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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1884
Page
2
Fragmentary items detail a Say Feanvisco girl fending off two burglars with an unloaded pistol, debates on Grant’s retirement pay, and mixed notes on temperance, publishing laws, and a range of oddities from canal traffic to millet cultivation. The piecemeal text sketches political shifts, legal stances, and agricultural tips, with historical figures and institutions sprinkled throughout.
An unidentified correspondent describes giving diluted sulphur three times daily to cattle with mouth disease and burning sulphur in stables to ward off disease. The practice extends to horses cows swine sheep and lambs with varying dosages and mix methods for each animal and to poultry weekly feedings to deter lice.
A reader copy from the New York Tribune describes using a slip of cardboard to burn sulphur as a healthful guard against diseases. The method warns against fire risk in stables and suggests removing filters before lighting. An alternative safer method uses a paper in a hollow dist or pan with a handle to move the flame safely.
Chronicle of local events notes the second district democratic convention in Sinclairville on the 11th Irish. It also mentions Wellsville’s August fire parade, the Fenton Guard picnic on June 24 in Jamestown, and other community items from Warren to Arcade including a mill injury, skating champion N E Clark, and various legal and civic updates.
A damaged OCR item from Louisville Kentucky describes a whisky related fatal incident. It mentions Captain John W and West Comers Charles Maury with references to Carmwins Kat dian Wen dell and an old resident of China fit of ity. The text is fragmented and難 to extract coherent facts.
Fragmented report notes mixed grain and feed prices across markets with white oats, spring wheat, and corn values. includes quotes on Western steam, flour, and live stock trading activity. Mentions Chicago spring, Minnesota patents, and various commodity price figures amid an overall trading day snapshot.
Schedule fragment shows daily Buffalo to Pittsburgh service with connections to Oil City and Butler, listing departure and arrival times in Eastern time, and noting signals, parlor car service, sleeping cars, and through coaches. Agents Baldwin Gatchell advertise ticketing and baggage handling.
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