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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1884
Page
4
Readable fragments describe a poetical station of bodies and singing at A Wheeler’s Barber Sleep Cellar Street. The text mentions burial rites and a peacetime service in a small local setting with unclear names or dates.
Mr and Mrs Geo P Isham have returned from a visit to Chicago and enjoyed their trip. Twenty one members of the Emma Abbott Company had breakfast at the Erie Hotel this morning before continuing to Bradford.
The M E Conference presents a long list of facial appointments across towns including Jamestown district with names such as Borland Stocker Corry Cherry Creek Corneille Yarendun Parnsworth and others. The report notes several local churches and ministers assigned to various charges in Cattaraugus Erie and surrounding areas.
A scattered set of notes details health, crime, events, and curiosities in the region. Bradford reports diphtheria cases, a court monument in Randulph cemetery is noted, and roller skating interest in Jamestown is mentioned. Erie and Canandaigua incidents, a new rink-focused newspaper, and a centenarian’s birthday are among mixed community tidbits.
A jumble of names and places notes corrections for Master Clydy Payne of Burnhams New York and mentions Drs Rood and Putnam in a Griswold case. It also records social visits, a house painting by Dell Wait, Dr Blackman passing through to see a sick relative, improvements at Cashman Tock by Nickerson Bros, and a banner displayed at the Phillipa House.
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