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Newspaper
Belmont Weekly Dispatch
Location
Belmont, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1893
Page
3
Valentines display showcases a wide flooring range with fast movement and a.i1c comics, Celluloid or Lat in items priced from $2.50. Also new confectionery stock added regularly, all clean neat and fresh with no stale items.
Local items report a busy slate of events in Wellsville and surrounding towns. District school performances at the opera house attract crowds, while church socials and a Maccabee day highlight community activities alongside updates on schools, roads, and a minor crime note.
Mrs. W. Thomas is seriously ill with Dr. Willard attending. Jin Mann plans to vacate the Western Hotel next week for Mr. Wagoner of Salamanca. Mann will lodge in Belfast. Morris Comstecl elected Chief member by the I.O.G. Lodge last Thursday evening. Miss Lily Tart left for studies in Olean. J. H. Youngs shipping. Mrs. Barnard left for Tanffeld Pa. Mr. McGill’s family ill but improving under Dr. Hardy. WIib E. AWAER
Mr and Mrs Sweetland visit old friends as townsfolk share news of births names visitors and mispronounced places. scattered notes show neighbors from Buffalo Belfast Cuba and Abanzanites, with playful anecdotes of sleigh mishaps and local events.
In Fredonia the temperance struggle intensifies beyond the town meeting. One license commissioner failed to qualify in time, prompting the license faction to seek two commissioners. The no license side will nominate a single candidate, arguing the prior election was valid and that ex excise commissioner Hutchinson can retain office. The dispute promises a complex political maneuvering ahead.
The Maccabees report a 1893 start with 99,818 members, fourth in the National Fraternal Congress ranks. Since 1892, 674 subordinate branches added to 1924 tents and hives. Supreme Tent paid 1796 death claims totaling 814,765 pounds and 31 disability claims totaling 6,660 dollars.
The St. Philips Church ladies stage an February 14 event with booths featuring national costumes, suppers in the European plan, roast beef and plum puddings at the English booth, international vases for sale, and American aprons. A grand international dance closes the carnival for 10 cents.
The speaker urges readers to choose reputable local dealers who support town growth and taxes. It warns credulous housewives against peddlers and agents, noting how deception harms families and wastes hundreds of dollars annually.
List of jurors summoned for a February 13 1893 session in Belmon N Y includes Allen Henry White Alma Frank Elliott Thomas Byrnes Almatia R RP Sision J L Barber Joseph Kunemiih Amity C sg Riley Andover Orange Smith Jesse Swink Angelica Charles Craham Belfast Allen Ford Bolivar Gerge Bulkley Centreville Joh Murray John Metcalf Judson Stickle Friendship Wm D Sylvester George Stiles Genesee Wm Hill Hume B K Gillette Smith Dole J W Hildreth Independence Chester Forsythe New Hudson John Hoag Rushford Hosea B Pearsons Albert Baker Scio Gordon EF Babcock Ward William Hogan Llewellyn Stuck Wellsville Charles Day Chauncey B Macken West Almond Charles Wyse Willing Isaac Fanton Wirt B F Stanton Rufus Harwood W G Wilcox Guo A Green Clerk.
Local items list residents visiting towns, returning travelers, and people moving about from Wellsville and nearby communities. Names include Ward, Scntt, Palmer, Gorten, Jones, Barney, Reynolds, Richards, Woods, Van Noy, Watson, and many others with movements to Hornellsville Batavia Binghamton Alfred Ribbie Black Creek and more.
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