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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1884
Page
4
Lyon Bros and Light Harper advertise Parierox Caran Core from Papillon Manufacturing Co of Chicago Illinois for purchase in this paper.
An old advertisement promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup claiming it relieves the pain of teething in children and cures dysentery diarrhea and stomach issues. It touts pleasant taste and prices at 25 cents a bottle, with endorsements from a nurse and physician in the United States and widespread sale by druggists.
1884 Spring notice announces Buffalo One Price Clothing Store returning with a large assortment of clothing hats caps and Gent s furnishing goods. Inspection invited and prices advertised as lower than ever at 47 Con struct out.
The piece questions why imitation Singer sewing machines dominate. It cites a Chicago fire relief effort where 2945 applicants received machines, 2427 chose Singer and 517 chose other makes, and notes 487 Singer machines were sold from the Dunkirk office in 1883. It argues the public will infer Singer’s superiority from these facts.
The Evening Observer explains its private wire news conduit and reader submissions while detailing subscription arrears and payment methods. It notes subscriptions paid to Harry Martin or at the printing office, and that job orders are handled by telephone and promptly executed.
A mixed spring news page mentions a maiden and Nancy verse, a beverage ban for a citizen, and property sales on Lion and Robin streets. It also lists a found pocketbook, Choral Society activities, needlework instruction, and executive committee meetings at the Erie Hotel. Other items include a water works update at Fredonia, local advertising, and weather hints tied to the vernal equinox.
Mr B S Teale and J B Archibald visit Oswego while others head for oil country. Entries cover visitors to relatives in Buffalo, travels to Bropeham and Fredonia, a secretary’s regional move, a weather report, local purchases, and social calls. Notables include Phil Liedermann, H C Thompson, and the Royal Hand Bell Ringers visit.
The Republican caucus will convene at City Hall on Tuesday evening at 7:30 to elect delegates for the Congressional Convention and the District Convention at Sinclairville. By order of the Town Committee.
Bradford Pa names T A Matadsira as city engineer a native of Japan and son of a nobleman who stayed in the United States after his leave was refused by his government Parents funded his early years and he rose from assistant on the Manhattan Elevated to chief engineer of the Union Pacific railroad across Wyoming Idaho and Montana
The New York Times reports proposals to build a parallel road to the Lake Shore and Nickel Plate from South Buffalo to Toledo. Fasnal Sloan of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Rail Road says his system is not sufficiently interested. The Buffalo, New York & Philadelphia Railroad plans to re-route Brocton to Lake Erie, with uncompleted sections allowing a possible link to Sandusky for about 4 million dollars and an alliance with the Indiana, Bloomington & Western system. The Baristo line in New York and Philadelphia has only been talked about so far.
Summary of two weeks ending March 25 1884 detailing probate actions for William H Hayne Nancy Cleland Elizabeth Gifford Ada Grace Briggs minor George Cardot Daniel Knowles George Mull Daniel Hurlbut Harvey Goodrich Myrtle Johnson Seth L Barger Jobe Tompkins Demas Stone Thomas Smith and George W Ripley. Executors guardians and administrators named with final decrees and bonds as required. Evidence closed and accounts judicially settled where noted.
Rail procurement for two miles of track and four cars is reported alongside a weekend in Jamestown marked by two colored gambling dens raided with arrests and injuries. Other items include a possible Legion of Select Knights of the AOUW, a See kins assault conviction, a lightning strike on a Harmony town line home, long muddy country roads, an opera house contract in Union City, runaway girls from Titusville, and the release of Mrs. Georgiana Biffin amid fears of a threatened attack by a colored man.
A condemnation notice targets the Buffalo One Price Clothing Store at 47 Center Street. Prohibited goods and price controls are cited as part of the order. Authorities require compliance by the stated deadline and outline penalties for noncompliance.
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