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Newspaper
Belmont Weekly Dispatch
Location
Belmont, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1892
Page
3
The Progressive Pharmacy in town advertises as the sole store selling The Delicious aglates and Bon-Bons. It claims to have the only pharmacist in town registered by examination and asserts it is the only place dispensing these items.
Local items report on the fall term opening August 20, school games with Andover and Bolivar, and Batavia’s 101,500 investment to attract industries. Sheriff Sherman returns from North Dakota with a forgery suspect. a Cuba convention re-nominates, and a ball game at Belmont is played despite bad weather.
A string of brief notes records James Johnson in Cuba Tuesday and many others visiting from Wellsville, Alfred Centre, Angelica, Hornellsville, Whitesville, and nearby towns. Entries mention relatives, work, vacations, and short trips to Silver Lake, Keen's Mills, Denver, and Hastings with names like Misa Ella Sortore, Rev F W Berlin, Mrs Ed Potter, and D D Dickson.
A dense social Roundup from Belvidere Bellville and surrounding towns records visits by Charles Crosby and others, moves to Alfred Centre, family trips to Silver Lake, and local incidents. Notable mentions include Mrs. Osgood, Rev. Dean, Miss Cum mings, and hospital and fire notices.
A collage of ads and notices including patent medicines, theater and household goods, real estate for sale, a shoe sale, a ship engine for sale, newspaper subscriptions, travel train rates to Rock City and Bradford, and a medical claims pitch for Dr. Pierce remedies. Includes mentions of Wm Richardson & Co, Belmont, Porter's, English Spavin Liniment, Ayer products, and the Belmont News Office. The item lists prices, dates, and product perils with promotional language.
The Burlington Route will sell tickets from Chicago Peoria and St Louis to farming districts of Nebraska Colorado and Northern Kansas on August 30 and September 27. Halt gates apply and tickets are valid for twenty days. Nebraska produced 300 bushels of corn and other crops in one year. Write for pamphlets maps to P B Eustis G P A Burlington Route Chicago Ill.
The ad asserts health depends on cleanliness of blood and warns of hidden impurities that can undermine health. It promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as the unequaled remedy, calling it the king of cures that conquers disease and hastens healing.
About 175 people gathered Tuesday evening at the school to elect three trustees and approve a year’s funding. Elbea Reynolds won trustee No 1 after a brief dispute, with M. E. Horner and Henry Wier taking Nos 2 and 3. Total 155 votes cast. $2,500 appropriated for teachers, janitor, gas, insurance, and contingencies. Clerk salary set at $25 yearly. An amendment to notify voters of special meetings was debated and amended to require two weeks’ newspaper notice, amid local political briefings and a debate about Democratic loyalties.
The annual reunion of Equitable Aid Union will be held at Chautauqua on Tuesday August 9. Supreme and Grand officers will attend and address the meeting. A special excursion train from Belmont departs at 7 41 a m with round trip fare including steamer ride set at 1 50 dollars.
George L. Tucker of Belmont New York announces the sale of his hardware business to John A. Nicholson and asks all customers with accounts to call and settle promptly.
The writer recounts a long journey beginning with Train 83 two hours late, a Buffalo stop with a Musee visit, and a Niagara Falls excursion. They describe vantage points at Prospect Point Suspension Bridge Goat Island and Luna Island and note a near-miss with gate closures. The piece ends with Belmont’s Gro. A. Scorr and a promise to continue.
The North Western Line announces two Harvest Excursions leaving Chicago August 20 and September 27. Tickets are one fare round trip to Iowa Minnesota the Dakotas Nebraska Wyoming Colorado Utah Idaho and Montana. Valid 20 days from purchase with first class service. Inquiries to any coupon ticket agent or W A Thrall G P T A Chicago.
A man recalls carrying a small fish for miles and believing it weighs twenty pounds, illustrating how distance distorts perception and belief.
An elderly retiree claims a simple vegetable remedy can cure consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and nervous complaints. He offers free mailed instructions in German French or English and notes the cure has been tested in thousands of cases. The note is attributed to W A Noyes Rochester with satire from Cherry Creek News.
Frank J. Cheney of J F Cheney & Co sworn as senior partner vows to pay one hundred dollars for every catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Public notice, Toledo Ohio, December 6 1886. Also promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood and mucous system treatment offered by the firm. Also notes upcoming issue of new fractional currency with 10 15 25 and 50 cent denominations.
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