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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1885
Page
2
An OCR filled collage of notices, ads and brief reports from a 1885 Evening Observer page. Items include printing orders, weather notes, a coin sale in Philadelphia, a North Carolina holiday, Mecklenburgh county allegiance in 1775, Hungarian frost and storms, church endowments, a Baltimore Sun magnate, Oregon cattle shipping, and a Fayette County sheriff incident.
A lavish dinner setting in New York features a diamond shaped floral arrangement with Magus Charta roses pansies tulips and jacqueminot roses. The May 1 release of the revised Bible by Harpers Nelson & Gens includes six editions priced from $1 to $52.50 with brown cloth and turkey morocco bindings and 60 000 clergymen and many Sunday school teachers expected to acquire copies.
The article contrasts causes of horse foot ailments with shoing and road conditions, arguing that ground condition and untrimmed frogs protect feet. It cites the London Stockkeeper on draft power and argues that actual ground pressure during work stays limited. It asserts smooth paths and unpared frog reduce foot lameness, noting frog pressure aids heel expansion and corn prevention.
May day reports describe large snow drifts between Laona and Cassadaga. Joseph Wilcox of Ellery, uncle of postmaster C N Wilcox, visited last week. Various locals trade duties, mill plans, markets, and travel between Cassadaga, Fredonia and Dunkirk.
A reader criticizes Rev Alfred Rose for his Saturday lecture at the Opera House titled A Mile A Minute. The writer laments the sermon’s focus on fashion and sin, urges more inclusive outreach to women and nonchurchgoers, and cites Gail Hamilton on ministerial restraint. The piece also notes gambling, propriety, and a Westminster-like clash over modesty and devotion.
Governor Hill signs act amending chapter 202 of 1884 to forbid false branding of butter and cheese. A uniform stencil brand “New York State Full Cream Cheese” is issued to each factory with registry. Violations incur misdemeanor penalties and fines up to sixty dollars or imprisonment.
Listing details a Manhattan Hotel at Car Broadway Canal and Lispenerd Streets with European plan rooms from $1.00 per day. Describes renovated front rooms, perfect ventilation, modern furnishings, and central location in the wholesale dry goods and furniture district with ferry access nearby. Zimsecd et al.
A brief travel notice appears in the column referencing two locales, with sparse OCR text. The fragment indicates a guide entry or travel note lacking clear dates or destinations but naming the places in truncated form.
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