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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1884
Page
3
An old advertisement lists various medical and domestic items including medicated paper for piles, instruments for application, a nagal syringe, female syringe, and Pond's Extract sold only in bottles with buff wrappers and a trademark. The notice warns to refuse counterfeits and emphasizes authenticity.
Telegraph report on the Daniel Steinmann wreck includes Captain Scott and Belgian Consul testimony. A fog whistle warned just before impact. blame centers on westward currents and possible magnetic deviation. Two bodies recovered, likely Crabtiel Beresert and Withee Benya. A passenger ticket from Jascl to Columbus was found.
Reports from April incidents detail a Pan Handle line collision near Beavers and a wreck near Columbus. Engineer Thomas and fireman noted dead, baggage master and others injured. A separate incident at Dayton involved a train delay and rails torn from the track, with the engine plunging into a creek and cars overturning. Damaged vessels and local fires also referenced in scattered dated dispatches.
Late news items report enormous grain stocks at Liverpool depressing the market, a Turkish consul recognized in New Orleans, a Morava fire that destroyed fifty houses injuring a woman and two children, and numerous other incidents including mill fires, deaths, and political developments across continents and states.
A fragment describes a casual establishment on Center Street near teporation featuring sharing, services, and a chain related activity. Text is garbled but indicates a parlors setting with women and men involved in a running tie chain event and a fee noted as ee mt.
Advertisement claims a universal remedy covering kidney bladder urinary debility heart disease rheumatism and more. Published as a world remedy by a dealer named Monroe in Dunkirk, offering popular nostrums sold as patient cures.
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