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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1885
Page
4
Dunkirk items cover weather signals. Local notices mention events, fairs, travel times, and business ads. Names like Erie Store and F. D. Matteson Co appear with promotions. railway and time table changes noted. The piece blends poetry, notices, and commerce in a late 19th century local page snapshot.
About twenty couples attended last night’s dance at the rink with Damon’s orchestra playing twelve dances. George A. Lackey leased the Dunkirk rink and Silver Creek rink for a year to run both venues. Silver Creek will add cage goals for polo and more skates. opening is Wednesday after refitting. An excursion from Dunkirk to Silver Creek leaves at 6:48 and returns 10:07, round trip 33 cents. Next Monday the Salems play the Dunkirk team. admission is 25 cents. The Salems, New England champions, beat the Excelsiors of Olean 3 1 in two games, coming from Toronto. Silver Creek Juniors will host the Dunkirk Juniors next week. both teams have won 3 2.
Recovery crews succeed in lifting the boiler from the water off Wright's deck using a newly completed derrick. Initial attempts with the pile-driver failed due to misalignment, but adjustments to the derrick rigging enabled a successful lift at four o'clock.
Mr. A. G. Brooks and Mrs Brooke with daughter Mrs Patterson return home at noon after months in California. He is reported much improved in health. He was met at Erie by Mr M L Hinman who traveled from the East on the St Louis express and took Mrs Patterson’s daughters to Erie.
A letter to the editor corrects a misstatement about Whit Sunday being next Sunday. It explains Whit Sunday falls a week from Sunday, June 94, and notes Catholic Church observances. A Holy Eucharist service occurred yesterday at St. John's at 10:30, conducted by Rector Tey. F. W. Rairza.
Albany report claimed Governor vetoed the Dunkirk charter while the Buffalo Courier reported Williams's amendments passed. Hinman counters that the Courier's dispatch is mistaken and the bill remains with the Governor. The charter status is unresolved.
Walter Scott of this city has been tendered by the United States Engineer Department the position of Inspecting Engineer in charge of the Dunkirk harbor improvement project. Operations will begin Monday and include dredging and repairs of the breakwater.
A promotional note from C. J. Hood & Co. of Lowell Massachusetts extols Hood's Sarsaparilla for purity and reliability. An unrelated obituary reports Henry Slayton of Arkwright aged about sixty died by ingesting Paris green on May 1, citing a stated loss of will to live. Buffalo leaders propose a twenty mile macadam boulevard to Niagara Falls, promising a premier route.
The Euripides Club staged Kathleen Mavourne, a charity effort at Columbua Iull April 20 to aid Miss Mery Welsh. Critics question the balance of receipts after $110.68 in expenses and tax receipts totaling $37.25, while Miss Welsh has not received funds. Club members defend motives and publish a detailed money statement from John T. Madigan showing receipts and disbursements, including sewer tax support and partial donations to Welsh and Mrs. Leenen.
Nickel Plate offers a special low rate excursion to Buffalo and return on Saturday May 16. Depart Dun Kirk 9 04 a m arrive Buffalo 7 30 pm fare 1 00. Returning Buffalo 10 00 pm CST 11 pm EST to Erie Ashtabula and Paintshire with through palace coaches. Tickets good for return on regular train May 15 or 16, two days in Buffalo. Call Nickel Plate agents or contact executives Barnes Wittins Horner for details.
Supreme Court actions include grand jury seated with William C J Hall as foreman and jurors retired for deliberation. Cases acted on involve foreclosure and sale reports, div orce action, and referrals to assess damages or determine judgments. Parties include A E Dodge, George D Hinckley, James Plato, Sideey BR Lawson, Corneline Galivan, Frank E Gifford, Letitia Pless, Martin Prose, Lydia M Pasuo, and the city of Dun kirk.
Twelve year old Frank Harper found an empty nitro glycerine can in woods near Clarendon Pennsylvania. It exploded when dropped on pipe tearing and lacerating his abdomen. He is expected to die. The piece notes danger of discarded explosive cans and mentions unrelated organizational changes and a large fire in Hammondsport New York causing substantial damage.
Spring 1885 season提醒 repairs and improvements want good work. H P Monroe offers ceiling decorations with wide designs and custom options. Also stocks wall paper brows brownbacks whitebacks flats and micas plus borders and mouldings for all rooms.
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