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Newspaper

Evening Observer

Location

Dunkirk, New York, United States of America

Date

Oct 04, 1883

Page

4

Dunkirk Fragments Chronicle Local Happenings and Obituary

Disjointed notices recall Carpenter Petors on Swan Street, Frank May's Lion Street store, and a gold sign from Port sands. Social at Mrs Harrell’s on Central Avenue draws many. Isaac Rosenzweig funeral plans feature a King David choral design. Thomas Farnham, Buffalo coal merchant and former Dunkirk resident, dies at Mansion House after decades of public service.

Frannk May Lion Street Port Levy Eric. Pa Isaac Rosenzweig Isadore Levy King David Edwards Green House Masons Buffalo Express Thomas Farnham Mansion Buffalo Farnham Dunkirk First Presbyterian Church of Fredonia

Personal mentions from Forestville city news

Friendly falls and visits mark a day with Rev Win Look of Forestville Mrs Hi Perkins of Buffalo joins by a friend at the city Rev Crane returns from Oil City Pa to fill Baptist pulpit on Sunday Onward travels of Buell family and others via Chicago and western points Eastern hotel and Strie Hotel arrivals noted Regular social updates include ship Ethiopa passengers and attendees at various hotels with multiple names and places mentioned The Owen family donation of turnips is acknowledged and groundwork for improvements around a residence is described

Hi 16 Perkins Buffalo City BE. &. Crane Oil City Baptist Church

Vicinity Haps And Mishaps From The Region

Reports from James Town Westfield and surrounding areas note teachers registered for a sect event, oil leasing near Wesleyville, and a test well to be drilled. A death in Sitge is reported, Rev. Mateer D.D. died at home. Irish born 61. Prohibition nominees named for county offices. A boy killed at Corry by a falling window frame. Showman Dan Lice sues for back salary. a tailor Minchiff declared insane. Oil revival in Erie county as Harry Allen leases land near Wesleyville and installs a derrick. Cooper well described with oil pricing and pumping setup.

Dan Lice Erie Nathan & Co Meadville Garnett Kansas Erie County Harry Allen Wesleyville W. H. Cooper Cooper Allen Sully

Neglect of the Old at German Picnics

A New York Ledger editorial laments American neglect of elderly at social gatherings. It contrasts German gatherings where grandparents are central with American parties where seniors are isolated upstairs or out of sight. The piece argues old people deserve inclusion, music, and companionship rather than confinement.

New York Ledger

The Judge and the Clean Shirt Promise Tale

Perley Moore recounts a tale about a judge who promised to wear a clean shirt each morning. Mrs Hack, Elaine, and the judge’s habits lead to a humorous realization that he wore a fresh shirt each day by layering over previous ones, never returning the old shirts. The anecdote illustrates absentminded primness and laundry misadventure.

Bea Perley Moore Judge Island Washington

Ireland's true blue flag legend explored in heraldry

A historic note traces Irish heraldry from the royal era to Elizabethan times. It cites the three pale crowns as the royal arms of Ireland and suggests the national flag may have featured a golden harp on azure, based on a 16th century drawing and Pall Mall Gazette reporting.

Fraser Iretand Richard Tes Robert Te Vere Ireland Drain Stantec Cazure Erle Ward IV Elizabeth Phos Pall Maul Gazette

The Tiny Breton Sheep a Pet Favorite of Children

The smallest sheep is the Breton breed from France. Too small for profit yet dear as a pet, it is gentle and affectionate. It mimics human emotions, rejoicing at laughter and showing distress at tears, a trait noted by John KR Coryell in St Nicholas October.

France Mary Pug John KR. Coryell St. Nicholas

Oil Fountains and Lunar Oil in California and Wyoming

A petroleum expert reports Veoazuela as a field of bubbling oil fountains yielding up to six barrels per hour. He notes a California oil spring that flows with the moon rising, three barrels daily at full, ceasing after last quarter, and a 50 barrel well struck earlier but not altering flow. Wyoming is said to have nine basins with independent wells, and a claim that it could supply world needs after Pennsylvania declines.

Veoazuela California Wyoming Territory Pennsylvania Wyoming

Odd Eggs Hatch After Snake Nest Incident

A West Virginia farmer recalls finding a large black snake in a nest of nineteen eggs. He killed the snake, shook it by the tail over the nest, and the eggs dropped back in. The hen then hatched eighteen chicks, noted as rare curiosities. The young birds are described as unusually fearful of sticks. The item blends local anecdotes with regional notice and market references.

West Virginia

Mastodon Tooth Exhibit in Bismarck Surfaces Big Fossil

A massive mastodon tooth found 20 miles above Caneing on Ball Creek sandbar is on display in Bismarck. Weighing about 14 pounds, it suggests a herbivorous giant, estimated at around 40 feet long and 20 feet high with enormous weight, the tooth nearly as large as four horse heads.

Canen Ball Creek Bismarck Chicago

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