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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1884
Page
4
Public notice outlines submission rules for letters and news items, asks authors for full name and address, notes the paper does not assume responsibility for opinions, and describes subscription stoppage and renewal procedures including telephone orders.
The notice lists Eastern and Western mail services with times for arrival and departure. It mentions routes including Arkive Ampinee and Southern lines with scheduled departures and arrivals.
Local rains precede a wet spell at Bower Lakes with rising barometer and higher temperatures, signaling unsettled weather. A weather station notes caution as the barometer climbs and moisture remains.
Local readers see a brief health notice claiming Hood's Sarsaparilla cures a range of ailments and offers relief for various complaints. The short item emphasizes effectiveness and quick results without medical claims.
A vintage advertisement touts Mrs Winslow Teething Syrup for teething pain in children. It claims relief from crying, fever, dysentery, diarrhea, stomach and bowel issues, and fever reduction. It presents the product as approved by a longtime nurse and physician and available worldwide from druggists.
The Voltaic Belt Co of Marshall Michigan advertises an Electro Voltaic Belt and electric appliances on a thirty day trial for men afflicted with nervous debility loss of vitality and manhood and many related ailments. Complete restoration to health vigor and manhood is guaranteed with no risk. Write for illustrated pamphlet.
Gow Wheeler brothers advertise barber services on Center Street near the post office with three chairs, cigars, and general shop items. They also promote poultry, oysters, meats, ham, sausages, lard, and Shilohs Catarrh Remedy with nasal injector offered by Lion Bros and J Harper.
Trade notices show Hamilton's Coal Yard at Eagle and West 3rd streets offering shingles lath red cedar and chestnut posts sewer pipe drain tile and plaster materials. Lyon Bros and J Harper sell Shiloh's Cure for coughs and digestive ailments with claims of quick relief and a barber shop offering hairdressing services by Wheeler Bros Center Street.
American Express money orders issued at all offices. Receipts provided and money refunded if orders are lost. Available at 6,500 locations. Rates: up to $5.50, $20.10, $90.12, $40.53. Niewsparen Bachivf.
A July 1954 column blends local happenings from Dunkirk and Fredonia, noting postponed shows at the Eric Blore event, rink updates, coal prices, and municipal harmony. It mentions Republican club meetings, Irish-American leaders, and a Dunkirk liquor concern to police attention, plus a Vassar joke and Democratic captain elections with schedules for Aug events.
Local society pages report visitors from Buffalo Erie and Salamanca attending Dunkirk events. Distant officials and residents register in city hotels while social groups like the Dunkirk Germania and Miennerchor host picnics.
Biggest sale for buyers and speculators features over 1000 items from Samuels pawn office Rochester including gold watches diamonds books instruments and clothing. Auction daily at 2 and 7 pm with private sales from 7 am to 10 pm. special note of curiosities including a 153 year old Russian whale and other items.
Malone of Michigan dominated a four hour roller skate contest last night. Six entered, four started. Schaack of Boston and Wade of Salamanca challenged him as did Kurtz of Buffalo. Malone led from start to finish, finishing with 44 miles in four hours while Wade and Schaack trailed. A letter adds that Prof Geo Devere of New York accepted a one hour race challenge, with a 23 pound stake posted to Buffalo Toll Bureau, payable if Devere fails to meet by August 10.
The Dunkirk Library committee plans to convert to a free library via public support, dropping membership fees and offering new book selections monthly. Rates for annual, semiannual, three months, and single-book loans are outlined, with several new titles ordered for receipt within a week.
A Philadelphia despatch reports the Buffalo New York and Philadelphia Railroad Company will seek a court receiver tomorrow. Directors state overextension and rival line acquisitions have cut profits. the company has not earned bond interest despite payments. Bondholders may receive three percent coupons for three years and income bonds at six percent for twenty five years, backed by earnings prior to stock. Miss Asenath Majer, a Boston saxophonist, is noted.
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