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Newspaper
Kane Leader
Location
Kane, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1885
Page
3
A list of apparel and accessories available at local shops includes fine hosiery, plain and fancy underwear, handkerchiefs, collars and cuffs, Percale and Flannel shirts, white shirts, shawl straps, club bags, jewelry, neckwear, boys and child sizes, gloves, mittens, hats, caps, and business suits. It reflects a broad stock era catalog from a regional retailer.
Musee Briefs notes Kane Bakery serving oysters in every style and a front show window lettered. Rock Bottom receives fine Robes. Local notices mention missing pin, church fundraisers, new organizations, and rail timetable changes on the Philadelphia and Erie line with an extra Kane to Erie train. Community events include a festival, a literary circle, and painter Kilroy ads.
W A Rudsell of Watrch and M W Moffit served as juror in Smethport. Deputy Sheriff Clark delivered juror notices. R J Looker’s Bucktails Hotel window lettered. Dennis Davis joins J T & W Griffith delivery wagon. Harry Jones injured eye by steel. Eric visitors Anns Brown? accident. Keene and Welker plan to open a restaurant within two weeks. A C Dustin of Cleveland, attorney, pursuing damages suit against Grand Rapids Street Car Co. John Crowley of Erie distributing new timetables. John Jones resigns Red Front post. Williams promoted. George Folkman injured after freight train contact. Ed Roxs injured by belt saw. 78-year-old Philip Lesser struck and died crossing railroad. accident blamed on engine crew. Funeral tomorrow. many relatives noted. Olbh Lay advertises bargains in all departments.
Holgate Bros expands at Brush Block site in Kane with new two story factory forty five by ninety five feet. A Whitney lathe and planned flooring and siding outputs boost payroll to fifteen hundred dollars a month as twenty five workers under foreman G W Neula push production. Local trade growth supports holidays demand and Jacob Keller offers suit and overcoat orders with travel paid.
J T Grifith begins building a cheese factory in East Kane with a 22 by 60 foot main structure and a 12 by 16 foot boiler room. The plant aims to house 600 cows with 300 already subscribed, promising local dairy profits. A York State visitor contributed plans and expertise for the project. The next feature will describe the cheese making process. Also promos for Rock Bottom Store. First issue of Seni Weekly Critic from Emlenton praised.
John d T Ridgway former Philadelphia resident and owner of 120000 acres in McKean and Elk counties died in Paris last Tuesday in his 76th year. He was son of Jacob Ridgway once named among Philadelphia’s wealthiest men. Survived by widow and two children who live in Paris since 1440. Ridgway lands in the county dwindled. Colegrove family managed the property with last visit in 1873. Local notices tout Rock Bottom Store horse blankets and Kane Bakery cigars.
The undersigned offers a good team and one single horse for sale. Toney will be sold at a bargain for cash or good security. View by calling on or addressing at Weaver's Mill Leroy Ryrav Kane Pa.
Theodore Tholl, a well to do farmer from Farmersville New York, was found stranded on the track near Cummings siding after a fatal incident on a westbound freight train. A coroner’s inquest heard testimony that Tholl appeared well educated and tied to a distant wife, with two empty bottles found near the scene and a letter from a Pittsburgh wife. The jury ruled death by being struck on the track splintering the right leg, with the body discovered hours after the incident. The body was buried in railroad grounds after telegraph to relatives failed.
Janet Adamson, 14, daughter of Mr and Mrs Adamson of St Marys Mines, has been missing since Friday Oct 23 after being sent on an errand to Lawn. She is described as modest and reticent. A thorough search has failed to locate her, and authorities fear foul play. The St Marys Gazette notes concern.
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