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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1885
Page
2
The Evening Observer explains publication requirements for contributors including full names and addresses, invites free discussion on public subjects, and notes that the newspaper bears no responsibility for correspondent opinions. It mentions advertising teasers and printing orders via telephone with prompt service.
Saturday June 6 1885 reports on wheat crop prospects show dire Kansas losses from Hessian fly while Chicago and Milwaukee estimates range from 350 to 380 million bushels. Tallmadge and Tribune figures prime cautious debate, with price effects mixed as department data remain the standard.
A 68 by 98 by 18 inch mahogany three-tier table by Louis W. Hare of Third Street, with 6000 wood pieces in the gilded cover. Silhouettes include ballet dancer, Aurora, Ariel, and a trumpeter inlays. Designer Will Jam Wild of J R Bowman New York. Exhibition planned at Buffalo store window and later at the A S of NC fair.
Mayor Hinman reported inefficiency in night service to the Telephone Co. In official fashion he forwarded the matter to Asst. GM F. W. Conn in Elmira who assigned J. W. Stearns District Superintendent for investigation. Stearns and D. L. Lawrence, Dun kirk district manager, met with Hillman and pledged prompt night call responses and asked users to report any delays directly to them. Stearns's Jamestown address was given.
The planned summer meeting of the Western New York agricultural association in Cuba Allegany county was canceled with no meeting before autumn. Dr Dallas B Whipple invited the event and chaired local arrangements but speakers including Dr E Lewis Sturtevant J C of Franklin Pas the Hon ix Sibley and Hon W L Sesajona had already promised to speak, making the postponement awkward.
Our reporter spoke with Jeshaden Apeat about Buffalo Bill's Wild West enterprise soon to visit our city. The interview covers the show's growth from seven to twenty seven in the advance, its 186 performers including Indians and Mexicans, animals like bronchos burros and buffaloes, and vivid acts such as stagecoach robberies and marksmanship. The cost of printing for start is about fifteen thousand dollars with heavy advertising and large lithographs and pamphlets ordered to drum up interest.
An advertisement proclaims women unanimously approve Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for chronic female ailments transforming weary housewives and restoring health. It cites Professor Heard and the R. B. Co. praising Licks Co.'s Animal Extract of Witch Hazel for speedily curing cuts injuries sprains and related horse and animal ailments.
Parties seeking to fish should contact Salta a test meet. Backer Space will arrange boats for those desiring. They offer fine boats for pleasure riding as well.
The weeklong flash flood of terror reports deadly raids by Indians near Silver City and Walnut Creek, with rescues, mutilations, and mass killings described. Troops pursued, but gains were limited. casualties listed among civilians, including women and children. Separate dispatches note locust and grasshopper swarms in Arkansas and Missouri threatening crops, a gigantic meteor near New Burnside, and Ferdinand Ward pleading not guilty to grand larceny indictments in New York.
Rrollton measures 437 in a railroad context as New York, Chicago and St Louis Railway records or listings show a numeric reference. The fragment references a railway entity and a numeric value within a historical transport context.
Memorial Day observances took place at London Park Cemetery honoring Baltimore’s Confederate veterans. Ladies decorated graves as a musical program by local churches and community groups accompanied the ceremony. Representatives from Eastern schools including New York and New Jersey attended, reflecting the forty-ninth annual observance.
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