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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1885
Page
4
The Albright era items blend poems, ads, travel notices, and social notes from Dunkirk. Reports mention Monroe's drinks, Miss Drake visiting relatives, the Ruby fish catch, and a Saturday streetcar party, with church changes and local race earnings at about $150.
Excur sion will be run to Niagara Falls on Wednesday June 15 for dedicating Niagara Park to public use. Tickets good on special train at 9 25 a m, return until July 17 on any regular train except No 1. Tickets priced at 1 90. Constable Keough arrested John A Sullivan for assault on July 4 and burning matches. settled with Cameron paying costs. W J Flynn of Buffalo plans a barrel factory in Fredonia around the 20th, renting canning factory buildings and promising 50 000 apple barrels this fall.
The Ladies Aid Society of St John s Episcopal church held a festive social at the Jones home on Fourth and Elk streets. More than 100 attendees enjoyed illuminated rooms flowers and light fare with ice cream and cake. Revenue reached about 35 with a net profit near 17 after expenses while ice cream proceeds exceeded 20. A program of instrumental and vocal performances by Mrs Howe Mr Lyon Miss Isham Miss Cary and others accompanied by the Apollo Glee Club complemented the evening.
A railroading downturn spreads across eastern shops with Paterson plants laying off many workers. Only two locomotives shipped in June from three Paterson shops, the Cooke works nearly idle, Grant works trimmed to about a dozen repair staff, Rovera yard down to 400 workers from 2000, signaling at least 3500 mechanics idle as the industry slows nationwide.
Dunkirk residents urged to join July 15 excursion to Niagara Falls for the dedication of a public park. Governor Lil and staff and the Governor General of Canada are among expected attendees. Presbyterian church of Fredonia offers an inexpensive trip at $1.25 for adults and 65 cents for children with tickets at J. T. Hoole's coral office on Center Street.
The text claims endurance of pain defines fortitude among Cherokee Sioux and Comanche, praises Lostetter's Stomach Bitters as superior to colchicum vera stram and others, and notes it purges impurities from blood alleviating constipation liver complaint dyspepsia and related ailments. A six man Erie to Buffalo bicycle trip covered 90 miles in twelve hours with a 45 minute dinner stop.
Dunkirk's lake peril returns as search parties scour the area for missing men. Prof H A Bruton and Frank J White of the Phantom sailboat are confirmed lost with Bruton’s body found near the breakwater. Funeral held. Bruton, 29, was English born and a noted gymnasium expert. The Phantom’s fate remains unresolved as renewed efforts fail to locate White.
The yacht Turk of Bullwe left port this morning with only the crew aboard Ludlow not going. She rode heavy in open water but kept eastward, ready for racing in lighter winds with a centerboard to be installed later. Reifel searched Erie for his missing son aboard the steam-yacht Sutton, returning to Erie by rail at night. The harbor was busy with dredge and tugs Ruby Greyling and KR Porter Lee and the Sutton waiting for better weather.
A reader notes that Cleveland’s Bentley Knight Electric Railway Co opened the first commercial electric railway in August 1894. The letter cites Edison Field-Daft experiments and mentions a failed company official and a medicinal ad endorsement amid the readable fragments.
If bilious or impure blood or weak lungs and fear of consumption try Dr. Pierce s Golden Medical Discoveries sold by druggists. Boats for let at Englested foot by Bucher Thompson with experienced fishermen available. Also fine ra for pleasure riding. Rheumatism relief from Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil. Grape Milk touted as a new drink at Honros.
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