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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1884
Page
8
James Iiling, proprietor, operates Journal Building, Center Street, Unkirk, New York. Produces magazines, maps, samplers, and small styles. Odorless, promptly executed work guaranteed.
In Appleton a wartime veteran Samuel Robbins sought a pension through marriage to a widow. A scheme led by Squire Chester Pease purportedly married Robbins to a dead man’s corpse, with side plots of land transfers and coercion. The bizarre tale sparked legal scrutiny and scandal in the village.
A humorous exchange about Lent ends with a sharp turn to a major postal swindle expose. The Mees-Fournal runs a lengthy piece detailing a mail fraud scheme selling fake loans via a weekly paper, promising high profits for stamps and subscriptions.
William Green, oil well contractor from this section, endured a terrifying fall when a suspension bridge gave way while he crossed to Glade. He was suspended by his foot amid serious injuries, with onlookers raising alarm as other pedestrians fled. Adjournment notes report a stormy session and a commission to investigate election frauds in Cincinnati.
In New Bedford Mass an eccentric millionaire, famed for odd whims, died after a strange pursuit involving a wife and a failed settlement offer. The tale includes lavish spending, debt, and a controversial will, with reports of record-like statements and a late-night escape and disappearance amid legal and religious references. Meanwhile Vera Cruz Mexico reports yellow fever with thirteen deaths in one day, including C L Power formerly with the Mexican Central Railroad.
A reporter visits a Clay Street home to interview Mrs. a fifty one year old German born woman who has not slept since May. She describes times of wakefulness, past health, travels in New York Cairo and Paris, and a failed attempt with herbal tea and powders. She keeps active with theatre and social visits, fears lasting sleep loss may injure her health, and claims not to feel sleepy.
In unisville Alabama special judge Bruce arraigned Frank James yesterday for Mussel Shoals robbery and he pleaded not guilty. Case set for April 16. Sheet Mill Again Running at New Curster Pennsylvania reports Reis Bro. sheet mill now operating after months of idleness following owners’ failure.
Franky Rulette, a lively boy in a Seventh Street boarding house, sparked a small-pox scare when he claimed the block would be infected. A Health Board doctor investigated the Rulette abode and found measles in a clerk’s room, not small-pox, exposing a tense scene as residents contested the rumor and the boy’s story.
Reports from Philadelphia papers reveal Henry C. Gordon, a famed medium, exposed while performing as he and his assistant posed as spirits. Investigators and a magistrate documented deceitful conduct, exposing a scheme involving wigs robes and borrowed trappings to impersonate departed relatives. Esther Mazami, her father Thomas Hazard, and locals noted the trickery and the audience’s gullibility amid the bust.
Fragmentary 20th century rail schedule lists daily Buffalo to Pittsburg and Buffalo to Gil City routes with times like 645 am 849 am and 7:60 pm, mentions Titusville Union City Lakeville and Oil City stops, warns trains stop on signals and notes connections at Buffalo, Heston, New York Albany Syrew term and ticket offices at Buffalo exchange.
The Nickel Plate system announces equipment and service updates for its New York Chicago and St. Louis line. Readiness described for passenger trains and test appliances to ensure safe travel. Details reference Front Union Depot and departures, with notices to follow.
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