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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1884
Page
2
The snippet reports a 3 percent bond call for $10 million with signatures dated May 11 1854, a proposal for a State Convention of liquor dealers at Utica March, and a tax bill adding $1 00,090 yearly on corporations for canal support. It also covers alcohol abstinence life expectancy, German military duty for visitors, locomotive exports, postal delivery stamps, Western Union growth, and public relief figures.
A Boston cremation society aims to replace burial with incineration, offering $12 annual or $1.50 yearly subscriptions to cover cremation. The piece questions mayoral candidates, citing limited charter opportunities and potential suitable names if they would accept the office. It also reports on railway leadership tours, and a U S patent office surplus revenue of over two million dollars with talks of fee reductions to attract more patent applications.
Reports from Jamestown note a Milo Seely herd birth results with four calves five young animals surviving two heifers. Frank Rumsey’s defense for the Lyndon wife murder cites wife infidelity and alleged insanity, while Erie plants adopt new time-detection systems in factories and on trains with timed dials and safety checks.
A missing deed to a Morpeth case turns up inside jam pot covers. Tom Halliday’s discovery, aided by a grateful Morpeth, leads to a £500 reward and a marriage, after a long hunt through old papers. The tale ends with the suit won and happiness for the couple.
A humorous exchange features a Vassar student boasting about bread making and science. She claims mastery of fermentation gas and atomic structure, then explains the sponge as the plastic material, noting the cook prepares it and tests it with instruments before serving a splendid table loaf.
A groundhog kept in winter quarters at the Baltimore botanical gardens emerged on October twenty, watched the surroundings and cast a shadow as sunlight fell through the enclosure roof, prompting a retreat to its burrow.
A. Barber of Elmira New York writes he suffered months with a lame back and numb limbs until three doses of Salicyline gave relief and full cure. He asserts Salicyline is the only remedy that helped him. The notice lists price and agents A P Monroe of Dunkirk New York and mentions Wheelers Toasoria parlors offering inexpensive haircuts.
The Maine Republican State Convento will be held in Bangor on April 30. The Iowa Greenback State Convention will be in session Friday at Oskaloosa. Worcester saw heavy damage to the Cleveland Machine Company woolen works by fire. In Nashville Albert Altman, fourteen, fell from a window to his death. William Watts, a deck hand on the steamer Warner, drowned after a river quarrel. 5,000 Cubans celebrated the release of Oquero with a torchlight procession in Key West. John Johnson, eighty three, was robbed at Berlin Cross Roads. injuries may prove fatal. Rev. D Parker Morgan presided at the New York Eisteddfod. Charles A Dana and others spoke. The New York Board of Trade banquet featured remarks on the press. U S Senator Van Wyck spoke on public parks. Massachusetts Democratic Convention planned for Worcester with a banquet honoring Wendell Phillips. Oliver Edes, pioneer machine rive maker, died in Boston. River at Cairo steady, levee intact. breaks repaired. Honolulu elections saw government candidates defeated. John Sullivan, lumber merchant, failed with assets about 30,000.
Cleveland trading notes report flour steady with various grades and prices. Livestock prices edge up, sheep and hogs steady, cattle strong with packers offering. Sugar and corn markets show strength, exports and shipments noted with multiple price levels.
Travel guide note announces a schedule change for the Lake Shore Railroad taking effect Sunday in local time. The notice is brief and fragmentary, with unclear dates and wording.
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