Belmont Dispatch Briefs Report Local Happenings
A roundup of Belmont news items notes Fisk Jubilee Singers concert March 18, watch sales at Peck’s Jewelry, a new pulpit in M B church, and village events. Obituaries include Harrison Parker of Friendship and Sara O Brien of Belmont. Funeral details and local notices also appear along with election and lodge updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jubilee Singers
Fisk University
Rink
M. B
Jesse Hinman
A. M. Bennett
John. W. Vrooman
Masons
New York
Utica
Frank R. Lawrence
Allegany Co
Belmont
L. C. Davia
Andover
Sara O’brien
Robert O’ Brien
E. Denroche
Colorado
Friendship
Harrison Parker
Rutland
Amity
Mainville
Jesse Sortore
Sara Duke
Bartlett
P. Parker
Paimatier
Friendship Universalist Church
Gciating
Belmont Briefs Report Local Elections And Events
A village caucus chose Eldyn Reynolds as chairman and listed nominees for village offices. Belmont hosts a Good Templars session with Georgiana Hewitt planning Juvenile Temple work. Also noted are new razor and pocket cutlery offerings and a court of appeals salary ruling impacting Justice Daniels. A United States Revenue official, Lorenzo Merriman, suffered a serious fall at his Belmont residence, with reports of possible fatality. Prices on sugar tools and tin sap buckets advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation
Eldyn Reynolds
F. G. Helme
Chas. Youngs
Dwight H. Bradley
Thos
Tefft
Wm. J. Richardson
David
Lanphear
Allegany County Lodge of Good Templars
Amity Lodge
Court House
Georgiana Hewitt
Gaines
Tucker's
Court of Appeals
Justice Daniels
Supreme Court of
Daniels
Merriman
Peoria
Ill
Belmon t electricity gathering dazzles husbands with learned wives
The Belmont event featured six essays on electricity with topics from printing to the telegraph. Mrs Bennett spoke on newspapers while Mrs Riley traced telegraph history. Mrs Eddy described electric discovery and a New Jersey electric feast.Music and vocal selections accompanied the program, praised as Belmont’s best musical showcase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belmont
C. Riley
Telegraph
C G. Anderson
New Jersey
Benjamin Franklin
Pike
Hatch
Messrs
Bensoni
Gorton
Sortore
Mia
Bradt
Miss Bertha
Barney
Schubert
Musical Museum
Benson and Gorton
Cash for old rubber and boots offered by Tucker P E J
A terse notice states Tucker P E J offers cash for old rubber footwear and related items. The fragment mentions a March 14 lecture course and references Mr Underhill in an unclear context.
Modern Medicine Satire of Quack Treatments and Death
A satirical verse mocks medical trials by recounting a patient subjected to diverse injections and reagents from many regions and eras. The narrator notes the escalating, desperate cures fail as the subject dies, while doctors boast hopeful yet hollow resuscitation claims.
Belmont Village Faces Publication Flap Over 1890 Finances
The Belmont New York village trustees failed to publish the annual financial statement as required. The Dispatch criticizes the incompetent printer and notes the signatory errors by U S Whitney as president, asking if the 1890 receipts and expenditures can be legally published and who pays costs. The piece questions the board’s handling and expense of the printing mishap.
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Belmont
N. Y
Board of Trustees
DisPatch
U.S. Whitney
Chas. Youngs
Whitney
Bissell
Love and death in a mournful verse and news notes
A poem by John Boyle O'Reilly laments a lost love and lonely grave. The Dansville town fund has raised over 28 600 for a test well at 2 500 feet. Clarion Junction reports four smallpox deaths and strict quarantine. Mrs Geo White dies at age 43 leaving many children. Counterfeit silver dollars flood Wellsville Waverly and other southern tier towns, with $300 detected in circulation. authorities seek the source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Love
John Boyle O'Reilly
Dansville
Clarion Junction
Geo. White
Sivk
Southern Tier
Wellsville
Waverly
Buffalo
Erie
Allegany County Supervisors List 1991 Election
Complete roster of Allegany county supervisors after the 1991 election shows 19 Republicans 6 Democrats 2 Alliance and 2 Prohibitionists. Names include Alfred-Joseph W Smith Allen-Johno A Jones Alma-Geo Wilcox Almond-Fred Halsey Amity-Chas Whitney and others with multiple party affiliations noted. Re-elected members listed at end.
