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Newspaper

Evening Observer

Location

Dunkirk, New York, United States of America

Date

Jul 09, 1883

Page

4

Social Club forms with 23 members and weekly meetings

A new organization named the Social Club is formed for private hops and picnics. It has 23 young men enrolled and will hold weekly meetings on Tuesday evenings, starting tomorrow at J Shafer's store on Lion Street. Next Wednesday marks Prof. Jaliis Siener's birthday with his garden opened to visitors. Real estate transfers recorded since the 28th include James Hook to Henry Erbes for 2975 and various others listed in the Jamestown Journal.

J. Shafer Lion Jaliis Siener Jamestown Journal James Hook Henry Erbes Othy J. Scully Lorenz Kae Laretaki Tisa Sealer Mary Colburnte Pimch Timothy Laurus Agnes Jokte C. I. Baker

Personal notes from Dunkirk social circle

Mr Walter Damen went to New York while J St Denio of Buffalo visited friends in the city. Genial Judge John A Lambert was a guest in the infant city. Bert A James and mother of Buffalo visit Baim Ifall's on Deer street. Miss Kimmy Saunders left for New York on train 13 for five weeks. Geo H Swift of Versailles, an insurance agent, was in the city. Whitlock of the Brooks Works night school returned from New York yesterday. C F B Hartman of the Fashion is slowly recovering from illness. Mrs of C Nevels returned from Corry Pa. M L Hinman and family left for Old Orchard Beach. Mrs H C H Smith and May Mety leave for Erie County drive. Erie Hotel arrivals listed. Lantern Hotel arrivals listed. Ice cream and soda water are less popular. First story of H G Brooks barn under construction. Trade dollars usable at Peoples Store. Schoolhouse No 4 work proceeds. Excelsior bottling works to open. New five pound girl at Leonard Bull's Rochester home. Brooks locomotives return from Chicago exposition. others sold. Center street merchants finally install a sprinkler. Baptist church sermons praised. audience attentive. City Engineer Scott relocates his house with sewer and sidewalk. Germania Gesangverein serenade misunderstanding noted. Five year old Marlin Hamilton blinded by firecracker but sight restored after Buffalo treatment. Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to meet. crackdown on street-dgede antics expected. Trade dollar exchange at A H Maresh. Germania Garn Verein rehearsal nightly all week. Lion Street store being renovated into a fine building. Dunkirk dock incident blamed on unnamed saboteur. a reward offered.

Vicinity Haps and Mishaps from the Meadville Region

Local notes report Shattuc renamed Minne ish, a Grand Hotel telegraph office run by a young woman, rising Lake Shore road travel, Meadville school enrollment 1800 with 1356 average daily attendance, Sperra to lead orchestra at a Lakewood frat house, Pax takes charge of Becket and Chautauqua houses, a Kennedy barn fire with thirty tons of hay and $1000 loss insured for $300, plus a Pittsburgh fraud case, news from Frohadorf and Paris health, royalty visits and a $45 reward for rope-cutting at Buffalo street dock, plus local adverts for lumber, Trade Dollars at Levi’s and a Center street clothier.

Frank Devine Kennedy

The Time that Clubs Were not Tramps

George Templeman was arrested by Officer Keough and jailed in the station house. Sunday morning Templeman knocked the officer down as the door opened, then fled the station and escaped in spite of pursuit, leaving the city to avoid Buffalo or county costs.

George Templeman Keough Templeman Buffalo

For Sale Handsome Residence on the Avenue

Avery handsome residence on the Avenue between Ath and Si Streets. Lot 39 feet front, 180 feet deep. Fine fruit trees, grapevines, good cellar, and suitable outbuildings. For further particulars inquire at the place of business on Third Street, Ww. Mockee.

Avery Gaet Ath Si Streets Hhouse Third Street Mockee

One Glorious Fourth and Fashionable Clothing Debate

An 1860s style promotional piece reflects on independence and fashion progress. It extols Warner Bros garments refined by a famed English process, claims imported goods, and mentions local businesses including Hamilton's Lumber Yard and a barber shop expanding staff. It closes by touting Shiloh's Cough and Consumption Cure.

Shiloh

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