Norwood in the 1890s

 

 

(The following article appeared in the Friday, October 16, 1891 edition of the Malone Franklin Gazette).

 

A big smash-up occurred just inside the yard limit, on the O. & L.C. line, Wednesday morning of last week, about 4:30 a.m. A freight train with 24 cars was approaching the Norwood station from the east, and when down the line about a mile, it broke in two. The forward portion of the train was held up, near the crossing of the R.W. & O. with the former road, when the latter part of the train came crashing into it with great speed. Eleven cars were wrecked and piled up in a terrible shape. A wrecking crew from Malone was soon at work and the debris cleared away. No one was injured. At the point where the accident occurred, are four tracks, and trains are allowed to go around the wreck by way of the side tracks. Fortunately the cars were all empty.--Norwood News.

 

(The following article appeared in the Friday, November 6, 1891 edition of the Malone Franklin Gazette)

 

Welch & Bailey, Proprietors of the American House at Norwood have purchased the property of Mr. Felton at the east end of Mechanic street, Norwood, near the depot, and are at work on the foundation preparatory to removing their hotel to the new site. The hotel is a large wooden structure veneered with brick, and spiked firmly to the walls at every seventy course. Their plan is to take out four or five courses at the bottom, put shoes under the whole business and move the hotel, brick walls and all. It is a heavy and expensive task.

 

 

From the December 19, 1892 issue of the Ogdensburg Advance under the Hogansburg news column:

 

If our young friend the correspondent of the Norwood News does not like the remarks we made in a recent letter about Jule Revier playing democratic tunes on his republican fiddle etc, which he is pleased to call "chaff," we would advise him to take something he likes that his rennet will bear. We would suggest a good dose of paregoric or a bottle of Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup-Wishing all the readers of the Advance a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, I am respectfully yours,

Blossom

 

From the September 20, 1893 Potsdam Courier & Freeman:

 

The people of Norwood and the O.V.R.R. have for many years been at loggerheads as to whether or not there should be a flag man or safety gate, or some extra or special protection at the crossing, at the Inman and Pert block; and just now there seems to be more earnestness than at any time heretofore. Mr. Claflin, on the part of the Norwood people, went to Albany last Monday evening to make his argument in favor of a flag man at this crossing before R.R. Commission, and it is said that Mr. Fletcher will also appear in opposition thereto. If human life it worth the power to protect or prevent, Mr. Claflin surely has about all the argument, except the expense argument, on his side.

 

(The following article was from the Friday, August 14, 1896 edition of the Malone Franklin Gazette).

 

Sidney R. Phelps, of Norwood, who may be presumed to know something about St. Lawrence county politics, predicts that the Republican majority in that county will be reduced this year from 1,000 to 1,500. He says: "There are only three Democrats in the village of Norwood who will not support the national ticket, and they will not vote for McKinley. There are several Republicans who will vote for Bryan and Sewall. One whole street running out of Norwood has twenty-three voters and only three are Democrats ordinarily, but the twenty Republicans have avowed their purpose to vote the silver ticket." Other testimony from conservative Democrats shows that wherever the Republican farmers have discussed the silver question large numbers of them have declared for Bryan and Sewall.

(One of the issues in this election was whether to continue the gold standard (Republican) or permit the "free coinage of silver", using large amounts of silver recently discovered in the western states (Democratic). McKinley was elected president.)

 

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