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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1884
Page
3
A vintage advertisement claims Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil cures various ailments including sprains burns and throat ulcers. The fragment names testimonials from N L Blaw and R Hall praising the remedy's effectiveness in Scranton and Grayville with dates in 188.
Fifteen prostrations by the beat were reported in New York City yesterday, three potentially fatal. A dispatch from Bushell Illinois notes Alexander Petrie of Mercer County was nominated for Congress. Montreal infant deaths surge in heat, 87 of 126 under five. Moonlighters released from Dublin prison, including a former Nafferwan. America steamship arrives off Kinsale in 6 days 18 hours. Ex Governor St John speaks at Milton Ontario on prohibition amid cheers. John Wallace of Philadelphia fined 1000 and jailed 2.5 years for embezzlement. St George’s Union convention opens in Chicago with readings by Goldwin Smith and Siddons. City of Cairo steamer accident near St Louis kills William McNeely of Neelys Landing. Vincent Bradford of Philadelphia wills law library and paintings to Washington and Lee University. Reception for French Minister Cotonly in New York. Governor Knott pardons James Cunningham and Owen Bradley for information aiding last week’s prison escape.
August 21 items recount police contentions with the Austrian Consul over a flag on the Emperor's birthday, a Batavia mill and water works fire causing £45,000 loss, a postponed pool meeting in Pertaneren, Nova Scotia election results for W. S. Fielding, a Newark Ohio fire endangering the town, the death of D. D. Wheedon near Elizabeth New Jersey, coke output talks in Prestress, a Corning New York train accident injuring two women, a falling window killing a cigar maker in Crece xwall, and an Indianapolis baseball note about an eight inning game ending at darkness.
The August dispatches report an explosion at a Russian powder magazine and five government offices in Kasan with about one hundred killed, amid warnings ignored by authorities. Other items cover Home Rule campaign expenses financed by the Irish National League, Austro German diplomacy, cholera in Marseilles, Liszt going blind, Maori King Fawhiao not visiting the United States, a Mansfield murder verdict, and various local incidents including fires, stabbings, and a counterfeit note alert.
Forestville item highlights sidewalk repairs, local sermons, visitors and escapes from business to medicine studies. Notes on coal supplies, town improvements, brief moves to Eureka and Chautauqua, and a large academy term opens with eleven weeks ahead. A death, club meeting, and regional travel reflections conclude the column.
Neverula to cure on any case When uses persistently. The applications are pleasant and soothing, which wi recommend it to all. For full description read cirewar. Thousands of samples given away daily. Send to your druggist for one before they are all gone. leg ularize Tity cents. Manufactured by The World Toponietil Catarrh Cream Co, Jamestown w.V. Sold by John Harper, cor, Lienard 9d streck, and If. P. Morroe.
An item from a 19th century page urges readers to seek Wells Health Tenewer A Gace direct to weak spots as a life preservation tip for those losing grip on life. The wording creates a cautionary note on self care and awareness.
The Street Car leaving Dunkirk at 8.25 A M reaches the Normal building on time for the First Class. Car fare per quarter ten weeks school days five dollars, daily single fare. For circulars address B F B Palmer Principal.
An old advertisement extols Dr Fenner’s Blood and Liver Remedy Nerve Tonic and kidney cures. It claims complete blood cleansing relief from biliousness constipation and headaches plus nerve restoration and sleep. The piece touts Fenner’s Kidney and Back Ache Cure and lists H P Monroe Dunkirk as a local dealer.
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