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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1885
Page
2
The notice outlines that correspondence must include the author's full name and address as proof of good faith. It invites free discussion on public topics while disclaiming responsibility for correspondents’ opinions. Advertisers must submit copy by ten in the morning for same day insertion. stoppages must be directed to the office.
An odd collection of notes touches on a dinner with orchids laid out as six foot by three foot beds, a mother in a New Hampshire family dying with the name Mother recited by the grieving children, and a Kentucky court ruling that telephone contracts are valid if witnessed. Also noted are a sudden Buffalo death of stockman L L Croocer, a moss to cardboard process, Vermont Democrat Misiare Prezors, a dissolved Albany seed firm, and various anecdotes from Chincoteague to Constantinople.
A jumble of political commentary discusses party loyalties, appointments, and the stormy mood of voters as November nears. The piece also recounts Townsend's early life, wartime service, and later clerical career, tracing a path from Dunkirk to Oberlin and back to Erie.
An advertisement for the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo New York promotes a large medical and surgical staff famed for treating chronic diseases. It claims cures for nasal throat lung liver kidney digestive bladder women’s diseases rheumatism neuralgia paralysis epilepsy and sexual disorders with home cures via correspondence and offers an 168 page guide for 10 cents.
Water service disruption announced for Holly city tomorrow from three to four in the afternoon by MM ABKi1 Superintendent. Plus sale ad for 8 acres west of Brocton Station with house barn well and orchard, inquiry to WM Zoaverways Dunkirk NY. Also medical endorsement for Leos Does Beak by Professor J M Carnochan NY State Hospital official with remarks on benefits for run down nervous bilious malaria victims.
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