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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1884
Page
3
A Rochester Post Express panel quotes a baggage master blaming frequent trunk damage on hurried transfers and poorly made cases. He notes zinc trunks fail easily, leather ones fare better, and immigrant trunks with abused padlocks suffer most. Curious contents include eggs, whisky, and cartridge loads prompting explosions or odors.
Two Turkish men Juan and George Michaels were found in a Missouri Pacific freight car and jailed for trespassing. They complain of harsh American manners, recounting Jerusalem hospitality and promising to tell fellow Turks about U S police methods. They offered two rosaries to the mayor. Mohammedans, they say, are fine men.
The nine westbound express carried a Scottish lad Andrew Williams and Annie Patterson to America where they married Tuesday night in the Miners Arms Hotel on Whiteheart street. Their tale spans Aberdeen to Iowa and New York, with years of waiting and letters exchanged before a joyful union witnessed by friends and hotel staff.
An American observer details a Dieppe bath scene with mixed bathing areas for men and women. Spectators admire modest dresses while a solitary spectacular swimmer draws attention as crowds return to hotels after enjoying the sea.
A man served as a clergyman in a large town for about fifteen years before an imposture was revealed. He claimed letters of orders lost in a move, and later offered dates to reference the diocesan registry. The diocese faced legal marriages during the period, and after a conference with the Home Secretary the false clergyman was warned to leave England or face prosecution.
Rumor spreads along Long Island shore that Shinnecock light and two other lighthouses flex and swing like earthquakes. Old mariners and residents recount the scare while General James C. Duane notes such movement is possible but often exaggerated, citing Rhinnecock’s past rebuilding costs.
Duchaster recounts a vast rat catching operation near Paris where a vermin filled enclosure housing horse carcasses was cleared after entering with a torch. The piece notes royal rat catchers in George III era and Bristol board of health payments, plus famed catchers Shaw and Sahin with lucrative incomes.
A survey of the antiquities trade notes a flood of bric a brac and curios sold worldwide. Dealers in New York turn out Queen Anne furniture and faux noble relics. Paris hawks cheap bogus artwork. even Home-made mummies and Aztec relics appeal to buyers. Persian armor and Persian and European swords are forged to deceive, with modern imitations matching the look of centuries old pieces. Genuine relics now fetch high prices while many forged items flood the market, including glazed ceramics and Miles Standish muskets. Experts warn buyers to beware of modern forgeries mimicking ancient arms and armor.
A rambling column mocks the high cost and scant availability of basic water in Europe. The narrator recalls begging for ice water in hotels from Paris to Berlin, describes a costly bath in Dresden, and details a comic delegation to fetch hot water by cart and bucket, noting charges and absurdities with a wry tone.
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