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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1885
Page
2
Advetision and insertion deadlines stated by 1am to ensure same day run. Morifications of stoppages or subscriptions must go to the office. Arrearages must be paid before stoppages. Subscriptions payable to John Fowna or at the office. Job printing orders via telephone will be promptly executed. May 6 1885.
May report from the Bureau of Agriculture records winter losses and stock counts. Swine, sheep, and cattle rise markedly since 1880 with hogs down over six percent. horses remain comparatively healthy. Rail line critique notes census incompleteness for ranch cattle and sheep, yet Bureau data confirm broad gains in sheep and other cattle.
A Cornell University brochure highlights extensive programs for young men and parents, including architecture chemistry general studies and professional tracks in civil and electrical engineering farming law journalism geology medicine teaching theology physical culture and more. Also promoted is Architecture Simplified by Geo W Ogilvie detailing thirty house designs with costs from 500 to 5000 and lumber and masonry requirements. The note also cites a Plymouth Pennsylvania malaria outbreak linked to drinking water and drainage issues and mentions a legal note on note extensions and guarantors with a Supreme Court reference. Hood's Sarsaparilla touted as remedy for languor and debility amid seasonal change.
A humorously blunt guide trims etiquette for rail travel readers. It advises right of way, not sleeping with teeth in water, and avoiding rude dining car habits. The piece pokes fun at passengers and urges quiet, polite conduct while emphasizing the value of a pleasant ride on the Great Rock Island Route.
The remains arrived from Buffalo Saturday night escorted by Irondequoit Lodge No. 801 F and A M to Captain Phineas Stevens residence on Beagls Street. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church on Fourth Street with a Masonic final rites and choir. interment followed at Forest Hill.
County Treasurer Leet presents a quarterly financial report ending April 30 1888 detailing balance on hand February 1 and receipts from February to April totaling 90 235.02. Distribution lists deposits in Chautauqua County National Bank Jamestown First National Bank Skineer Minten Fredonia National Bank and others with various balances. Also notes navigation and dairy industry commentary on publishable factory reports and a call for transparency among creameries and cheese factories.
Charles Carroll Leeds of New York City lauds Coca Beef Tonic claiming it strengthens his wife and restores vigor. He asserts the tonic is agreeable and capable of rejuvenating the aged and sickly children to bloom with health.
Jamestown Journal summarized dairy plant results including Forestville Elijogten Sheridan Stockton Empire Forstville Maple Grove Kennedy Centrifugal creamery Coldwater across multiple factories. Reported milk received and cheese or butter produced with financial tallies and per hundredweight patron values for each facility.
The Panhandle region anticipates farming value as great ranchers plan large scale planting of Johnson grass sorghum millet and other forage crops. Early trials last year grew optimism this winter with plans to multiply acres tenfold. Local growers expect profits from feeding cattle on cultivated land and view the desert as turning bountiful.
Reading public offered bargain rate for the Os Nazi era and Dunkirk Journal. Merchants urged to advertise daily in the Observer to reach the city’s best clientele and expand reach at one dollar yearly in the Dunkiee Journal, a large country newspaper.
Abstract of timetable shows trains from Fredonia and Dunkirk with departures at 6:30 6:25 9:00 11:00 12:20 and 3:00, plus return times 9:18 4:16 4:30 and 6:40 pm. Includes lines N Y timness and Elmer Wheslove bap.
Timetables for No. 33 No. 37 and other trains on the Nickel Plate line show daily and Sunday exceptions, stop patterns at Almond Andover Salamanca Dunkirk and Carrollton, with varied departure times from Hornellsville Dunkirk Bradford and other points, including connections at Olean and Vandalia.
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