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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1885
Page
2
The Evening Observer outlines its printing contracts and submission rules, noting proprietary dispatch services and telegraphic cooperation with other papers. It invites readers and contributors to send news or notices with name and address, and specifies submission and payment procedures for ads and subscriptions. The piece is dated Monday March 24 1885.
The 16th annual compilation includes the Commissioner and specialists such as the Botanist Entomologist and Statistician with plates on loco weeds medicinal plants and alfalfa A detailed Chemist section covers sugar analyses dairy products and ensilage Dr Salmon on contagious diseases in animals with plates notes pleuro pneumonia and gape worm history of the gape worm by De Smith Prof Riley and Mr Dodge provide readable diagrams and production trends The review urges farmers to obtain and study the volume as highly valuable government information
An old house near Queechy Lake in Columbia County, long occupied, becomes a summer curiosity as visitors come to see the historic structure and its seasonal intrigue.
A wide review of literary publications and public notices: Beckworm and Library Magazine promos, Alden catalogues, Crane on freedom of worship, and Albany Express on India and Afghanistan. Also reports on roller skating linked deaths, New York marble firms, a willful roller skate jest, a bellwether statue pedestal redesign, and state prison warden Pilsbury’s obituary.
Telegraphic notices report the death on Wednesday of Susan Warner a noted novelist born 1819 in New York She was the daughter of Henry W Warner a prominent New York lawyer and lived on Constitution Island near West Point She wrote widely under Silen Wetherell and Amy Lathrop authoring The Wide Wide World Quaetchy The Law and the Testimony Hills of Shatemuc and other works translated into several languages
The Tuesday death at Peekskill of the rink's assistant manager, said to be from paralysis due to constant exertion on the rinks, serves as a warning to those overly indulging in roller skating. Temperate enjoyment is advised while cautioning extreme infatuation with skating.
A major advance in food purity eliminates lime in cream of tartar through a pressure refined process. The Royal Baking Powder Company in Brooklyn, backed by European experts, now markets chemically pure tartar used in baking powders and pharmaceutical preparations, promising healthier, stronger leavening without impurities.
The Baldwin apple notes its hardiness, flavor, and market appeal while discussing thinning needs and alternate bearing. Origin traces to William Butters of Wilmington Massachusetts with grafts from Woodpecker tree later named Baldwin, tracing back about 130 years and tied to Col. Baldwin’s propagation efforts.
Incomplete timetable notes show departures from Dunkirk and Dupink with listed times such as 7:40 AM and 9:18. mentions of trains to Lag and routes via Bae. author RIMEL WHEELOCK signs as supervisor.
A timetable amendment is adopted by New York, Lake Erie and Western Railway. The decision affects scheduling and operations, with details noted for upcoming service adjustments and routine timetable updates.
The Nickel Plate Railway timetable lists additional westbound trains from Hornellsville with stops at Almond Aine Andover Wellsville Site Belmont Belvidere Friendship Hinsdale Olean Alleyway Vandalia Carrollton Great Valley Salamanca and Little Valley arriving Dunkirk. Another service runs from Merucisville through all stations to Dunkirk with a separate Carrollton to Salamanca schedule and No 5 on the Eastern Division.
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