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Newspaper
Belmont Weekly Dispatch
Location
Belmont, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1892
Page
3
Mills and Green advertise a fresh stock of stationery in latest styles including Kid Finish Chamois Linen Vellum Crane's Bond Irish Linen Colonial Linen Cloth and Twisted Flax. They also list tablets pencil boxes book pages slates pencils and A slate diaries arriving soon.
Community items from The Dispatch dated Wednesday October 1 1892 cover town happenings. Mentions Columbus Day on the 21st, renovations at Pike House, court term opening with Judge Childs, new shoe shop by Chas Crandall, a death of Mabel Barney, upcoming medal contest at the Court House, a window sash order for a South American railroad shop, sign changes by Jo Holden, a horse race by Nancy Hanks at Terra Haute, funeral attendance for U W Cole, praise for American House Friendship, Farmers' Alliance quarterly convention, new blacksmith shop by Sylvester H McGibeny, planned Spirit of Reform paper, threshing insurance tips, Howard Ellis slated to speak on GOP criticisms, and the mysterious death of Charles J Murphy with lineage notes.
The annual M. E. Conference held at Albion assigned ministers to local churches and districts. E. H. Latimer remains Presiding Elder covering Andover. G. W. Gibson to Angelica. G. Lowell to Annin Creek. W. Miller to Belfast and Oramer. W. Dallen to Belmont. H. Vosburg to Bolivar. S. W. Arnold to Canaseraga. N. North to Cuba. W. B. Wagner to Friendship. J. F. Derr to Greenwood. D. E. Stille to Olean. R. C. Grames to Rushford. I. W. Chandler to Scio. J. H. Hann to Wellsville. F. H. Cowman and F. W. Berlin from Belmont go to Kendall Creek near Bradford, Penn.
A historical notice promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for scrofula a hereditary disease caused by impure blood. It claims the remedy expels the disease by purifying the blood and warns against substitutes.
Local reader note highlights consulting Tar Dispatch advertising columns for inquiries and listings. The brief underscores the paper as a source for classified ads and commercial notices within its pages.
The Allegany County Breeders Association announces a sale of over 40 fine horses without reserve at the Belmont Hotel stables Belmont New York on Wednesday October 26 1892. The event also features one registered Jersey Bull and invites all interested buyers to attend.
Mrs. Walter Richardson and Mrs. Alta Braly began a visit to Dundee and nearby places on Monday. Mrs. Ben Worth, ill in Madison County, plans to return home today though still very sick. Walter Richardson attended a relative’s funeral in Gainsville last Saturday. Congress member Hooker spoke plainly at Bolivar on Tuesday evening and W. W. Hicks of Florida addressed Richburg voters for two hours urging civil duty in the coming election.
A crowded notice sheet reports a bridge incident where Earnest Rice fell from a wagon after a bolt failed, injuring the horse, with losses around 100 dollars. Other items note social events new business moves, illnesses, and local travel including Warren Hooker speaking, a Republican flag pole, and the Winchip Bates lawsuit proceeding.
Advertisement states deafness from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube can only be cured by constitutional remedies. It offers $100 for a case of deafness caused by catarrh that cannot be cured and provides circulars. mentions F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio and druggist selling at 75 cents.
The Hornell Press recounts two masked men robbing James Lane at Morris bridge near Almond. Reports also note a failed attempt to stop the Angelica stage in Church woods and call for vigilance. Bell Bros. of Olean offers a wide range of dry goods and storm serge.
The clerk's office lists jurors drawn for the Extraordinary Circuit Court and special term of the Supreme Court and court of Oyer and Terminer in Belmont Allegany on October 1 1892. Names include Langworthy Chaffee Murphy Karr Noble Mc Dermott McCracken Crandall Smith Livermore Crosser Guilford Hamilton Andrus Wilkins Chamberlain Green, et al.
The page lists varied notices and ads from local businesses including Wm Richardson Co and Bell Bros. Olean NY, with mentions of a G.A.R encampment in Indianapolis and promotions for hats neckwear and laundry services. It also references a Mills Green bulletin and Woolford’s Sanitary Lotion sales, alongside real estate bond offers and Shropshire lambs for sale.
Mr. Minard of Fillmore reports busy subscription effort for his forthcoming volumes on Moses Van Campen and Judge Philip Church. The work honors western New York history and railroad progress, with about three hundred subscribers already secured in Hume Caneadea Allen Angelica Rushford and extending to Belmont.
October events in New York include a grand demonstration and parade on October 11, a military parade on October 12, and the unveiling of the Columbus Monument. The Erie Railway offers round trip tickets at reduced rates from October 9 to 12 with return allowed through October 15.
A seven year old boy seeks admission or care at the Allegany County Alms House in Angelica New York addressed to Sidney Crandall superintendent or Dr C Grunder keeper with the appeal noting a bright demeanor and request for support.
Claiming to cleanse poisons from blood and boost health, the ad touts G M D or Golden Medical Discovery by Dr. Pierce as a tonic and blood purifier. It alleges it can aid consumption bronchitis and lung trouble and offers money back if not beneficial.
Mrs. E. L. Coxe arrived Saturday and presented a remarkable display of the latest New York and Paris fashions in hats bonnets and trimmings. Ladies proclaim it the most elegant opening ever held in this place inviting everyone to view the collection.
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