Onondaga County Savings Bank Centennial Gala observance
The bank's history spans 1875 to 1895 with growth leading to a 50 foot addition and early Otis elevator. Key figures include Horatio N White Daniel P Wood Allen Munroe Jacob Amos and Senator Francis Hendricks. The 1888 water opening and a 12 million dollar asset milestone frame a centennial tribute.
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Century
Onondaga County Savings Bank
Syracuse
South Salina
East Genesee Sts
Horatio N. White
Allen Munroe
Daniel P. Wood
Custer and 226 Killed at Little Bighorn in Sioux Battle
June 26 1876 Montana report says General George A Custer and a third of his advance forces were killed in a Sioux counterattack at the junction of Big Horn and Little Bighorn rivers Custer ordered three division attack but was overcome by the full Sioux force leaving General Terry to bring aid.
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Little Big Horn
Montana
Seventh Regiment
George A. Custer
Terry
Custer
Big Horn
Little Big Horn Rivers
Montana Territory
New Romney
Ohio
United States Military Academy
West Point
Virginia War
Bull Run
Seven Day Banker opens around the clock at Onondaga Savings Bank
The Onondaga County Savings Bank offers a Seven Day Banker service to 108000 depositors and other customers with hours from 1 AM to 1 PM daily including holidays. It enables easy completion of key banking tasks at counters in the main office and the Community Office with forms for accounts, deposits, withdrawals, loan payments, dividends, and safe deposit rentals.
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Syracuse
Onondaga County Savings Bank
Onondaga Bank
Bth
Salina
E. Genesee Sts
Raynor
L. C. Smith Plant Converts to Typewriters in Syracuse
L. C. Smith, famed gun maker in Syracuse since 1877, halts firearms to focus entirely on typewriters. Alexander T. Brown helped in the invention era. by 1886 the three story Clinton Street factory was changed to a typewriter plant as L. C. Smith commits all resources to the new business.
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Syracuse
Lyman C. Smith
Smith
Alexander T. Brown
South Clinton St
Polio Symptoms Outlined by Dr Medin in Syracuse Report
Medical authorities in Syracuse reveal a comprehensive description of poliomyelitis by Dr. O Medin. The report notes a British physician Michael Taderwood urging doctors to study the condition. German Dane specialist Dr Jacob Heise associates polio with nerve cell damage observed since 1840.
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Syracuse
O. Medin
Michael Taderwood
Jacob Heise
Syracuse Secures Permanent New York State Fair Site
Syracuse will host the New York State Fair permanently after Albany accepts a 100 acre land gift from Syracusans and adds 13.5 acres. The move ends decades of site shifts and politics dictating locations.
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Syracuse
Albany
Rochester
Elmira
Genesee Grad Eyes Presidency
Genesee College graduate Mrs Belva Lockwood of Syracuse has been named by the Women Suffragists Party as the first woman candidate for U S President. Her legal career in Washington, D C earns praise, but she will not appear on ballots as women lack voting rights.
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Syracuse
Genesee College
Belva Lockwood
United States
Washington, D. C
Population figures for Syracuse in 1895 reported
The 1895 population of Syracuse is stated as 95 940 in the mayoral report. The item notes the city’s total population according to official figures for the year.
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Syracuse
Cne
Growth of Onondaga County Savings Bank Series Continues
This second page in the series covers a 20 year span highlighting major events in the bank’s history. Key milestones, leadership changes, and notable financial developments illustrate its growth within Onondaga County.
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Onondaga County Savings Bank
The
Times
City Hall and early Syracuse growth in 19th century
The city funded a new hall and central police station with a $300,000 bond issue, later expanded by Onondaga Savings. The hall, on the old Market Hall site, hosted key political events and reform movements including Whig divisions, woman suffrage, and abolitionism. The building spanned 240 by 78 feet and separated from the police station by a heavy firewall. Edward S. Dawson helped finance city water bonds enabling Skaneateles Lake water in Syracuse, as the first shipments arrived at 13 10 AM on June 23, 1834. Mayor
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Syracuse
Kirk
Onondaga Savings
Market Hall
Whig
Charles E. Colton
City Hall
Wood
Edward S. Dawson
Skaneateles Lake
OCSB Leads In Home Loans in Syracuse 1955
Syracuse growth linked to the Chondaga County Savings Bank as it expands home loan programs. About 55 million dollars lent over ten years to finance 6,300 low cost ranch houses, with Onondaga Bank financing nearly one in five new county homes last year.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Chondaga County Savings Bank
Lite Magasine
DeWitt
Salina
Marcellus
Onondaga Bank
Onondaga County
Onondaga Savings Home Loan Department
Growth of Syracuse Telephone Ties to Bell System 1887
The Onondaga County Savings Bank tower hosts the Myers & Son exchange added to the Central New York Telephone Company. The piece traces Syracuse’s early phone expansion from Brower’s first line in Clinton and Jefferson to a 208-name local directory by 1879, noting public reactions and early three way hookups.
