Local notices and market chatter in Dunkirk column
A jumble of ads and brief items from the Dunkirk area covers oil prices, weather, poetry quips, property for sale on Robin and Second streets, local events at the Normal Club and rink, a concert by Mendelssohn Quintette Club, discussions of sewer costs, Maple sugar making, and a budding football club. Names include Mrs A Laub, Mrs C Balger, Perc y Hamilton, S M Hamilton, and Terrence Powderly among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lien
Second
A. Laub
Engtire
Personal mentions span cities and rail talk in local notes
In East Otto and Dunkirk circuits, figures such as John Beggs Jr Gen Jackson Miss Currie Wilson and Miss Ella Cooke visit or depart. Guests include Wm G Todd, Francis Granger, Milo Bailey and Bertie from Baltimore. Crucial moves involve Conductor Patengill switching lines and Kaltenbach heading to Poughkeepsie while Domest fills his post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Jackson
Chemung County
Currie Wilson
Dunkirk
Minnie Lincoln
East Otto
Second Assembly District Republican Convention Notice
The Republican Electors of the Second Assembly district in Chautauqua County are summoned to Reed's Hall Sinclairville on April 12, 1944 at 7 30 p m for selecting five delegates and five alternates to the Republican State Convention in Utica on April 33 1944 and to transact other proper business including apportionment of delegates among towns Ellicott Ellington and Dunkirk to govern representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chautauqua County
Reed's Hall
Sinclairvile
Le.w
Utica
Ellicott
Elven
Ellington - Ma
Daniel H. Post
RG Omaven
Churches and Sermons Outline for Sunday Services
Church services are listed with Rev Thoburn at First M L Church 10 AM love feast 11 AM sermon and lord s supper. Evng 7 30 sermon Jacob s ladder by popular exhorter. Rev Le Roy at First Baptist 11 AM Sweet Hearts and Bitter Hearts, 7 30 Dunkirk Cadet Corps battlefield of Balaklava and Valley of the Dead. Front rows reserved for Cops. Nile and Hippopotamus lecture to follow. City Hall sermon by Rev Adams The Manner of Growth of Spiritual Life. St John s subject unclear. Lenten lectures likely. Presbyterian morning service includes baptism and Lord s Supper. evening Song Service with two Bulgarian students. Pastor travels to St Louis. Rev Wm Martin to cover until returns.
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Firet ML. E
Thoburn
LeRoy
First Baptist Church
Dunkirk
Balaklava
E. P. Adams
F. W. Raikes
Presbyterian Church
St. Louis
Wm. Martin
Republican Caucus and Town Events Announced
A Republican Caucus at City Hall is set for Tuesday evening April 1 to elect delegates to the Congressional and Sinclairville District Conventions. On April 15 a Tonawanda bean eating tournament, under Winfield B. Scott Post No. 129, will award a Tonawanda News prize badge. Also noted is Hon. O F Price's bill for removing obstructions in Chautauqua Lake outlet with an $8000 appropriation.
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Sinclairville
Tonawanda
G. A. KR
Grand Army
O. F. Price
Legislatte
Chautauqua Lake
Genial James of the W A Tel Co in Dunkirk Visit
Special Reporter notes Dunkirk figures in Buffalo news. A bank clerk’s photo graces Main Street, while a Dunkirk-adopted adonis charms the first ward. Hugh Miller, once at the Post Office, is now a dry goods clerk here. A large Dunkirk crowd enjoyed Fanchon at the Academy of Music last night.
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Genial James
W. A. Tel. Co
Dunkirk
Adonis
First Ward
Johnny
Hugh Miller
Fanchon
Academy of Music
Gilbert
Miss Mitchell
Wann
Cassadaga Spring Goods Advance Amid Local Upturn
Cassadaga reports a lively business revival as LM Smith arrives with new Spring goods and the depot is thoroughly remodeled. Local houses gain new shingles and paint while mills run full time. Alvin Dill and son tract Canada trip notes. O Waterman touts game chicks and Hamburgs. Beebe & Son launch a Spring stock after selling off winter goods, Roy Smith’s grocery wagon garners attention. Cassadaga Lake remains clear of weed.
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Smith
Dr. Phillips
Asa Cumming
Nick Pettit
Walt Wait
Alvin Dill
David Totman
Ter Try
Canada
Stockton
O. Waterman
Q. W. Chaang Warren
Delanti
Beebe & Son
GC. V. Beebe Son
Win_ter
Roy Smith
Wilcox & Beebe
Nickersons
Beauty and Co
Cassadaga Lake
Local News Roundup From Elmira Jamestown and Beyond
A varied clipping notes Elmira’s 225 saloons and wheat contracts from Duluth to Buffalo at four cents. A Jamestown civil damage verdict awards $1,000 plus costs. A Hornellsville druggist is boycotted by Knights of Labor for reading the New York Tribune. News reports Hilcottville monument repaired, and Cold Spring creamery sold to Samuel Townsend. Bar admissions headline names from Rochester. Miss Ella C. Lapham of Fredonia leads the American Association for the Advancement of the Sex with Julia Ward Lowe as president. Duprez retires from stage and buys the Washington Hotel in Lowell for 45000. Melacke of Baltimore visits jailed brother William in Elmira. Mrs Maria J. Allis dies at her son’s home in Erie after a long life. Writ of habeas corpus sought in Bradford insanity case for Mrs Collins, wife of a prominent Bradford citizen, with inquiry to follow in Meadville. Medical authorities dispute Mrs Collins’s sanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella C. Lapham
Fredonia
American Association For the Advancement of the Sex
Buffalo
Julia Ward S Lowe
A.B. Richmond
Colling
Bradford
Warren Insane Asylum
John Qurwin
Warren Sytem
Collins
Meadville
Mira. Collins
Warren Asylum
Curwin
New State Law Requires Physiology and Hygiene Instruction
State Superintendent of Public Instruction issues circular on the 1884 act requiring physiology and hygiene teaching in all New York public schools. It details implementation for districts, text book adoption, certificated teachers, and enforcement timelines with emphasis on effects of alcohol, stimulants, and narcotics.
