Sept. 24:

— 1872 — Walter Sessions delivered a speech in Busti advocating for the election of Ulysses S. Grant as president and Henry Wilson as vice president.

— 1875 — The Pomona Grange, representing Chautauqua County, was organized, supporting local farmers and promoting agricultural cooperation.

— 1906 — Regular trolley service began between Mayville and Westfield, enhancing public transportation and connectivity in the county.

— 1919 — Jamestown opened its first infantile paralysis (polio) clinic, the first of its kind in southwestern New York, providing critical care during the polio epidemic.

— 1944 — Nancy Roosevelt, granddaughter of President Theodore Roosevelt, married William E. Jackson, son of Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson, in a notable family wedding.

— 1950 — In a curious event, mid-afternoon was plunged into darkness across Chautauqua County and much of the northeast, caused by high-altitude smoke from fires in Canada.

— 1977 — A giant fiberglass statue of an Indian was removed from Tom Conti’s beer distributor in Brooklyn Square, marking the end of a local landmark.