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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1883
Page
2
The Dunkirk Evening Observer reports on European dynamite fears and temperance reform debates shaping new city charter proposals. Citizens face a vote on a draft charter amid criticism of hastened printing and calls for broad public approval.
Mrs. Ross, aged about seventy, residence Forestville for thirty years, died April 2 after about three years of consumption and pain. She left a son James Ross and a husband who died years ago. Funeral was held from her home Tuesday. A list of local happenings follows, including sales notices, visits, and church events.
Report from OBSERVER correspondence quoting Neghineng Tomas-One Letter Wareter Thine of News Gathand by Corps of Lute with brief notes on recent events and local matters.
A fatal accident on the Lake Shore Railroad at Westfield killed Chandler Persons, 70, when his buggy was struck by a train. He died from the shock and age. A North East factory fire at Metson on Wednesday damaged baling gear. losses under 300 with no insurance. Repeated fires raise suspicions of an incendiary active in the area.
A garbled OCR reads like a pitch from Lawrence & Co bankers proposing pooled stock investments. It touts a “greatest statistic pools” method, claims profits from consignments and commissions, and offers to mail a circular detailing plans for investors, with dates and names blurred but referencing Newark and Arch Street in 1672.
Fragmentary timetable data lists departures and arrivals for Dankirk and Fredonia with multiple times and prices. It mentions Wednesday February 2 and various connections, including 15,800 and 11:25 4.M. 1:6, 4.20, and 20,900,000 figures, indicating a historical travel schedule with multiple trains and fares. The legible items reference Sundays departures and return times, showing a network operated by N.Y. timens.
Daily routes depart Dunkirk at 9:00 A M and 10:00 P M with stops including Sheridan Forestville Smiths Mills Perrysburg Dayton Cattaraugus Little Valley and Wellsville. Wary westward service lists connections through Cuba Olean Allegany Vandalia Carrollton Salamanca and Hornellsville with Sunday variations and multiple station stops.
The Nickel Plate announces updated passenger service with new appliances for safety and comfort. January 2 effective notices list connections from Chicago to Valparaiso Wayne and New Haven with intermediate stops including Bellevue Hellevue Cleveland Painesville Ashtabula Conneaut Erie and Drinkirk Delicatessen?
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