Local notables and crowds gather amid eclectic notices
Don A. Denise and others from Rome and Jamestown appear at venues including Hurlbest House and Erie rail area. Judge Oscar Cook presides as Rochester and Silver Creek figures attend. A Buffalo clothing store promotes winter lines while a violent flare involves I. N. Starring Post’s murder, drawing delegations from Buffalo Forestville Dunkirk and nearby locales to assist mustering officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Cook
Jamestown
Erie Store Promotes New Bonnets and Bargains
A freight of short notices lists Erie Store promotions for new styles in Lals neni bonnets and special bargains on underwear hosiery and cloves. Also advertised are overcoats, clothing lines, and Christmas season preparations at Buffalo One Price Clothing Store and Batlate One Price Clothing Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
One Price
Buffalo One Price Clothing Store
Erie
dohoJdey Elkalreet
Batlate One Price
Center Street
Denkirk
N. Y
Erie City
Sherman
Light in the Darkness Prompts Towns to Lure Iron Works
An unnamed iron manufacturing concern seeks a new location with cheap taxes and water, offering land donations and liberal corporate support. The firm does about $75,000 yearly business and aims to begin operations by July 1, 1885. A citizens committee will negotiate to attract the industry to the city, citing strong credit and local railway access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onserver
Dunkirk
Buffalo
A Sharp Trick Exposes Draft Fraud Fledgling Defrauds Bank
A young man, son of a well known family, used false representations to induce Lord & Son to endorse an $800 New York draft on Sinclairville bank. He vanished, prompting a statewide alert as sheriffs Merrill, Lake, and Matteson search for him. Aware banks refuse the draft. the amount remains unsettled until he is captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord & Son
New York
Sinclairville Bank
Ife
Une
Merrill
Lake
Matteson
Clarence Lake
Albertus Richards
St. John
Frank Stafford
Geo. Horton
Mulkins
E Swift
A.W
Mayville
KE. Brown
Joe Lavoix
Custer City
Alex
Eureka City
G. Daniels
W.E. Griswold
W. Reynolds
Olean
Phenix Mutual Life
Iere
Griswold
Ued
Emigrants comedians Baker and Firron at Opera House
The Emigrants and The Emigrants critics note Baker and Parron began a week at the Academy of Music with their Buffalo return audience crowded and welcoming. The play borrows from Chris and Lena with lively scenes and continuous applause. Repeats nightly this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker
Firron
Opera House
Evening News
Daffalo
Nant
Parron
The
Academy of Music
Chris
Lena
Hope for Buffalo Railway Revival Emerges in Gloom
A Board of Trade president urges that by 184 or sooner Buffalo’s rail and coal dockage facilities will be so expanded that some lines must add side tracks. The push aims to restore Dunkirk to inland trade prominence and revive the city’s former glory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trade
Buffalo
Jackson
Rinktlets rink warms with five stoves and racing night
Manager Lackey plans five large stoves to heat the rink this winter. A sizable crowd watched live races with Bert Allen sbrand taking first in orange trace, Frank Knauber second, Charlie Brooks third. John Galbraith won the two mile for a season ticket. The Kane family victory clears a dispute over burial in Kane church yard. The village also features street lights and a uniformed ladies gymnastic class at the academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manager Lackey
Bradford
Bert Allensbrand
Frank Knauber
Charlie Brooks
John Galbraith
Local notes from Lockport era reveal quirky tales and progress
The Lockport Journal reports on varied topics from postal system trials and lake trips by the Marshall and Cornell to elicit public interest. It notes jail populations, Erie newspaper counts, and a push for free delivery in Jamestown. It highlights insurance in Chautauqua County, births, hospitalizations, mysterious arrowheads, and a Moody reference. It mentions Edison Electric Light Co in Lockport, and plans for Mill Street mills installing twenty five electric lights with an upcoming public exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edison Electric Light Company
Chester & Co
Mill Street
Lockport
Lockport Journal
Notable Fredonia merchant Howard A Thompson Dies
Howard A Thompson of Fredonia dies at 23 after a brief illness. A rising figure in finance, he recently married Miss Dell Bartholomew and devoted his final months to religious service. Funeral held at the Fredonia Presbyterian Church with Rev Kneeland and Rev Bates, flowers and evergreens marking the bier. The service included a long hymn and poem “We Shall Know Hereafter,” reflecting on faith and eternal life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota
Howard A. Thompson
Fredonia
Thidfe
Lisuife
Belle Camp
West
Dalrymple
Dell Bartholomew
Wright
Presbyterian Church
M. D. Kneeland
Bates
Brocton
Kneeland
John
Wirt
Prohibition Tensions and Local News from Forestville
Forestville report notes bitter feeling toward prohibitionists sparked by a burnings effigy of a known opponent. Mentions of meetings, eight admonitions to bury enmity and seek mutual prosperity. Reports travelers, local moves, a manslaughter conviction in Buffalo, and community notices including insurance and maritime items.
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Vening
Local Department
Wopan
Ariive
Don A. Denise
Rome
Solomon Levi
Jie
Nancy
Qil
China
Turkey
Abell
Uchristmas
Dr. Cronyn
Mr. John Jordan
Florida
Salt River
G. D. Parsons
Emerson Block
Nelson's
Lake Shore
Chicago
City Hall
McCarthy & Monroe
Oakley
Gidley & Tross
Lyon Bros
Heyl, Levy
Butcher
Monroe
Blaine and Logan Club
Turners Hall
I Frarg Merritt
DeVoe
Tere
Niagara
Paris
New York Times
Cleveland
Miss Folsom
Inbiye
Rinktlets
Gen. Kane
McKeen Co
Little Presbyterian Church
Kane
Wiliams
Philadelphia
OK Beals
Lockport Logists
Marshall
Cornell
Meadville
Elmirs
Handolph
Eric
Iis
G. 2. Fry
Chautauqua County Patron’s Fire Relief Association
Will Burog
Carson City
Nevada
Chas. F. Richmond
L. Richmond
State Hospital For the
Warren
Silver Lake
Perry
M. M Allen
Freehold
Buffalo Express
Niagara Cataract
Ira Richmond
Auburn
Lizzie Cook
J. BR. Hughes
Columbus, O
Threa
Maple Springs
Chautauqua Lake
Jane
Rochester
Dwight L. Moody
Paul
New York Tribune
Phoebe Brockway
Union Springs
Ller
Collier
Galway
Saratoga County
James Edwards
Elk Creek
Nate Williams
Franklinville
Cuba
Williams
Wm. L. Scott
Scott
Benjamin Boorman
Findley’s Lake
Mr. Boorman
England
Chautauqua County
Tod
Brogetun
Forestville
Mitchell
Antoine Sala
Havana
Hhome
Alfred Manchester
West Falls
Erie County
John Harper
Lion
St. Dunktre
Heyl
Union Hardware
G. A. Lackey
Prop’r
J.T. Hoole & CO
Central Ave
4Th ST
Wilkes-Barre Coal
Wyoming
N.Y
Dollas Worth
Waltham
Elgin
Springfield
John H. Allen
Vienna
Fredonia Bakery
Ahrens & Son
Ahrens & Son’s
McCarthy & Monroe’s
Rover Bro
Jazz
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