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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1884
Page
4
The notice page markets Hood s Sarsaparilla for dyspepsia and teething syrups for children, with claims of cures and household products. Various vendors advertise coal yard supplies, papillon skin cure, hairdressing services, clothing and furnishing stock, poultry and meats, real estate, and a barber shop offering grooming services.
Receipts given. Money refunded if orders credited at all uses a mere least places.
Local items report the Bay State Polo club defeated Detroit 8 to 0 on Thursday evening. Other notes cover Commodore Charlie Ludlow launching the Phantom in the bay, changes in barbering, banking pressures, and social sermons on young men safety with religious counsel.
Harry Paige a long time Niagara county resident and Lockport boot and shoe foreman died in Dunkirk on Monday at 82. He left a widow Dorothy Andrews and one son Harry Paige plus a brother Timothy Paige and many relatives. Born in Oneida county in 1802 he lived in Royalton before moving to Lockport in 1928, then to Dunkirk to continue business until three years ago when illness slowed him. An active Methodist, he was admired as a faithful Christian. Judge C G Maples awaits a second operation for facial cancer, with friends hopeful for his recovery.
Court week at Little Valley. emigration traffic on the Erie and Nypano route rises with two to six carloads daily. The Wellsville banks are solid, Bradford’s faro bank stands, and the Yorkshire Press moved into a new building last week. A mix of local incidents spans a killer accident in Meadville, a proposed Bradford Salvation Army invasion, a three legged calf in Allegany, and a fresh post office named Torpedo in Warren county. The governor declines intervention in the Clark case, and the Corning Democrat schedules a delayed daily.
One of the region’s largest rinks sits in Warren and, thanks to Mr. Cogswell of the Warren cigar works, a Friday evening event drew a large crowd. The 148 by 60 foot facility offered a fantastic procession followed by hippodrome races featuring velocipedes goats and fast skaters. A standout was Ruchentholler who reputedly completed a mile in under five minutes. Mrs. Cogswell, noted for graceful skating, was highlighted as a leading figure in the crowd. The Henry skate style amused local Dunkirk skaters as they watched the performances.
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