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Newspaper
Free Press
Location
Trumansburg, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1972
Page
5
At Opera Hall on a Tuesday in early December 1872 the committee reported progress on a survey showing 756 acres and census inhabitants. Wm. Austin was added to the committee and instructed to continue work as the meeting adjourned.
The Tompkins County Board of Supervisors met in annual session November 13 1872 in the Court House at Ithaca. Members present included John Wolcott Caroline Josiah Hawes Danby James H George S B Rolfe Nelson Stevens C W Bates J M Woodbury John P Todd Thomas Bowers Ulysses Josiah Hawes was made permanent Chairman and E C Van Kirk served as Clerk.
The Ulysses town election featured two tickets Temperance and Republican with Democrats nominating none. The Republican ticket won, total votes 586, led by supervisor Thomas Bower and other county offices with Holmes and Lanning among top vote-getters. detailed tallies listed for each position.
The Encampment of the 50th Regiment began on Tuesday at the Fair Grounds in the village and continued to Friday with about two hundred men in camp. The review occurred Thursday, few spectators attended, and locals paid about $300 toward encampment expenses. Soldiers used three village hotels and A W Bush's eating house for rations. Additional details appeared in Ithaca papers of the same date.
Taughanic Falls sees a busy season with improvements at Taughanic House and its grounds. Art and photography visitors increase as visitors from New York Philadelphia and other areas arrive. The Trumansburg Cornet Band and Col Sage with his daughter bring music and notable guests to the falls.
Barnum's great spectacle will tour Farmer Village on Wednesday September 13 featuring Museum Menagerie Caravan Hippodrome and Dan Castello's Mammoth Circus in three tents covering over three acres. It includes 250 handlers 280 horses 500 animals and the living sea lions cost 9000 plus daily fish. two giraffes travel to join the caravan.
The Society of the Reformed Church at Lodi plans to rebuild after a recent office fire. The brick church will measure 107 by 57 feet. S A Drake reportedly holds the contract at $15,000, excluding frescoing and some decorations.
Messrs Stone and Biggs announce the public opening next Saturday of their elegant new store. They invite all to view the new stock of goods including items of special interest to ladies not previously offered in the village. Remember Saturday next and be on hand.
Taxable inhabitants are notified that the collector has received the tax warrant for the current year. Payment of taxes is due at the old post office building in Trumansburg on October 25, October 29, and November 1, 1872. Taxes will be received at one percent until November 1.
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