Who Carries On The Devil's Business In Town
A Jamestown Journal item discusses moral questions about who sustains evil deeds, then shifts to local news. It notes a street sprinkler’s arrival, a Masonic meeting, sidewalk repairs, and August fairs. Harley Vanderhoff improves his store interior. Piles burned near Wallace Barnard's property spark rumors. Political races begin with county convention candidates named. Ice cream poisoning at a social causes speculation. Shade trees trimmed by Ward Garrigan and Pierce enhance streets. Union services planned by Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian churches. A shingler’s fall injures Laundryman E S Jowley but he recovers. Amity Republicans prepare for county and congressional conventions with emphasis on qualified delegates.
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Jamestown Journal
Harley Vanderhoff
Maxson
Wallace Barnard
Feather Creek
Justice of Sessions
Messrs
Ward
Garrigan and Pierce
Baptist
Methodist
Presbyterian
Jowley
White
Republicans ‘of Amity
Court House
Amity
Harry Badger
Buffalo
Tucker & Lounsberry
New York
Dean
Belmont M. E
Lester Rice
Belvidere
Lockhart & Co
Miss Post
Y. P
C. E
John Knier
Clara Newton
Belmont
Day
Skaneateles
Emma Blickwede
Gregory
Amelia
Charles
Washington
Charles I. Antremont
Duluth
Lucille
Local residents visit and travel notes from town week
Bishop Cox visited town Monday while Ed Dean came from Wellsville for the weekend. Dozens of visitors including Homer Elliott Fred A Rob Ins from Angelica Jo F Rice from Friendship and John McCracken from Hornellsville mingled with locals. A. C. Simpson and L. C. Burdick arrived from Friendship. May Tuttle from Hornellsville stayed with Bertha Bradt.
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Bishop Cox
Ed Dean
John Bradt
Lucy Haskins
Wirt
George A. Scott
L. G. Tucker
Alfred Centre
May Tuttle
Hornelleville
Bertha Bradt
H. D. Voorhies
Wellsville
L. C. Burdick
County Courts to Be Held at Belmont Under New Order
A recent County Court order directs all future sessions to Belmont except for motions and trials of issued law. The Legislature has enacted that the County Judge must designate and publish times and places for County Courts.
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Belmont
Obituary notice kicks against Alliance Leader in mock rebuke
The piece delivers a scathing biographical sketch of the Alliance Leader calling it a vile, hypocritical sheet run by Minstrel Maxson. It blasts the People's Party, mocks its funders and language, and ends with a bitter note praising Saxony’s low wages for workers, highlighting gendered factory labor.
County Alliance Officers Elected After Last Week's Vote
The County Alliance held an election in this place last week. President Stanton was reelected. Other officers include Vice President D L Langworthy Lecy M C Wescott Richburg Secretary J A Hogg Hume Lecturer D F Allen Richburg Steward W H Brainard Inavale Chaplain R Harwood Wirt Doorkeeper J J Hurry Scio Assistant Doorkeeper D W Collins Whitesville Executive Committeeman A Litchard Rushford G H Roberts Richburg C L Sick Canaseraga Delegates to State Alliance D F Allen D W Collins 8 8 Karr Lester B Wilmarth.
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County Alliance
Stanton
D. L. Langworthy
Lec
M. C. Wescott
Richburg
J. A. Hogg
Hume
D. F. Allen
W. H. Brainard
Inavale
R. Harwood
Wirt
J.J. Hurry
Scio
D. W. Collins
Whitesville
A. Litchard
Rushford
G. H. Roberts
C. L. Sick
Canaseraga
Alliance
D. F. ‘Allen
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted as Blood Purifier
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as the superior remedy for diseases from impure blood and hidden illnesses. It claims long hidden impurities can emerge unexpectedly, threatening health, and presents Hood's Sarsaparilla as the unrivaled cure.
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Hood
Maxson's Departure Seen as Loss to People's Party
The grand old parties will lose a valuable assistant when Maxson leaves town. It is an undisputed fact he has done more to defeat the aims and organization of the Peoples Party in Allegany than any dozen men. Some begin to see this and their sympathy is with the people of Buffalo.
