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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1883
Page
1
Telegraphic dispatches summarize Senatorial rackets and tariff fights. Demands for extra session loom as Democrats press to defeat tariff plans. A demon wife’s death marks a tragic Minnesota case, while a bank failure and local unrest spark concern. Charles F. Saeth’s demise in New York noted amid championships buzz as Slade Sullivan match nears. A fire destroys stock and machinery. rebuilds planned with insurance covering most losses.
Bari Mich Jan 29 A wife desperate over a sick child shoots and kills her husband during a heated dispute about medicine. The gun discharge alerts the child who regains consciousness as the scene ends in tragedy and chaos at home.
In addition to the targze and floral harp, sorrowing friends sent other offerings from Central Avenue. A jarred five pillow, a royal featherwork inscribed piece, and an anchor of white immortelles with a purple star were gifts. W H Edwards & Co. made all pieces including the harp. The North American Review notes Bishop McQuoid’s essay on church attendance trends in the U S and Europe. Dunkirk counts show about 16 churches attended by roughly 10 000 residents.
Special Dispatch from New York reports rising excitement over the Sullivan versus Letaveen Slide bout. The Madison Square Garden schedule includes Mace versus Slade and betting circles reflect strong confidence in Slade. Daisy Dually, the female boxer, attracts bets as Maori Te Te visits multiple saloons amid New York’s fast life, while Sullivan claims the upcoming match may prove a misjudgment by fans and promoters.
Advertisement fragment for sewing work and domestic help seeks a seamstress and an old lady to care for two children. Also lists jobs at Dunkirk Shirt Co and gas lamp vendor with vague contact details and dates. Credits unclear. illegible handwriting and misspellings noise.
Directory of church listings including First Baptist Fourus and Aftalo with Rev. E F Crane. First Presbyterian at Fourth with Rev W Bath. St Johny Episcopal at Fourth and Eagle. First Methodist Fourth between Elk and Buffalo with Rev 0 L Mead. Includes service times, invitations, and announcements for pastors seeking space.
In Wasimaros and Trextos dispatches the Evening Observer reports the Senate pushing the tariff bill further than any day since discussion began. Six pages of debate. revenue reformers win reductions below finance committee proposals. Extra session expected. Charles F. P. Smith, longtime Supreme Court clerk, dies at 64. he claimed a role in Lincoln's 1860 nomination at Chicago.
Special dispatch reports a morning blaze at Hazelton Bros piano warehouse and manufactory in New York. The fire spread to the neighboring Decker Bros facility, destroying dry materials and tearing through both buildings.
Special dispatch from January reports a tumult on the European scene with alarm over the Czar assassination plot and warnings posted in public gardens. Citizens fear further upheaval as authorities investigate who posted notices while the Czar remains calm.
Ten bodies were washed ashore after the steamer Blark sank near Penarath. Twenty six people were aboard. witnesses watched crew perish at the mast as rescue efforts failed.
The article reports formal declines to form a new road cabinet, resignations tendered to Mr Grevy, and talks of dissolving the chamber. It notes ministers proposed for war and finance, and predicts a major political shift or dissolution, with the London Times calling the situation momentous.
Special dispatch reports Beidin and Harrison's warehouse at this place caught fire this morning. The blaze caused damage estimated over a large amount, fully insured, with the blaze spreading during early hours before extinguishment.
A garbled outbreak of short items reports various local matters including creditor negotiations amid a firm failure, a rabies related death scare in South Carolina with multiple bites and fatalities, a wife’s suspected suicide tied to domestic strife, a track worker fatality on the Erie line, a hotel keeper’s suicide in Massassoit, and an attempted suicide at Washington and Philadelphia, all in a jumbled dispatch.
The update notes local snow and southerly winds with temperatures and pressure steady or lower. Latest world markets, corrected by telegraph for this evening, show trading activity across exchanges as reported by the Evexina Obegey RR office.
A fragmented classified like note lists financial terms and exchanges including government bonds and currency. Mentions markets such as Dun(e)ire and Rock Island with references to exchanges long and short and various dates and coupons. The text reads as a pasted page fragment of commodity and currency coverage with scattered proper nouns and locations.
A French airman died in Madrid when his balloon struck a housetop. In Allegheny City thirty two people were arrested for disturbing a Salvation Army meeting. In Virginia Lewia Carter murdered his wife near Iver by striking with an axe. he fled authorities.
Toledo reports steady prices with No 20 Detroit wheat at 1.024 for cash and futures for January February and March. Cincinnati notes dull rye and stable whisky and hog prices with firmer butcher figures amid light sales and brewer demand.
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