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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1885
Page
4
A busy list of January events dominates the scene with social hops at Meehan s Hall Columbus hall and Germania Mall. The Rink promises a two grand attraction setup for Friday and Saturday while livery horses take a rest until snow returns. Also reported are court dates for Mayville and a surge of local social and church activities amid New Year resolutions and rising bills.
In this city last Wednesday evening Riding Rollers Dennis Toomey and Wallie Trilton of Fredonia competed for county title with a one mile race and fancy skating. Toomey won the fancy skating while Trilton beat him by half a lap in the race. The event drew attention to the skater evolutions and the local policemen’s confined interest in roller racing. The McDonald Polo Club plans to challenge Olean’s excelsiors next Monday as Olean claims state championship status after defeating its rivals. Also noted is a fatal and injury-torn New York pony passenger incident with many workers killed or injured.
Old Marcus Eagan, about eighty, recently released from the county infirmary, drank Paris green in Stegman’s grocery and died hours later. He sought a hot drink with pepper, announced he would die, and officers found Paris green remnants on him. Coroner declared it a suicide. the death occurred around eleven. The report notes a murder investigation and nearby notices on garden washes and local business hours.
A book agent for B L Mason of Buffalo was found dead in a large room at Kepp's Hotel in Hamburg. The report includes multiple local items from county affairs and incidents across the region, with notes on laws, damages, fires, and disputes.
Casm Jupp Company of 731 Browlway New York advertises a compact four hundred page family cyclopedia bound beautifully. The work covers agriculture natural sciences history biography medicine and more in a concise reference format with about 20 000 titles cited as proof of its breadth and usefulness.
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