New Opera House Block Rising in Tremendous Style
Six months after the fire in Trumansburg work began on the New Opera House Block. The three story structure fronts Main Street, measures 102 by 55 feet, with a 23 foot high hall and a 26 by 55 foot stage. It features slate and iron roofing, gas lighting, and extensive carpentry by local firms at a total cost over thirty thousand dollars.
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Main Street
Broadway
Main
Congress Streets
Stone & Biggs
D.S. Biggs
C P. Gregg
B.P. Sears
Opera Hall
J. L. Stone
J.L. Stone
H.P. Griswold
C.P. Gregg
Gregg, Haswell & Co
Wilgus Hall
Ithaca
Saginaw
Michigan
D.B. Utter
Torrmansburg
John C. Kirtland
Geo. W Gibson & Co
Troy
John Siddons & Co
Rochester
J.B. Fleck
Dawson & Carroll
Syracuse
Local Marriages Reported from Newfield and Fordham NY
On June 18 1872 Henry Rudy Jr married Cora C Lirrine in Fordham New York at the Reformed Church. On June 6 1872 Dewitt Wheeler wed Mary D Brush of Farmer Village with Rev Brush officiating. In Newfield Peter Huddle married Chloe Dawes both residents of Newfield New York.
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G. A. Starkweather
Henry Rudy, JR
Cora C. Lirrine
John Sirrine
Reformed Church
Fordham N. Y
Wm. Brush
M. C. Sutphen
Dewitt C. Wheeler
Farmer Village
N. Y
Mary D. Brush
Wm Brush
Newfield
I. Harris
Peter Huddle
Chloe Dawes
N Y
Four Year Old Shot In Eye By Accidental Pistol
A Jacksonville child of Warren G Farrington was accidentally shot by James Creques’s 7 year old son while visiting. The right eye was severely injured yet the boy remained conscious with mild fever and improving, with relatives watching anxiously as prognosis remained hopeful.
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Warren G. Farrington
Jacksonville
James Creques
Mr. Creque
Mr. Farrington
Sherman Tichenor
Ferry Bill Granted to Tracy and Fish for Cayuga Lake Crossing
The senate passed the bill to grant Horace C. Tracy and Peter Fish the right to establish a ferry across Cayuga Lake at Kidder's Ferry, enabling a new transport link.
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Horace C. Tracy
Peter Fish
Cayuga Lake
Kidder’s Ferry
Senate
County Board and local papers in Tompkins County
The letter notes the Ithaca Democrat and Journal receive state law publications while Trumansburg gains a newspaper thanks to Mr. Bower. It contrasts Groton and Dryden papers with county patronage, saying readers in this end of the county do not care for laws unless papers provide coverage. The writer denies grumbling.
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County Board of Supervisors
Ithaca Democrat
Tompkins County
Trumansburg
Groton Journal
Ithaca Leader
Dryden Herald
Ithaca Papers
Mrs Thankful P Cook Died In Havana
Mrs Thankful P Cook aged 59 wife of Col Elbert W Cook died in Havana on Thursday November 21.
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Havana
Thankful P Cook
Elbert W. Cook
Newspaper Payment Prompt Sparks Printer Interest
The reader asks if the newspaper has been paid for, a question highlighted as important to the printer. The note underscores the financial link between purchases and delivery.
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Opera House
Alan Cramer
Nol
Our Harness Department
Agway Inc
Interlaken
Imperial
New York
Storm Brothers
Cayuga Street
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