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the 9, inclusive. Mr. Newby has the birds on exhibition at his drug store and they attract
considerable attention.
[Rochester Sentinel, Monday, January 8, 1912]
NEWS OF THE DAY
S. M. Newby has purchased a new weighing machine that speaks your weight. The
instant you drop a coin in the slot the graphonic arrangement on the inside tells how heavy you
are. The device is new and arrests considerable attention.
[Rochester Sentinel, Thursday, February 1, 1912]
NEWBY DRUG STORE HAS CHANGED HANDS
Charles Cribben of North Manchester has purchased of Marion Carter the drug store at
the [NW] corner of Main and Seventh, formerly owned by S. M. Newby, and will take possession
soon.
The deal was settled Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Newby trading his store here to Marion
Carter for a five and ten cent store at Manchester. Carter then sold the local concern to Cribben.
Mr. Newby has been a resident of Rochester for eight years, coming here from Bunker Hill and
buying the drug store of Edward Fieser. He will move with his family to North Manchester in
several weeks.
Mr. Carter moved to Manchester several months ago after trading one of his properties on
Pontiac street for a five and ten cent store. As was announced recently, Mr. Carter with Arthur
Freese will start a gas plant at Manchester, having secured a 50 year franchise. Mr. Cribben has
had 13 years experience in the drug business. He is a married man with two children. Leo Clemans
will remain here with the new owner.
[Rochester Sentinel, Wednesday, February 2, 1916]
NEWCASTLE TOWNSHIP [Fulton County]
EARLY SETTLEMENT
In August, 1836, Job Meredith and his nephew Peter Meredith, came from Coshocton
County, Ohio, and entered land, the former in Section 5 and the latter in Section 4. During that
visit they were occupied in erecting a cabin on the Job Meredith land, and returned to Ohio to
spend the winter. In February, 1837, they returned with their families to begin the labor of
clearing and improving the land they had selected for homes. Upon the return journey were were
accompanied by Thomas Meredith, a brother of Peter, who entered a tract of land in Section 4.
Job Meredith remained in the township until his death; Peter still resides here with his son, and
Robert resides in Aubbeenaubbee Township. In March 1837, James Wright came to the township
with his family, and entered land in Section 15. He located in Rochester Township in 1836, and
purchased the land in Newcastle, upon which he afterward resided, and where he died in 1873.
During the fall of 1836, he was engaged in building a cabin on his farm for the reception of his
family in the following spring, and joined hands with his neighbors, the Merediths, in clearing
away the forest and developing a farm. These families constituted what may be termed the
advance guard of civilization in this warfare with the wilderness. Their only neighbors were the
Indians and the wolves, who had formerly held this territory in undisputed possession. It was a
dreary home, and they were subjected to privations and hardships that it required brave hearts to
endure. Yet they were cheerful and happy, and enjoyed themselves quite as well, perhaps, in their
hours of recreation, as we of later days. The arrival of a new family in the settlement was the
event of most absorbing interest, and for a period of ten years or more this interest did not grow
less. New settlers were hailed with gladness, and those who had located here before them
hastened to extend to them the “right hand of fellowship.” Until the fall of 1827, the families we
have mentioned were the only white occupants of the township. In that season, however, Robert
Meredith, a brother of Peter and Thomas, came and entered land in Section 9, where he cleared
and improved a farm. About the same time, or perhaps a few weeks later, Benjamin Montgomery