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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1885
Page
4
Weather brief notes show fair conditions in the Lower Lakes with past snow, temperature changes, and southwest winds as barometer rises. For Friday fair weather expected east of the Rocky Mountains. A gale counter notice appears at Maunce Loeb's confectionery. a subscriber can set time for publication.
Dunkirk brief notes mix sensational juvenile antics with town notices and short items. Mentions a newsy boy and mischief, local social events, a Baptist social, weather and wage notes, visitors from Buffalo and New York, factory updates, and political bills in the Assembly including Point Chautauqua and Silver Creek protections. Also reports a German boy’s inanity case and a Dunkirk physician polled in the 1804 era.
The house vote approved Charles Murray and the inauguration is finished. Tonight the Baptist Society hosts a grand entertainment at the Chambers residence Central Avenue from 6 to 9. The program features corn themed dishes and verses from sacred texts, including corn bread corn pudding and corn meal mash, with biblical references for each dish.
Gard of Thanks extends heartfelt appreciation to Dupkirk citizens for March 4 patronage at the camp-fire. Comrades of G A St Posts and L G Risley receive praise for address and support. thanks to ladies for labor. Reflects on wartime unity and postwar service, honoring loyal citizens and volunteers.
The Nickel Plate will run a Niagara Falls Ice Mountain excursion Saturday March 14. The special train departs at 12:45 p m with rough fare about $1 25 for the round trip, arriving Buffalo 2 15 and Niagara Falls 3 16 m. Return train leaves Falls at 9:00 a m to Cleveland via Buffalo. Tickets good for return on train No 1 leaving Buffalo Monday March 16. J W Butler excursion manager will conduct and issue tickets at reduced rates with hotel accommodations.
The William O. Stevens Post No 393 G A R held a cheerful camp-fire in St George's Hall on Railroad Avenue with 400 attendees. The program featured singing, recitations, drills, and musical performances by Prof Siener and others, plus a farewell informal supper and a humorous court martial.
The article discusses advances in funeral care emphasizing professional undertakers over neighbors. It explains body preservation methods, deodorizing solutions, and the need for six to twenty four hours before dressing to burial. It advises elevated position of the head and shoulders and hiring a competent undertaker for respectful, sanitary burial.
In a Jamestown lecture, Mr. Sherman describes the original Seneca tract restored to Lie Sence by a 1707 treaty with Robert Mortis, a strip from Eighteen Mile Creek to Canada Way Creek and along Canisilaway Creek, including Dunkirk and nearby towns. A 1808 exchange with the Holland Land Company moved to the present Cattaraugus reservation, opening up Lake Erie harbors and fertile tracts for the Senecas.
The fast mail train No. 7 running west on the Lake Shore line faced repeated failures. Two mornings in a row the engine broke down at Dunkirk causing delays while a replacement locomotive was secured. Yesterday a slide failure and this morning a packing issue in the right cylinder of No. 135 halted progress. the engine was uncoupled and sent back to Buffalo under Enginser Burag's supervision.
A burglary occurred Wednesday night at E Wager’s Center street store below Second. Between nine and ten the glass door pane was broken to admit entry. Thieves took cigars tobacco pipes and tofet soap. The Lac money drawer contents were largely untouched, maybe a few cents. The pane had just been replaced after a prior break-in.
A historical notice claims biliousness is prevalent this season with symptoms such as bitter taste breath and dizziness. It warns of serious consequences if untreated and promotes a supposed cure sold by druggists, urging public use of the remedy.
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