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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1884
Page
4
Partial OCR shows arrive depart times for Eastern and Western lines, with origin points like Panama City and misread station names. Details include times such as 12 Coast 7300 PP and 10:30 a m. 12:40 p m, plus a figure $545, but many words are garbled, making full route or station names unclear.
A jumble of remedies and groceries fills the local section listing Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Mrs Winslow’s Teething Syrup for children dyspepsia and teething pain. Also ads for Wheeler’s barber shop Shiloh’s Vitalizer clothing stores and a nasal injector offer various household and health products with prices and locations across Center Street and nearby streets.
Dunkirk residents are invited to visit the Breraby Oxz Prick' Crotuixe Store at 47 Center Pike for latest styles in men and boys clothing caps and furnishings. One price to all with prices said to be lower than the lowest. Also notes Lyon Bros and J Harper promoting remedies for whooping cough and bronchitis.
Send Money by American Express Co. Money Orders with receipts and refunds if lost. Available at all Cable offices in 6,300 places with rates from 5c to 200c. Includes reference to HAC SMETRON fragrance and Harper by Lyon.
Vivid column notes a hungry man near the wood pile, local bustle includes Philadelphia Valley Oil closing, watermelon stalls, and summer travel. It lists events from band performances at the pagoda to political opinions, a July 4 excursion plan, and social notices like alumni reunions and new Knights of St George.
Early morning crowds gathered on principal streets to greet Masonic visitors from along the Welland canal. The steamer Periwinkle docked, delivering Canadian brethren who were escorted to the banquet hall for a welcome address by D D G M Risley. Guests include Seymour of Plantagenet Commandery No 8 St Catherines and others from Seymour Lodge Port Dalhousie Capestern Mountain Lodge Welland and Mountain Lodge Thorald.
About six months ago Mrs Harris of Farmersville Cattaraugus County noticed a small white pimple on a finger which she ignored. On the ninth inst while washing she touched the finger on a brass buckle. In a few days the hand swelled. Medical aid failed and she died last Saturday from a form of blood poisoning.
Local notices list residents visiting Erie and Buffalo. Dunkirk graduates received diplomas as the class of 84 from the Union School presented by the board president. Speeches by Tillie Ehlers Amelia Houser Nellie Durley and Willard Smith drew praise for thought and imagination.
The Dun Kirk Academy commencement on June 18 1815 featured a student body praised for self discipline and future readiness. An Evening program included a chorus by thirty Misses with Miss Kittie Davis directing, essays on foundations and retrospection, violin solo by Little Saggie Waldron, and orations by several students highlighting self help and originality. The audience enjoyed vocal duets and a life of Marie Antoinette review, with further readings on whitewash and stepping stones in a multi act program.
About two hundred spectators gathered at Douglass Grove to watch the glass ball shooting match between the Queen City Gun Club of Buffalo and the Dunkirk Gun Club. The Dunkirk Light Infantry Band attended. The event featured procession, scoring, and medals with Buffalos winning 54 to 29 aided by standout shots from Besser and Koch, while K. J. Gross helped the Dunkirks’ performance.
A wealthy Buffalo citizen J Lan sing Moore has bought Van Buren Point and plans substantial improvements including a hotel to draw visitors from abroad and nearby towns. A steamer picnic with Mr Moore is set for Saturday, inviting Dunkirk and Fredonia residents to visit and support the venture as a popular recreation site and potential suburb.
A letter from a member of the A. O. U. W. denies a Corrorespondent’s claim about death benefit payments. The writer asserts official Lodge proceedings show free death benefits of 1,455 dollars, with full amounts of 2,000 dollars paid on every death since then. The author defends the integrity of beneficiary societies and urges truthfulness.
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