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Newspaper
Belmont Weekly Dispatch
Location
Belmont, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1892
Page
3
Local notes from Wellsville area with reports of gas cuts in Andover and a fire threat seen on Schuyler street. Gossip on community figures, church events, marriages, and a 1892 Allegany County Fair date. Includes post office appointment for Harry E. Davis of Buffalo and remarks on local industry and crime incidents.
Numerous residents and visitors report movements in town and nearby areas. Names include BE Barnum, Chas Clark, E W Chamberlain, George Benjamin, Forest Compton, A W Miner, Mr L Leonard, Geo L Coons, James Johnson, Stoney Dey, Supervisor Fred A Robbins, F J Moses, John Dean, John Wilson, W B Steadwell, O A Beever, Ed Dean, W R Furman, Bert Benjamin, J Godfrey, W R Folsom, Crandall and wife, Miss May Hammond, Ed Merriam, Wm Cranson, E C Foster, Dan Grinder, Mrs John Dean, Ella Dean, Gene Gentlemen, L E Eaton, C Spaulding, Josie Eaton, Irene Spaulding, Geo Graden, Ex-judge Farnum, John W Benjamin, F L Miller, E S Richardson, F A Hyland, Evelyn Hyland, Esther J Childs, E J Weaver, Belmont residents, and others, with travel to Bradford Pa and Fillmore.
Local notes from Belvidere and Angelica report visits, farm moves, and community events. Peter Post turns 85 as the county’s oldest native, while Dennis Crawford dies at his father’s residence. Bridge collapse near Oramel claims Ernest Gray, and the Belfast cheese factory opens with new improvements.
A bustling collection of ads and notes from The Dispatch highlights sales at Wm Richardson & Co and Wm McCracken & Bros, new stock in dry goods and tailoring, and practical tips from household remedies to carbolic advice. It features prices, local agents, and notices for real estate, legal bonds, and local services.
An elderly physician retired from practice offers a free remedy for consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and all throat and lung afflictions plus a radical cure for nervous debility. He provides instructions in German French or English by mail to all who request it, addressing W A Noyes 820 Powers Block Rochester NY.
The Belmont Union School invites patrons and friends to attend rhetorical exercises Friday April 15 at 2 45 p m The programme includesRecitations essays songs and readings by students such as Arthur Peck Nellie Bradley Grace Mariner Lily Riley Kathryn Clark Chas Rigdon and others Also a pharmacological note touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials available.
A special Easter service is planned at the Presbyterian church on Easter Sunday at 7 45 pm. The program includes Prelude introductory reading Gloria music Apostles creed anthem responsive readings prayer reception of new members Easter offering sermon on Easter hopes and closing music. Members are invited to worship again Sunday morning for a sermon titled Our Church.
Over 100 delegates attended the Peoples Party convention at Friendship on Tuesday where resolutions were adopted. One calls for a five per cent interest bill and another condemns senatorial committees for making mortgages taxable as real estate.
How's This We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure F J County Co Props Toledo O We the undersigned have known F J Cheney for 15 years and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions West Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin Wholesale Druggists Toledo Ohio
An old newspaper fragment notes Dr. Curry reopening his dental office above Chas S Riley's store. It includes testimonials and advertising copy for Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy, boasting cures and refunds. It references March 22 to April 25 as possible dates for Easter timing and mentions promotional claims.
Westbrook Commercial College in Olean NY offers special summer courses for teachers and advanced pupils with no regular classes. Individual instruction available in every department. Send for catalogue and rates. EK Westbrook, Principal.
A letter from Dr B Marchisi of 50 Genesee St Unica NY promises a positive cure for female ailments. He will send two bottles of his remedy free to any woman who provides their express and postal address. The note asks readers to inform the editor.
The piece promotes spring health by claiming Spring detox benefits. It states winter buildup of impurities in blood and body due to inactivity and confinement, and credits Hood's Sarsaparilla with expelling impurities through bowels kidneys liver lungs and skin improving energy and health.
Public notice promotes Erie and Lehigh Valley spring excursion to Washington and other cities on April 25. Belmont round trip to Washington is 10 direct, 14 via New York with May 5 return limit and stops in Baltimore Philadelphia and New York. Souvenir Washington guide, through Pullman sleeping cars, and advance berths by April 23.
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