Donation for Rev. J Holmes at Clarksville Parsonage
In Clarksville an August 26 donation for Rev. J Holmes at the parsonage marks his near retirement from active ministry. Other notes report September travel of N Wetherby and wife with a Rochester excursion party, illness of ex postmaster Keller’s wife, Etta Wilkinson returning from Elmira, and local oil drilling activity with limited prospects and water shortages.
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J. Holmes
N. Wetherby
Kansas
Rochester
Salamanca
Chicago
Wisconsin
Keller
Etta Wilkinson
Elmira
Keno
Twilight
Bill Reeves
Cuba
B. Childs
Ackerly & Samuels
Worthman & Congdon
Wetherby
Hammond & Barton
M. Wixon
Centerville notes and local recollections in a small town register
The Centerville column offers a playful town sketch and local updates. It reports Elisha Woods's death near New Hudson and his Higgins schoolhouse funeral, notes on North Main Street’s old house teardown, roadside bush cutting enforced with resistance, and a curious tale of Thomas James who left Nebraska for a better life with Bechtel and the James family. It also mentions Mrs. James’s move to a farm in Freedom and lingering questions about Tom.
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Parrrow
Centerville
Elisha Woods
New Hudson
Higgins School House
Bin
Moris
North Main Street
al Eady
Leo
Thomas James
Nebraska
Uncle Sam
Fepd
Rachael
Bechtel
James Brother
Seth Thomas
Freedom
Ton
Niobiara
Esa
Munn
Miter
Buffalo
Down River
Netie Staney
Geneseo
Esq. Muna
Elscot
Brooklyn
James Lansing
N. B. Sherman
Jepurs
Harry
Erie Road
Elmira
Tre Parrior
Pharadey
New York
Draganka
Fifth Cavalry
85Th Turguey
Grand Army
Rochester
Wellsville
W. P. Decker
Luther W. Lawrence
Bonus Prairie
Chenango County
Elvira Chamberlain
Cazenovia
N.Y
Illinois
Detroit
Cuba
Lawrence
A. D. Lawrence
Manguoketa
Iowa
E. L. Lawrence
City
Hattie E. Sturtevant
Ohio Baptist Church
Spring
Coral
Marengo
Cherry Valley
Rockton
Boone County
Ile
Legislaure
Wild man rumor and arrest near the village
A wild man sighting in the woods alarmed residents as several hunters fled. The man was captured and jailed overnight by Esa Munn and later deemed harmless by Dr. Miter after a brief examination. He spoke only in screams and carried a sisterly letter from Buffalo.
HASKELL FLATS COMMUNITY NOTES AND EVENTS
In Hinsdale a row of young apple trees shows delayed growth due to late spring. Keller Hill school closed summer term with a picnic in Shefter’s woods and a Keller Bilt versus Haskel club ball game. Oscar H Underwood visited from Olean, Marion Peck recovering from rheumatism resumes work, and local businesses promote Parker’s Tonic and Aug Filkins Bros. Pills.
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Frank Burton
Hinsdale
Keller Hill
Shefter’s Woods
Keller Bilt
Haske
Oscar H. Underwood
Hollis Soung
Olean
Marion Peck
Crisp
Erie orders twenty new hard coal engines for passenger trains
Erie railroad news notes a request for twenty new hard coal engines for passenger service. Other items cover Perry N Y season openings, a dog show at Cornerville fair, and local updates on taxes and rail earnings.
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Erie
Gorton
Minstrela and Gold Band
Perry
Ayer
Rornellsville Fair
Canada
Buffalo
New York
United States
W. G. Laidlaw
Ellicottville
Great Valley Centre
Randolph
Aurora Enterprise
Albert Smith
Sodus
Clark Witte
Alfred Ce Iter
Erie Railway
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Division
Standad Oil Company
Cleveland
le Boc
Ea Tov
Rew
Syracuse
Local Masonry Frustrated By E Spaulding Threats
North Adams Magg residents face threats from E Spaulding who threatens exposure of lodge secrets and seeks aid for his scheme. He sent handbills to Masons offering to capture, threatens distribution, and plans covertly to confer degrees at his home. Lodges deem him unentitled and press on with printing offers at The Patriot office.
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North Adams
E. Spaulding
Desrees
Beau di Ag
Noah Adams
Weter
Gwia
Relthe
La“syelle
Graylock
Capore
Morgan
Remarkable Recovery After New Discovery For Consumption
In Paris Texas Mr J E Corley was near death from consumption. A trial bottle of Dr King's New Discovery gave relief, followed by a large bottle and five boxes of pills. After two bottles and five boxes he recovered, gaining thirty six pounds. Free trial bottles offered at C W Rolphs Norchgew.
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Texas
Paris
Tex
J. E. Corley
Dr. King
C. W. Rolph
S. Norchgew
Weekly Journal Offer Promoted With Albany Journal Tie In
The Patriot offers a one year subscription to the Weekly Journal plus Time Patriot for 1 80 with advance payment. The Journal is praised as a leading state weekly and specimen copies will be sent. An ad notes Hop Plaster claims to relieve backache kidney and muscle pains with a signature from Hop Plaster Co.
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Warner Miller
Steuben
Barnes
California
Albany Journal
Time Patriot
Patriot
Hop Plaster Co
Hand's Child Remedies Advertised in Scranton 1886
Scranton readers are urged to buy Dr Hand's remedies for children from F L Reppe and druggists at 510 Cedar Ave. Products include Teething Lotion Colic Cure Pleasant Physic Worm Elixir Cough and Croup Medicine Diarrha Mixture General Tonic and Chafing powder, all 25c. Also advertised is Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites for consumption and wasting diseases.
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Scranton
C. W. Rolph
Cuba
N. Y
Wills Hunt
Belfast
N.Y
Scott’s
Hop Plasters and a Cautionary Tale of Quackery
A New Haven reader warns against a deceitful doctor who claimed illness and sought daily fees. The letter recalls using Sulphur Bitters to cure general weakness after his uncle advised against the physician. The note touts Hop Plasters as popular while warning readers to beware of fake substitutes.
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Afra. S
New Haven
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Cuba, N. Y
A. Unger
A.unger
Cuba,n. Y
QO. Osborne
Drugs & Medicines
Main ST
A. H. Burnett
Furnisher
Bridge
Erie Depot
Itheum
A. P. Oroward & Co
Boston
Masa
KLIVE
Clarksville
Caneadea
Haskell
Filkins Bros
Vicinity Notes
Alexander
Genesee County
New Yok
Whitney
O'ean
Edatihe Bureau of Engraving and Printive
Pos-Mester -General
Northwestern
Belvidere, N
Charles Wyckoff
Taffy
Lima
Limwell
Mic Éforts
Stasia
Kane
Findlay
Warren Paragraph
Tue Patriot Office
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