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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1883
Page
2
A long editorial critiques Dunkirk city politics and New York taints as it weighs house rules, tariff fate, and bids for hose contracts. The piece denounces favoritism, urges open competition, and links Tammany Hall with prison corruption and urban crime networks.
Fragmentary correspondence mentions a race win by Levi KHIS at a Wau event and a local incident near Alayville. Notes reference butter sales, licenses, and a cattle show in Leadville Colorado with scattered names and dates, but details are incomplete and unclear.
Forestville updates mention Samuel Williams of Sheridan visiting on Feb 21. Parsecog moves into new quarters. bridge abutments west of town undermined by floods, financing needed. Town meeting at Harrison House elects a Democratic slate. some Republican posts remain. W G Loomis buys Conradt homestead and plans to move back from Syracuse. Village officers to be elected March 6 at Harrison House, with funds proposed for crosswalks, clerk wage, tax levies, and maintenance. James F H Berns returns as interim. Voters cast 320 ballots in the Snel eter district.
A fragmented rural column notes odd happenings around Pokal including local economics per head figures, men traveling to North East for rutile gathering, and town meeting aftermath. Mentions residents such as Mrs James Truster, A Rider, J Love, and Obed Edson with stray names and tidbits about trades, elections, and a humorous town scene near Pelham’s store.
Prof O Case to address a musical convention Monday evening in North Hastl. Mrs Case and Mrs Williams attend with pianist Forest Bliss from Bindles’s Lake. A Ripley arrest and escape are noted. Nickel Plate trains likely to stay local between Buffalo and Chicago. North East resident buys Jersey cow and milk yields. Erie mayoral son buys Clydesdale and Perlerson stallions for breeding near Harborcreek station.
A garbled timetable lists last and western mails with complex station stops and times. It mentions Dunkirk Carrollton Olean Hornellsville and Wellsville along with numerous small towns, daily and Sunday exceptions, and connections to New York time.
A historical timetable note lists bus departures from Fredonia and Dunkirk on weekdays and Sundays in 1688 style. It gives multiple morning and afternoon times, including 9:15 and 12:25 a.m. departures from Fredonia, and 9:05 and 10:00 a.m. from Dunkirk, with additional 1:45 5:00 and 6:35 p.m. and 12:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. windows.
Partial OCR from a rail timetable shows routes, departure times, and fares with multiple misread words. It references Buffalo Dunkirk Erie Limited, Michigan, Chicago, Cleveland, and Eastern Div. The text includes times such as 9 46p.m and 2 0op.m, plus fare fragments like 25.20 and 474.00, indicating a rail schedule snippet with distorted city names and abbreviations.
The Nickel Plate New York Chicago and St. Louis Railway announces new equipment on the trunk line with updated comforts and safety features. Train times show Columbus time leaves at 6 30 a m with adjustments. Columbus time is 20 minutes after Chicago and 16 minutes before Battle Creek. contact nearest agent for details and rates.
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