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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1885
Page
4
A dramatic exhortation on freedom and justice echoes through a 1835 period tone. The piece urges steadfastness and moral force, promising lasting national virtue if sacrifice and effort endure, amid references to Swinburne and a crowded page of contemporary notices and ads.
Notices detail a Forestville fundraising train trip with 25 to 35 cent fares for Catholic church debts and a lecture titled Can Priests forgive Sins by Rev Alphonaus Rossiter. Other items report undertaker convention travel, a Dunkirk visit, and the inquest into Allen Merrell known as Push-me-quick, with the coroner and witnesses named.
Local items note Byron J Andrews visiting town and a brief listing of small notes from advertisements and social tidbits including Reverend Timothy Stillman improving and political notes such as the governors veto of a census bill.
Promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier that attacks the root of scrofula by cleansing the blood. Claims thousands cured and urges purchase from all druggists.
The Third Commissioner story from Fredonia reports County Judge Lambert Special County Judge Smith and Special Surrogate Stearns failed to reach a candidate agreement for a Third School Commissioner. A proposed popular-vote plan was discussed but not adopted. The Board adjourned for a week from Tuesday. Mrs Adelaide O Brein Buffalo New York testifies Burdock Blood Bitters cured her liver trouble.
Notice requests settlement of debts by June 1 to avoid turning accounts over to an attorney for collection. Formal sign off by M. R. Modoxocen.
Bucher and Thompson at the foot of Eagle Street advertise new boats for fishing and pleasure riding. Experienced fishermen can be hired as parties for fishing outings, with good boats and expert guidance available.
A Buffalo ad promotes a large assortment of fashionable hats bonnets and flower novelties from the New York market. The message promises up to date headwear and related accessories with prices and store contact details for World’s Dispensary Medical Association at 63 Main Street.
A depositor committee found the bank’s books severely tangled and inconclusive after cursory inspection. Assignee Holt’s bond with sureties including Bookstaver and Matteson was approved by Judge Lambert, as Mrs Miner’s prior land transfers to Matteson for six depositors draw scrutiny. The building, owned by Miner, remains protected from creditors, while the assignee prepares to commence work.
Fourteen bondsmen of Orrin Sperry late county treasurer join a resolution offering to pay 35000 to settle the Chautauqua county deficit. The agreement seeks release from liability for all sureties on Sperry’s official bonds if the payment is made by August 20 1883 and accepted by June 1 1885. The bondsmen promise jointly and severally to cover the amount with other supporting signatures dated May 23 and May 24 1885.
The item notes cautious work toward a Fourth of July celebration in Olean with mixed prospects and mentions ripening fruit in Ripley and a poor peach yield. It covers tax roll work in Fredonia, trout distribution from Caledonia, and a rising crop outlook for East Otto area. It also highlights a notable stenographer W H Siocim, Jamestown Bicycle Club updates, a suicide case in Olean, and fire department coverage across towns in Cattaraugus County. It concludes with transit and gas well notes at Mayville and Lakewood and a postmaster overpayment refund case in Carrall.
An advertisement from Mrvrcat Department at State University of Towa extols the Liebig Co’s Extract of Witch Hazel as essential for female ailments and neuralgia. It promotes two papers, the Cravratana Farmer and the Dusgink Journal, offered at 1.76 in advance, urging merchants to advertise in their pages.
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