Rural Ads and Local Notes From Dunkirk NY
Fragmented items describe shopping bargains at Buffalo One Price Clothing Store and local merchants. Notices include a doctor’s visit in Dunkirk, a portrait preference, upcoming Thanksgiving ball, funeral details, a Democratic demonstration incident, and Moody Christian Convention plans in Buffalo with service times and free tickets.
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Buffalo One Price
Center Street
Dunkirk
N.Y
Buffalo
One Price
Personal mentions and local notices from Dunkirk rink events
A compilation of social notes lists residents and visitors such as Mr Jack VanDevort Mr ED Warner from Forestville Mr BL Lackey of Wendall Creek Pa and EF Gradon auditor at a local rink event. It also notes Conductor M S Uarcis return to work and remarks on local business promotions and a forthcoming orange race at the rink along with timetable changes and Lake Shore freight staffing updates.
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BL. F. Lackey
Wendall Creek, Pa
Rink
Fire Damages actions at Erie Hotel and surrounding property
Fire broke out Saturday night when oil was spilled in a paint shop at the Erie hotel, owned by N Y I J W Tey company, and an incendiary is suspected. Flames spread to a vacant house opposite the new Gorrans mansion on Central Avenues. Two streams fought the blaze but the wrecked structures were destroyed. minimal damages reported elsewhere.
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Erie
N.Y. I. J. & W. Tey Company
Gorrans
Central Avenues
Mr. Putnam
Fredonia
Iti
Manufacturing Firm Seeks New Plant Within Sixty Miles of Buffalo
A Buffalo area factory employing 40 to 60 workers in a machine shop blacksmith and foundry with 1880 origins and an 875000 annual output seeks to relocate outside Buffalo to a thriving town with good rail access within 60 miles. Towns or corporations should submit proposals to Manufacturers care of Letter Carrier 26 Buffalo New York. The best inducement and facilities offer will win. new factory to operate by July 1 1885.
Y M C A District Convention in Dunkirk
The Seventh District of New York State will send about forty delegates to the annual Y M C A convention in Dunkirk on December 4. Delegates from Niagara Erie Wyoming Orleans Venango and Chautauqua counties will discuss the work's needs and topics prepared by association workers. Afternoon and evening sessions are open to the public with day sessions at the Presbyterian church, other places to be announced.
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New York State
Niagara
Enrie
Wyoming
Orleans
Venesee
Chautauqua
Dunkirk
Our City
Presbyterian Church
Democracy Remonstration Turns Rowdy Saturday Night
A Saturday evening demonstration by a democratic crowd devolved into a disorderly affair described as terrible and awful by a freshman. The rally featured unruly conduct, with insults and loud activity lasting late into the night. Reported blood and red paint incidents marked the chaotic end of the event.
Vicinity Haps and Mishaps Across the Region
A jumble of local items reports new skating rinks planned in Girard and Westfield, canal navigation slowed by ice, and fire damage to a Mensburg stave mill. Elections stir Wellsville and Cattaraugus County, with Prohibitionists and Greenbackers tallied. Notable notes include Chaffin joining the New York Commercial Advertiser as music critic, a Wamburg station renaming, and county seat move talk to Salamanca.
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Lucien G. Chaffin
Buffalo Express
New York Commercial Advertiser
Gas Leak Causes Explosion At Local Well
Book-keeper I P Sullivan noticed escaping gas and with lantern examined the gas well. When Merrento lowered the lantern an explosion occurred. Al Denio suffered severe facial neck and hand burns with beard burned off. Sullivan also burned but less severely. Denio’s back injuries left him unable to lie down.
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I. P. Sullivan
Merrento
al. Denio W
Sullivan
Baker and Farron at the Grand Opera House in Toronto
A large Toronto audience welcomed Baker and Farron in the comedy drama The Emigrants at the Grand Opera House. The review highlights Baker as a Dutchman and Farron as a Dutch girl and Irishman, with strong comic timing and song. The plot involves emigrants aiding abducted spouses, with strong supporting turns from Watts, Rich, Smits, Morosini, and McGregor. The paper notes the show will be repeated tonight and Baker and Farron will perform The Emigrants again Thursday eve.
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Grand Opera House
Baker
Farron
Parron
Toronto
Mr. Baker
Mr. Farron
Ludwwig von Winklesteinhausendlauer
Dennis McGrath
Abel Hogg
Toong
Arthur Sidney
Philip Poréh
Auné Jermimah
Jhis
Mr. Parton
Barron
Miss Watts
Agnes Sidney
Rich
McGregor
Bill Tolland
Smits
Miss Morosini
Z?arcy
Toronto Globe
Baker and Farron
Opera House
Appointment of George A Baker as general traffic manager
The Lackawanna and Pittsburg changes include creating the office of general traffic manager. George A Baker, Buffalo Philadelphia road agent in Rochester, will fill the post. Duker resigns to assume new duties next week from Angelica. Baker will oversee freight traffic on Lackawanna and Pittsburg and Globe Line, with a successor not yet named.
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Rochester Democrat—Chronicle
Lackawanna
Pittsburg
Geo. A. Baker
Buffalo Philadelphia Road
Duker
Buffalo Philadelphia Company
Angelica
Globe Lest
Baker
Bakers
I. Johnsons
Reopening of the Roller Rink Under New Management
Saturday evening drew a good crowd for the Roller Rink reopening under new management. Most former skaters attended along with several beginners as the floor is rough but expected to improve. Manager Lackey seeks public support for a new maple floor and finite operating costs while promising low prices and an entertaining venue. Prof. Phillips of Kendall Pa showcased fancy tricks and athletic skating as the Fredonia band supplied music. James E Hamilton, captain of the McDonough Polo Club, received letters from the Vlean Polo Team urging a date at Dunkirk, hoping for a competitive matchup with Dunkirk and Rochester’s Reshester team referenced as rivals. The piece notes plans to reorganize and invite Olean to play.
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Coure
Lackey
Phillips
Kendall
Fredonia Band
James E. Tamilton
McDonough
Vlean Polio
Dunkirk
Olean
A Little Dumpling
Residents on Central Avenue watched a bowo wheeled roadcart topple on Saturday evening. A dusted couple rose from the road as a wrecked carriage followed, with no serious injuries reported.
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Central Avenue
Halfway House
Mother Earth
Fashionable Girl and the Sarsaparilla Claim
A piece questions vanity and notes Hood’s Sarsaparilla made in Lowell Massachusetts. It claims the product purifies blood strengthens the system and gives new life and vigor to the body. Advertising copy touts a 100-dose bottle for a dollar.
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Lowell
Mags
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Erie Morning - Herald
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Cattaragus County
Greenbackers
Lyons
Odd Fellows Lodge
Kennedy
Cleveland
Rome
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Lewis & Wood
Barnard Murphy
South Valey
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Lake Shore Company
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John Harper
Union Hardware
G. A. Lackey
J.T. Hoole & CO
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Wilkes-Barre Coal
Waltham
Elgin
Springfield
Rogers
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Vienna
Ahrens & Son
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China
Niowspa
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