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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1883
Page
4
A Sunday excursion by the Germania Society to Gowanda Glen is announced with the train departing at a.m. sharp. The community anticipates a grand holiday as local notes recount Dunkirk and Jamestown visitors, parade scenes, and civic club coverage amid mixed social events.
A terse critique addresses a drunk man’s arrest near a city club and defends the eighty respected club members. The account says the arrestee was intoxicated due to teeth extraction, slipped on pavement, and sought cover from an officer, while authors regret misinterpretations and mock self seriouscensored behavior.
The Great Forepaugh Show enters its nineteenth annual tour under the same management and promises a unique tented exhibition. It will exhibit on September 5. Knights of several orders are urged to obtain illuminated address cards at the Fate axponsenvan office. The Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia road reports heavy chautauqua traffic, adding coaches to the fleet as more are planned.
In Chautauqua County two weeks ending August 21 1883 the Surrogate Court issued Letters Testamentary for James G Willard Thomas Shaw Margaret Wisner Hazard Wilcox William Waterman Leonard Lancaster Agnes Taylor Hannibal Stanley M Emmett Bly and Matthew Ferrin guardianship for Betsey Bly and addressed judicial settlements for Russel Forbes James Murray Platt Osborne and others Decrees discharged executors amid related notes. A Boston Globe excerpt notes butchers fat from healthy constitutions and early rising with some tall robust workers remarking the trade yields hearty appetites.
Coroner Crandall's inquest returns that Dr. John Berry Campbell died from an unintentional overdose of hydrate of chloral administered by himself. The Erie Masons plan a stock company to build a grand Masonic temple with a January corner stone. Maid of the Mist committee approves launching the new boat on Sept 6 at 3 pm. Fire destroys several Oakfield businesses in a three story frame building, loss around 10000, mostly insured. Grand Army picnic at Middleport draws nearly 3000, with speeches and a broom drill by local girls. Aaron G. Quirley sustains a broken leg from a riding accident.
A collage of late 19th century ads announces sale of card designs by Masonic and other orders, a Buffalo Mead brand, haircuts at Wheelers Parlors, Speer’s wines and patent medicines, Gin ger Ale at Lyon Bros, and notices for notices of cash-only business, with Shiloh’s cures advertised by Light & Harper. The column lists local merchants, prices, and health remedies alongside sensationalals such as cure claims and drugstore offerings.
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