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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1884
Page
4
Arrearages must be paid before stoppages. Subscriptions are payable to Mary S. Martin, our circulator, or at the office. 5 JoW Printing offers job printing services by telephones and prompt execution.
Fragmentary timetable item shows arrival at 1:00 and 1:45 with departures and destination not fully clear. Names and places are indecipherable, but indicates schedule entries for a railroad or transit service in a historical newspaper snippet.
Amen, a local resident, suffered debility and loss of appetite until trying Hood's remedy. After consuming two bottles, Amen reports improved strength and a gain of ten pounds.
A dated advertisement advises mothers on teething distress and sleepless nights. It touts Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children as a remedy for teething pain, dysentery, diarrhea, wind colic, and gum inflammation, priced at 25 cents per bottle. Additional notes promote Shiloh's products for dyspepsia, coughs, catarrh, and general health, plus barber and poultry shop mentions and sale of wood and coal products.
Send money by American Express Co Money Orders. Receipts given. Money refunded if orders are lost. Sold at all offices of the Cable at 6,500 places. Rates: 90¢ per order, $1.20 for 10 orders.
A medley of short notes from a New York Journal style page lists Fourth of July promotions, employment ads, and social updates. items include hotel help wanted, railroad ticket sales, a piano player sought, church closures for summer rest, and a crime or two framed in neutral terms.
Cheaper passage by rail and ship offered to Chicago with first class accommodations for sale by C. K. Abell and Son. Details are sparse due to damaged text but indicate transport options and seller contact for travel to Chicago.
Mineral wear to Buffalo this evening. Perry is very fila ho Lone on Second street. James Grifter of Rochester is registered at the Eastern hotel. Mr. Wilf Hanford travels for Joseph Nelson and is in the city. A Parker of Panama and W Bonsteel of Melrose are at the Erie. Maj. Gen John C. Robinson U A wife and daughter are guest of Mr. George P. Isham. L W Bruce and family of Gowanda are quartered at the St Faynes. Bruce is superintendent of the Manley shoe factory.
A large blaze in Westfield's business district destroys the Westfield House hotel, stables, a harness shop, placemakers shop, two dwellings and a warehouse. Loss projected at 235000 with partial insurance. An incendiary suspect was arrested near the fire origin at the Westfield House stables. Erie sent two steamers and hose companies. origin remains undetermined.
Special order No 2 appoints Knights as recruiting officers to gather tenaries and recruits for Blaine and Logan. They must report at the office of the Onbakkver to determine needed uniforms as drill plans proceed. Listing names include Stanley Provost Marshall and many others.
Dairy butter sold from 17 to 19 cents this week. YA Dry Brook factory sold 65 tubs at 23 cents. Cold Walter creamery shipped 114 tubs at 2 cents per pound. Receipts of butter light and wool receipts at Hawley & Son reached 5,000 pounds. Cheese sales included 2,000 boxes at 8 cents. Tubs and cheese lots varied across multiple towns with prices ranging from 8 to 20 cents per unit and notes of rising sales. Ballance carried over. Board of Trade set for July 5.
Last evening about fifty young men signed the by laws and were mustered in to the Plumed Knights division in Dunkirk. Dr William J Cronyn elected Commander with C S Stanley Provost Marshal and other officers appointed to recruit. The unit plans six companies, a drum corps, and a gun squad, aiming for two hundred men in uniforms for street parades. Recruitment emphasizes a political military group aligned with Blaine and Logan, funded by voluntary contributions from workers, not by a separate club.
Dr. Daniels of Pine Valley purchased E. 8. Slawson farm near Nashville. Though run down, the property is valued and expected to be improved to return to productive use. Fritz Necker of Northeast Pa. says World Imperial Catarrh Cream and Throat Tonic cured his catarrh and sore throat after other doctors failed. Get a sample free of your dropass before they are gone.
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