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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1883
Page
3
The piece reflects on townsfolk settling after New Year's revelry. It notes dainty boys facing aches and throbbing heads from the night's excesses. The tone suggests a quiet, rueful mood as observers comment on post holiday fatigue.
A December gathering at W Beebe of Cherry Creek marked the Beebes 20 years of marriage. J B Shattuck delivered a long tribute praising their life, neighbors, and family as friends presented keepsakes and shared a communal meal. The event featured reflections on endurance, home life, and hopes for the future.
Sheridan distills sorrow over the death of Miss Mars Sweet on December 19, ending her long summer-long illness. The community remembers her gentle charity and steadfast friendship, contrasting the family’s quiet fireside with four silent voices lost.
Community notes report cheerful start to the year with sleighing good and ongoing school progress. Charley is praised as a capable teacher while Clayton Green and wife celebrate a new daughter. George Landers prepares lumber for a house addition and has added a veranda to enhance his home. Mrs. Fisher, an elderly resident, has been sick with lung congestion but shows slow recovery under Dr. Stevens. Mrs. Eliab Wilcox reports solid sales of chicken and eggs from 15 hens and 110 pounds of butter from her four-year-old cow, with family use. George Murkett attends to riding and related chores.
Jus H Silverthorn of Conneaut Pa reports 2300 dollars from calves sold at an average 13 dollars per head. Manchester brothers near Springville Erie County cut twelve cords of beech wood. A 19 year old among them. A man named George all of Randolph o killed by a Erie engine at Salamanca. Fire retainers were taken to Randolph. Buffalo Southwestern builds a new tank at Cherry Creek. TL is the only Twater lank between Kennedy and Dayton. President Jones of Buffalo Pittsburg Western to meet Erie citizens Jan 10 about route through Erie. A male baby left on a doorstep at Fluvent. Officers seek parents. Smallpox patients recovering at Wheelock’s near Kennedy. Mail bag lost at Panama station found between Clymer and Corry. contents intact. A boy William Lincoln. leg broken while drawing wood. seven hours to discovery. prognosis poor. Lakeside Mills to replace Lakeside property for 25,000. Frankin paper mill sold to Wasi Swaney Co. of Pittsburgh. John Lyne of Windover injured fatally in towel accident. John Ball of Sheridan buys out G D Strayer clothing stock. John Swartz of Jamestown arrested for indecent exposure. past incidents noted. J E Batcheller birthday celebration in Stockton. Oil City & Chicago Trailroad to merge Jan 8 into Buffalo Pittsburg & Western. main line Buffalo to New Castle. through trains to Pittsburgh.
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