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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1884
Page
2
The piece argues that mobs and vice undermine society and that majorities must uphold moral law. It notes political strife in New York western offices, clashes over Jamestown and Albion posts, and critiques of the Erie bar’s imitators. It also touches on bicycle use in Washington and political jabs at Blaine and Tilden.
A political column argues against Blaine and Tilden in a forthcoming canvass, urging new leadership and criticizing claims of old age and health. It questions the Sherman bill’s impact on the press, asserts copyright should reward creators not buyers, and contends news cannot be owned as a monopoly.
Aglibion era of Tourgee is criticized as a failed writer and political figure. The piece notes his novel A Fool's Errand and a dubious career path from Philadelphia to New York. It mocks predictions about Lincoln’s presidency and ends by labeling Tourgee a carpetbagger in the South.
Reports from Erie and Warren outline local happenings including a Warren Republican convention vote guidance for Col. Watson and Bleine, a five year old boy fatally burned in Oil City, and a Pittsburgh hangings case. Notes cover railway damages, dairy receipts in Clymer and Panama, and hotel demand ahead of the Erie conclave. A Meadeville hearing freed Mrs. Colling from the Warren Insane Asylum, while a postal line project advances through this region.
Summary of two weeks ending April 1 1834 documents wills admitted to probate and letters testamentary or administration issued for McDonough Akiointe Whitman Arnold Bumpns Golding Neff Richardson Stafford Spencer Carpenter Weaver Skinner and others. Guardianships and a trial on accounting are noted with trustees and executors named.
Voters of the district of Chautauqua are urged to send delegates to a convention at Reed's Hall Sinclairville on Saturday April 12 at 11 AM. The purpose is to elect five delegates and five alternates to the Republican State Convention in Utica on April HL and to conduct other business before the convention.
Cleveland markets report on April 2 covers grain prices for wheat corn and oats, flour and meal quotes, pork and beef prices, and livestock trade. It lists bid ranges for No 2 red winter wheat and No 2 spring wheat, flour price bands, corn and oats values, and mixed western and white wheat quotes with regional price spreads. Livestock notes include dressed meats and hog and lamb prices with regional market variations across Cincinnati Chicago Pittsburgh and New York areas.
A Horning News special from Key West reports a schooner Shoters left Tuesday night with General Aguero and twenty men bound for Cuba. the revenue cutter Dix pursued them and the Spanish Consul was aboard the Dix amid great local excitement in Savannah.
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