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Newspaper

Evening Observer

Location

Dunkirk, New York, United States of America

Date

Jan 21, 1885

Page

2

Evening Observer Notice and Printing Terms

The Evening Observer notes rival papers and announces its own news sourcing via Associated Press Despatches. It urges subscribers to pay arrears, submit ad copy by ten in the morning, and directs that orders for job printing be placed by telephone for prompt service.

Denkirk Toether Unkirk Printing Company Arad Buffalo Ossmevans Associated Press Harry 5 Martin Jon Paixtine

Business Outlook for 1885 Amid Financial Strains

The January outlook notes a brief revival that collapsed after two major failures, Cisco & Son in New York and Oliver & Co. in Pittsburgh, totaling over 5 million dollars. While not due to speculation, the downturn dampens immediate improvement, though a cautious bid for gradual prosperity persists. Gold outflow is unlikely, pork packing rises, and meat supply may help restore prices. Three risks—labor unrest, rail rate wars, and factory understock—frame a slow path to recovery, yet a hopeful trend is anticipated.

Cisco & Son New York Oliver & Co Pittsburgh Cincinnati

Dairy Commission report outlines progress against oleomargarine

Josiah K. Brown appointed Dairy Commissioner by Governor Cleveland began duties last May. Sixteen staff plus two assistants examined milk and butter frauds, with sixty arrests and forty indictments. Eighty percent of illegal traffic halted. evasion via interstate imports noted. Milk quality improved. no cheese adulteration found. Pennsylvania Railroad cuts New York to Chicago fare to 1, urging rail travel.

Josiah K. Brown Oneida County Cleveland Mr. Brown Brown

Washington Week’s Work In Congress A Sad Commentary

The piece reviews a busy but contentious congressional week with debates on patriotism, finance, and tariffs. It notes the slow pace of Democratic legislation, the aging special orders calendar, and predicts a weakened Democratic position in the next Congress. It also covers art acquisitions at the White House and Navy Department as portraits of Hayes and Cabot gain public interest.

Washington Congress Jeff Davie Tari Gen. Grant Senate McPherson House Polk Pierce Randall Demcrata Pa Aleton Ubey Waite House President Hayes Arthur Navy Department Cabot Navy White House Adame Jefferson Madison Monroe Taylor Harrison Johnson Quincy Adams van Buren Fillmore Buchanan Tyler Jackson Lincoln Grant Jayes Girfield Red Room Hayes Mrs. Hayes

Local Butter Market Sparks Letter to Fredonia Advertiser

A Laona butter maker complains of no market in Fredonia and notes better demand in Cassadaga Delanti Sinclairville and Jamestown. A Fredonia correspondent criticizes the village’s market limits and jokes about distance enhancing appeal, while remarks on local consumption and shipment patterns. A Salamanca salconist starts whisky sales at Avocens with a quoted line about proximity.

Laona Fredonia Advertiser & Union Cassadaga Delanti Sinclairville Jamestown New York City

Forestville and Cassadaga News Roundup

Forestville residents discuss farmland sales, post office politics, and school events. Local court actions involve Dye v Wills over wool missing from a wagon. Community notes cover donations, farm sales, new mills, tavern history, town meetings and temperance debates with plans for lectures and local improvements.

Preservation of Buildings and Ancient Structures Debate

A lecture by Oilen Dotenaus discusses how air pollutants and water ingress erode brick and stone, causing efflorescence and decay in Philadelphia and major buildings. He demonstrates sandstone porosity, cites examples like Girard College and Trinity Church, and notes obsolescence of old paints against weathering. The obelisk in Central Park is cited as crumbling despite claims of ancient durability.

Oilen Dotenaus London Philadelphia Chandler Girard College the College of New York Trinity Church New York Gorringe Central Park New Capitol Institute

How Louis Lost the Cattle in a Railroad Snub Tale

A delegate recounts a cold encounter in St Louis with a railroad magnate who refused cattle business to a visiting cattleman. The incident sparked indignant threats and contributed to a huge Kansas City to Chicago cattle shipment contract, reshaping trade for years.

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Calf Defends Itself Against Coyote in Alpine County

In Hermit Valley Alpine County a six week old calf repelled a predatory coyote. The calf killed the attacking animal and was found the next morning still standing over the carcass. The item notes public lessons on how both great and poor men are treated by calumniators and pane gyris.

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Traveler's Guide to Friston Dunkirk Timetable 1844

Denhirn and Fredeuta announce schedules on this line starting Monday November 1844. Depart Friston at 6:45 and 7:25 for nearby towns. 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. also listed. From Dunkirk departures at 6:20 and 9:00 with afternoon and evening runs. Sunday services include additional morning and afternoon departures. Superintendent Z. L. Ulmer Wheelock oversees operations.

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Train timetable extract for Western New York lines

A dense timetable listing no 24 and no 38 trains on the Lake Erie and Western lines, showing daily and Sunday departures from Dunkirk and Salamanca via Forestville Alfred and Wellsville, with stops at Carrollton Vandalia Olean Hinsdale Cuba Friendship Belvidere Belmont Wellsville and other stations, including arrival times to Hornellsville and Salamanca and noted exceptions and daily runs.

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