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The Canton Independent Sentinel130 Years Ago-1888 4/19/2018
E W Sweet, of Carpenter, has had the misfortune to lose one of his very best brood mares, "Minnie May Knox." In a description of Miss Fanny Davenport's costumes in "La Tosca" is the following: Her costumes created a sensation…she wore a gold belt of mosaic work containing 1,300 stones, diamonds, emeralds, sapphires, rubies and pearls, weighing not less than 500 carats. This does not include a pair of twenty-carat emeralds. The belt was moulded to the waist of the actress and was worm without stays over a rich robe of white satin, elaborately embroidered and thickly dotted with silver spangles. The belt is said to be worth $40,000. Beech Flats Grange has been discussing the propriety of holding a ball. John Frey, 20, while gathering saw dust in Green's Mill at Roaring Branch, was caught by his coat and wound up on the line shaft until the pressure on his body in some manner stopped the whirling shaft. When liberated he was unconscious and remained so about twenty hours, when death relieved him. 120 Years Ago-1898 4/19/2018 The social held at the Grover Hotel last Friday was a success in every respect. The bar was closed and everything was in first-class order. The ball room furnished a good place for the young folks to exercise themselves in various games. Seventy-two seats at the supper table were filled and the receipts of the evening added $14 to the society funds of the Grover Evangelical church. 100 Years Ago-1918 4/19/2018 The home of Mr. & Mrs. Julius Gee, an aged couple who live on the hill back of Leroy near Bailey's Corners, was completely destroyed by fire. A defective chimney was given as the cause. Mrs. Casper Weis was injured while playing at the Colonial Theatre in Annapolis,Md., when a large prop struck her, inflicting a deep wound below her eye. She was forced to retire from the show for a few days but joined the company on Thursday at Camp Dix, NJ. 90 Years Ago-1928 4/19/2018 Leo Lovejoy has purchased from Reuben Phillips the grocery business on Troy street, which he purchased the week before from Robert Elliott. 80 Years Ago-1938 4/19/2018 Four hundred student nurses of New York City recently held a memorial service for Miss Jane Delano, who died in France soon after the World War. She is remembered by many in Canton as she was a resident of the Minnequa Heights colony for some time. The Swayze Folding Box Co. is moving their offices from the second floor of their factory building to rooms in the ware house building. The Canton Rod & Gun Club has during the past year released 80 ringneck cocks, sixty hens, 97 day-old ringneck chicks and hatched 240 eggs. 144 Cottontail rabbits were released. In addition much food has been furnished and small sanctuaries have been established. 35 cans of yellow perch fry, 20 cans of bullheads, 15 cans of sunfish and 120 cans of trout have been distributed. William Loper, Supervisor of Union Township, had his men filling in sink holes in the road near Newelltown. Hill roads are in very bad condition. Several cars had to hauled out with teams Monday. The students who took part in the band concert at Emporium last week under direction of Mr. Lloyd report a fine time. Frank Bottsford had first chair in the baritone section; Jean Rockwell second in flute; Mary Hardy second in e flat clarinet; Joe Biddle second in French horn; Mary Weigle second in oboe; and Betty Innes fourth in the second clarinet. The Canton Rod & Gun Club has during the past year released 80 ringneck cocks, sixty hens, 97 day-old ringneck chicks and hatched 240 eggs. 144 Cottontail rabbits were released. In addition much food has been furnished and small sanctuaries have been established. 35 cans of yellow perch fry, 20 cans of bullheads, 15 cans of sunfish and 120 cans of trout have been distributed. William Loper, Supervisor of Union Township, had his men filling in sink holes in the road near Newelltown. Hill roads are in very bad condition. Several cars had to hauled out with teams Monday. The students who took part in the band concert at Emporium last week under direction of Mr. Lloyd report a fine time. Frank Bottsford had first chair in the baritone section; Jean Rockwell second in flute; Mary Hardy second in e flat clarinet; Joe Biddle second in French horn; Mary Weigle second in oboe; and Betty Innes fourth in the second clarinet. 70 Years Ago-1948 4/19/2018 There will be Easter Egg Hunt at he Wheel Inn grounds, sponsored by Albert Bellinger Post No. 782 of Ralston. The windstorm that visited this section a visit damaged the roof on the West LeRoy church, blew down a silo on the Fred Bohlayer farm and blew off the gable end and most of the roof from the upper barn on the Harkness farm and did some damage to a large new hen house on the W R Wright farm. Coal is being mined again at Fall Creek, Barclay Township, long considered one of Bradford County's "ghost towns." Strip mining operations have started and the Bradhern Coal Corp. is taking out unusually high grade semi-bituminous coal. It was supposed that the Fall Creek coal was about exhausted when the mines there were closed in 1875. The mine produces about 300 tons daily but officials are confident they will be turning out between 2.500 and 3,000 tons daily. Jim and Jane and the Western Vagabonds will be at the Ogdensburg hall for a show and a dance Friday night. Permission has been granted to operate a bus line from Williamsport to Canton and return. The full schedule starts on a temporary basis with one bus arriving in Canton and leaving for Williamsport at 9:30 am and the second arriving and leaving at 7:30 pm. Four Pennsylvania railroad trains were removed from the service of Williamsport passengers by federal order beginning Monday. The threat to the coal supply brought by the current miners; strike was given as the basic reason for the move to conserve coal. The two day trains on the WIlliamsport to Canandaigua have been removed. The roads over Windfall way are impassable. Lynn Porter spent Saturday dragging and opening up ditches. The roads are in very bad shape in Marsh Hill. The men had a bee Monday night and fixed them so they could get Pratt's car out. . |
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