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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1885
Page
2
A fragmented notice outlines advertiser deadlines by 5 o clock morning for insertions and subscription payment procedures. It mentions the printing company and office staff, including names and contact methods, with emphasis on timely copy and paid arrears.
A jumble of items reports Baxs driving a Fairfield church congregation out, a Suez Canal suspension for two weeks after a dredger sinking, an address at Cornell on British rule in India, and class day events. Other notes include a prison guard’s theft, snow in Ogdensburg, a peacock shot by a neighbor, veto of a medical college bill, liquor laws at rinks, and various oddities from ministers and hunters.
The article reviews the American Wall Paper Association session, export and price effects in Chicago and New York, and a report on crop conditions. It notes Niagara Falls mapping, English Conservative politics, temperance liquor law impacts in Topeka, and a Saratoga hotel proprietor Moon.
The Potomac fishing season saw herring catches reach multi year highs while shad catches were unusually small. Prices for shad spiked up to 90 dollars though fell to about 14 per hundred for some batches. Lowville death of Dr. Franklin S. Hough noted. Canada canal tolls debate tied to broader trade stagnation alongside rail and grain handling issues. A planned transcontinental rail route from Paris through Madrid to Bombay described, linking to North African and Middle Eastern lines.
A brittle warning about ignoring stomach liver and bowel irregularities leading to chronic illness. The text touts Stomach Bitters as a remedy to restore digestion and body regularity, claiming it renews liver function and strengthens general health.
A crowd praises Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a cure with abundant evidence from users. The article also notes the death of Hon. John E. Lowing of Silver Springs due to typhoid pneumonia after a long career as a farmer and public official. He leaves a wife and children. The New York Medical Times endorses Co’s Beet tonic for debility and malarial symptoms.
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