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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1884
Page
4
Early 1900s ad claims Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup comforts teething children and eases crying. It touts curing dysentery and diarrhoea, regulating the stomach, winding colic, and toning the system, priced 25 cents per bottle and sold by druggists worldwide.
Young men can obtain a 30 day trial of the Electro Voltaic Belt and related electric appliances for nervous debility and various ailments. Address Geto Wheelers Ponsorial Parlors, Center Street, Blaine, with pamphlet offered free. Also ads for barber services, poultry and meats, cement and bricks, hairdressing, and other local goods.
A jumble of 19th century snippets covers weather, fashion, street life, and local news. Mentions of street addresses, editors, church events, a violinist visit, and social clubs mingle with remarks on strawberries, corn, and a postal authority update. Also notes Knights Templar drills and political tall tales amid brief city notices.
George Wick and his wife and child were feared lost after their clinker boat capsized near Eight Mile Creek during a Saturday morning gale. A rescuer, Henry Pence, saved the wife and child, with Wick and his spouse later reuniting in Dunkirk after a perilous voyage. Wick’s brother in Erie feared the worst as neighbors searched shores.
A garbled local column lists odd items from Olean and nearby places. Mentions Guttalaugus County Pair, Warren Exchange, Salamanca gas inquiry, Lornellsville bicycle club, land sales in Uamiclus, and $450 loan for bays from Warner of Fredogia. Includes politics around Cleveland and Grover Cleveland’s nomination, a Mayville home scene, and a Corry fire with dynamite removal.
At a meeting of Ye Young Men's Blaine and Logan club in Dunkirk Blaine and Logan area, L F P Stearns was named permanent chairman and George A French secretary. The group invites nonmembers as honorary attendees for parade. Russell appoints recruiting officers across wards. Secretary lists 166 names enrolled. Several company meetings are scheduled through July 20.
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