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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1883
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR text references tickets and a company event in Cleveland Ohio with unclear details. Names and exact actions are unreadable, leaving only scattered hints of a ceremony or meeting and possible supervisor or superintendent mentions.
The Evening Observer reports Democratic wins in Vincennes and St Paul, praising councilman Tracy for financial investigations, with editorials attacking partisan printing and detailing Campbell Penal Code revisions restricting Sunday labor and commerce with specific exemptions for necessity and food, and noting academic and political figures.
An 1860s tale recounts a Georgia wife and a suitor paying nine hundred silver dollars in a county style bet. The old woman kept counting as the girl fell deeper in love, until the final sum was reached. Separate notes mention Buffalo Philadelphia shop contracts and Erie county farmers plowing up fall wheat due to hard frosts, with barley sown to replace.
Dunkirk Lodge No. 707 F and A M Dunkirk Chapter No. 191 1 A M Dunkirk Council and Dunkirk Commandery No 4 K O outline regular communications and stated convocations. Officers Hislay Zimmermann Gibbs turrigon Il J. Gibbs Wyman Haikes are listed for meetings on third Fridays, second and fourth Tuesdays or Wednesdays in various months.
Directory fragment lists First Baptist Church corner Fourth and Buffalo with Pastor ELF Crane offering Sabbath services at 11 am and 7 30 pm, Sunday school at 12 20, wednesday prayers, and youth group. Includes First Presbyterian at corner Fourth and Gle with Rev W T Austin, sabbath services and midweek prayers, plus German Evangelical Church near Fourth and Fifth with Rev Leen and Sunday services and school, and St Mary Church at Deer and Peurd with Pastor Sale baths and Sunday school. Strangers and young men invited to services. notices request space for advertisements.
Readable fragments note a repo related to Duneire Markets involving an ad for Farnen and a userves tree. Details are unclear but reference two entities and a sales context. Further text would clarify names, dates, and actions.
Partial timetable shows westbound and southbound arrivals and departures with times like 1:30 745 p.m. and 12:50 45. 7:00 p.m. Fredonia and Clarence routes appear with vague station notes. Details are garbled, but the piece lists depart times, arrival times, and station names in a constrained window.
On and after Wednesday feb 182% a new schedule applies for the Dunkirk and Fredonia route. Departures from Fredonia include 6:15, 8:00, 9:85, 17:295, 45, 3:20, Sound 6135 v. From Dunkirk: 6:50, 9:06, 10:00 al 1240, 5d, 3:30, 600, and T2351. Sundays list departures at 6:15, 11:25 A M, 5:00 and 6:33. Also Jesse Dunkirk times 20:00 A M, 12:20, 2:36, 5:30 and 7:00 BP, xn, 3.
A fragmented timetable lists numerous local train stops and times across towns including Wellsville Andover Dunkirk and Hornellsville. It notes departures from War 4 30 A M with limited Sunday service and daily reductions at various stations, plus connections to Titusville Bradford and Carrollton with late afternoon and evening arrivals.
The article describes the Nickel Plate train cars as all new and equipped with modern appliances for comfort. It lists time details for scheduling with specific minutes noted for Baker, Cleveland, and Hutts time, and mentions the nearest agent of the WTA MS in Cleveland.
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