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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1884
Page
4
The Evening Observer outlines subscription responsibility and advertising practices, noting publishers assume liability for test advertisements and readers pay for job printing. It mentions figures like Henry and Mar and references orders by telephone and prompt handling.
Local ad notes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy that increases appetite and aids various bodily functions. Encourages readers to try a bottle to realize its effects.
Advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children as a cure-all for night crying and pain. Claims include relief from dysentery diarrhea wind colic and inflammation with soothing gums and energy for the system. Sold by all druggists worldwide at 25 cents a bottle.
An advertisement offers Voltaic Belt Co of Musial Michigan sending their Electro Voltaic Belt and other electric appliances on a thirty day trial for nervous debility vitality and manhood issues along with treatments for rheumatism paralysis and other diseases. It promises health vigor and no risk under the trial and includes various local business plugs and tonic claims.
Judge Lambert of Fredonia will address three citizens of this city at Columbus on Saturday evening October 4. An interesting speaker is expected and residents are urged to attend. A separate note mentions Mt Randolph and a Sunday night incident involving a person named Gamble Joat who attempted to steal a ride on a freight train.
A readthrough of The Observer notes local items from Dunkirk including shop prices on grapes apples and oysters, new deliveries at the Erie Store, fashion hats and bonnets, and holiday preparations. Public notices mention remodelling by H E Brooks, a new baby girl for Z C Fields, and Company C. Dunkirk Division receiving a gift.
Prostration at home of Mr Sherman on Second nearby. Visitors include Mr Chapman from Warren Pa and Mr Wy Stearns of New York. Dunkirk happenings feature arrivals, business openings, millinery buying, and a planned Buffalo parade. Typhoid warnings, water safety, and sanitation advice accompany social and civic items.
A noisy street quarrel targets Irish Blaine and Logan clubs with Mrs W Clifford leading a Cleveland faction. The piece claims she knew John Devoy and denounces her as spreading falsehoods. It also notes a September incident near Bremer's corner and reports September oil production details, including a Phillips gusher impact and a new well added in mid September.
The article questions who disenfranchises the Dunkirk voters and asks what excuse Lax gave for C D Murray’s error in scheduling the Annual School Meeting on the wrong day. It condemns the move as the worst blunder by the President of the Board since its organization and hints at ulterior motives or political manipulation.
A denouncement of a defamatory pamphlet aimed at Dr Williams. The writers claim it originated with White and Hilton of the Advertser and with G D Murray, Democratic candidate for assembly. They condemn the act as contemptible and unworthy politics.
Summary of two week terms ending September 30 detailing probate admissions for multiple estates including Shaw Field Colman Green Hunt Kelly White Crowley Scovitle Wing Chapman Wicks Rider Edmonds Lazell Plank Phillips Jackel and others. Guardianships and judicial settlements noted. Grapes yield in Warsaw Vineyards and college enrollment updates. Deaths include a Bradford courtez an ex-kompanion Ella Cavanaugh and printer Fred A. Wilson in Buffalo with family details.
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