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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1884
Page
3
A damaged fragment advertises inhalers and syringes with durable features. It mentions a brand or seller selling in buff colored wrappers and includes a note about substitutes and pricing.
By Telegraph. Beaver Brook near Ansonia in Derby turned into a raging torrent after the walls of the Williams dam failed. Within an hour the flood caused over 450000 dollars in damage to factories and residences, sweeping away dwellings, bridges, and machinery as workers fled for safety. Many structures were wrecked, and several factories were destroyed or carried off their foundations.
A jumble of short notices reports a man jailed in Texas for cursing his wife, an exposition to be held in Raleigh next September, and counterfeit coins found in the South. It notes a Vermont bride’s death, a Chico youth’s cigarette habit, and a Johnstown suicide by electric shock. Also mentioned are a will contest in Allentown, long-time New Bedford postmaster Coggeshall, Colerea investment talks, skeletons found in Calaveras, Parisian outrage over Meissonier portrait, Lillian Smith of Watsonville as a top girl shooter, and a chilling lineup of contest wagers in extraordinary shooting feats.
In Philadelphia March 17 Judge Stowe settled a long dispute over gas supply, awarding WMuvl Gas Co exclusive rights to serve the public heat needs from natural or artificial sources at a rate of eight percent. The case centers on monopolistic control of local gas utilities.
A collection of small ads and notices including theatre ticket pricing and sessions with a competent instructor, wheelchair parlors on Center Street offering grooming services, a poultry and meat vendor promoting value, a testimonial praising Fenner's Kidney and Back Ache Cure, and medical remedies advertised as universal treatments with claims of blood cleansing and nerve restoration. The items name vendors such as M McDonald, Wheelers Tonsorial Parlors, T C Somes, and J P Monroe, Dunkirk, with references to products like Dr Fenner's Kidney and Back Ache Cure.
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