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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1884
Page
4
Send Money by American Express Co. Money Orders with receipts and refunds if lost. Sold at all offices of the Co. Payable at 6,500 places with rates listed. Also mentions Shiloh's Cure for whooping cough and bronchitis, sold by Lyon, Drow, and J. Harper.
Communications for publication require authors full name and address. Free discussion on public subjects is invited and printed under proper head. Advertisers must submit copy by ten o clock in the morning to insure insertion the same day.
Signal Station WashixeTon notes 3 PM weather with light showers over the Lower Lakes, partly cloudy skies, light variable winds, and stationary temperatures.
In a local note, distress and sickness blamed on sin and chronic tiarrhosis in the stomach are linked to stomach humor. Hood's Sarsaparilla is presented as the remedy for these ailments.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslows Soothing Syrup for teething and illness relief. It claims to ease a crying child, cure dysentery and diarrhoea, regulate the stomach, and provide energy, priced at two cents a bottle. Also mentions local vendors Wheeler Bros and Hamiltons Coal Yard with other goods.
An old notice advertises materials including lime cement sewer pipe drain tile and plaster products at Hamilton's Coal Yard at the corner of Eagle Street, with a Wheeler Bros. barber shop on Center Street offering ladies hats and bang trimming in various styles.
An OCR fragment advertises Went cheap clothing and hats at Buffalo One Price Clothing Store 47 Center St Dunkirk with Lyon Bros J Harper offering cure products, including Gilow’s Cough and Consumption Care and Brirato Oxe Pra Chorumxe Store claims one price to all. It touts immense stock of men boys and children’s apparel.
A bustling column lists local notes from Fredonia and nearby towns. Items include Fenner hosting a musical festival in August, a Lake Shore railroad employee transfer, a Knights of St Aloysius picnic at Lee’s Grove, and a call for Republican delegates to a state convention. Also mentioned are shop closures, a Fourth of July rail fare cut, an arrest and pursuit in Cradford, and a rising cohort of young lawyers prepared to practice in Jamestown and Dunkirk.
Local society notes list New York manu factory man Geo Peet and A W Skidmore visiting, Miss Emma Timperly and others staying at hotels, and various residents named in and around Jamestown at races. A political handout novelty company promotes Republican nominees. A petition seeks executive clemency for Orlando Babcock in a Jamestown theft case.
Saturday afternoon and evening concerts at the Buffalo musical festival feature rail fare discounts and a varied program. Performances include Mozart arias, Mendelssohn Scherzo, Mehul Recitatives, Saint Saens Phaeton, Bach-Gounod pieces, Beethoven overtures, Wagner excerpts, and selected solos by Amelia, Nilsson, and others under Director Charles F. Hager and Conductor Joseph Mischka.
The last day of the meeting was hot and humid then mitigated by a breeze. Gate receipts rose to 478.50 improving finances as betting thrived on pacing and running events. A dispute over riders led Judge Sessions to suspend riders, fix lineups, and ensure Josie H. remained tamper-free amid lively track action.
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