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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1883
Page
2
The Evening Observer reviews partisan battles across Dunkirk and nearby towns. It recalls national figures and local graft debates, mentions Mayor Carter Lannion defending alderman bribe questions, and critiques Knights of Labor platforms. The column surveys legal quirks in Uniontown and a quarrel over eight hour labor aims.
An editorial condemns those who profited from war contracts while belittling soldiers on Decoration Day. It denounces abuses of veterans’ memory, calls for a proper annual observance, and praises soldiers from all states for their sacrifice, urging unity beyond party lines.
A reader urges publication of Prof J B Sue’s critique presented to the Chautauqua Teachers Association at Fredonia on the Sauveur natural method. The letter condemns rapid language mastery claims, mocks the Sauveur system, and notes alleged endorsements by scholars while urging balanced discussion of the issue. The writer cites sources and mocks the author of Introduction to the teaching of the living languages without grammar or dictionary.
Excerpted text covers criticism of Lambert Sauveur on French tenses, praise and rebuke of linguistic teaching, a dubious weather maxim, tortoise shell imitation paste, satin paper production, a potash glaze recipe for repair, a Marysville gun for splitting logs, and Chicago pumping engine flywheel design with linked gear and belt pulleys.
Directory listing pastors and service times for Gberch, First Presbyterian, St John’s, First Methodist, German Evangelical, and German M. E. churches. Includes pastors Rev E F Crane W L Austin F G Mead Rev F W Rukes Rev G Berstecher and Rev John Flad, with Sunday services and weekly meetings. Strangers invited.
Dunkirk Masonic lodges and chapters list regular meeting nights and officers. Trandequest Lodge 301 meets first and third Fridays. Dunkirk Lodge 767 holds regular communion on third Monday. Doshkik Chapter 191 and other bodies meet monthly on specified Tuesdays or Wednesdays with officers named.
Timetable notes Westward local trains run daily except Sundays from Hornellsville at 4 30 A M stopping at Almond Alfred Andover Wellsville Scio Belmont Belvidere Friendship Cuba etc. to Salamanca Dunkirk and Carrollton with daily service to Dunkirk by 9 dia m. Train 1 operates between Salamanca and Dunkirk with varying stop patterns.
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