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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1885
Page
2
Evening Observer details private wire to the telephone exchange for news items and advertisements. It notes deadlines for advert insertion by ten in the morning, supports subscription arrears payment and directs notices to John Foss or the office. Job printing orders can be placed by telephone.
The quarterly report of the National Bureau of Statistics shows rising tobacco use since 1872 with 1884 noting 3,457,300,017 cigars manufactured and over 85 million pounds of leaf used. Domestic consumption nearly doubles from 1872 to 1884 while imports stay small. Exports of American leaf range from 192 million to over 300 million pounds in various years, with total domestic leaf manufactured and exported exceeding 500 million pounds only in 1879 1883 and 1884. The report also estimates leaf-to-cigar ratios and predicts tobacco demand rising further in 1885 and 1886.
Winter wheat injury is reported as serious though conditions improved with warmth. Some regions see renewed wheat planting due to higher prices while others favor alternate crops. Western primary markets show week ending April 18 receipts around 1.58 million bushels, down from prior week, with Atlantic states and California holdings likely larger than usual. Europe and Australia are expected to export 40 to 50 million bushels, while France and Germany imports rise, implying European demand this year may be weak. Russians are trying to sell large quantities in Europe before possible war, though much is inferior quality.
In the May Century issue the War Series expands by sixteen pages to 176 to cover public matters. General Adam Badeneen presents a comprehensive paper on General Grant as a soldier, tracing his career from the Mexican War to Lee’s surrender at Appomattox and ending with an analysis of Grant's soldierly characteristics.
The May issue presents Civil War memoirs with Gen Johnston and Gen Lee, Imboden and Smith accounts, a Cape Sabine rescue paper, and maps plus portraits. It also previews The New Orleans Exposition, literary pieces by Stedman and Jackson, poems by Gosse and others, and a feature on science and faith, with stories and drawings throughout.
A Tolsts Norristown Herald note praises the Mayde of Philadelphia for ordering police to keep rinks free of contaminating influence. An English writer suggests smoky air may reduce some germ spread while a Berlin doctor discusses leprosy causation. Other items cover school penny per-doze meals, long-tenured printing work, libel suits, a new tanning agent, and homing pigeons released from Orange Court House.
Dr E W Pond and wife of Dunkirk visited Cassadaga while Frank Cleland and wife from Bradford called on Mrs D's parents C Pierpont and wife. Cottages to be built on the C I L BP grounds this summer as the Cassadaga cheese factory began operations. J Chas Depledge to start creameries in Wait factory Charlotte and near the Christian church Arkwright.
County and vicinity figures report Thhinehart and West resigning to D Perrin of Jamestown with liabilities and assets at 5000. George Matthews suicides at Waterford on April 28 by leaping into Leboeur creek after leaving his name and a request for Christian burial on a Lang placard hung on a bridge. Edward P Jones appointed commissioner of instigation for Chautauqua lake, replacing Fred W Syde. A D A V P railway mishap injures J A Rice of Gerry. horse escapes. News also mentions elopement near Russell Kansas and slander suit against L E Walker by Kate E Beardsley. An advertisement discusses Liebig Co products and Onsenvar promotion.
A proclamation for the Court of Oyer and Terminer to be held in Mayville Chantyua county on the eleventh day of May 1233. It commands bond recognizances to appear and for officers to return recognizances and examinations to the court at its opening. Dated Mayville April 1 185.
Elmer Wheelock superintendent announces new bus schedule starting Monday November 17 1964. Timetable shows departures from Fredonia at 6 45 7 25 8 30 9 00 11 25 1 16 3 15 4 30 and 6 0. From Dikirk at 6 20 8 55 9 00 11 00 am 12 20 2 20 3 60 6 00 and 7 25. Sundays Fredonia departures 1 15 1 35 am 1 5 4 20 and 6 20 pm. Dunkirk departures 10 15 am 12 20 3 00 6 00 and 6 day.
A dense OCR of a railroad timetable lists stations and train numbers for the Nickel Plate, New York, Chicago and St. Louis lines, with routes from Dunkirk to Hornellsville and Carrollton, including numerous stops such as Forestville, Salamanca, Wellsville, Olean, Belvidere, and Allegany. It notes daily and Sunday schedules, with several trains not running on Mondays or Sundays and various arrival times amid typos and garbled OCR.
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