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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1885
Page
2
The Evening Observer explains private wire news, correspondent rules, and space for public discussion. It requires real names and addresses with communications, invites free discussion on public subjects, and outlines advertising deadlines and subscription payments.
The July Outing presents The Harvard Yale Races from 1352 to 1835 with 12 illustrations and commentaries by Blaikie Cook Bancroft Watson and others. It includes athletic pieces on Yale Amherst yachting canoeing camping whist and dramatic articles plus serials by Hawthorne Gardner and others.
Passwexr W W Converse of Win chester arme company wed last week to Mise Converse, Hartford. engaged 90 years ago, separated by lovers quarrel. Mrs Axy Kartas adopts Jewish faith becoming Sarah with three daughters Leah Esther Haopah. Havana tobacco harvests once yearly. best known as tobacco de la Vuelta de Abajo. A Marlborough man ordered coffee from a tramp who was told to leave. A New Orleans orphan girl stung by a bee in the eye loses sight. Philadelphia belles measure hats for a game. missing flowers price surge in Paris for Victo r Hugo funeral. Michigan wheat yields projected. auction of veiled beauties in Aarem, Mass. Mrs Nerrz H. Buimanzsz, Texas’ Sam Houston’s daughter, active in women’s temperance union. England seeks Wheat crop decline data. Queen Victoria’s birthday banquet ranks US Minister Phelps low. Hobart freshmen at class supper. sophomores torment others. police arrest incident escalates.
The excerpt covers bank note security features with blue threads and watermarks, a French petition about facial prosthetics after wartime injury, political fallout as Gladstone debates resignation amid a budget defeat, biblical and archaeological notes on Old Testament zoology and Egyptian finds, Pekin Gazette changes and circulation, and royal age milestones with Queen Victoria nearing forty eight years on the throne, plus assorted local chatter about customs duties and officials.
The article discusses plans for a grand capitol building at Albany, to be clad in red Scotch granite and reach 130 feet high. A glass dome is projected, rivaling Brunneleschi and Washington in grandeur, with costs exceeding expectations noted by Lincoln's agriculture commissioner.
A lady correspondent suggests drying cherries and other fruits to fetch higher prices. Drying tips cover sun drying on cheese cloth, handling, and turning, with notes on fruit selection and prep. Recommendations include dried cherry values, grape syrup, raspberry jam, and cider jelly as home economy aids for fruit growers facing post harvest surpluses.
The Rev. C. B. Clark died Friday morning at Freemered, after serving as a longtime pastor at the University Church. He was active in New York and Pennsylvania, a former chaplain to veterans and a leading member of the Masons in his region. He was connected with civic and fraternal groups and held a noted role within the Greed Arm, according to local notices.
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