Local and County News Highlights From The DisPatcH
The DisPatcH notes holiday season events and upcoming meetings in Allegany and surrounding towns. Sheriff preparations, lodge officer installs, and church services fill the week. A December 24 marriage, oil-well news, and local entertainments at Statter's Rink are reported alongside routine editorials and reader notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Burdick
F. L. Fargo
E. L. Lewis
Belmont Lodge
la Grippe
Belmont Building
Geo. E. King
Belmont
Presbyterien
Personal gifts and holiday greetings across Belmont area
A Belmont Belmont Belmont column recaps Christmas and New Year visits with mentions of Fanny Murphy in Wellsville, Miss Blanche Pease card party, Miss L M Black in Angelica, and many locals returning home for the holidays. Societal notes include church affiliations, a new pump purchase, an accident recovery, deputy sheriff reappointment, and a 97 year old reader Jemima Benjamin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas. Anderson
Chas. C. Simons
Wellaville
Will Stout
Etta Corbin
E. W. Suffin
Buffalo
Wm. J. Richardson
Fred Roth
Benj. Wakely
Hornellaville
Elmers A. Willets
Pennsylvania
Harry van Campen
Jesse Potter
Ohio
Gertrude Pike
H. M. Champney
Cuba
L. M. Black
Angelica
Belmont
Elmer Armstrong
Jas. Johnson
Frank
Wellsville
Green
Wm Kingsbury
Rushford
Richardson & Robbins
Charles Dolson
Clinton Galusha
Olean
Sylvester Weaver
Edward Rutherford
Queen City Bank of Buffalo
John Lemon
Oscar- Fuller House
Genesee Street
Seymour Osincup
Hornellyville
W. H. Barnum
Canaseraga Times
I. J. Elliott
Carrie
Grover’ Elliott
H.C. Wilcox
Friendship
Sherman
F. A. Hyland
Evelyn
F. E. Morris
Freehold
N. J
M. E. Wallace
Merle
Hornellsville
Alonzo Hammond
Dispatch
A. J. Hughes
Port Allegany
H. Mattoni
Isabel
New York
Angie Mattoni
Geo. Sortore
Kathryne Clark
Emma Barney
W. V. Robinson
Fillmore
B. B. Robinson
W. A. Willard
Jemima Benjamin
Nelson Hall
Allegany County
Round the County News Highlights From Angelica and Cuba
Clarksville notes include W C Congdon visit Buffalo and Old Santa at Baptist church. Local obituaries report E J Johnson buried after wife. townsfolk discuss postmaster salary in Belfast. Angelica, Plum Bottom, Canaseraga and MIDDAUGH HILL report school, church, and social events with numerous names and small town updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksville
W. C. Congdon
Buffalo
the Baptist Church
Santa
Newspaper editors prove debt doubts unfounded
A St. Louis editor recalls starting with nothing forty years ago and now being worth $100,000, with the fortune attributed to energy industry and frugality, plus a recent inheritance of $909,099.99 from an uncle. The column argues editors are not universally poor and repudiates the theory that journalists cannot pay debts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Pointer of Profit and New Year’s Day Reflections
A collection of brief items notes a farmers institute in Andover on February 8 and 9, religious-style vows for the new year, and various local snippets. It mentions the Hornellsville Herald’s anniversary, Albany civil service exam results showing high female pass rates, and a Iowa farmer joke about corn stalk height.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Institute
Andover
Cuba
Franklinville Chronicle
New York
Ayer
Iowa
The Wolf Threat and a Bogus Cure Propaganda
A historical ad claims Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures numerous illnesses including consumption and acrofulous affections. It touts wolves and Russian travels to drum up fear while praising the medicine as the world’s greatest blood purifier and strength restorer amid failures of other doctors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Dr. Pierce
Testimonial for Hart Rheumatic Remedy Co. from Andover
