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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1884
Page
3
A garbled OCR fragment discusses nasal care and ear procedures and mentions mail orders for trial instruments. It references nasal serums, female strings, and glass wear. Terms appear nonsensical and jumbled without clear readable facts or identifiable names or places.
A report from Dayton Kentucky details a powerful cyclone that passed east of Dayton, flattening forests and farms, killing and injuring residents, and halting rail service as towns from Oak Ridge to Lebanon reported widespread destruction. Similar storms struck Colemanville Harrison County and other Tennessee and Indiana locales, with scattered fatalities, injuries, and extensive property damage.
Eleven year old Eddie Parker, stepson of William Barrett, was shot last night as he went to light street lamps. A pistol lay on the sidewalk. A boy fleeing the scene escaped. Eddie died about ten minutes later from a stomach wound.
Vicksburg charges spurious coin leaving Memphis boats. Eight large whales spotted off Sonny Island near Atlantic. Meridian offers 2300000 to move state capital. Austrian emperor grants pensions to widow and children of detective M Bloch. Week’s standard silver dollars reach 268495 vs 218000 last year. Italian Navy captain Fondacaro plans polar expedition. Navarro County Texas suit over wagon cent debt. lawyers fees and costs 450. Lawrence attorney Blythe proves relation to San Francisco heir of 4000000 estate. Lincoln citizens urge O A Carpenter to leave Logan County. Zara Burns kin invited. Lew Wallace viewed by Turkish grand vizier as subject of US communication. House Private Land Claims backs Hunt bill to confirm Cofield title in Pointe Low plantation Louisiana. A 51-inch dog otter shot near Maidenhead. finest since 1874. Longest world bridge in China. 300 arches. pillars 75 feet apart. Cuba facing financial, political, social crisis with bank closures and tax woes. Madrid anxious for Queen of the Antilles.
St Louis March 25 George M Riley a pilot living at 2201 Morgan street shot his wife five times fatally wounding her and then blew out his own brains. He leaves five small children. Neighbors say Riley drank heavily and sought his wife's property which she refused to deed him. A quarrel over the matter preceded the tragedy. the wife reportedly threw coffee at him earlier. Riley had refused to support his wife and children for years.
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