Thank you for putting the old news on line. I have not hit "pay dirt" yet but find it very interesting. Ryley Meagher (MI) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda/Don" <donlinda@mybizz.net> To: <NY-OLD-NEWS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 9:17 AM Subject: [NY-Old-News] Genesee Co., Oct 1-1881 > Daily News > Batavia, Genesee County, New York State > Saturday Evening, October 1-1881 > > Price Two Cents. > > NEWS OF THE COUNTY. > In Alexander hay is selling for $12 a ton in the stack. > > F.W. FOREMAN has bought the grocery stock of BOAK & Co., LeRoy, recently > assigned. > > The recent winds have blown a great deal of fruit from trees in > Alexander orchards. > > A horse driven by James DAVIS, LeRoy, dropped dead in the harness at > Byron Center a few days ago. > > For participating in a drunken row in LeRoy last Saturday, George CARR > was penitentiaried for ninety days. > > The Lackawanna railroad employes have so increased trade at East Bethany > that another store has been established there. > > Rev. E.A. WHEAT, after a forty years' pastorate at the Methodist > Protestant Church, Elba, has been returned for another year. > > James BOYD died at the County House last Sunday at an advanced age. > > The Byron town fair will take place next Tuesday and Wednesday, and as > usual, it is expected it will be a success and well worth attending. > > A. JACKSON's store at East Pembroke was burglarized Monday evening. > The safe was blown open with powder and $15 in bills taken, besides a few > articles of merchandise. > > Rev. J.B. COUNTRYMAN, pastor of the M.E. Church, Bergen, will preach his > farewell sermon to-morrow, though it is probably he will be returned to the > charge by the Conference. > > It is stated that Richard SELDEN of LeRoy, is now directing a survey for > the Hoosic Tunnel road. > ++ > FASHIONS IN STOCKINGS AND SHOES. > >From the N.Y. 'Sun.' > "Embroiderers for shoes wanted," was the advertisement which led an > enquirer up a long flight of stairs in a tall building, through the room > that was filled with shoes to an office, where sat a benevolent-faced > gentleman, who said: "Shoes are embroidered for ladies. We have orders for > a line of cloth-top shoes embroidered in chenille, and for low shoes > embroidered at the instep. The embroidered stockings have become so popular > that now embroidery is wanted on the shoes too. We have an artist who makes > the patterns, and we expect to turn out some charming bits of art embroidery > in shoes for next summer's wear. We had an order recently for embroidered > white slippers for a bride, to match a pair of white silk stockings with > Chantilly lace let in from the instep, and another pair of white silk > embroidered with floss silk, the design being pale-blue forget-me-nots and > pink roses. Clock stockings are now superseded by embroidered stockings. > We follow the fashion in stockings, and shoes and stockings will next year > be sold to match. Open work is getting popular. Black silk stockings are > made with a plan stripe, and there are open work stripe with white feet, > which shoes[sic/shows?] through open work in the shoes. There are now > twelve hundred new designs in silk stockings, and we have to make shoes to > suit the most popular styles. We make the tops of cloth or leather to > match the color of the stocking embroidery, so that at a glance, the lady > seems to have on Newport slippers with embroidered stockings. It will add > about $2 a pair to shoes to embroider them, but we can make them to cost $50 > a pair. Some of our up-town dames don't seem to mind what it costs to > beautify their feet." > ++ > submitted by > Linda C. Schmidt > > > > > ==== NY-OLD-NEWS Mailing List ==== > County and State Coordinators needed. For more information see: > http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com/volunteer.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Ryley- hope one day you will find a golden nugget in the dust from these old newsies! thanks for writing- glad you enjoy reading them all- : )Linda ps-are you looking for specific names/towns?? