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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1883
Page
2
The Evening Observer reports on city politics and local civics, detailing a committee of fifteen debates over city printing bids to avoid political bias. The piece mocks carpetbagger attacks, laments partisan rhetoric, and calls for action at a Wood’s Hall meeting on March 17 to oppose extortion by printing interests.
Thursday night crowds filled City Hall with lively talk as council members clashed and ex-city clerk Colzan was urged to keep quiet. A money finding linked to Mr Poomesy surfaced in a cellar near Leopard Street while John Desmond toiled at a nearby pile. St John’s rector Haikes announces Palm Sunday sermons on The Day of Our Visitation and The Atonement in Holy Week, outlining preparations for the Saviour’s coming.
This week reports include John Smith of Mayville sent to Buffalo asylum for the insane, a Wednesday drill at the Charlotte oil well reaching deep ter fery, and Morey of Napoli sending a cherry log to Lawrence mill for 450 feet of lumber. Beebe of Arcade runs forty five cheese factories, while Babcock of East Randolph lodges a complaint against Rev Bowen and securing peace bonds. Morow buys Rock City Hotel in Little Valley, and Ridout conducts farm affairs with village notes. McCormick-Jamestown board of education contract fixes total 246,850 for institute additions. Dechow of New Albion observes a freak of nature with sheep twins, one dam with three ears. A foreign youth found in Cheney woods is held at county house while identity is sought. The county physician doubts dementia in the youth, who will stay at the county house pending work.
This ad promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a positive cure for female complaints and related symptoms. It claims to dissolve uterine congestion, restore balance, and alleviate faintness headaches nervous prostration and backaches while offering purchase options and pricing from the Lynn Massachusetts address. It also asserts cures for piles and related liver issues with nationwide drugstore availability.
An OCR fragment notes a long run by New York Time with dates and locations including Dunkirk and San, referencing Wednesday events and a numbered section 241. The garbled text implies a periodical guide or timetable with references to places and times.
Fragmented OCR shows a dense list of train routes, stops, and times across towns including Dunkirk, Sheridan, Perrysburg, Belvidere, Belville, Dunkirk and Carrollton. The timetable references daily and Sunday frequencies, varying departure and arrival times, with many station stops and connections.
Fragmentary OCR notes show unclear names and terms. It mentions a Western Branch and baggage check, with garbled phrases possibly referencing purchase, dates, and an unnamed company or location. Article readability is too low to extract a coherent event or outcome.
Partial timetable lists trains from Oil City and several cities including Corry Titusville Buffalo Dunkirk Warren and Irv ington with arrival and departure times as well as connections to Buffalo Pittsburgh and eastern states. It mentions sleeping and parlor cars, ticketing and baggage notes and various regional stops. The text is a garbled OCR of railroad schedules and lines.
The Nickel Plate line announces new equipment at Columbus time with adjustments to train runs. Trains depart twenty nine minutes after Chicago time and sixteen minutes before Atlantic time, with calls for nearest company agent for information. Lewis Williams and J F Monner, general managers in Cleveland, are listed as contacts.
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