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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1885
Page
2
The Evening Observer announces reader submissions require full name and address for good faith. Advertisers must deliver copy by 10 AM for same day insertion. Subscriptions must be prepaid before stepping pages. contact office for printing services. Friday, March 29, 1983.
A call urges quick action to preserve Magira Falie as a natural wonder. Four bills propose alienation and a narrow strip along the American side to include Prospect Park and Goat Island. The property valued at 1.33 million dollars must be seized by May 1 to avoid losses from prior appraisals and court costs. Bonds could fund purchase, with public benefits and rising later costs.
A historic critique claims Mormonism spreads across the Far West into Oregon Idaho Montana. It cites missionary work in Europe and the United States as a supply source. It notes 4000 moved to Idaho and Montana last year and settled on government land under homestead laws. The piece mentions European reinforcement from Norway and Sweden and criticizes policy under past administrations. It ends with a quote from President Cleveland about polygamy and family morality and suggests little action will be taken.
Dunkirk residents note three major postal changes. Letters to all become two cents per ounce or half ounce? adapted. Newspaper subscribers pay one cent per pound, and larger cities gain a special stamp delivery service with a messenger to speed mail. A ten cent stamp funds the service at thirty dollar monthly pay, though eighty percent of stamp revenue goes to support it.
An Orange County Supervisor advocates Me. Withanss bill to overhaul tax equalization. He urges three capable assessors, direct county examinations, and shorter sessions to curb corruption and bias in the current ratio committee, predicting lower costs and greater independence. He argues for three-year terms and modest pay for commissioners.
The southern Herat region shows a dusty highland plateau rising into low hills that shelter countless bands of Turcomani robbers. The landscape is cut by numerous towers of refuge made of dried clay with narrow entries. Major James Abbott of the Bengal artillery traversed this perilous area in 1810 and speculated the district name Budkhiss or Baukhis as a corruption of Bacchus, in irony since the locals neither brew nor drink wine.
The Elmira Y M C A library holds 4500 volumes and Jamestown prepares for a reading by Miss Jergie Couthoul on March 24. A lamp explosion at W B Butler's incubating establishment in Albany causes $2500 damage. Richmond Avenue households in Buffalo report Sunday blood spots with no clues. Jamestown M C A junior department forms for boys eight to sixteen. A severe snowstorm blocks Conewango Valley and Catskill counties, with four feet on Fairview Hill. Lord of Lundayville stock farm arrives at Lindville to introduce cattle. A Pickney of Austin Minnesota faces charges over horse theft. Nutrition texts introduce hygiene in schools with Human Body and Its Hearth, deemed flawed in Rochester. Revenue officers pursue alleged whiskey sales in Salamanca. new Niagara Falls lands bill proposed. Little Valley postmaster race stirs Democrat caucus. Collins emerges as favorite. Salamanca officers seize an un-stamped whiskey barrel bound for Cleveland. James Town Young Men's Christian Association holds its first annual meeting. George W. Tew re-elected president. Church and association anniversary addresses conclude a late evening program.
Fragmented OCR lists numbers and names such as Mt. Fredonia and Zelda Wulelock with times and values. The text appears as disjointed measurements and schedule notes lacking clear context or complete sentences. It mentions locations, times, and monetary figures in a scrambled sequence.
Honat Local Trains schedule shows No. 33 with 6 00 A M start, stops at Sheridan and many towns including Forestville Salamanca Wellsville and Dunkirk with varied arrival times. No. 41 Hornellsville arrival at 12 42 a m. No. 34 02 F In from Camellton runs daily with Salamanca arrival 2 a m.
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