Good Men for a Town
An editorial argues that worthy townspeople support public and private ventures that build the community. It says enterprise and effort form permanent success, while indifferent attitudes risk the town’s demise. They urge citizens to invest in local projects and shoulder communal work rather than exploit others’ efforts.
Your Home Paper earns a weekly badge of local connection
An old advertisement extols the value of a weekly home newspaper as affordable, educational, and a welcome friend for families. It promises rain or shine delivery, linking readers to national events and local affairs while urging subscriptions to the Dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dispatch
Remarkable救 Remarkable Medicine Saved Child's Life
Mrs. Laura A. Kempton of West Rutland Vermont credits Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy of Rondout New York with saving her ten year old daughter from Bright's Disease. She says other methods failed, then the remedy arrived just in time in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura A. Kempton
West Rutland, Vt
David Kennedy
Rondout
Bright
Pointers of Profit and Local Notices in Wellsville
Jamestown receives 11000 dollars from the state school fund. Wmn. Duke of Wellsville improves rapidly. McConnell & Co of Hornellsville organize their works into a stock company. A Gardena farmer in California sells 31000 dollars worth of strawberries. Prohibition party decline in Chautauqua meetings. Wellsville letters from Samuel F Hanks describe the South. Elm Valley train wreck no injuries. Licenses and elections noted in multiple counties. Buffalo elevated railway finances and operations shown with extensive data.
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Jamestown
Wmn
Duke
Wellaville
McConnell & Co
Hornellsville
Gardena
Cal
Sherman
Prohibition Party
Samuel F. Hanks
Wellsville
Democrat
New
Wyoming
Board of Supervisors
Arcade
Orangeville
Desirable House and Lot for Sale on Trianna Street Belmont
On easy terms a desirable house and lot on Trianna street village of Belmont. Call on or address Mrs. W. T. Barber. Send the Digpatch to your friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trianna Street
Belmont
W. T. Barber
Local legislative battle over county jury districts
The article discusses attempts by Assemblymen Thompson and Acker to reshuffle or abolish the double and second county jury districts. It notes opposition to consolidation and the impact on taxpayers, with the next district elections likely to hinge on this issue and the Judiciary Committee handling related bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David
Goliath
Thompson - Tog Do
Judiciary Committee
Excise Vote in Allegany County tightens liquor licenses
In Allegany County last Tuesday most towns voted against license issuance. Alfred, Allen, Almond, Amity, Andover, Belfast, Birdsall, Barns, Centerville, Clarksville, Friendship, Genesee, Granger, Independence, New Hudson, Rushford, Scio, Ward, West Almond, Wirt rejected licenses. Affected towns totaled 21. Angelica, Alma, Bolivar, Cuba, Grove, Hume, Wellsville, Willing reported grants totaling 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegany County
Alliance
Alfred
Joseph W. Smith
R. Allen
Johno A. Jones
R. Alma
Geo. Wilcox
R.almond
Fred Halsey
Amity
Chas.s. Whitney
Andover—Jacob. Prest
D . Angelica
Fred A.robbins
Belfast
B. Granger
G. H. Whits
Grove
S. F. Bardwell
R. Hume
James W. Hildreth
Independence
A. J.remington
P. New Hudson
E. M. Bennett
Rushford
G. M. Pratt
Scio
Ebenezer Norton
Ward
Elijah Kap
Aly A. Wellsville
O. D. Browning
West Almond
W. B. Welch
D. Willing
S. A. Beach
R. Wirt
R. Harwood
Allen
Almond
Andover
Birdsall
Barns
Cuneaden
Centerville
Clarksville
Friendship
Genesee
Granger
New Hudson
Wirt
Angelica
Alma
Bolivar
Cuba
Hume
Wellsville
Willing
Corean Gentlemen and Language Studies Featured
A list of program items includes Mrs. M. E. Davis on Corean topics and Mr. Demmer on language effects, with additional readings by Mrs. Geo. Sortore, Mrs. Bradt, and Mrs. C. E. Clark. Other entries cover poetry, millinery, natural science influence, and volunteer work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Davis
Demmer
Corea
Geo. Sortore
Bradt
Milliner
Ard
B. P. Mapes
H.sortore
Examinations for certificates in Allegany County 1891
Examinations for second and third grade certificates in the Second Commissioner’s District Allegany County for 1891 are scheduled. Dates include January 17 Wellsville February 14 Friendship March 8 Alfred Centre April 4 unspecified May 2 Belanon t June 13 Bolivar August 18 Wellsville September 8 Whitesville October 8 Friendship November Andover. First grade exams March 8 9 Alfred Centre August 18 19 Wellsville. Applicants must attend first day. exams begin 9 o'clock January 2 1891. Stephen Pollard School Commissioner.
