Busy Belmont briefs and local notes from The Dispatch
A compilation of Belmont and Allegany county items including court schedules, hotel and bridge developments, charitable fundraisers, and remarks on local publishing practices. Highlights mention electric lights, the Belmont hotel, a new iron bridge, and civic concerns over county printing prices and tax payer scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honorable
Board of Supervisors
DisrpaTcu
Belmont Hotel Co
Clark Bros
Highway Com’r
Wellsville
Virgin
Local notes from Belmont and surrounding towns
Paul Cush visits Buffalo. Crandall family welcomes a son named Crit. Smith Davison returns to Hornellsville. various residents travel, visit, or plan moves between Belmont Wellsville Fredonia and nearby. Socials include a Thanksgiving hop at Crandall's and a Machias church rededication announced for December 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Cush
Buffalo
J. J. Crandall
Local merchants advertise sales and cash discounts in Friendship
Classified notices promote Watc h prices at C S Lane Main Street Friendship New York and Wm McCracken Bro offering cash sales Hood Day goods discounted stock clearance Jamestown dress fabrics at 15 to 20 cents and a catch as catch can wrestling match Atherton versus McCarthy with referee Muldoon along with warnings colored men cannot join the Farmers Alliance and invitations to inspect carpets oriental rugs lace curtains and wall hangings at low prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. McCracken & Bro
Price & Rose
Friendship
Farmers’ Alliance
Ed Atherton
Will McCarthy
Belfast
Atherton
Frank Muldoon
New York
West Main Street
Watch
Wm McCracken & Bro
Belmont Hotel Co Banquet Celebrates New Belmont Inn
The Belmont banquet hosted by Isaac Willets for Belmont Hotel Co and county officials drew about 80 guests. Judge S. Norton praised Willets for gifting the magnificent hotel and recalled past board members as the event closed with statements of praise and a long live Belmont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Willets
Board of Supervisors
Belmont Hotel Co
L’otter & Black
Paul
S. M. Norton
Allegany
Feis
Warn
Belmont
Jonathan Couch
Centerville
Isaac Prosser
Genesee
Wm. McEwen
Wellsville
Charles, Flanegan
Angelica
Cuba
A Novel Announcement for The Youths Companion Calendar
Publishers announce a seven page illuminated Book of Days calendar to accompany next year’s volume. Each page depicts a day with a line of the old rhyme from Monday to Sunday. Free to new subscribers who pay $1.75 for a year and request January 1891 free and full year from that date with holiday numbers and weekly supplements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Companion
TH Companion
Belmont Academy and Union School Regents Exam List 1890
Report of Regent s examination held Nov 18 20 1890 listing students from Belmont Academy and Union School with subjects including geog spell phys civ gov grams arith history dv gov and physics. Names include Nellie Bradley Sara Byrne Maggie Byrne Kathryn Clark Mary Dillon Lillian Davis Pauline Eddie Mary Hartigan Julia Hartigan Agnes Kelly Anna Lord Angelyn Mapes Annie Middaugh Bertha Sortore Mary Windus Louise Weiler Grace Whitcomb Jos Bartlett Chas Babcock Raymond Crocker Clarence Comstock Morris Ostrander Isaac Patterson Charlie Sortore George Smith W Harry Tefft W Harry Ward John Ward Fred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley
Nellie
Byrne
Sara
Spell
Geog
Maggie
Lyonnaise Potatoes with Ayer’s Pills Prompting Digestion
A recipe for Lyonnaise Potatoes uses cold boiled potatoes cut into cubes, salt, pepper, lard, onion, and parsley cooked covered for 38 minutes. The note adds a health tip urging Ayer's Pills if digestion is off and promises the dish for breakfast if digestion is good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayer
Belmont Post Office Ad List Names
Remaining in Post-office at Belmont November 20, 1890: Fred Adams Saml Cranston Joseph Armstrong J G Hall C A Black N G Hatch J H Bowell M S Heading Libbie Crandall Frank Winkley Mrs Sarah E Weller Parties calling for the above please say advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belmont
Fred Adams
Sam‘l Cranston
Joseph Armstrong
J. G. Hall
C. A. Black
N. G. Hatch
J. H. Bowell
M.S
Libbie Crandall
Frank Winkley
Sarah E. Weller