IsaDore M. Jones reports lasting cure from inflammatory rheumatism after three bottles of Hart Rheumatic Remedy Co. treatment. The letter, dated May 16, 89, from Andover New York, praises the remedy as the only treatment with permanent benefit and recommends it to other sufferers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Brainard
M.D
Andover
N. Wil
N. Y
Hart Rheumatic Remedy Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Isadore M. Jones
Grand music offer with Ladies Home Journal subscription
A promotional message offers $4.00 for a $1.00 subscription plus a yearly Ladies Home Journal and ten pieces of popular sheet music valued at 40 cents each. The deal, mailed free to the subscriber, includes titles such as Comrades Sweethearts That is Love and Mary and John with promises of the best paper and complete accuracy. Collect soap wrappers from Lautz Bros Co to obtain Sisterly Love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Journal
The
Journal
Mary
John
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P. A. Dodd
G. L. Tucker
F. Louise Weiler
Sheriff Sherman
Allegany County Grand Army Association
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Kuetling
Ward
Eugene Smith
Scio
Army Sortore
J.G. Snyder
Walking
D. T. Williams
van Campen’s Mill
Presbyterian Church
Endeavor Society
Geo. L. Tucker, Jr
Patriot
George
B.S. and
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Columbus
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Columbu
Spain
Mattoni
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Wakeman
C. Clark
M.sortore
de Amicituis
Crissey
G. Willets
Whittier Committee
M. E. Davis
A. J. McDonald
Belfast
Life Walker
Lise
Mies Fanny Murphy
Comrade
Lea. Ely
Bolivar
Mrs.Post
WS. Webster
Blanche Pease
George W. Barnes
H.L. Kurtz
Bertha F. Sortore
Charlie Greenan
Warren Gorton
B. P. Mapes, Esq
Atty Brown
Messrs. Richardson and Robbins
Judson Clark
Elmira
Cramel
Horace Parker
Dakota
John Byrnes
Charley Williams
Oneonti
W. H. Wixson
Father Haire
Wm.g. White
Bessie Brown
Wim.m. Rowley
Sup’t Crandall
Charles Smith
Colorado
Alfred Centre
Will Platts
Clark Witter
M. Sheppard
Allegany County Medical Society
Society
Plum Bottom
Frank Canfield
Wm. Barrett
Brad Henry
Rube, Davis
Daniel Collins
Vandermark
Canaseraga
John Price
Lima
Wm. C. Windsor
S. D. Clapp
Banj. Clapp
Birdie Lincoln
Boston
S. N. Bennett
James Pendegrast
Weed
W. B. Brown
Francis Gilliat
Episcopal Church
O. P. Coats
Kansas City
George Nobles
Jacob Sloat Fassett
Charles White
Dunkirk Union
Democrat
Levi Frank
Vellaville
Middaugh Hill
Lafayette Brands
Cartwright
Charles Sortore
Rochester Commercial College
Berlin
Annie Middaugh
Geneseo
Lyceum
Walter Middaugh
Annie Hurley
Alice Jadwin
Flora Potter
Winifred Middaugh
Earl Potter
Ernest Potter
Bert Corbin
Minnie Jackson
Mary Blair
Vasser College
Josh Gillies
Frank Warner
Sandy Hook
Horace Dudley
Ruth Martin
Ed. Galusha
Mr. Preston
West Almond
Frank King
E. D. Barnum
Weilsville
Frank Sibley
Jerry Closser
Maggie Freeborn
Geo. Karl
Tennesee
Presbyterian Board of Trustees
David Dodson
Nashville
Tenn
Congo State
Emma Chamberlain
Johnie Common
J. C. Henderson
Matthew Lytie
Hornellsville Herald
Adam
Allegany County Farmers’ Club
Echo
Lautz Bros. Co
Bennie Gragory
Folka
Adams
Lily Riley
Floy Tefft
Henry “Watson
Florence Reynolds
Santa Claus
Christ
Claude Tefft
Miss Peck
ST. Phillip’s Church
St. Phillips Church
Baptist
Herald Angels
Charley Kurtz
Marcia Clark
Bessie Bradley
Floyd Shults
Baptist Church
Y. P
Powers
Rochester
Dispatch Office
Taunton
Mags
Lucy
King
Hell
East India
Marseilles
Acme
Lautz Bros. & Co
Belmont, N. Y
A & Stratton
Searnawais and
Encuisa School
Main St
Ferns
Ronng
Akron
John Bradt
John Bradt’s
C. S. Riley's
Webster's : Dictionary
G. Saunders
Ametica, N
Ameri
Chorce L. Tucker
Bissell’s
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Price
T. J. Rose
West Main Street
Friendship, N. Y
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