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Maxson
Peoples Party
Allegany
Buffalo
Duke Centre
J. E. Smith
Allegany River
Olean
William Richardson & Co
Ayer
Dispatch
D. ‘T. Mallet
New Haven
Hornelleville Fair
National Protective Legion
John Leilous
John Adams
George ‘A. Scott
Lee’y
Hugh. Johnson
John L. Adams
Treas
Alvin Smith
Roberts
Wm. R. Welch
Rochester
H. H. Warner & Co
Warner
C. G. Anderson & Son
Belmont
N.Y
Moses van. Campen
Old Allegany
John
Minard
Hume
Dispatonu
Notice of business sale and demand for settlement
Having sold out my hardware business to Mr John A Nicholson all those having accounts with me will please call and settle at once Gropce L Tucker Belmont N Y
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John A. Nicholson
Gropce L. Tucker
Belmont, N.Y
Geo. L. Tucker
Belmont
Stolen Horses Trigger Rogsburg Theft Report
Three horses vanished from Rogsburg last night prompting a police inquiry. Local authorities described the incident as a theft with possible connections to the area’s ongoing crime wave.
Invaluable Fragments Reveal Local Happenings and Ads
A mosaic of notices, ads, and short items from a late nineteenth century newspaper page. Promotions for real estate, medicines, and goods sit alongside local notices, a sturgeon capture, a public meeting, and a book launch by John S. Minard.
Cheney firm offers hundred dollar reward for cure
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of J. F. Cheney & Co in Toledo Ohio promises to pay one hundred dollars for every catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A W Gleason dated December 6, 1886. Mention of testimonials and mail order. Fold by druggists.
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Ohto
Toledo
Lucas County
J. F. Cheney & Co
Hall
Frank J. Cheney
A.D
Convention Delegates Credentialing and County Representation
The chairman of the respective delegations will present their credentials to the Executive Committee at Kinney House before 12 m on the day of the Convention. The number of delegates from each town is listed by county, with totals showing eight delegates for southern districts. The South Australian Labor Party bought a $15,000 copper mine to provide work for its unemployed members.
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Executive Committee
Kinney House
J. H. Rutherford
A. Miner Wellman
Tha
South Australian Labor Party
Consumption Cured by Simple Vegetable Remedy
An old physician, retired from practice, claims a simple vegetable remedy can cure consumption and related lung ailments. He offers to send free instructions in German, French, or English by mail, with full directions for preparation and use. Address W. A. Noyes in Rochester for the mailed information.
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East India
W. A. Noyes
Power's Block
Rochester
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Eagle
Mellins
Murdochs
Carmichs
Paris Green
Mills & Green
the Dispatch
Earth
Ella Durney
Belfast
John Du‘gan
Will J.glenn
Cuba
Fred Casterline
Warsaw
J. Farwell
George M. Watson
J. M. Rathbun
E. D. Barnum
Angelica
John Dean
Coney Island
Arthur Brown
Silver Creek
Henry Norton
Frankie Palmer
Elmer Lewis
Jesse Potter
Silver Lake
Flora
Grace Adams
Bradford
W. T. Barber
Charles Gorton
H. M. Teller
Senator Teller
Nellie Walker
Washington, D.C
D. T. Williams
Chautauqua
Middaugh “Hill
George Berry
Mortimer
Wilcox
Arkport
Craig Ross
Good Templars
Union Hall
Joe Kling
Daniel Roberts
Lenora Miller
Charles Simmons
Margaret F. House
George Howe
M. Norton
F. B. Church
J. G. Ayoola
W. Duke
Mias Maud Horn
Shebaygaen
Mich
Addie Ewell
Riverside
Capt
Fitzsimmons
New Mexico
Berais Miller
E. Devose
Nellie
Jessie
Ford
Elmira
Rice
Jonnie Truex
Mamie Cox
Will Browing
New London
Conn
Pittsburg
Ceres
Moses
Ministrel
St. Peter
Saxony
County Alliance Officers
Rogsburg
Senate
Erie Brakman
John Henatrought
Corning
Saugir
South Pacific
Kamsas
Jo. Holden's
London
Treland
Dr. Pierce
A.W. Gleason
F. J Damiene
Worr
Wolpf & Randolph
Philadelphia
John Pitcholson
Morris Angers
Friendship, N. Y
Morris
Friendship
Tiger Rakes
Price
Friendship, NY
United States
I. J- Rose
Grand Army Excursion
Silver Lake Assembly
Erie
Sons of
Bartow
Europe
Republican County Convention
Allegany County
Alfred, Ane
Alma
Almond
Amitty
Andover
Birdsell
Bolivar
Burns
Canegdea Centervill
Clarksyill
Friendshi Genesee
Granger Grove
Independence
New Hudson
Willing
Wirte
Bissell. Sc
Bissell
J. H. Bissell
Furniture Rooms
Belmont, N. Y
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