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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1883
Page
4
Local court proceedings drag slowly as Warren judges fill gaps left by the absent district attorney. In Dunkirk a new Tabernacle Baptist Church forms with 28 residents uniting. civic life notes include a funeral with GAR honors, a Grand Lodge visitation, and multiple social and business updates across Warren and surrounding towns.
The Baptist missionary convention of the State of New York begins its tenth annual meeting at Prospect Avenue Baptist Church Buffalo with Rev. I. W. Chivers as pastor. The body includes about 635 settled pastors and 113,560 members. Each church may elect a delegate. A grand dinner is planned at Bartala.
Albany reports adjournment of the bribery case due to Judge Osborn's illness. Chester York of Versailles N Y was arraigned on liquor selling charges before Commissioner Fitzgerald. A letter from Emlenion contradicts a Meadville tale about digs in Moore Ravine. Notes mark deaths of Ramay Brownell Ellery and Hanchell a pensioner from 1812 era. Ranney Me anelhi, a young man, died leaving a grieving family and a widowed mother.
Week ending October 16 1883 proceedings list multiple estates admitted to probate and letters testamentary or guardianship. Executors named include Levant Nichols John Northrop Esther Winslow Charles Parks Maria Parks Mary Moon John Adams Varanes Page. Guardianships granted for Thusneida Smith Harriet VanWormer Alice M Smith and others. Decrees issued on discharges and judicial settlements with several legacies disputed and lapsed.
The American Astronomical Society held its first fall meeting at the Packer Institute. Members elected included women noted for scientific attainments. Discussions covered lunar changes including sinking craters, possible moonquakes, and temperatures causing expansion and contraction. Professors debated whether newly discovered vapor and a 1872 comet are related, with mixed opinions on solar heating effects and lunar geology.
A parable from Philadelphia contrasts two workers who each pursue a daily practice for months. One builds a wood shaping machine, secures a patent, and rises from a tenement to a mansion. The other trains a dog to dance while earning his old wage, lamenting unequal outcomes. Leisure minutes yield results depending on focus.
Trade notices list Masonic and other fraternal lodge stock for sale, a Rochester lithographer mention, Akron sewer pipe offered, Dunkirk knitting mill goods closed out at deep discounts, Buffalo One Price Clothing promotes warm wear, Molarovs city drug store carries Glow2 and Speer's Port Grape Wine, and Speer’s Yard grape wine advertised for invalids and aged.
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