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Newspaper
Belmont Weekly Dispatch
Location
Belmont, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1890
Page
1
Mrs. Otis has bought the entire unsold stock of B. Newton & Son including dry goods ready made clothing and the Newton store at a large discount. Goods will be sold very cheap with groceries and notions also offered. The firm claims low tea prices and better coffee, with delivery to save customers money, and invites all to inspect the store.
An advertisement highlights factory and office producers at the corner of Norton and Mill streets in Belmont New York, underscoring local manufacturing capacity and business presence.
Davin A. Curtis recounts a New York City editor Bow ers on Cape Cod whose bohemian dreams clash with city life and a dangerous romance. A case of a shooting, a drunken lapse, and a Christmas eve rescue lead to a Thanksgiving homecoming and a reconciled family.
A wife complains the turkey is too old to eat and asks what to do. The husband suggests sending it to the parsonage.
Mrs Frank Leslie discusses how Thanksgiving has ceased to be a purely New England festival. She notes growing national observance, central White House proclamations, and increased travel aiding unity. The piece contrasts Christmas and New Year customs and traces regional shifts in holiday practices across eras.
The piece recalls the old salé fish dinner in Massachusetts and the traditional harvest feast. It contrasts early pilgrim feasts with modern urban life and urges sharing abundance with the needy, proposing acts of charity as true Thanksgiving happiness. It emphasizes duty to others over festive revelry.
Desphines street station police arrested six men and two women after a cottage raid at 126 West Washington Street. The group is accused of four safe robberies including Lake Street depot Illinois Central and Booth Sons safes, plus thefts of a Millionaire Keller deed bundle worth about 100 000 dollars.
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