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Syracuse
M. J. Myers & Son
Onondaga County Savings Bank
Central New York Telephone Company
Bell Telephone
Myers
Frederick C. Brower
Philadelphia
Clinton and
Jefferson Sts
Western Union
Oswego
William A. Sweet
South West St
Geddes St
James St
Myers Firm
H. C. Brower & Son
Alhambra Planned For Major Events
Syracuse 1884 proposed The Alhambra auditorium on James Street east of the Oswego Canal to host political musical social and sporting events with a capacity of 6000. Builders aim to make it a center for cake walks six day walking matches boxing exhibitions and roller skating.
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Syracuse
Alhambra
James St
Oswego Canal
Stars Hold Browns Nine To 0 0 Tie
The Syracuse Stars held the St. Louis Browns to a scoreless nine inning game that stretched to 15 innings. Syracuse, formed two years ago as The Excelsiors, earned another road tour win after beating Chicago and Boston earlier. The Stars traveled to St. Louis and earlier defeated Louisville en route.
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Stars
Browns
St. Louis
Syracuse Stars
St. Louis Browns
Syracuse
Excelsiors
Chicagoes
Bostons
The
Louisville
Extra Per Cent For Centennial At Onondaga Savings Bank
Onondaga Savings Bank, a mutual institution with no stockholders, pays an extra quarter percent dividend on top of the regular two and a half percent to depositors. The bank emphasizes sharing profits with customers and urges savings for a rainy day and future goals.
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Syracuse
Onondaga County Savings Bank
Cleanup Ordered Syracuse Street Cleaning Contract
The City Health Department signs a contract with Finegan and Field for regular regmar street cleaning service to improve city appearance and health standards.
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Syracuse
Regmar
Finegan and Field
City Health Department
Grant Visit Resembles Boom Days in Syracuse
Former President Ulysses S. Grant arrived by train to a booming crowd in Syracuse aiding James Garfield. 800 Civil War veterans leading a parade and a cannon salute accompanied Grant at the W Jefferson Armory while he urged a Republican victory.
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Syracuse
Ulysses S. Grant
James Garfield
Grant
Hendricks
D. P. Wood
W. Jefferson St. Armory
Garfield
Utica
New Hospital Opens Today in Syracuse
The Good Shepherd Hospital opens today on University Building, designed for about 100 patients annually. Funding came from numerous organizations and charity events including a February fair that raised $795. Construction contract was awarded to Jabez Grodevant for $12,000.
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Syracuse
Good Shepherd Hospital
Jabez Grodevant
Commission To Pay Firemen In Syracuse In 1877
Mayor James J Belden announces the reorganization of Syracuse fire protection with a paid staff of 34 uniformed firemen replacing the volunteer system. Fire Chief Ira Wood earns 1200 dollars yearly and each fireman 489 dollars. Engine houses appear on Montgomery North Salina Wyoming and Wolf streets while ladder units are placed on West Jefferson and East Division streets.
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Syracuse
James J. Belden
Board of Fire Commissioners
Ira Wood
Montgomery
North Salina
Wyoming
Wolf Sts
W. Jefferson
E. Division Sts
Wide Tire Ordinance Enforced in Syracuse
The wide tire law takes effect today declaring wagons must use wide tires to protect macadam roadways. Local authorities enacted the rule after noting damage from narrow tires on vehicles.
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Syracuse
Police Buy First Patrol Wagon in Syracuse 1855
The Syracuse police chief announced the purchase of the citys first patrol wagon to improve law enforcement mobility and response.
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Syracuse
Second Wieting Hall Fire Destroys Syracuse Theater
The Wieting Hall fire in Syracuse completely leveled the famed opera house after a history of star performances and political conventions. The blaze left the venue a pile of rubble with memories of Sarah Bernhardt, Edwin Booth, Dickens, Greeley, and many others, survive in veterans’ recollections.
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Syracuse
Wieting Hall
Wieting Opera House
Camille
Sarah Bernhardt
Horseshoe Gallery
Joseph Jefferson
Rip van Winkle
Edwin Forrest
Edwin Booth
Lawrance Barrett
Charlotte Cushman
Edwin Adams
Christine Nilsson
Adalina Patti
Adelaide Ristori
John McCullough
Henry Irving
Ellen Terry
First Electric Lights Installed in Syracuse Stores
The Pierce Butler and Pierce stores host Syracuse’s first electric light installation with 21 lamps of the open arc type in the Wieting block on S Salina St. The Rosem Bloom Brothers, Barney West Smith, Ingalls Shoe Fare, Famous Clothing, the Wieting Opera House, and George G Campbell's restaurant each have lamps, totaling several lights across locations.
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Syracuse
Pierce, Butler and Pierce
Wieting
S. Salina St
Water
Washington
Rosembloom Brothers
Tvo
Barney, West & Smith
Ingall’s
Famous Clothing Company
Wieting Opera House
George G. Campbell's
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Jay
Skaneateles
Bulletin
William B. Kirk
Jacob Amos
Francis Hendricks
L. C. Smith
Genesee Grad Eyes Presidency
Telephone Exchange
Bell
Telephone Company
Will Harris
Walter S. Wales
Third Ward Railway
National Association of Professional Baseball Players
Law
By T. Cooley Kahn
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