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Allegany County
Wellsville
Friendship
Alfred Centre
Eccccee
Cuba
Bolivar
Whitesville
Andover
Chas F Underhill Performs Copperfield Monologue at Court House
Do not fail to hear Chas. F. Underhill, the celebrated monologue artist, in David Copperfield at the Court House Saturday evening March 14. Admission 35 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas
F. Underhill
Court House
Belmont
Peck’s
Peck
Pecks Jewelry Store
Geo
Pecks Jeweler
Chas. F. Underhill
David Copperfield
Snobs and Snobbery Lecture at Court House
L F Copeland speaks at the court house on a Saturday evening in April urging locals to hear the talk and not miss the village talent offered by the Lecture Bureau. An advertisement features a testimonial praising Dr David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy for boils, claiming a full cure in under three months by Sam Grady of Rochester New York.
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Isaac Lewis
Erie
Erie Company
B. P. Mapes
Albany
BE. W.chamberlain
Friendship
Wm.Dayton
Quogue
Paris
Berlin
L. F. Copeland
Court House
T.N. Arnold
David. Kennedy
Rondout
N. Y
Sam
Grady, No
Caledonia, Ave
Rochester
N.Y
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Belmont, N. Y
Copeland
Underhill
the Templars
Saunders
Friendship Studio
I. S. Benson
Pen Tooth
Belmont Dispatch
Horwnellsville Herald
St. James Hotel
T. D
Middaugh
James Ellis
Alfred Ellis
Los Angeles
California
Isaac Willets
Mr. Willets
Ned Renwick
James N. Hyde
Sidney P. Morse, Esq
Wm. Hildreth
Stone Dam
A. Millard
Joe. McCracken
Olean
McNett
Norton Street
E. I. Davis
Syracuse
U. W
Shortsville
Benson
Fred Hardy
D. H. Scott
Scott
Caleb Hall
Village of
Queen City Bank
C. G. Anderson
Wells’ Lane
Crittenden
Geo. J. Seigle
Gt.r. K
Belmont Briefs
Frank van Campen
P.E.J
Vrs
Modern Medicine
Puck
Ipis
Steuben
Bath
Humphrey Me
Jones
Hornellaville
A.company
Central America
W. H. Reynolds
Lux
Tuckers
Thompson
Ellsville’s
Smethport
McKean County
Elm Valley
Fornellsville
Lux Dux’ Lampsucker
New Albion
Persia
Portville
Elko
Bradford
Johnsonburg
Board of Health
Warsaw
C. H. Richardson
G.B. Richardson
T. K. Regan
Andover News
Dr. Adams
St. Paul's Cathedral
St. Paul's
Buffalo & Southwestern
Stephen Pollard
Amity Mills
Hood & Bradley
Belmont, N.Y
Gho. Is
WM. McCracken & Bro. You
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