Busy Belmont Briefs Reflect Local Happenings
Belmont items report Clark Bros shops brick work underway and new awning at Allen & Pease. Wm Windsor moved to the County House at Angelica, Dixon’s fish for dinner, and a strawberry festival planned at the Baptist church. James Hartnett relays a late night 11 58 PM message. Mrs. Black, 70, sprains wrist. a planned fox chase involves Fred Richardson and Wm J. Christ Church Vestry accepts Rev. Irvine’s resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Bros
Wm. Windsor
Angelica
Allen & Pease
Saunders
Baptist Church
Geo. Benjamin
Dr . Anderson
B. A. Taylor
Olean
Dennis
Fred Robbins
Christian Endeavor Society
Isaac Willets
Nancy van Campen
Bay City
Mich
Horner
Belmont
James Hartnett
Jim
Fred Richardson
Fox
Harry
Fred
Wm.j
Belmont Dispatch Contains Broad Local Social Roundup
Reads as a long local column listing visits, travels, illnesses, clergy notes, hunting exploits, and personal notices from Belmont and surrounding towns. Mentions many individuals by name, their towns, and frequent movements, with a featured poem by James Whitcomb Riley.
Riley's Bargain Counter Tops in Summer Gear
In a brisk sales pitch Riley asserts unbeatable bargains for summer goods at his store. The message emphasizes money back guarantees and counting change at checkout. Lester references suggest a local setting in Binghamton with emphasis on value and quick deals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CS. Riley’s
Lester
Binghamton
Examinations for Certificates in Allegany County 1889
Examinations for second and third grade certificates will be held in the Second Commissioner’s District of Allegany County for the remainder of 1889. Dates: August 18 Friendship, September 7 Whitesville, September 10 Alfred Center, October 5 Bolivar, November 2 Belmont. First grade certificates follow August 18 and 14 Friendship. Applicants must attend first day. Examinations begin at 9 a.m. Elba Reynolds, School Commissioner. Belmont N Y May 28 1889.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegany County
Friendship
Whitesville
Alfred Center
Bolivar
Belmont
Elba Reynolds
Com'r
Jury Panels Drawn for Allegany Circuit Court Session
County Clerk on May 24 1889 selected grand and trial jurors for a Circuit Court and Court of Oyer and Terminer to be held in Angelica Allegany County starting June 10 1889 Read names by town including Angelica Almond Birdsall Belfast Caneadea Granger Grove Hume Rushford West Almond and more with multiple jurors listed for each roster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birdsall
Philo Doud
Albert Doolittle
Michael. McHon
Burns
James 8
Curry
L.D. Bacon
Belfast
C. H. Tyes
West. Almond
John Dodson
Nathaniel Weir
Rushford
Fashionable suits advertise at McCracken store
Streetwear and new stock at Critenden’s while King’s offers goods at low prices. Balls bats and croquet sets feature in shop displays. The Standard Bone Phosphate touted as top fertilizer with broad agricultural implements at King's for surprising prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. McCracken & Bros
King
Critenden’s
King’s
McCracken Grocerey
G. E. King's Cheap Hardware Store
Belmont News Highlights and Local Projects
Decoration day plans and a Belle Boyd photo sale headline local events. Belmont announcements include hotel work advancing the new Belle Boyd era with a $20 000 estimate and a large excavation bid. The Dispatch praises its memorial issue and notes a charity ice cream festival netting 15 dollars.
