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Newspaper
Friendship Weekly Register
Location
Friendship, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1889
Page
6
A damaged OCR fragment shows scattered notices including service details, religious events, and term listings. Names, locations, and dates are unclear, with partial phrases about prayers, Sabbath activities, and a spring term, making specifics uncertain.
Readable fragments describe rivers Genesee and nearby creeks swelling, towns like Friendship and Belvidere floodwaters rising to threaten houses. Reports mention destroyed highways, bridges, property loss, rescued residents, and charity efforts as rainfall and high waters flood roads and driveways.
Fragmentary notice lists plans for partnership recruitment and local concerns. Mentions individuals, possible names, and generic terms without clear context or concrete actions. The readable bits hint at a publication about seeking a partner for a venture and associated local interest. Hard to extract definite dates or places from the garbled text.
A murder and suicide shock a town as a vagrant shoots his wife in the Enreece of scholars and then kills himself. The wife left a letter instructing that Toisober be invited to her funeral and clothed in a suit. She had supported him for years despite his withdrawal of funds. Washington whisky and New York whisky are mentioned in a lurid, sensational context.
A farmer criticizes the paper’s low price while joking about not having time to read his wife’s reading habits. The piece cites Harriet Beecher Stowe and notes on reading, memory, and belief, ending with a reflection on literacy and renewal.
A farmer in a small town built a simple multi tray butter box to ship neatly arranged rolls weekly. The plain trays kept rolling butter evenly packed and allowed space to prevent pressure. The result was he earned 2 cents more per pound and created strong demand, though quality remained similar to neighbors.
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