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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1884
Page
2
The Evening Observer, a Dunkirk based paper, circulates more widely than any city newspaper and carries Associated Press dispatches. Readers may submit anonymous letters and must include full names and addresses. Advertisers should deliver copy by 9 AM for same day insertion.
Christmas themes praise family joy and gifts while noting old traditions. The article mentions political figures like George Washington, Tuompson and Choate, and reports on coal contracts, school debates, and charity efforts in New York and Pittsburgh. It also references unions, public schools, and a New Orleans Exposition exhibit.
A long miscellaneous item reports on a cold in a national capital figure curiosities, whiskey and tobacco consumption, and revenue. It mentions Washington fiscal data, Erie and Corry area news, rail and steel layoffs, and local charitable plans. The piece includes civic updates, political figures, and a church event in Wilkesbarre. It closes with a Christmas school event and charity notices in Meadville.
A brief note to farmers emphasizes that the future bulletin will follow analyses after they are completed. The message underscores the importance of the item for the farmer, attributed to N. E. in Farner.
A Massachusetts Experiment Station bulletin reports on feeding pigs with skimmed milk versus buttermilk mixed with corn meal. Pigs, 40–50 pounds, were fed three times daily for four months, with varying milk-to-meal ratios. Both regimens yielded profit, pork selling at 7 cents per pound, and dressed pork costs were 5.8 to 46 cents per pound respectively.
Dankik residents look forward to a grand Sacred Heart Church Choir concert at St George's Farr tomorrow night with a strong program featuring Rosamond Philhar monic Overture, the Distant Chimes, The Exile baritone solo, Christmas Chimes and Constinas Oratorium. Performers include Miss Zummerbarke Ruffing Rider Reding Caspar Walschied Henry Smith and Prof Julius Siener with Mary Zimm erharkel and Prof Johns Stener in choruses and solos.
New York December 23 money markets ease at 1 1 4 percent while prime mercantile paper holds near 4478 percent. Sterling weaker on 10 day bills. sight exchange at 4.8444. Government and state securities mixed. farm and commodity prices list corn oats wheat and pork variously shifting. Local reports, including Chicago and Milwaukee, show ongoing activity in futures and cash markets with receipts and shipments noted.
The New York Chicago and St. Louis Railway advertises a modern passenger service with new equipment and the latest travel amenities. It notes departures from Union Depot and Buffalo depot and lists timetable details despite garbled OCR.
Abstract of an 1884 timetable listing eastward trains and connections from Dunkirk, Salamanca, and Wellsville to Hornellsville and Cornelsville. Details include stops at Sheridan, Forestville, Little Valley, Carrollton, Vandalia, Allegany, Olean, Hinsdale, Cuba, Belvidere, Belmont, Scio, Wellsville, Andover, Alfred, Almond, and more with arrival and departure times and Sunday exceptions.
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