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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1884
Page
4
In a local notice readers are urged that solid comfort for all forms of Scrofu te can be realized by those suffering if they take Hood's Barsaparilla and be cured, phrased as a promotional claim in the latest locals column.
An 19th century advertisement urges mothers to relieve crying from teething babies with Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup. It claims to cure dysentery and diarrhoea, regulate the stomach and bowels, ease gum inflammation, and energize the system. Sold by druggists worldwide for 25 cents a bottle.
Marshall Michigan company promotes Electro Voltaic Belt and other electric appliances for nervous debility, rheumatism, neuralgia, and related conditions. Guarantees restoration of health and vigor with a 30 day trial, no risk. Send for illustrated pamphlet.
Soto Wheelers Tensorial Parlors on Center Street near the post office offers shaving, hairdressing, shampooing and ladies hairdressing with three chairs. Wheeler Bros. operates a barber shop on Center Street selling cigars. James sells poultry oysters meats and lard products. Sniloh’s Vitalizer guarantee promised for liver and dyspepsia, sold by Lyon Bros. and J. Harper.
Hamilton's Coal Yard features coal products including shingles, lath, cedar and chestnut posts with assorted building materials. Shilohs Catarrh Remedy advertised with a free nasal injector priced 59 cents, sold by Lyon Bros and J Harper. Barber services advertised by Wheeler Bros with trim of bangs and perfumes priced 3 and 36 cents. Fort Wayne-Saginaw game noted with Saginaw pitcher Clarkson throwing nine pitches in two innings. Newspai
A jumble of short items from Dunkirk and nearby towns covers political rallies, personnel changes, and social happenings. Highlights include Republican activity at Laona, portraits and lithographs at party HQ, and local notices on residents, travels, and a new disease term arising from a French physician.
Reports from LeRoy and nearby areas include a Butler cluster in Vicinity Haps, a new Geneva sieve works fact, Sorrow fair opening, St Marks church pastor search, hop picking near De Roy, and Cleveland and Hendricks club dissolution in Forestville. Also listed are tax on selling in Silverlake, Angelica Farmers club, Wyoming prohibitionists meeting in Warsaw on the 15th, and a son of Dennis Collins killed by a train in Elmira. General cold across the northwest, Rome Catholic day sports in Rochester, arrest of Mohawk Valley Democrat editor for arson, Grand Island harvest picnic on September 10, Henry Baker named postal clerk and leaving for Washington, 220 damage claim by Jake Sauter, Kingston plumber losing a valuable diamond on Clinton Avenue, and Mayor Binks catching a 300-pound shark at Fire Island with homecoming delayed to week’s end.
A flood of small items from Warren to Angelica details local happenings. Reports include a village electricity assessment for Rochester lighting, stock sales, court calendars, library reopening in Warren, and a cross section of incidents such as chicken thefts, railroad curiosity, and a long-awaited return home of L. B. Thomas from Angelica after twenty years abroad.
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