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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1883
Page
4
The notice lists Matteson & Lion and Hamilton’s Coal Yard offering gifts, furnishings, hardware, and fuels for holidays. It highlights tailoring, leather goods, boots and shoes, drugs, wines, and patent medicines from various city shops. Also advertised are shavings, barber services, and a Papillon skin remedy from Chicago suppliers.
Bare Chasee offers entire stock of silverware and fine jewelry at 10 percent below cost. Stock includes Rogers forks and spoons, dinner services, glassware, vases, watches, rings, earrings, chains, canes, spectacles, and more. Most items must be sold by January 1. Call today for best selections. Denkrk.
Local notes report a skating rink desire in GusTiloians, a Kuigits of St. Panick event at Cite Tatl on Monday, and a theatre firm planning expansion. Advertisements note holiday rail tickets and a new sash door factory project. A Philadelphia show visited Newport with 9,256 miles traveled and five railroad accidents. Justice Holstein faces assault charges amid school warrant disputes, with potential re-arrest anticipated.
Me and Mrs W A Fox of Dunkirk attend the funeral of Mrs Mas W Eaton Jr and return home. Hotel arrivals list names from Lockport to Jamestown and Cleveland. Community events include Germania Theatre audience, St Mary's Orphan Asylum Christmas Tree, Armory Hose 14th annual dance, and Dunkirk piano sales by Marry Grooks to Vice land Brothers with orders pending.
The Tabernacle Baptist Church notes growth since organization with twenty nine members added at first meeting and four since. Sabbath School expanded from thirty one to six dozen, aided by earnest teachers. Easter week social at James H Barclay home featured supper and performances. Mrs Hills sang two solos, Professor Elliott led, and Mrs Chas Decker’s class performed. Receipts totaled thirteen dollars and five cents.
Week ending December 1885 in the Surrogate Court of Chautauqua County lists probate actions and letters of administration or guardianship for estates including Buss, Steinhilber, Morton, Weaver, Marble, Brownell, Chandler, Gould, Todd and others. Decrees of probate or settlement and discharge of executors are noted for several estates with beneficiaries and guardians appointed.
Local column items report Mayville contesting street sprinkling taxes and a defiant resident vowing to resist collection. The notes cover deaths in Sipclairville and Fredonia, forged notes near Ellington, bail in a Jamestown case, county clerk filings, waterworks progress at Journtown, a murder arrest near Erie, and Christmas ads plus a gold find in the Rocky Mountains flagged as a bonanza.
In Gurt weu4 Dec 14 the United States Court, after repeated government failures to convict, ordered all remaining election cases continued to the next term. Speer and AMerton failed in every case tried. Addie Liesman, abducted by Captain Gordon, was surrendered to the Children's Home in Jersey City on Dec 15. ISHAM'S offers Christmas flowers and stylish baskets, Edwards & Co's Greenhouse advertises near Central Ave Depot area.
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