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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1883
Page
4
A letter urges against punishing Commissioner McCrosby for actions ordered by the council, arguing restraint and justice. It discusses Dunkirk capitalists supporting local development, the influence of money in politics, and a Chicago farmer’s forecast of a record corn crop amid scattered frost concerns across states.
A fragmented editorial collage cites misattributions and political commentary from 19th century papers. It references J. D. Ithodes in Salamanca, poultry and oyster trade notes, and partisan debates over Gen. Butler and Corbett, plus local district attorney race chatter around Jamestown and Chautauqua County.
Ainambra Chitallon owner George W. Jewett of Faesville reported a horse named Pleo, valued at $4,000, ran away during exercise last night and sustained serious injuries. The incident occurred ahead of a planned State Fair exhibit on September 3.
The portable sawmill of Irwin and West exploded Friday in Georgetown. Owners Newton Invin and Joseph West were killed. Employee Richart Steele was badly wounded. Further details were unavailable.
The market wires show dull trading across grains and provisions with prices slipping for wheat and pork notes. Premiums hold on prime steam and certain futures remain steady while cattle and sheep trade shows only modest shifts in demand.
England court circles worry over Queen Victoria illness tied to kidneys. The ad touts Dr. Fenner products including Kidney and Back Ache Cure and Fenners soothing syrup, cap itol bitters, salt rheum ointment, blood and liver pills as universal remedies with testimonials.
The line advertises the only running Pullman sleeping and dining cars between New York and Chicago with solid steel rails Westinghouse air brakes gas lighting and Miller safety platform. It markets three routes the Solid Pullman via Salamanca to Chicago the Chicago & Atkinite route and the Niagara Falls route via Buffalo and Grand Trunk with a New York to St Louis express and notes extra charges for faster service. Equipment and train rates are advertised with several routes and connections highlighted.
A fragmented OCR shows rail and motor lines with arrival and departure times. Routes include Salamanca to Little Valley Carrollton and Wellsville with multiple stops such as Sheridan Famine Smiths Mills Perrysburg Dayton and Dunkirk, noting Sundays and Mondays exceptions and westward trains with varying schedules.
Fragmentary timetable notes indicate Bradford Branch trains westward from Carrollton with stops at Lime Stone Kendall and Bradford, arriving around early morning hours. The text mentions Sundays operation and various station stops in unclear, damaged form, referencing other locations and times.
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