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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1884
Page
3
An old advertisement lists toilet articles including toilet cream for comfort and healing, dentifrice for teeth, nose and throat remedies, piles treatment, and various application instruments. It notes colored wrappers and Pond's Extract, urging buyers to buy from druggists and avoid counterfeits.
Storms of unprecedented severity isolate towns across the Northwest. Woodstock station is obliterated by a snow slide, seventeen people trapped or missing, eleven named residents among them. Rescue efforts begin as other mining camps like San Juan country face dire coal shortages and blockades. The snow depth reaches eight feet with communicates only by snow shoes amid looming famine fears as spring thaw approaches.
A massive blaze swept East St Louis destroying an elevator with 750,000 bushels capacity and adjacent rail facilities. The fire, started in a barber shop near the river, spread rapidly across grain, cars, and freight offices, with about 140 cars burned and losses estimated near half a million dollars. No insurance figures given.
A roundup of distant and varied items: Princeton College students issue apologies to faculty. Rev Dr Watson to be consecrated in Wilmington on April 17. a New York statue site shifts to Bryant Park. Baltimore passes finance and fire ordinances. horse entries and racing notes from New Orleans and Chicago Driving Park. Schurz Choate join New York Independent Republican circle. security at Toronto Parliament and Government House. Lord Lansdowne and King’s officers in Ottawa. Phil Sheridan trotting horse obituary. Chicago police patrol system praised by Philadelphia inspectors. English Liberal MPs linked to Egyptian bonds. Lancaster case quashed for vagueness. Tennyson poised for Garter by Queen. two Michigan residents among Napoleon funeral attendees. Pratt of Mansfield Savings Bank sentenced for embezzlement. Chicago-Omaha fast mail trial train makes 300 miles in seven hours. Clydesdale show finances and prizes. Italian laborer killed by a train near Steamburg. Wendell Bokiman noted for Botman bridges. Indian officer and Creek Nation political tension. Creek leaders’ power dynamics and Spiechee movement. Pacific rail stop and weathered snow impacts in Oregon shows.
Wm sticiner, longtime editorial staff member of N Boratd alaoax, designated Commissioner of Excise for New City in an official notice. The appointment highlights a shift in local governance and tax enforcement amid administrative changes.
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