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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1884
Page
4
Trostills offers skin creams while a Dunkirk NY shop advertises ties gloves underwear hats and cans at cut prices to close out inventory. Another notice promotes coats heavy suits at dramatically reduced prices to clear stock at 47 Center Street Dunkirk.
An 1880s notice argues imitation sewing machines fail to match Singer. It cites counterfeiting of gold yet brass and tin imitation remain rare, notes Singer’s lead after awards and Chicago relief efforts. It mentions Dunkirk office sales in 1883 and urges comparison with other manufacturers.
Morning observations note robins hinting at spring, while coast travel and sleigh rides are teased in. A drug ad for Phelps Rheumatic Elixir appears alongside Bible quotes and weather prophet references. A local death, shop chatter, a shirt factory update, and sidewalk snow remarks round out this fragmented page.
Personal mentions include Frank Light returning from a business trip and Jack Harper departing for Mount Vernon to attend his sister's wedding. Updates note Sup’t Richardson of the water works in worse condition, Belington attending his brother-in-law Tissier’s funeral, and Libbie Post missing school duties due to a cold. Also reported are foxes hunted northeast of Corry, and a long list of hotel guests and arrivals in Dunkirk and nearby towns.
The Dunkirk council convened at ten, Mayor Zimmermann presiding, to swear in mayor-elect Jones. Ballots chose Adv. and Union as official paper. A mass free concert at the Baptist church drew over 1,000 attendees. Prof. C. EB Leslie led a choir and announced a three-day musical convention ending with a 100-voice concert.
The Falamanca Embroidery company paid 380,000 in tariff taxes last year and expects 100,000 next year. It will employ forty people and manufacture goods worth 800,000 annually. It also represents Setier Waltzer of St Gani Switzerland and sold 300,000 worth of loom goods from that factory last year. Near Warren, drilling on Une Stewart lands reported oil flows of 37 barrels. A joke about Judge Daniel Sherman and a crank near Jamestown ends in lighthearted relief.
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