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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1884
Page
4
Notice explains subscription prompts and payment rules. Orders for job printing accepted by telephone and executed promptly. The message cites Harry S. Mara as circulator and directs payments to the office. It notes prepaid subscriptions and that service stops until paid.
Mails depart at 10 30 a m and 7 00 p m via Southern Fredonia routes. Arrival times vary with segments listed. Unclear fragmentary text mentions stops and possible names but lacks coherent details.
Forecast notes show showers then clearing, with improving conditions. Expect fair skies and a slight rise in temperatures as a warmer spell develops across the area after the rains. Highs and lows not specified in this fragment.
Local health charm described as a tonic made from roots herbs and barks to tone the stomach and strengthen the weak sold by druggists in latest locals column.
Disturbances at night from a sick teething child are soothed by Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children Teething. The ad claims immediate relief of crying and pain, cures dysentery and diarrhea, regulates stomach and bowels, and softens gums. Sold by all druggists worldwide, price 25 cents a bottle.
An early 20th century classified style notice promotes the Voltaic Belt Co of Marshall Michigan offering a thirty day trial of their Electro Voltaic Belt and other electric appliances for nervous debility and related ailments with a guaranteed complete restoration of health and vigor. Also advertised are barber and salon services at Wheelers Parlors on Center Street near the post office with multiple related product ads for cigars catarrh cures Shiloh’s remedies and building supplies from Hamilton’s Coal Yard.
Send Money by American Express Co. Money Orders. Receipting provided and money refunded if orders are lost. Sold at all offices of the Co. Payable at 6,560 places. Rates: to $3.00 for 16c, $9.30 for 12c. Higher amounts priced per scale.
Fragmented Erie newspaper item notes August events, ads and public notices. Mentions Hurlbert House changes, a Salamanca parade, police court fines, local trades and doctors, a fire truck context, school openings, and community announcements amid scattered society items.
The Chaulwu qua County Agricultural Society schedules its forty eighth fair for September 4 and 5 at new grounds near Boatianrling. The site features a long cattle shed, wide avenue, shade trees, a large main exposition building, a drinking fountain, and a planned but deferred mile trotting course. No horse racing this year, but attractions include a baby show and a sham fight staged by local veterans and guards. The article also notes local oil rig activity in Allegany and a mob incident at Suspension Bridge involving a political banner removal.
Fragmentary local column notes Cassadaga and nearby towns. Mentions farmers shipping Jersey calves from Fern Island stock farm to Rochester, train travel on DAL VY and PRR with praise for clean cars and courteous conductors, meetings with churchmen Elder Creed and Rev Rentices, boarding not offered at Caleb Todd’s but meals available at Geo Barnes’s, arrests and gossip about Charley Kazer selling rottled goods, corn growth on Brookside Stock Farm, and various visits, farewells, and frosts with brief obituaries and local star mentions.
Ralph Warner breaks an arm after a fall from an apple tree. Joseph Skinner and family depart for Adrian Michigan. Burton family holds annual Barcelona picnic with about TS in attendance. Captain Butler hosts Skinners and Burtons, praised for hospitality. Portland Republicans form Blaine and Logan club with Judge Lambert as orator. A L Barber sells eight acres to James Thayer for 2000 dollars. Chau tauqua County Veteran Union notes guest speakers Corporal Tanner and Judge Tourgee for Sept 2 and 8, plus plans for a Soldier's monument or memorial hall. Morey and Moss advertise curiosities and shows including the tallest and smallest horses, a tiny cow, and an extreme opposite beast. A native What Is It and a wheat market contrivance are featured acts. John M Wood performs as athlete and musician. New York Grand Commandery to meet in Buffalo in October. Local demonstrations outline program for asylum area. Notable events include an Olympic Park drill for Buffalo Orphan Asylum and Vellaville Firemen Parade touted as the finest in the region.
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