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Toe
Hos
Wm. B. Ruggles
Pacific Instruction
New York
Boards of Education
Lucky Discovery of Lost Georgia Fortune
Savannah special reports Willie Samuel McDaniel found a sealed whisky jug while plowing near Island Shoals. After drinking, his mother awakened him and they discovered 1,900 five dollar pieces totaling 9,500 dollars in the jug. The grandfather was a Florida War captain who died in action, fortune possibly linked to his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Savannah
Wilie Samuel McDaniel
Island Shoals
NeDaniel
Miners Strike Over Price Cut Demand Across Fourth Pool
About eight hundred coal miners on the Monongahela River strike against a one quarter cent per bushel cut in mining price. Operators in the third pool reportedly seek another quarter cent reduction. The men are in no position to strike due to finances.
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Prrrspunen
Monongahela River
Precocious Youngster and a Fractured Love in Watsontown
Bertie Houghton a Philadelphia schoolboy under sixteen traveled to Watsontown Pa where he became the focus of Agnes Hassinger a wealthy farmer’s daughter She wrote to him after his silence and her father replied with a scolding letter that revealed Agnes had attempted suicide by ingesting poison but survived though weak The Hassinger letter and Houghton words show a tale of teen romance and family pressure in a small town.
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Philadelphia Times
Bertie Houghton
Philadelphia
Watsontown
Misa Agnes Hassinger
Ethel St. Maur
Sue
Young Houghton
Hassinger
Bertin Havertrax
Agnes
Angela
Landann
Tondon
Houghton
Bud
Sams
Old Time Clam Roasts on Poquahaug Island
Milford columnist recalls Ansantawae sachem era on Charles's Island in Milford Bay. Old Uncle Peleg Abercrombie, ninety two, shares memories of clam bakes, clams fat and tender, and the island’s role in local Indigenous and colonial history. He describes roasting pits, kelp blankets, and the harvest of dried clams for winter.
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Poquahaug Island
Milford
Conn
Cor
N.Y
Sun Poquchaug
Charles's Island
American Yacht Club
Hudsox
Connecticut
Milford Bay
Ansantawze
Peleg Abercrombie
Millford
Elmathan
Charles
Royal Island
Fortahaug
Poe
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Saturday Evening Observer
Local Department
Harry S. Martin
Depal
Ty Ibs
Wasnscron
Duneire Day
THE
Observer
Sarernar Evesing Opservae
Elmira
Frank P. Horerre
Farmer and Orstrvier Company
N. Y
Signa
Gay Hand
Johnny Morgan
Southern Dakota
Amalet
Robin Street
Percy Hamilton
M. Hamilton
Eagle Street
Mendelssohn Quintette Club
Normal Club
G. J.k.patterson
Furner and Observer Company
People's
Nickel Plate
Lake Shore Railway
Order of the Iron Hall
Hornellsville Times
Duprez Minstrel Company
Opera House
Deer Street
Farner and Observer
Boosteal
Terrence V. Powderly
Charles Blood
W. J. Wells
Fuller
Mr. Wells
Palmer and Observer Publishing
Nell Bartholomew
United States
Christ
Rufus Stanley
Fred Whittlesey
Philip Cary
Chas. Ludlow
D. D. Ludlow
Chauncy Rathbun
Williard Smith
Lyman van Buren
Jas. Hamilton
Wm. Heyl
John 8. Beggs, Jr
H.C. Brundage
City
Sir
Iowa
Wm.g. Todd
Jamestown
Francis Granger
Cleveland
Hurlbert House
Wm. Shelton
Moundsville
W.va
L. F. Kelsey Westfield
J. J. Meyers
Erie
N. K
Brown Forestville
F. Nixon
Westfield
the Erie
Ella Cooke
Fannie Sydenham
Insdale
Henry Weiler
Mr. Weiler
Poughkeepsie
Milo V. Bailey
Bertie
Baltimore
Old Chautauqua
J. E. Temple
Little Harry
Geo. R.batcheller
King Street
D.G. Alling
Add. Patengill
Erie Railroad
West Shore Railroad
Pat
8. Whitaker
Centreville
Sheridan
Leonard Cary
Brocton
Geo. Kaltenbach
Louis Heyl
Eastman
Business College
Joseph Domest
Wim. Lisch
Miss Brodie
Till Bros
N. ¥. City
Dan W Abeli
Rice & Abel
Little Valley
Litllé Valley News
Second Assembly Dist. Convention
Republican Caucus
LM. Smith
New Spring Goods
Northwest Corner, &c
Duluth
Hornellsville
Knights of Labor
New York Triune
A. P. Lord
Hilcottville Soldiers’ Monument
Apts
Frewsburg
P. F. Lewis
Samuel Townsend
Charles H.duprez
Duprez & Benedict
Washington Hotel
Lowell
Mass
Bred Melacke
William
Katie Bredehoff
Maria J. Allis
C. F. Allis
Second National Bank
Coventry
Wilkesbarre
William Allis
Holly
Rochester
Mary
TNA
Misa Shaugheersky
Pinkidelphi
Kathleen O'Suaughmessyy
Beaver
Manac
J. H. Newton
Agnes Hae
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