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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1885
Page
3
Agatha Nicholson fears for her missing baby as the household searches rooms and recalls a past disappearance. Cook recalls a similar case and the staff fears for the child’s safety while Mr Nicholson vows to find her, amid tears, suspicion, and a lively rectorate farewell.
In a tense exchange at the Loudon Society, Agatha accuses Wier of not recalling actions regarding the Baby. Wier protests innocence, facing skepticism from Agatha and others who doubt his reliability with anything of value. The discussion centers on trust and custody of the infant.
A stray letter recounts a parlor reception where a young amateur cornet player, tall in confidence yet bashful in distortion, blazes through a spirited solo. The narrator recalls childhood escapades, a kiss, and reflections on the instrument’s power and feminine artistry.
A traveling street performer on Broadway in Cincinnati sells ground horse radish from a four legged wooden table device. The top cylinder is operated by a treadle, grinding roots into fresh paste for a nickel. The landlady calls it a blessing compared with grating by hand.
An old boatman explains a mysterious bell sound by the Hudson Highlands as the tolling came from a big American eagle with a steel collar and bell, seen last Saturday in Cornwall. Hunters seek to capture it alive, fearing superstition and bad luck if killed.
Reports claim Paris company uses sand from silica to form white bricks and blocks that resist frost and rain. Made from nearly pure silica with low specific gravity around 1.50 to 1.95, processed by hydraulic pressing and high-temperature ovens.
A dense market summary with varied prices across grains metals and livestock. References include New York trading on January 9 with grain and flour prices, wheat and corn bids, mixed westerns and Ohio varieties, pork and beef futures, and cattle and hog bids from Chicago and Philadelphia.
Market item appears in the Duneire column with repeated notes of Farmer and Usse and weekly corrections. The fragmentary text includes miscellaneous and cameo references, indicating a brief market note or shipping update in a local paper.
A newspaper notice promotes Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething pain claiming immediate relief and various cures including dysentery and diarrhea with a 1s price per bottle. A Comy gentleman bought 100000 feet of pine lumber to Cleveland at about 2 per thousand, noting prices have fallen from 25 per thousand four years ago.
An old advertisement touts Th. Bosanke's Pile Remedy for piles with weight in the back and abdomen, moisture and itching, claiming tumor absorption and permanent cure. The notice also reports the death of John Crosgrove, a well known farmer in Ripley, who died Friday at an advanced age.
An advertisement from Marshall Michigan offers the ExtorrieVoe and other appliances on a thirty day trial to men and all ages troubled by nervous debility vitality loss and related ailments. It guarantees complete restoration health vigor and manhood with no risk. Also mentions free illustrated pamphlet and a Dec 24 date. A separate line notes a Kennedy mill burglary where the outer door padlock was broken but the safe remained untouched.
The notice promotes free sample bottles of Dr Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup for coughs colds consumption and bronchitis at H P Monroe's Drug Store. It also mentions Jamestown water is reportedly purer than six months ago and hints at a movement to use it.
A jumble of 19th century ads tout remedies and breeders. References include Rough on Pain Plaster for backache and rheumatic pain, Buchanan-Paiba for urinary issues, Wells Health Renewer for children, Rough on Coughs, and a note on Dr. W. P. Book shipping brood-mares from Kentucky to Lakewood. Also mentions B. F. Peck visiting Rumsey Bros. Devon herd, and a fire at Phanix sash and blind works in Corry costing $25,000.
Fragmented local copy notes ladies hair dressing and bangs trimming at A Wheeler’s Third Street shop. A stray line mentions Bhav- Ing and multiple chairs, with garbled context about a stolen horse and sick Polish Jewish children from Cincinnati. The passage is incomplete and mixes unrelated items into a single notice.
Patient from Fredonia New York reports long illness with lumbago nervous irritation and dyspepsia relieved after using Dr Fenner’s Blood Liver Remedy and Nerve Tone. He credits Honorable LL Lake for recommending the treatment and calls the remedy a great health advance from a 43 year public benefactor.
An advertisement from the New York Tribune offers Dr Fenner’s Blood and Liver Remedy and Nerve Tonic for a range of ailments including biliousness headaches skin issues and nervous debility. It touts kidney and back ache cures with a memorandum book and lists H P Monroe of Dunkirk as a dealer.
West Shore Route transit times to New York Boston and Rochester are listed with daily and Sunday variations. Expresses stop at principal stations and offer Pullman Buffett seating. Rail offices and ticket info provided at Exchange Street Buffalo depot Genesee Hours and city office. Henry Monet and successors announced as general agents.
For Safe Finest Farm in Benkirk Containing 46 acres of land in high cultivation with stock implements and furniture. Located in city limits on Lake Road to Buffalo taxes moderate. Buildings include residence large barn and stable for five horses and other stock. Watered by two streams and a fish pond. Large orchard of 130 winter Apple trees. 25 acres in clover and Timothy. rest productive. New barb wire fence. Price 5000 terms 2500 cash balance easy payments secured by mortgage. Eight adjoining acres available cheap. Call or address this office.
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