25 Jul 1883
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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1883
Page
1
Buffalo markets show flour steady and grains varied with oats firm Derby. Detroit reports mixed wheat prices with No 1 white and red varieties and firm corn. Toledo notes wheat and corn bids with fluctuating July September terms. Cincinnati pork, pork products and hogs mixed with weakness in hogs and stable to firm meat prices.
Calf sold for 11.85 weighing 20 pounds to a Corry butcher by James Wiltsie of Town Line on July 16. A former circus acrobat nicknamed Tom Custer was killed by a train at Freedom Ohio. The case of Roland v Bentley was submitted to Referee C B Bradley in Dunkirk. Three oil wells north of Allentown show no oil gas or sand. Capt D P Dobbins, ex-Erie, named life saving chief for both Lake Erie and Lake Ontario duties. Oil City dogs taxed 3 per year for existence and 5 for female sex. penalties threaten seizure if unpaid.
Burravon N J July 25 Captain Mathew Webb the famous English swimmer entered the Niagara River above the lower Suspension bridge aiming to swim the rapids and whirlpool below He did not reemerge and is presumed to have perished in the daring attempt His manager Mr Kyle had advertised a press meeting at Clifton House earlier in the visit and Webb faced skepticism before his final plunge into the river
A merchant sued Western Canton for refusing to send messages under ordinary printed conditions. The suit was filed yesterday in the wake of ongoing business delays and public dispatch concerns.
Special to Mesociated Press from Havre July 23 reports Mrs Edna Hall shot her husband were discharged as emotionally insane. Minackes dispatch notes resolutions condemning Western Union telegraph policy. A long column traces cholera outbreaks from Mecca to England with yearly patterns and forecasts for 1933, alongside New York internal revenue declines and bank and treasury notices.
A column urges sleepless Americans to seek sunlight as a natural booster for strength mood and beauty. It argues sunshine counters laudanum and laments women’s veils parasols and shade as hindrances to health and vitality. Plus brief local items: Uncle Daniels Powers visit and return, noting elderly relatives and a councilman’s flea bite turning into a minor medical issue. Also a market note: Mrs Lechner sells extra spring chickens at her Corry Buffalo market.
Scraston reports John Thomas aged 18 was killed by a train yesterday. His mother, overwhelmed by grief, suffered convulsions in which her infant died.
Special dispatch reports Mansural cholera deaths by district with figures for Chitin Zefteh Mehellet Ghizeh and Janlah totaling 234 in Cairo within twelve hours. Telegraphic staff note improved conditions with 18 operators remaining on duty.
A quarantine will be enforced at Dover and Leith in response to a smallpox concern. The measure aims to prevent spread and protect residents during the outbreak.
Special Dispatch to the Reening Observer reports Nellie Roserburg and Maggie Wassen drowned after being carried into deep water during a bathing outing near Artanti Crry on July 25. Authorities stated both women were residents of the area and their deaths are being investigated.
Special Dispatch reports Dr Norvin Green, president of Western Union, urged to concede strikers demands. Item notes invention of a self acting safety shield for circular saws to prevent worker injuries, with design details and operation. Ground broken in Corry for a new Presbyterian church with dimensions provided for Pleasant Street site and Center Street location. Auditorium seats 950 in the planned church complex.
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