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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1884
Page
3
Foster Milburn & Co of Buffalo New York advertise Thomas Eclectic Oil available at fifty cents through their distribution network. The brief notice notes wide availability and price.
A mixed batch of late news items notes fires destroying shade trees in Battle Creek Michigan. A Grasa Lake woman alleged to have killed a thirty four pound badger in her home. Church anniversaries planned in Manchester and Dorset. A horse exhibition proposal to Omaha with prize money. A veteran worker for the Baltimore and Ohio died in Sandusky. Coal producers from Kentucky Tennessee and Alabama discussed a southern coal association in Chattanooga. Lynchburg Tobacco Association reports nineteen million pounds of leaf sales by Aug first, two million less than last year. leaf sales rise as manufacturing improves. A steamer case reports twelve destitute steerage passengers held for port authorities. General Todleben from Sebastapol noted as a symbol of merit-based Russian army promotions, ending as a Russian commander in Bulgaria. The northern district Evangelical Lutheran synod officers elected in East Saginaw. Mexico’s city reports law allowing soldiers to kill when resisting arrest. revolts in Guerrero and deaths of generals and officers in Yucatan and Morelia. A labor demonstration in Hamilton Ontario marked by a long procession, with notable participation by women workers. Montana issues quarantine against Texas cattle entering from harbor ranges. Yellow Fever measures include inspection of trains from northern Mexico. El Paso duties to appoint inspectors. The Cleveland club defeated the Chicago team with a notable score. exchanges reference baseball play and regional games. Fire damage in a downtown street area includes seven frame buildings destroyed with insured losses. other nearby structures damaged.
Railway accident on the B N Y & P near Groeton depot Friday night left five to six cars smashed while the head end halted at the depot. The conductor was thrown and injured but not seriously. No loss of life occurred. Meanwhile crops forecast show a better apple crop than in three years though not a full yield. Miss Margaret Bradshaw, formerly a teacher, visited from Boston to Chautauqua. A S LaDue shipped calves to Chicago with his son Eugene. Three excursion trains ran to Chautauqua Lake. Postmaster General Lyman visits his father-in-law at Judson. The breeze from our town contrasts with Washington’s ambiance.
Mrs Lyman Parker and Mrs J C Rus sell of Dunkirk visited Forestville and stayed with Mrs F J Aumock and Mrs B P Fox. Frank R Kinsley has become cashier of the Rochester and Pittsburgh M R Co with headquarters in juffal. The Hurlbert sisters were guests of their aunt J P Hurlbert. The Lake Shore Bee keepers meet at the Forest House August Gatteon. Ma A Richards returns from New York. Farmers Club Hanover plans August gathering at Chiapin Grove on the Bahe.
Gas well struck on Donaum's farm three miles from Lewiston Station marking the largest gas find in Westmoreland County. Reported August 6. Notes indicate a series of distant items including Irish estate information for John Wiley and a dubious report of a lynching in Virginia.
Avorera Ga August. John H Carter a prominent citizen was accidentally burned to death Sunday night by the breaking of a kerosene lamp in his chamber. He had been a druggist here for forty years. Statter W T August The Clapton block and two other buildings burned Monday night. Loss 20000 insurance one third. Races postponed Jay Bye See Burraro August 6. Mr J J Case to trot Jay Fye See against Maud S record and Phallas against his own record at Belmont Park Friday August 15.
The market shows continued activity in cheese and butter with varied prices. Cheese sales range from 9 1 0 cents to 10 1 4 cents per pound, butter near 22 to 23 cents, and overall demand remains firm though prezzi fluctuate. reports from Paris and Liverpool note mixed quotations and market dullness at times.
A Victorian era promotional claim describes Liebig Co Coca Beef Tonic as a fashionable beef wine tonic. It quotes Professor PF W Blunt M D, Honorary Member Imperial Medical Society of St. Petersburg, Russia, endorsing its use to rebuild vigor in the aged infirm and to support weak children. It notes benefits for irregularity, pains, and exhaustion and claims to quiet restless children.
fragmented OCR notes mention Wells cure claims and a visit by J. Mo Smith of Battle. reference to Erie county Buffalo area and New York state context. mentions tanks, cherry grove area, and a 1200 barrel capacity field. no cohesive event or dates clear.
Hotchkiss, owner of the Olean House, has recovered from illness at Tate Springs and plans to reopen the Markham, Atlanta, operating it in the Northern hotel style. The Markham ranks as a large Atlanta hotel with eighty five to one hundred staff.
Win Steiner of New York Herald reports a patent medicine claim by Dr Fenner offering kidney and back cures. The advertisement vows relief from nervous weakness rheumatism and general diseases claiming worldwide use and endorsement.
Hod 1370 and 144 ran a bi tee vout weight event. The brief note records a track style miscue and equipment change with limited details. No clear outcome or competitors named. readability is fragmented.
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