The Merry Bfauien and Market Notices
A fragmentary local page mixes a whimsical verse about a fair vision with scattered ads. It mentions a pleasant street scene, a doctor posing by, and various old-time vendors like Lyon Brothers and E C Perry Co offering plumbing, sewer work, bottled waters, cigars, and liniment. The page advertises Buffalo One Price Clothing, Dunkirk, and stock clearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. OC
Perry & Co
Lyon Brothers
Palace Drug Store
Lyon Bros
Geer
Local society notes and travel ads from Monroe era
Miss Maria Tolles visits at home aged 13. Fred Raikes returns this morn ing. Dunkirk team plays TB tonight at the rink. Miss Gallagher of Mipley visits Miss Emma Shafer. Dr A A Stone back to office. Pullman, Dingess & Co circus coming. Miss Jessia Billings and Mrs L M Dunham of Jamestown visit Mr and Mrs W H Gibson. Mr and Mrs D G Lang of Eden Erie county guests of Dr and Mrs J A Stone. Manager Nowell of Lake Shore road in special car. Nickel Plate sells excursion tickets around July 2 4 at one fare. Lake Shore offers four day July 2 3 4 return July 5. Charles L Pasho Rochester & Pittsburg train dispatcher visits Bradford en route from Denver.
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Miss Gallagher
Mipley
Emma Shafer
A. A. Stone
Pullman, Dingess & Company
Jessia M. Billings
L. M. Dunham
Jamestown
W. H. Gibson
G. Lang
Eden
Erie County
Dias
J. A. Stone
Manager Nowell
Lake Shore Road
Nickel Plate
Charles L. Pasho
Rochester & Pittsburg
Bradford
Denver
Rufus Stanley
Buffalo
Lake Forest
Illinois
Fox
St.John’s Church
Chautauqua Lake
Martin
Anti-Steam Heating Company
Bee Line
German Evangelical Church
Elk Street
Me. Seeviann
Sure
W. C. Harger
Thomas Orchestra
Music Hall Fund
G. J. Metzger
Cal
Guttaro
J. E. van Deusen
Gowandia
Gowanda
Mayville
Westfield
Fredonia
Lake Erie Shore
Trainings, visits, and notices from Chautauqua region
Railroad schedules, arrivals and departures, and upcoming events across Buffalo Jamestown and surrounding towns. Reports include excursions on the N Y L B & W and B N P railroads, church bells due to illness, alumni reunions, weddings, concerts, and local notices on school commissions and travel plans.
Dunkirk Alumni Mark Seventh Annual Reunion At Opera House
The Dunkirk Alumni Association staged its seventh annual reunion with a high merit literary program and a lively dance. George Harrison as president spoke of the year’s progress in manufacture and invention, praising devotion to duty. Miss Nora Hayes and Miss Julia Geethoffer performed, Krafft’s six-piece orchestra provided music, and a sequence of solos and songs followed before sixteen dances closed the evening. The academy plans its annual meeting tonight to elect officers for next year.
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Dunkirk
Opera House
Krafft
Lahaun
Cose
George Harrison
Iee Association
C. H. Harris
Harrison
Bernhardt Dage
Daffalo
Fatherland
Nora Hayes
Julia
Geethoffer
Buffalo
Seville
Carl
Academy
Sudden Death of Mrs Afra Peters in Milwaukee
Mrs Peters wife of Jos eph FL Peters died suddenly yesterday afternoon after two strokes of apoplexy followed by a third. She was en route to attend the funeral of Duch Lauten Slager who died after swimming Thursday. At home on Fifth Street she collapsed and died about four o clock, age 59. Her husband and family survive. Funeral Sunday at two from the German Lutheran church conducted by Rev Mr Voegelein.
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Piesderita Peters
Joseph FL Peters
See
Duech Lautenslager
German Lutheran Church
Voegelein
Annual Agricultural Fair July Fourth at Northern Chau tauqua
The Agricultural Society of Northern Chau tauqua hosts Fourth of July events Friday and Saturday July 3 and 4 featuring horse races for various ages with purses from 25 to 380 dollars. A LaCrose game between Cattaraugus and Allegany Indians, greased pole and pig, dancing and music are planned.
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Northern
Newi
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promotes Economy and Purity
The advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the only remedy offering 100 doses for one dollar. It claims superior blood purification and strengthening effects, noting a bottle lasts a month while competing medicines run about a week. This frame argues economy and value for the product.
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Hood
Letter from Crantes A. Treescil to the editor
A lengthy defense letter from Crantes A. Treescil responding to a previous columnist. He denies firing a weapon during an incident at a store, claims Walham Callahan and his companions were drunk and provoked the confrontation, and asserts his innocence while offering to present affidavits from witnesses including his father. He questions why Callahan sent relatives to withdraw a warrant and appeals to readers for fair judgment.
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Walham @allahan
Ligel
Tosk
Damates
Vila
Crantes A. Treescil
Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery Promises Cure
An advertisement touts Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a safe, affordable remedy for consumption and various skin and blood conditions. It claims superior strength to cod liver oil, purifying the blood and boosting the system, with emphasis on early treatment.
Judge Benedict sentences James D. Fish to prison
Special to Observer reports in New York on June 87th 85 10 30 a judge Benedict of the A S Circuit Court sentenced James D Fish to ten years in Auburn Prison He bore the sentence quietly Spring 1883 Monroe's ad notes this item
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New York
Benedict
A.S
James D. Fish
Auburn
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Eile
Atr
Maurice Loeb
Washington
Duskere
Pegway
Aga Uresan
Meen
Boston
Monroe
E.c.perry & Co
E.C. Perry Co
E.C. Perry & Co
Drug & Medicine
Lyon Thothers
Woal
One Price Clothing Store
Center St
N.Y
Maria Tolles
Fred Raikes
Sinclairville
Dunkirk Journel
Pomfret
Lake
Hamilton
G. J. Metzer
J. E. van Deuzen
Hurlbert
Germania
Tony
Niagara Falls
Uo‘fon
Chicago
John Henry
S.A. Theury
Mary Henry
Kathleen Henry
Maggie Henry
Circleville, O
James 5. Henry
Kansas
St. Jamies
Sadie Henry
Charles A. Selke
Aevenine Iter
Raikes
Tose
Chautauqua Commercial
Lambert
Almy
Phard
Chautauqua County
Afra Peters
Tae Rae
Sioes
Tuis Stumen
Danforth & Co’ S
Toomey
Cor. Lion and
Wright Streets
Minnesota
Michigan
Ohio
Akron
Tift
ASON
St. George’s
Paul Dean
Grits
John Hoffman
A. Frey
Victor
Inder
A. Dotterneich
Richard Wrey
Joseph Wimuver
A.smyth
Cop Stahler
Duskark Coi
Eg Baye& Orchestra
Grove
Mr. Treusel
Eorror Onserver
M. Callahan
Farlor
M. Loeb’s
Center Street
S.M. Hamilton
Cor.Eagle and
W. Third St. Dunkirk
Saly
Paris
Rice & Abell
Bonbirs
Red Roy Fleur
T. Babbitt
French Villa
James C. Russell
N. J. Jackson & Co
Coal & Wood
East Front Street
Buffalo Street
Lowepape
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