Note the number of carloads of cans that were shipped. Those were cans manufactured by the American Can Co. of Fairport. THE MONROE COUNTY MAIL Thursday, January 28, 1915 8,000 CAR LOADS OF SHIPPING DONE IN FAIRPORT LAST YEAR The Largest Amount of Car Load Business of Any Village on New York Central Between Buffalo …
Here are some small articles from 1915 that pertain to this area of NY State. THE MONROE COUNTY MAIL Thursday, January 21, 1915 YORK STATE NEWS Short Items of Interest From This Vicinity. Three hundred people were poisoned in Batavia, by eating chicken pie served in the Presbyterian church. Every doctor in the city was …
On the woman’s page of the newspaper were these rules of etiquette for the ladies of 1915. Notice on the ad that the same company that ran trolleys in Rochester also would put gas lights in your house. Click on the ad for a larger view. THE CATHOLIC COURIER Friday, January 1, 1915 GOOD FORM …
The City of Rochester presented a Christmas evening program in 1914 with lots of music. THE POST EXPRESS Wednesday, December 23, 1914 PEOPLE’S CHRISTMAS TREE PROGRAMME All Arrangements Are Completed for the Music at Exposition Park on Friday Evening. Everything is in readiness for Rochester “People’s Christmas Tree” at Exposition park. Bernard H. Haggarty, secretary …
Red Cross stamps available for the Christmas season in 1914. THE POST EXPRESS Thursday, December 12, 1914 XMAS SEAL SALE ON LAST STRETCH Six Big Main Street Stores Co-operate with Mrs. Deloss G. Eldredge and Committee. The last stage off the Red Cross Christmas seal sale began this morning with the opening of the booths …
An editorial on charity and a couple of short articles. THE MONROE COUNTY MAIL Thursday, December 3, 1914 ORGANIZING CHARITY WORK. It is generally felt that there will be more call for charity this winter. The business disturbances which the country has suffered has thrown many people out of work, and those able to give …
Here is an account of the first Thanksgiving. THE MONROE COUNTY MAIL Thursday, November 26, 1914 PILGRIM’S THANKSGIVING Turkey Figured In the Menu When They “Had Things In Good Plenty.” Governor Bradford describes the first Thanksgiving of the pilgrims in America. “They (the pilgrim colonists) now began to gather the small harvest they had and …
Some technology news from the past. This story tells of having dials added to a telephone so that a person could connect to another without the use of an operator. THE MONROE COUNTY MAIL Thursday, November 5, 1914 AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE TREMENDOUS SUCCESS IN BUFFALO. Federal Telephone Traffic More Than Doubled by Use of New Wonder …
More news from the past. Hard to believe that bicycles were such a problem 100 years ago. THE MONROE COUNTY MAIL Thursday, October 29, 1914 TRIALS OF NIGHT DRIVING. Bicyclists Should Carry Tail Light at Night for Self Protection. “Ever motorists,” says Mitchell May, secretary of state, “is painfully aware of the fact that the …
More news from the past. This one is a story about the upcoming Monroe County Fair that at that time was in Brockport THE BROCKPORT REPUBLIC Thursday, September 3, 1914 GOV. GLYNN TO BE AT FAIR ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS CROWDED WITH EXHIBITS Monroe County Fair Some Fast Race Horses in Abundance The mobilizing of …