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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1884
Page
4
A damaged OCR fragment discusses publication requirements and publisher responsibilities for notices and advertisements. It mentions names, dates, and terms but lacks clear action or outcomes. The text references subscriptions, public notices, and claims of responsibility by publishers, with uncertain specifics.
A local health notice warns that diphtheria poisons the blood and urges convalescents to take Hood's Sarsaparilla to neutralize and eradicate the poison matter.
A vintage advertisement urges mothers to buy Mrs Winslow s Soothing Syrup claiming it relieves teething pain and cures various ailments. It markets the product as the prescription of a noted physician and lists price and availability through druggists worldwide. Also mentions local shop notices for cigars poultry coal yard and building materials.
Special attention given to ladies hair dressing and trimming of bangs in all styles at Wheeler Bros barber shop Center St. 1 to Wheeler Tensorial Parlors. Shaving, hairdressing, shampooing and ladies and children's hair dressing offered. Also advertised Shiloh's Cure for nasal catarrh with nasal injector, 50 cents, sold by Lyon Bros. and J. Warper.
Don’t hurry to buy clothing until you see the immense stock of new goods. The shop invites you to view ponds and prices and convince yourself it is the best place for men’s, boys’, and children’s wear in the city. Located at 47 Center Street. Also mentions Shiloh’s Cure for croup, whooping cough, and bronchitis, available from Lyon Bros. and J. Klarper.
Dunkirk residents are told of the newest and latest styles in men youths and boys clothing hats capa and gents furnishing goods with one price to all. Prices claimed lower than the lowest. Also mentions Shiloh's Cure available via Lyon Hiros.
Receipts given and money refunded if orders are lost. Sold at all offices of the Co. Payable at 6,506 places with rates to 55c, 108c, 20-10c, 930-12c, 40-15c, 950-20. Also an ad for Shiloh's Vitadeer with Lyon Bros and D Harper as sellers.
The column recalls beer sales, a new Avenue Crossing Hotel opening, and a Dunkirk gun club challenge. It warns residents of crime around races, notes assignee sales on Second and Lion, and recounts a Bradford Mail warning about a pickpocket gang led by a youth.
Charles A Townsend of Akron visits his parents on Huffalo street while A B Chapman and Miss Lottie James of Warren stay with J M Chapman on North Lion street. Oran Smith returns from Kansas farm praising lively crops. Charles C Parker leaves for Saratoga as substitute delegate for S J Morris. Grinton of Sun Sign Co Buffalo shows luminous residence numbers. A proposed telephone line from Jamestown to Panama prompts local fundraising. Books offered for tickets valued at 12.50 for ten dollars. Manley plans to move Gowanda shoe factory. Silver Creek residents urge factory relocation there.
About six hundred Republicans and a few Democrats gathered at the rink last evening to form a Blaine and Logan club. Dr. S. M. Smith chaired the meeting, Dr. Williams spoke for the candidates, and membership rolled open with many signing. The crowd cheered as speeches urged campaign vigor for the fall election.
A Dunkirk letter urges women to influence male voters to support Blaine and Logan in the fall. The editor and local women discuss using maternal guidance to shape young men's first votes, hoping to boost the ticket through social persuasion.
A Cassadaga paper compares rival benefit assessments for member deaths. It cites Lynn I. Pond’s death on February 11, 1984, with 1743 certificates and a Death Fund payout of 3768.82 to his widow, plus 395.49 to the Reserve Fund. The Life and Reserve Association claims steady growth, enabling larger future payouts from single assessments, while noting the A C U W system also pays losses but allegedly for less on the second death.
Local ad invites customers to call and purchase one of our caps and other goods at low prices. Promises quality and value, urging readers to visit the Buffalo One Price Clothing Store at 47 Center Street in Dunkirk, New York.
A light-build, dark-skinned man carrying a small satchel hired a horse in Corry and rode to Mayville via Earl the liveryman. He claimed to be a silver plater headed to Buffalo and planned to return Friday. He later hired another horse in Brocton while lawmen pursue him. The Corry horse was exhausted in Mayville.
Weather praised by Goldsmith as a crowd-ready race day unfolds at the Driving Park. Track dust threatens fast times. improvements include grandstand access and a new pool and wheel tent. Entries feature John T Biggs and others amid busy grounds staff and a telephonic link to the city.
A diverse mass of notes reports on a Bradford movement favoring a shut down, a burglary case in Olvan with a year in Erie penitentiary, and Democratic delegates elected in Mayville heading to Saratoga. Other items cover a Hillsdale marriage scheme, a large fire at Ellicottville with rust and Gray properties damaged, Spruce oil producers seeking lower storage tariffs, and a sharp cover story labeling Sam S. Whallon a dead beat in Jamestown.
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