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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1883
Page
4
Public entertainments and society items summarize upcoming shows at local venues and society events. Amid brief remarks on speakers, guests and church notices, the items capture social life and civic notices in the community.
Meg of Buffalo and other visitors drop names and scenes from Ek street to the Mighty Dollar. hotel arrivals list as well as social events at Tabernacle Baptist church and Hurlbert House. Reports detail a Board of Education dispute with Justice Holstein, a cane confrontation with W. Brigham, and a spate of Sherman burglaries amid a long assortment of names and places.
The Ooserver notes ED St. Roas & Co. of Fulton New York a long established agriculture machinery firm may relocate here. Miner & Co. bankers advocate Dunkirk citing advantageous site and potential tax relief, while firm member plans to visit Dunkirk to discuss terms and incentives.
The Florence company opened at the Opera House with The Mighty Dollar, drawing the season’s largest audience. Wolfe’s satire on Washington, Congress and “codfish aristocracy” delighted, with Judge Slate and Mrs Gilliory sketched as lively foils. Performances by Mr and Mrs Florence praised, and the article urges wiser booking for fuller crowds.
George Gensler, injured by cars in Irving last week, died Sunday at the Emergency hospital in Buffalo. A Swede fell 108 feet from the Nekel Plate in Ashtabula and lay exposed to weather all night. Walter Shepardson of Benus Point shot and killed a large wild cat near his home, the fourth such kill in ten years. Hollis Thompson of Stockton injured by a rusty nail. hand and arm swollen, amputation possible. Plans for a proposed gas pipeline from Buffalo to Jamestown and Eric are deemed feasible by Avery and Walter Scott. Mrs. Mary Nef Price, born Amsterdam, Montgomery Co NY, died at Jamestown after a long life. Local ads promote One Price Clothing Store and various merchants, with notices on shopping, lumber yards, and services.
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