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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1885
Page
4
A collage of notices and brief items from a Dunkirk era page. Editorial quips mix with local ads, sales pitches, and society notes, including education board updates, merchants invoicing, and notices of concerts, public meetings, court actions, and personal announcements.
Dunkirk YMCA board hires a janitor to free secretary Thompson for YMCA work. College meetings start weekly in the southeast, with J Stillman chairing Christian work. A boys Bible class and 4:15 Sunday song service attract young men, singers sought for the choir. Gym nights targeted for Tuesday and Thursday as attendance rises. Board to meet next week. Teacher exams listed with dates across several towns. new york state education act requires physiology and hygiene testing for teaching certificates. work starts at 1 o'clock.
E C Randall of Buffalo was in the city today. Mr B S Tesla bag returned home to Oneida. Miss Nellie Shields of Buffalo visits friends here. Mrs E Isham reported somewhat improved. S Haaken of Boston and W H Morton of Philadelphia at the St James. Mrs Russ and children of Titusville visit husband, oil broker Rosa. Leroy Atwood registered at Hiddell House Bradford. M G Simona of Bradford and S L Dugan of Kansas at the Eastern. Charles E Brown formerly editor of the Silver Creek Local in town. Gen M Gailey publisher of the Northern Chautauqua News here. T T Danforth improving after Rochester illness. Mr and Mrs Robert A Belrun in the city. Dr J R Rogers recovering and plans to practice next week. D F Tanna of Holland L W Day and wife of East Liverpool and A W Groves and Mrs of Sharon Pa at the Erie. President King of the Erie on his way home via Dayton to New York. Louis and Mrs Treusch go to Buffalo to attend grandson’s funeral. Rev Dr George V Rochester Theodore Z Root Fi Weyee town D F Taner Holland and G C Hyde Titusville registered at the Huribert.
Avousta Booker writes of a planned charity entertainment for next Thursday on the tenth, noting that dancing would offend neighbors. She apologizes and pledges to err on the safe side while offering future cooperation to aid destitution and suffering, with Raikes advocating subscription funds but locals preferring labor over money.
A telegram from Braidentown Florida reports the death of Mrs Nellie M Rumsey wife of Walter B Rumsey of Westfield and daughter of Mr and Mrs D A A Nichols of this city She was 28 or 29 and left two daughters Friday Jan 9 Mary A died aged 19 Funeral scheduled at St Marys church Also noted is the death of Edward T Low assistant general freight agent of the New York Lake Erie & Western R R in Plainfield New Jersey He died of typhoid fever at Inshome on Friday Jan 9 aged 44 Low had twenty seven years with the Erie railway freight department.
Rev. Mc Richard Fulter of St John’s church Buffalo lectured on the store subject at the Dunkirk Opera House last evening. His anecdotes and stories entertained the crowd as he argued for labor justice through Christian doctrine, concluding the audience deemed the evening money well spent. A Bradford Era note follows about Bessie Clyde’s morphine suicide attempt in Bradford and subsequent recovery.
A historical procedure describes converting paper into a cellulose base for celluloid by soaking with concentrated sulfuric and nitric acids, washing, pulping, bleaching, mixing with camphor, grinding, forming thin layers, pressing at high pressure, drying, and finally rolling into elastic sheets through heated rollers.
The mercury fell 15 to 20 percent Friday night as a light snow and sleet storm moved in with a cold westerly wind. Sidewalks stayed mostly clear and sleighing was not hindered. The Signal Service Bureau calls it a slight cold wave and expects warmer weather once the wind dies down.
Evening services run 7 o clock all week at the First Presbyterian church in unison with the global week of prayer. Everyone is invited to attend and join in the world Christian observance. A separate item notes an amendment allowing Point Chautauqua Baptist Association to enclose grounds and charge admission. A $10,000 stock company is formed to cover floating debts. A polo match features McDonalds versus a picked team with captains Jas Hamilton and Eerry.
An 1886 Harper's Young People notice praising juvenile content. It highlights drama in serials and stories, harmless humor, natural science papers, travel notes, and athletic features. The periodical promises accuracy, value, and abundant pictures at $2.00 per year postage prepaid, with issues starting November 4.
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