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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1884
Page
6
A damaged ad lists cures for catarrh rheumatism and many ailments with prices 50c 1.90 and 1.75. It promotes toilet articles including scented soaps lip salve delicately perfumed preparations for traveling and nasal throat and ear care. Also mentions medicated paper and a warning to beware counterfeit bottles marked Pond's Extract.
A fierce Dakota blizzard trapped families including the Nelsons of Sanborn, leaving fuel scarce and temperatures brutal.400 words
A man and his bride attempted to wed under false names in a county license office. The groom used a backward version of his surname, Josephine, and the clerk debated the error before issuing a license. After discussion the couple was sent to a marriage official to finalize under corrected names.
In Desprridoes County chief Joe Wilson, jailed for ten years, feigned death to escape. Guards found him apparently dead in his cell, buried him, and later his corpse rose, revealing a meticulously planned ruse involving a frozen chicken and snow. Wilson escaped amid chaos as investigators traced the gruesome deception.
A humorous vignette lists the burdens and comic consequences of a baby in a city, detailing how a infant can drain finances, dominate beds, provoke advertisements for nurses, and disrupt social peace with exaggerated scenarios among parents, neighbors, and strangers.
Gov has granted respite in a case from Allegheny County where Jesse Carter, sentenced to hang, faced execution in April. The pardon or delay alters the immediate outcome of the capital punishment order. The case centers on the gubernatorial reprieve affecting the scheduled death sentence.
In Bridenbury a 22 year old Philadelphia resident Amelia Mang killed herself with a throat wound after recounting a fortune teller's dire prophecies. Friends recalled a marked change in her mood following the stranger's visit and a disrupted affair.
A London paper recalls a recent school board examination where children offered bizarre responses. One boy described Abraham with two wives and a desert pillow of salt, others misnamed biblical figures and natural history facts, while a youngster claimed the police would take care of him when his parents forsake him.
Latvimere Sexton a St Pius church sexton was found dead in bed. A torn note read I am going to leave this world to-morrow and Father Malloy is the cause. Malloy was shocked and said Greevy owed money stolen from pew rents. Greevy, unable to repay, died by apparent suicide. Money unpaid, burial arranged as heart disease.
A New Yorker in Virginia City last summer described a phony bonds disposal scheme. A sharp, wiry man offered government bonds at a cash discount, claiming a bank would buy them. The exchange exposed a scam tied to a cashier at a loading bank, with the conspirator insisting the bonds were real while the victim refused to invest.
The Chicago Tribune reports a new hydrophobia case in Lake town after a dog bite on Eva MeMaa near Wise Avenue. She died after convulsions and fever, despite medical care from Dr. Riley and Dr. Caldwell. Neighbors mourn as funeral plans proceed. The piece questions dog control, muzzling, and the public faith in hydrophobia remedies, mentioning madstones and controversial remedies as debated ideas.
A waterspout observed near Hueneme in Ventura County during a great storm reportedly intensified and struck shore, transforming into a tornado that damaged a house, broke furniture, and scattered debris. A San Buenaventura Press correspondent notes the event as a genuine tornado, discussing its relation to waterspouts and thunderstorms.
Nine connections at Buffalo to Brinlo, to Heston, Albany, Syracuse and all points east. Tickets sell and baggage checked to principal points. Get time tables from company's agents Win, Baldwin, Gen Pass Agt, G S Gatchell, Gen Sup, Nos 3 and 43 Exchange St, Buffalo.
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