Belmont Briefs Show Local Happenings And Ads
Local items note fresh bread deliveries on Tuesdays and Fridays at J D Holdens, a Thanksgiving number in the Dispatch, store expansions by McDermott Bros, and various ads. J Reynolds raffles turkeys. holiday plans and musical acts for January 29 are listed. A Baptist union roll call is announced for December 6 and 7, with attendance urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Holden’s
Dispatch
McDermott Bros
Riley
Wm. McCracken & Bro
John Reynolds
John Rogers
Handkerchief sale and notes from the era
An item lists a sale of embroidered handkerchiefs from 10c to 2.00 with specials at 22c and 50c per dozen, inviting shoppers to J. Hovr & Co. in Wellsville. The rest compiles scattered quips and notices about taxes, theater, a Masons officer move, a loan offer, boxing results near Olean, a poison incident in Buffalo, and assorted light local humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Hovr & Co
Wellsville
Inferred Local News Highlights Across Bradford Era Notes
A digest of notices from Bradford Era lists items on pensions in Cattaraugus County and a new butter pail factory in Ellicottville. Other notes cover a near-fatal incident to John Champlin, church and political moves, a burned farm barn, a planned hotel project, and upcoming farmers institutes. The column also mentions a bear shot near Wheeler’s gulf and local anecdotes about politics, religion, and railway arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Centre
New York
Fredonia
Wheeler’s Gulf
Farmers’ Institutes
Franklinville
Belmont
Hornelleville
Alliance
Angelica
Farmers’ Alliance
Bryant & Stratton College Offers Phonography Training
The article notes broad demand for trained phonographers among youth and that Bryant and Stratton College provides thorough instruction. Graduates are frequently placed in good roles and Mr J C Bryant of Buffalo can supply circulars on demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryant & Stratton College
J.C. Bryant
Prest
Buffalo
Reference dates extracted for record keeping
December 12. Col. Sanford. January 3. Mr. Ragan. February Tthr.ccc-ccseesetees Col. Copeland. March Athises recess Mr. Underhill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anaetbanee
Sanford
Ragan
Ccc-Ccseesetees
Copeland
Athises
Underhill
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Dispatch
Literary Society
Wellsville Democrat
Thos. Madden
Belvidere
Wm. Cline
Peter Owens
Warren
John McDermott
Crissey
Messrs
Sortore
Wanderhoef
Mabel Coats
M. W. Pike
Democrat
New Hotel
Allegany County
Bolivar
Smith Davison
Hornells-ville
J. Bower
Charles Babcock
Scio
Whitcomb
Withey
John Dean
T. N. Smith
Olean
Geo. L. Tucker, Jr
Mary Lowe
F. N. Whitcomb
E. Rutherford
George Dean
Hornellsville
M. McDermott
Monticelli
Hawley
Frank
Gertrude Pike
Annie Norton
E. B. Curtis
Whitney
Ely Davis
E. I. Davis
Davis
Della Osgood
Rondo
Mich
Senator Kane
Bradford
Geo. Loveridge
Miss Larabee
Thos. Dougan
Michigan
Misa Nora Berkery
Kittie Greenan
CE. L. Allen
John Costigan
Frank Pettibone
Crandall
Opera House
Lewis
R. L. Wilkinson
Jim Mulligan
Dunkirk
E. J. Rowley
Owasso, Mich
E. S. Rowley
Adda Rowley
Cleveland
Charles L. Spaulding
Irene
Samuel
Chas. L. Eaton
Alfred Sun
Gwynn
Machias
Givler
Michael McDermott
Luke McDermott
Luke
T. L. McVey
G. V
Stem Wind
American
Elgin Works
C. S. Lane’s
Main Street
N. Y
Jamestown
Charles Jennings
Cramel
The
Belmont Academy and Union School
Belmont Briefs
W.barnettson
T. D. Middaugh
New Orleans
U.T. C. Company and Gold Band
Amity Lodge
I. C
G.T. No
Lane
Price &Rose
J. Hoyt & Co
Grover
Baptist Church
Buffalo Christian, Advocate
Adv
Mr. Bingo
Bingo
Landlaly
New Boulder
Cherry Creek News
John W. Vrooman
Masons
Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association
Warren Gorton
John van Heest
Martin Neary
Philadelphia
Neary
Bradford Sports
American Press Association
Ahanksgiving
Frep
Dayo
Peo
Weisville, N.Y
C. S. Riley’s
Perry Spring Tooth Harrow
Geo. E. King
Belmont, N. Y
Poker
Pedro
Hoyle
Hume
Cattaraugus County
Ellicottville
John Champlin
Caneéadea
Death's Door
Fillmore
Wm. Zink
Bradford Printers
Wilson
Bissell
U.S
Rushford
Frances Willard i
M. E
Albert Miller
Emporium
Christian Drum
Elle
Salamanca
Angelica Republican
Dalton
Selah
Erie Company
BRO
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