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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1883
Page
4
Irregular meetings and town news report Ernoot Hedtacker plans a grand opening for Corner Sthawl Lin next Monday with a full line of new imported goods. Local officials and merchants will meet Wednesday evening to settle estate matters and promote the new stock and library ad for two forty nine.
The Dunkirk Rink Company leased the Dunkirk skating rink to Ed McDonell manager of the Pittsburg rink and proprietor of the Chautauqua Lake rink. Annual rental is $600. He plans to move his family to the city.
Readers note a tide of personal mentions including travel to New York and Boston, with locals returning to school and family visits. The document lists names from Sinclairville to Buffalo, updates on congregational visits, summer departures, and a Republican convention notice for the Second Assembly District to be held in Sinclairville, September 24, 1885.
The Ring of the Sawdust Realm reports Adam Forepaugh’s three ring circus and menagerie drawing thousands as twenty five trained elephants and a rapid sequence of acts showcase the show’s grandeur. Amid the day’s notes also mention a German youth’s suicide, a cable author’s praise, a novel feature in a magazine, a track accident involving Madalena Hebla, and Ohio court action upholding a telephone company removing a subscriber’s instrument from wires.
The regular Board of Education meeting last evening had full attendance. Minutes were read, and warrants approved for several employees including Schalfer Maloney Van Suren and Roughton. Miss Shippey resigns as principal of Academic department. J B Sue seeks vindication of abilities. Discussion over textbook renewal and changes to school opens, with Controversy over Lands proposal and tax returns for 1881 1882 noted. Several ads and local notices appear amid the minutes.
Resolutions honor a respected sister and long-time worker, praising her dedication and virtues. Jamestown legal partners form Lockwood & Shaw. Poland selects a Republican supervisor after a death. Canvassing for a street telephone project continues in Jamestown. A $10,000 damages suit is filed in Jamestown. Saloonkeeper Kate opens a new modern hotel. Corry resident Starbird faces federal charges. detectives pursue his mail robbery case with a $1,000 reward.
Advertises Shi lor remedies for coughs digestion and appetite by Light and Harper. Features Shi lot's Porous Plaster and Shilons products with claims to cure consumption and constipation. Prices range 19 and 75 cents per bottle and 25 cents for plaster.
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