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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1885
Page
2
The Evening Observer notes a larger circulation in Dunkirk and claims exclusive status apart from other city papers. It details Associated Press dispatches, private wire connection, and policy on communications and advertising deadlines.
The house approved final adjournment for April 23 and minor opposition. The annual Supply bill totals 909,883 dollars, up over 200,000 due to ending convict-labor contracts. Bills seek to repeal or reintroduce prison labor and adjust assignment laws to curb creditor fraud while broadening lender protections.
Washington Gladden, the Congregationalist divine who moved from New England to Columbus Ohio sixty years ago, sent a circular to about 200 local young men asking for frank reasons why many youths stay away from churches. He gathered many replies and found twenty explanations covering the main factors behind this trend.
Household advice warns that after a harsh winter damp cellars and clogged drains foster foulness and germs. Remove waste heaps from cellars, ensure drains are clear, and have plumbers pump pipes to prevent sanitary hazards and disease. Finish pipes with copper solution to minimize danger.
The March issue of Babyhood features Accidents and Injuries of Early Childhood and Teething by noted doctors, plus other articles. Elmira Reformatory annual report highlights discipline and the labor price system debate. A pamphlet of John D. Perry’s argument before the Legislature’s Prison Committee favors renewing the contract system.
A diverse column recounts remarks by Perry and Millers, publishing details, and public notices. It mentions an Albany pamphlet, Senator Miller’s speech, and a Diwpanne river ice gorge. It notes a Grant siege tower burning, sparrows freezing, a theater seat dispute, and a Halifax centenarian. It also covers currency weights, a widow’s will, and the Texas Capitol cornerstone.
The basement floor reaches 250 feet as plans for a building that will rival the National Capitol unfold. Senate changes, vacant seats, and new faces emerge with Vice President Hendricks presiding, while old elects like Logan and Slater are noted as absent. A bull attack injures two men, one fatally. neighbors shoot the animal. An old Indian chief’s rumored gold cache at Titusville sparks renewed treasure hunting.
A Chicago era advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy that cleanses the blood to cure scrofula, claiming thousands testify to its effectiveness. The note then shifts to Portland fruit production, listing grape yields and other fruits, asserting Portland as the Lake Erie coast’s fruit leader.
How to save money and time by using Dr Fierce's Favorite Prescription described as a safe, prompt remedy for woman functional irregularities and uterine symptoms. The Ene County Teachers Institute met at the opera house Springville with sixty teachers attending lectures on ideal man wonders of the living world vital forces and hygiene.
Liebig Co claims Armested Extract of Witch Hazel quickly relieves female periodical pain. Professor Pattison, in his work on Diseases of Women, notes a peculiar power to ease painful periods without hindering normal flow. Also valuable in common female ailments.
A Lowell Massachusetts family reports their child recovered from diphtheria after using Hood s Sarsaparilla. They praise appetite return and health improvement, and recommend the product. The ad notes availability from druggists and price one dollar per bottle, six bottles for six dollars, prepared by C I Hood & Co Apothecaries Lowell Mass. Also promotes Lood s Tooth Ponder at 23 cents.
The schedule lists multiple local trains with varying departure times from Dunkirk and Salamanca, stopping at towns including Sheridan, Forestville, Carrollton, Wellsville, Belmont, Salamanca, and more. It notes No 38 and No 90 services, Sunday exceptions, and additional westward trains with precise stop lists and arrival times.
Eastward No 93 runs from Bradford stopping at Kendall Limestone and Babcock en route to Carrollton arriving 6.35 p m. No 23 operates daily except Sundays from Bradford via Kendall Limestone to Carrollton arriving 4.01 p m. No 3153251 from Mt Jewett stops at all stations except DeGolias and Irving arriving Bradford at 10 00 p m Leaves Bradford 10 40 a m arriving Carrollton 1 14 a m Buffalo and South Western Branches
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