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael W.Meagher" <Writer1@tds.net> To: <NY-OLD-NEWS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 1:01 PM Subject: Re: [NY-Old-News] Genesee Co., Oct 1-1881 > Thank you for putting the old news on line. I have not hit "pay dirt" yet > but find it very interesting. Ryley Meagher (MI) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Linda/Don" <donlinda@mybizz.net> > To: <NY-OLD-NEWS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 9:17 AM > Subject: [NY-Old-News] Genesee Co., Oct 1-1881 > > > > Daily News > > Batavia, Genesee County, New York State > > Saturday Evening, October 1-1881 > > > > Price Two Cents. > > > > NEWS OF THE COUNTY. > > In Alexander hay is selling for $12 a ton in the stack. > > > > F.W. FOREMAN has bought the grocery stock of BOAK & Co., LeRoy, > recently > > assigned. > > > > The recent winds have blown a great deal of fruit from trees in > > Alexander orchards. > > > > A horse driven by James DAVIS, LeRoy, dropped dead in the harness at > > Byron Center a few days ago. > > > > For participating in a drunken row in LeRoy last Saturday, George CARR > > was penitentiaried for ninety days. > > > > The Lackawanna railroad employes have so increased trade at East > Bethany > > that another store has been established there. > > > > Rev. E.A. WHEAT, after a forty years' pastorate at the Methodist > > Protestant Church, Elba, has been returned for another year. > > > > James BOYD died at the County House last Sunday at an advanced age. > > > > The Byron town fair will take place next Tuesday and Wednesday, and as > > usual, it is expected it will be a success and well worth attending. > > > > A. JACKSON's store at East Pembroke was burglarized Monday evening. > > The safe was blown open with powder and $15 in bills taken, besides a few > > articles of merchandise. > > > > Rev. J.B. COUNTRYMAN, pastor of the M.E. Church, Bergen, will preach > his > > farewell sermon to-morrow, though it is probably he will be returned to > the > > charge by the Conference. > > > > It is stated that Richard SELDEN of LeRoy, is now directing a survey > for > > the Hoosic Tunnel road. > > ++ > > FASHIONS IN STOCKINGS AND SHOES. > > >From the N.Y. 'Sun.' > > "Embroiderers for shoes wanted," was the advertisement which led an > > enquirer up a long flight of stairs in a tall building, through the room > > that was filled with shoes to an office, where sat a benevolent-faced > > gentleman, who said: "Shoes are embroidered for ladies. We have orders > for > > a line of cloth-top shoes embroidered in chenille, and for low shoes > > embroidered at the instep. The embroidered stockings have become so > popular > > that now embroidery is wanted on the shoes too. We have an artist who > makes > > the patterns, and we expect to turn out some charming bits of art > embroidery > > in shoes for next summer's wear. We had an order recently for embroidered > > white slippers for a bride, to match a pair of white silk stockings with > > Chantilly lace let in from the instep, and another pair of white silk > > embroidered with floss silk, the design being pale-blue forget-me-nots and > > pink roses. Clock stockings are now superseded by embroidered stockings. > > We follow the fashion in stockings, and shoes and stockings will next year > > be sold to match. Open work is getting popular. Black silk stockings are > > made with a plan stripe, and there are open work stripe with white feet, > > which shoes[sic/shows?] through open work in the shoes. There are now > > twelve hundred new designs in silk stockings, and we have to make shoes to > > suit the most popular styles. We make the tops of cloth or leather to > > match the color of the stocking embroidery, so that at a glance, the lady > > seems to have on Newport slippers with embroidered stockings. It will add > > about $2 a pair to shoes to embroider them, but we can make them to cost > $50 > > a pair. Some of our up-town dames don't seem to mind what it costs to > > beautify their feet." > > ++ > > submitted by > > Linda C. Schmidt > > > > > > > > > > ==== NY-OLD-NEWS Mailing List ==== > > County and State Coordinators needed. For more information see: > > http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com/volunteer.html > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ==== NY-OLD-NEWS Mailing List ==== > County and State Coordinators needed. For more information see: > http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com/volunteer.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >