 2017, the paper was sold to Joan Lawrence-Bauer, a former writer for the News . The News ended publication in 2020. Margaretville, New York Margaretville

1100-487: The letter ⟨L⟩ for pound derives from medieval Latin documents: "L" was the abbreviation for libra , the Roman pound (weight), which in time became an English unit of weight defined as the tower pound . A "pound sterling" was literally a tower pound (weight) of sterling silver . In the British pre-decimal ( duodecimal ) currency system, the term £sd (or Lsd) for pounds, shillings and pence referred to

1144-402: The loan. Sanford would run the paper for over 60 years, presiding over the expansion of the newspaper. In 1918, he purchased the Utilitarian , altering the News's numbering to date back to that paper's 1863 founding. He also invested in updated Linotype printing, and changed locations as the paper grew. The paper would be passed on to Clarke's son Roswell, on his death in 1964. In turn it

1188-499: The next year. This caused a drop in local trade, but the project did give the village its own sewer system. On January 19, 1996, the entire downtown was damaged in a flood. The village lost ten homes, a gas station, and a diner/ice cream shop. On June 28, 2006, a smaller flood washed out the annual firemen's fund-raising carnival. On August 28, 2011, Hurricane Irene caused record flooding and damage. Many buildings sustained structural damage, and over 100 residents had to take shelter in

1232-576: The origin of the word "sterling". The Oxford English Dictionary states that the "most plausible" etymology is a derivation from the Old English steorra for "star" with the added diminutive suffix -ling , to yield "little star". The reference is to the silver penny used in Norman England in the twelfth century, which bore a small star. Another theory holds that the Hanseatic League

1276-406: The population. There were 276 households, out of which 14.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.7% were married couples living together, 6.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 53.3% were non-families. 56.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 41.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.86 and

1320-536: The pound. The currency of all the Crown Dependencies ( Guernsey , Jersey , Isle of Man ) and a third of British Overseas Territories ( British Antarctic Territory ; Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ; Gibraltar ; and Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha ) is either sterling or pegged to sterling at par. The other British Overseas Territories have

1364-594: The pound. The symbol for the shilling was " s ." – not from the first letter of "shilling", but from the Latin solidus . The symbol for the penny was " d .", from the French denier , from the Latin denarius (the solidus and denarius were Roman coins). A mixed sum of shillings and pence, such as 3 shillings and 6 pence, was written as "3/6" or "3 s . 6 d ." and spoken as "three and six" or "three and sixpence" except for "1/1", "2/1" etc., which were spoken as "one and

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1408-922: The primary locale for You Can Count on Me (2000), music video of " Sugar, We're Goin Down " by Fall Out Boy (2005), and a secondary location for Stake Land (2010). Several surrounding areas including Margaretville and its school were used in the zombie film, The Dead Don't Die , starring Bill Murray , Adam Driver , and Selena Gomez . Pound sterling King Charles III [REDACTED] William, Prince of Wales [REDACTED] Charles III ( King-in-Council ) [REDACTED] Starmer ministry ( L ) Keir Starmer ( L ) Angela Rayner ( L ) ( King-in-Parliament ) [REDACTED] Charles III [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] The Lord Reed The Lord Hodge Andrew Bailey Monetary Policy Committee Sterling ( ISO code : GBP )

1452-513: The reign of King Offa of Mercia (757–796), who introduced a "sterling" coin made by physically dividing a Tower pound (5,400 grains, 349.9 grams) of silver into 240 parts. In practice, the weights of the coins were not consistent, 240 of them seldom added up to a full pound; there were no shilling or pound coins and these units were used only as an accounting convenience . Halfpennies and farthings worth 1 ⁄ 2 and 1 ⁄ 4 penny respectively were also minted, but small change

1496-551: The southern part of the village, leading east 45 miles (72 km) to Kingston and northwest 24 miles (39 km) to Delhi . In 1708, Queen Anne of England gave the Hardenburgh Patent to Johannes Hardenbergh and his associates. Chancellor Robert R. Livingston divided 221,748 acres (897.38 km ) of the land among his family. In 1763 Harmanus DuMond was deeded 75 acres (30 ha) "opposite Margaretville" by Chancellor Livingston. A 1765 map by Will Cockburn shows

1540-662: The valley, including the Margaretville area. On August 26, 1778, a general evacuation was ordered, assisted by guard from Great Shandaken. Before the settlers were driven from their homes, they were given a timely and friendly warning by an Indian named Tunis and returned to the Hudson Valley . The settlers returned after the American Revolutionary War . In 1779, a deed to a Lot No. 39 was given to Livingston's sister, who married Morgan Lewis . A daughter named Margaret

1584-587: The village fire station. The water peaked at over a foot above the previous record from the 1996 flood. On August 29, 2011, the village's CVS Pharmacy collapsed as the floodwaters receded. On April 24, 2007, Travis Trim of North Lawrence, New York , shot a state trooper, who was saved by his bulletproof vest . The following day Trim died during a shootout in Arkville . The District 10 School , First Presbyterian Church of Margaretville , Galli-Curci Theatre , and Van Benschoten House and Guest House are listed on

1628-450: The village was $ 45,625, and the median income for a family was $ 63,125. Males had a median income of $ 41,827 versus $ 28,750 for females. The per capita income for the village was $ 24,723. About 8.2% of families and 15.7% of the population were below the poverty line , including 27.3% of those under age 18 and 9.4% of those age 65 or over. The village and its surrounding area have been a filming location for scenes from Julian Po (1997),

1672-463: Was adopted from the livre carolingienne system introduced by Charlemagne to the Frankish Empire . The penny was abbreviated to "d", from denarius , the Roman equivalent of the penny; the shilling to "s" from solidus (written with a long s , ſ , later evolving into a simple slash , / ); and the pound to "L" (subsequently £ ) from Libra or Livre . The origins of sterling lie in

1716-518: Was born to them. In 1784 settlers returned to area, including Ignos DuMond, nephew of Harmanus DuMond. He sold his claim of land for $ 100 to John Tompkins, who then built the first sawmill. In 1820, the Old Stone Schoolhouse at Dunraven was built. By 1831, Charles Poldino had begun the practice of medicine. Dr. Poldino was also made first postmaster in June 1848, when Margaretville was designated as

1760-450: Was passed to Roswell's son Richard D. Sanford. By 1990, the paper was struggling, which the younger Sanford believed was a result of low overall economic activity in New York's more rural areas. Sanford noted that with shopping increasingly being concentrated in larger stores in more central cities, advertising in rural towns was less sustaining: "Stamford is about 25 miles out of Oneonta , and

1804-429: Was sold to W. E. Eells, who renamed it the Catskill Mountain News . When Eells died suddenly, just two years later, Clarke Sanford, a local schoolteacher, approached his widow about the paper. Eells's widow offered to let Sanford run it on credit. If he were to make a profit, he would pay her the purchase price; if not, she would reclaim the paper. Sanford agreed to the terms and after a tough initial few years made good on

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1848-521: Was the fourth-most-traded currency in the foreign exchange market , after the United States dollar , the euro , and the Japanese yen . Together with those three currencies and the renminbi , it forms the basket of currencies that calculate the value of IMF special drawing rights . As of late 2022, sterling is also the fourth most-held reserve currency in global reserves . The Bank of England

1892-658: Was the hometown of Dr. Orvan Hess , inventor of the fetal heart monitor and one of the first doctors to successfully treat a patient with penicillin . Hess' becoming a doctor was inspired by Dr. Maurer. In 1939, the Margaretville Central School replaced a number of smaller local schools. In 1954, the Pepacton Reservoir dam on the East Branch was finished near Downsville, submerging the neighboring villages of Arena, Union Grove, Shavertown, and Pepacton over

1936-563: Was the origin of its definition, manufacture, and name: the German name for the Baltic is Ostsee ( ' East Sea ' ) and from this the Baltic merchants were called Osterlings ( ' Easterlings ' ). In 1260, Henry III granted them a charter of protection and land for their kontor , the Steelyard of London , which by the 1340s was also called Esterlingeshalle ( ' Easterlings Hall ' ). Because

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