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Newspaper
Belmont Weekly Dispatch
Location
Belmont, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1890
Page
3
Belmont merchants report good business as Belmont Academy prepares for winter term. The Belmont hotel hosts a grand dinner for county officials, press, and stockholders with praise for owner Willets and the town’s continued prosperity.
Isaac Willets hosted a dinner for Allegany county supervisors and guests at the Belmont Hotel. Dr W K Paul presided as toastmaster, with Hon S M Norton GC H Brown A E Cowles and Hon D P Richardson delivering brief toasts. The Belmont, by Potter and Black, is a modern Erie line hotel with electric lighting steam heat and new furnishings. Guests praised the proprietors and departed optimistic about the venture.
The user requests extraction of dates and names from a garbled note. It lists December 12th Col. Sanford January 3rd saree Mr. Ragan February 7th steree Copeland March 14th wese essence Mr. Underhill.
An advertisement touts Bryant and Stratton business college as the best early investment for youths, claiming training provides enduring working capital and lifelong returns. It invites readers to write to J C Bryant, President, Buffalo NY, for an illustrated catalogue.
Local items detail visits and comings goings of residents in Belmont and surrounding towns including Dodd Barnes Allen Mills Handy Van Campen and many others. News covers the Belmont hotel The Belmont public works and electric lighting plans court proceedings and community opinions on depot location and town reform efforts.
The Canadian Queen newspaper advertises a contest offering 200 dollars for expenses to the entrant submitting the largest list of English words formed from letters in British North America. Prizes include silver tea sets, china, gold watches, and other items. a sealskin jacket or Shetland pony for top entries. Send six 2c stamps to THE CANADIAN QUEEN Toronto 328 for rules and sample issue.
James Welch of Austin Pennsylvania married Miss Mary Quigg at the bride’s home on Tuesday November 4 1890 officiated by Rev Father Brown. A reception followed with about twenty five couples and many gifts. Welch works as a superintendent at a Goodyear branch. relatives came from Austin Buffalo Wellsville Alma Greenwood and West Union.
The 27 year old Jamestown man Gilbert W. Hazeltine died in Conneaut after a troubled life that included a Baltimore murder trial at age 21 and a prior suspended sentence in Jamestown. His mother supported him through a long legal saga before his death with lingering reports of escapades. The obituary notes he was the son of Dr. G. W. Hazeltine, once wealthy, now in poverty, and earned renewed attention from the Clean Times account.
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