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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1885
Page
2
The Evening Observer explains its circulation and policy and outlines advertising deadlines and subscription procedures. It notes reliance on Associated Press dispatches and private wires, invites trustworthy news tips, and states responsibility limits for opinions or acts of correspondents. It also lists payment and stoppage rules and mentions ordering job printing by phone.
A letter from a busy eastern state business man urges Dunkirk merchants to advertise beyond local limits. He argues outsiders lack awareness Dunkirk offers low rents, cheap goods, and strong rail links, and that better advertising could attract new residents and business. He notes local firms provide inexpensive, quality products and calls for a fair public show of Dunkirk’s business scene.
The article notes bacteria on coins and cautions about disease spread via money. It cites Prof. RA Proctor on Earth's instability, Lisbon’s 1755 quake as a possible repeated event, and recent seismic hints offshore. A separate medical anecdote warns corrosive sublimate kills bedbugs but is extremely poisonous.
John Wiltsie of Fentonville died last week aged 77 in county notes. The Chautauquan circulates nearly 60,000. Yates Gardinier was severely bit-
The piece notes Pickles and Akerod, longtime Jamestown grocers, have assigned due to recent injuries from an incident weeks earlier. It mentions Corry city bonds, US circuit court action, and strains on Perry. It also records charitable relief, a fall injuring Justice William B. Perry, and Mrs. Illinghast’s recovery hopes after a locomotive strike.
The streets of Pekin are described as treacherous and filthy with vast cesspools and dangerous sewers. The board of works in China is accused of corruption and misdirected spending while excavating sewers during hot weather. Public shop fronts suffer as cats fall into holes and customers are kept away, with 20 pound payments cited.
The article argues cures attributed to quackery arise from diet control, natural disease progression, chance, or faith. It cites cases like a patient believing a thermometer made him cured, and notes some diseases heal naturally. It also discusses camels' endurance and Tartar herds, then Paris Sunday theatre and St. Petersburg population trends.
Elmer Wheelock, deputy, notes new traveler schedules on the road starting Monday November. Timetabled departures from Fredonia include 6:25 am and multiple afternoon runs at 1:23 pm 3:54 pm and 4:40 pm. Dunkirk service shows 10:15 am and 6:30 am 48 minutes later.
Abstract of tie table adopted Nov 24 lists eastward local trains from Dunkirk through Salamanca and Wellsville to Hornellsville with stops at Forestville Smiths Mills Perryburg Cattaraugus Little Valley Great Valley Vandalia Allegheny Olean Hinsdale Cuba Friendship Belmont Wellsville Andover Alfred Almond Scio and more, including No 35 and No 82 and No 22-14:53 running schedules, daily and Sunday variants, and arrival times at Hornellaville and Dunkirk.
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