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Newspaper
Belmont Weekly Dispatch
Location
Belmont, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1890
Page
3
The Dispatch rounds up Belmont locals with town meeting talk, political caucuses, and social events. Mentions Republican tickets, Samuel Wright Crittenden for town clerk, and community actions across Wellsville and surrounding towns.
Local residents make visits across Wellsville Friendship and Belmont including Mark Pike F Dayton and J N Hyde with evenings in Wellsville and Shingle House. Bus iness trips by Whitcomb Munger Wier Bissell noted with civic matters and G A R Encampment attendance at Syracuse.
The Dispatch has published on time every Tuesday since its inception and subscribers have largely paid in advance. A few remain delinquent but are expected to settle for the past year and prepay for the coming year. The yearly price remains one dollar in advance.
Price and Rose of Friendship New York present the largest line this season in Western New York for wall and ceiling papering with artistic patterns.
The G A R Revere Post 195 schedules a special meeting for Saturday evening March 8. Commander Jas Johnson urges a strong turnout and attendance.
Quarterly meeting for the Phillips Creek charge of the Wesleyan Methodist conference will be held at the Cline schoolhouse on March 15 and 16. Elder W D Houghton will attend and officiate. At 2 p.m. on the 15th the election of a delegate to the annual conference will occur. A full attendance is desirable. W A Hazner.
The line of black dress goods is better this season than ever before with special attractions in pew wears. Call or send for samples from J. Hoyt & Co., Wellsville.
A Belmont dealer showcases an 1855 Harper and Brothers guide on the Erie Railroad. It details length, freight, passenger counts, and earnings as of 1854, plus notes on towns from Elmira to Olean, the Canicadea Creek gorge, and a July 4th gun house arsenal.
Tra Myers visits Belmont as I J Elliott runs for license and Charlie Gorton seeks re license. O T Higgins dies at Olean aged 69. Luke McDermott unveils a new delivery wagon. Belmont church ladies plan a sugar social March 7 at the M BE parsonage. Polls opened at 8 45 am Charlie Gorton first vote with Dr Benjamin Norton close second. Deaths include Mrs William Knight 79 at Attica and Rev T J Bissell related deaths. Oil report notes Isaac Wilters drilling 27 wells in Washington Co Pa. Otsego Michigan native William Higgins 78 with Belmont ties. Erie depot removal petitions circulate amid county wide visits to Belmont. Illustrated Western New Yorker first issue slated for Buffalo tomorrow. Needle in Wellsville woman heel remedied by Shoemaker wax and honey egg yolk paste. Sheriff Garwood seeks kidnapped Converse from South Dakota jailed in Angelica awaiting transport. Historic note marks 31 years since nine farms advertised for sale in county. Local carpet deal offered by Price and Rose.
The notice lists six or eight choice cows and five-year-old horses in a private sale at ABS BENTLY Phillips Creek NY. Separate items mention J Hoyt & Co Wellsville offering cash only goods from mills, plus new spring samples for gents clothing. The rest notes obituaries and local civic items including caucuses, fundraising, and church program.
A collage of brief notices from multiple papers recaps local interests. Items include commentary on New York politics and show business, a light quip about warm soup, tales of business schemes, a Niagara County woodchuck bounty, advertising wisdom, and notes on personal coincidences, a Sparta elder’s deed, and the Higgins Kane wagon factory opening in Wellsville.
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