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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1885
Page
4
Local notices report weather at 5 below in choic e areas and a broken window at Brooks Locomotive Works. Mrs Harvey Clark and Mrs C Sullivan ill, oil closed at 71 Robed Hartman at Buffalo. Deer sh est sewer assessment totals and registration progress noted. Excelsior polo team previews and local club visits mentioned.
A water pipe burst near Lyon Isroth ety store caused a stream to flood the area last night. Fire crews and residents reported damage as investigators work to locate the main rupture and assess street repair needs. Fy Cronyn is absent from the scene.
The article notes a new program starting next week at Brouka night school with evening sessions from 7:30 to 9:00 for apprentices of the works. It mentions Mr Edward Th Reawick, successor of Mr Lights, who left for Brooklyn Tuesday to pursue a position at the Worthington Pamp Works.
Last evening the Fenner home on the Avenue between Dunkirk and Fredonia welcomed guests despite wind and rain. An early eight oclock reception feasted guests with supper by Mrs Brown of Fredonia, floral decorations, and Damon s orchestra. Guests from Dunkirk included C D Murray J A Lascell es Frank May and Miss Murray among others.
Oswego New York February 9 1885 James McCarthy of China Hall buys the Gordon dry goods and crockery stock including silks laces and shawls. He plans to push the business to full capacity and relies on printers ink for promotion. Dunkirk China Hall partner is mentioned. Also a local figure Megara McCarthy & Monroe sponsor a beauty contest with Vienna ware prizes at the rink, but the ladies contest is postponed to February 28.
The First Baptist social at Mr C E Laliman’s residence and the First Presbyterian church event scheduled for Thursday night were postponed because of severe weather. Mrs W Johnston, wife of a Westfield dry goods merchant, died at noon Tuesday from apoplexy linked to a fall of fire. Johnston was niece of Sextus Lucan Ser ford, founder of the First National Bank of Westfield.
Train No. 1 on the Erie line, carrying no passengers, derailed near a forestville ice cut after freezing water dammed the track and the wheels left the rails. Engineer J M Lucas and Fireman W Smith reached Dunkirk at 8 30. A wrecking train was sent from Salamanca. No injuries reported.
The article traces the origin of Valentine customs to Roman Lupercalia and notes varied gifts from comic to elegant valentines. It describes flower baskets, language of flowers, and tasteful expressions through cards and arrangements. Local notes report weather, illness, church revivals, a death, school news, and a petition to abolish the county clerk’s fees with salary replacement.
Tuesday's blizzard brought Dunkirk its coldest air of the year with readings from 10 below to 30 below in nearby towns. Wind froze water and chilled the poor, while railroads struggled as trains stalled, wrecks occurred near Forestville, and crews faced heavy delays. Snow and wind packed tracks, complicating travel and service across the Erie and Lake Shore lines.
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