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The Dispatch notes that an X mark after a subscriber’s name indicates arrears. All indebted readers will see this mark after their name next week.
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Newspaper
Belmont Weekly Dispatch
Location
Belmont, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1891
Page
2
The Dispatch notes that an X mark after a subscriber’s name indicates arrears. All indebted readers will see this mark after their name next week.
The DisPatTcH concludes its second volume and begins its third with a noted rise in business over the past year. Publishers thank patrons and promise improvements in both the newspaper and job printing departments during the new year.
The Dispatch urges Alleganians to unite behind a county candidate for the Supreme Court. The endorsed man is praised for legal skill, spotless character, and broad support among legal circles farmers and the public in the district. He is presented as both the Dispatch's and the people's candidate.
The Buffalo News condemns Assemblyman Whipple for proposing a ten cent per folio rate for printing session laws. The editorial accuses Whipple of bias against newspapers and portrays his bill as an insult to reputable papers. It argues dissent from reformers and predicts political repercussions if the bill advances.
A Wisconsin farmer condemns the Alliance as foolish for pursuing free trade. He praises Republican Congress for aid to farmers and urges restoring sheep protection to diversify farm products and restore prosperity once enjoyed between 1867 and 1884.
The piece cites Thurlow Weed and George Dawson expert observers who predicted Republican gains after New York charter and town elections. It notes widespread party optimism for November, citing specific cities from Niagara Falls to Peekskill, plus related stories on a Canandaigua heir dispute and a Chicago kidnapping tale involving Harry Ferguson.
A Maine veteran prohibitionist Gen Neal Dow writes to the New York Evening Post on February 11 1891 claiming there is not enough restraining law to prohibit liquor and that the traffic remains profitable and comfortable, indicating Maine prohibition is ineffective.
Senator-elect Peffer of Kansas voices protectionist views urging higher duties to aid wool and cotton goods. He argues wool interests in Kansas and the West have suffered under tariff reductions and stresses supporting U S manufacturers to provide American workmen with employment.
A Chicago dispatch reports Harry Ferguson, aged fifteen and a Brunswick hotel bell boy, told police he was kidnapped at age five and later lived with a farmer near Monmouth Illinois. He said his family once resided in New York state, escaped, and came to Chicago after answering a newspaper ad.
The article notes Mr. Powderly must retire to private life to avoid sudden death from heart disease and will resign as chief executive of the Knights of Labor. It also covers Sullivan being pummeled by a train man after insults while drunk.
A collage of brief items notes petty thieves in Hume, a Rushford death of Charles born 1842 in Angelica, and church socials in Oramel. Other items mention a retiring editor from the Olean Times, Belfast deaths, possible new newspapers, school term in Hume, tax for cheese, rising U.S. malt liquor sales, a 1890 age of consent debate, potato hopes and canning plans, Zoe Gayton crossing the continent, an unidentified woman killed near Dunkirk, Bolivar Masonic event, and a Washington political quip by Senator Sanders with light satire.
Mortimer Potter and wife visit He kerm er county. Lent foods restrict fish balls. Local visits include Dr Dolson of Hornellsville and A W Litchard of Rushford. Notes on society, church events, sales, town meetings, and personal moves populate the page with names, places, and dates from the area.
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