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Newspaper

Evening Observer

Location

Dunkirk, New York, United States of America

Date

Feb 13, 1883

Page

3

Old fashioned supper in Wates Flats hall delights Knickts of Labor

About 200 attendees enjoyed a Friday eve gathering at Wates Flats for the Knickts of Labor. costumes ranged from knee breeches to Elizabethan cuffs as relics and century old artifacts were displayed. A lavish supper with antique dishes and pewter platters received high praise amid floods and local troubles.

Order of the Knickts of Labor Wates Flats Martin Woodin Terry Nova Scotia Pember England Griffin Kiantone Long Island Lott Lottsville Charles Spooner John Wilson W. Terry Richardson Lndies Gilbert Moore Dewitt Ransom Grandpa Grandma Mr. Moore Mrs. Ransom Beau Bramine A. J. Boyd Washington Mr. Ransom Mr. Blair Queen Elizabeth George Finch Rexford Boyd

Inundation Threatens Cherry Creek Village Stores

Heavy run and thaw on Saturday and Sunday sent Cherry Creek floodwaters into portions of the village. The Fo Mitchell store salesroom is being enlarged as demand for new business buildings grows. A near disaster occurred when a sleigh overturned into the creek after slipping on the icy ridge. Mr Wollaston, his wife and child, and Mrs Rent were rescued, with Mira Kent the most injured, suffering a dislocated shoulder and bruises.

Fo. Mitchell Thomas Wollaston Hame Cherry Creek Kilbourn G. Als Mira Kent

Telegraphic Topics Flood Losses and Relief Efforts Across Cities

Reported 1882 US pig iron output 4 623 000 tons, a record high. Paris and Dublin items note political and cultural topics. Flood relief paid by Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce. thousands homeless in Louisville. river levels rise, railroads suspend ops. public buildings shelter victims. electric lighting introduced.

Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce

Exposer of spiritualism and a piano wire linked chase in Erie

Stuart Cumberland once studied with Irving Hishop and was involved in a mock hunt where a pin hidden within 500 yards of a hotel tied him to a Liverpool challenger. Bishop led the chase from the hotel to Neptune hotel where the pin was found in a balcony window sash. Chris Bied, 69, died after a tree he felled in a North East forest toppled toward him, killing him instantly. he left a wife and no children. A Buffalo fruit dealer paid 6,000 last season for scrapes from Pomfret and Portland growers.

Stuart Cumberland Erie Irving Hishop Liverpool Bishop Neptune Hotel Chris Bied North East Bied Buffalo Pomfret Portland

Baby Bourne In A Cradle Amid Floral Adoration

ADDITIONAL LOCALS. hike a vision of beauty. yesterday Jay the baby daughter of Mr. wand Mrs. John Bourne. in her cradle. clad in all simple, worn hued cashmere dress, clasping her doll, amid the flowers loving friends had clustered around her. herself the fairest, loveliest flower of all. She seemed as if sleeping the sweet sleep of a child resting after play. The relaxed hands guarded the cherished doll, the fair and glossy hair lay lightly around the sweet face and the long, dark tashes drooped low over the alabaster cheek. One did not realize that no breath came and went through the lips that were so like the softest rose petals, but waited involuntarily for the eyes to open and reveal the lovesight that through her short life, always shone so brightly upon those dear to her, and to hear again the thoughtful, loving, caressing words, she used to speak.

Jay Wand John Bourne

Bourne Funeral Resolve Sympathy Note

Bourne family expresses deep affliction at the death of Mary Agnes Bourne aged 3 years 2 months and notes resolutions to place copies in lodge, Chautauqua family and Silver Creek Local for publication. We extend bereaved sympathy.

Cleath Bourne—Ibn Duchirk Mary Agnes John and Edurd Bourne Chautauqua Silver Creek Herbert

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