Andover News Notes Local Fires Weddings and Humor
Local fire destroyed the Lanphear saw mill and other property with rebuilding planned. Social circles buzzed over the marriage of Mrs. E C Folsom to Henry Perrine of Buffalo. Various notices mention carriage painting services, Whippoorwill songs near the creek, jokes, and regional meetings. Reports cover rail accident in Cuba with a German or Hungarian victim, and a Wellsville Paris green incident. School graduation exercises are announced for June 14 at Palmer Opera House with named graduates. Generous but incomplete contributions to the Welch memorial fund prompt appeals from Allegany County residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C.folsom
G. Cleveland
Henry Perrine
Buffalo
O. W. Hammond
Canaseraga Independent
Frank Harding
Hume Enterprise
Mail and Express
Palmer Opera House
Missea Sadie Keller
Grace Baldwin
Clarence Wasson
Glenn Alexander
Jay Amsden
Philip H. Welch
Belmonters in Michigan Planing Mill Update
M. Osgood reports the planing mill should be running by June 15, not June 1 as previously stated. Hattie E. Pike has carpenters at work on her house and expects to finish this week. O. Hoffmann had a mill accident Monday slipping from a boiler while wrenching, dislocating his left ankle and is confined at home for several days. Rondo correspondence to Cheboygan Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osgood
Hattie E. Pike
OB Hoffman
Rondo
Cheboygan Tribune
Local Notes From Richburg And Area
J P Dye of Richburg called on us yesterday. County Clerk George Green is fishing in Pennsylvania. Mr and Mrs T S Tefft visited Phillips Creek last week. Hon A B Cottrell Allegany temperance member was in town. Hon H Ward received a letter from son Hal at college reporting graduation from a long course of measles. Isaac Willets had a mild setback yesterday but is improving. Dr Paul says he suffered a slight congestive attack. Citizens express universal concern for Mr Willets and high esteem for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary, Black
E. N. Black
Withey Oil and Gas Co
A.W. Mapes
Angelica
Ayers Sarsaparilla
Alabama
Homer ‘Rumsey
Lima
Ohio
Tippa County
Crut
Eldridge
Homer
E. I. Davis
Fredonia
Ben Hunt
Denver
Colorado
Hornellsville
Chas. Ingham
Hume
Charlie
Belmont
Sarah B. Weiler
Richburg
Weiler
Belmont Union School
J. G. Snyder
Presbyterian Church
Mr. Snyder
S. P. Morse
H.C. Wilcox
A. V. Jones
Art Doherty
Penna
Susan van Campen
Nancy van Campen
Fred van Campen
Bay City
Mich
van Campen
Bay City Daily Times
Eugene van Campen
Jersey City
Frank van Campen
Dispatch Office
Frank
Dispatch
H. C Coon
Alfred University
Farmers’ Club
Belfast
Miss Rutherford
Jos
Gillies
Page House
Hornelli
Canaseraga Times
Erie
Cuba Station
Cuba Depot
Allegany County
Cuba
Messessi
176Th
New -York Volunteers
Salamanca Repurblican
J. P. Dye
George Green
Pennsylvania
T. S. Tefft
Phillip’s Creek
A. B. Cottrell
Allegany
H. Ward
Hal
Isaac Willets
Paul
Mr. Willets
King’s Store Advertises Paints and Oils
An old newspaper notes offerings at King's with Ka'press paints oils and varnishes and declares goods first class while Guthrie Oklahoma sees five banks and six newspapers in operation puzzling proprietors about balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Oklahoma
Albany
Ka‘press
King’s
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Dispatch
Belmont, N.Y
Republican Party
Brother Glenn
Christ Church
Belvidere
N.Y
I. N. W. Irvine
Devine
N. Y
Dy, Irvine
Jd, H, Andrews
Riley
F. Vanderheef
Scio
Geo. A. Loveridge
D.C. Johnson
H. A. Handrick
Wellsville
Bert H. Helme
Felix Snable
Wm. van Campen
Corry
L. M. Lamb
Wm. Cranston
Genesee
American Cyclopedia
Garwood
Rowley
Geo. Robinson
J. C. Price
Archie Worden
Let van Horn
A. B. Bradley
Fred Miller
Bradford
Ed. Richardson
Edward Rutherford
F. G. Helme
Ed. Potter
Chas. Richardson
Evie
Andover
Belmont Friends
James Farwell
Calvin Thompson
Philips Creek
Misses Rose
Katy McTighe
Eliza Pardon
Annié O’leary
Josie Cokely
Huldah Gorton
Leander Gorton
E. V. Sortore
Elmore Willets
Board of Trade
J. B. Rodgers
Presbyterian Church of
Mr. Rogers
Itc
Consciece
Care
James Whitcomb
Riley's
Adriance & Platt
James T. Brown
Henry Renwick
Almond
Erastus Root
John J
Belmont News
Charles H. Brown
T. U
F. Vanderhoef & Son
C. G. Anderson & Som
Riley, Aplin & Lewis
Morris
Belle Boyd
E. W. Chamberlain
EB. I. Davis
Citizens Committee
St. Philip's Rectory
The
Allegany Co
Agricultural Society
Geo. L. Tucker
Messrs. Tucker
Vanderhoef
Anna van Vachten Bigelow
Utica
James Burton Rodgers
Memorial Presbyterian Church
Rodgers Godspeed
C. S. Whitney
L. F. Willets
W. P. Clark
Henry Wier
Wm. J. Richardson
C. 8. Whitney
Leonard Willets
Col. A. J. McNett
EK. W. Chamberlain
Eldyn Reynolds
M. E. Horner
Tom McDermott
Andover News
Lanphear
Paris Green
Belmonters
Michigan
Steel - Axe
Cortland
Buckeye
J. Bower & Son
Ind
Car
Norton and Custs
Ade
M. E. Davis
Andersons
Mings
Matson Orts
Smith
Smith’s Agricultural Oils
J. E. Smith
Belmont, N. Y
W. H. Clark
H. Clark
Sea Shore
S. Riley, Belmont
Ws. McCracken & Bro
Wm. McCracken & Bro
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