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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1884
Page
4
Latest Locals notes health claims endorse Hood's Sarsaparilla for purer blood. Advertisers assert the product yields best results for health conscious readers seeking vitality and well being.
Disturbing night cries from a teething child prompt promotion of Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children Teething. Advert shows claims to relieve pain dysentery diarrhoea and colic and to calm and restore energy, with price 20 cents per bottle and widespread sale through grocers and physicians.
An 19th century ad informs readers Voltaic Belt Co of Marsall Michigan offers a thirty day trial of the Electro Voltaic Belt and other electric appliances for nervous debility vitality and various ailments. It promotes complete restoration to health with manhood guaranteed and notes additional services at A Wheeler’s barber shop Center Street. It also lists assorted trades and products including poultry meats coal wood and building supplies.
A collage of clipped notices and ads runs through the Erie area. Items mention fashion events, millinery sales, Knights of St George meetings, elopement rumors, weather notes, watches repair, and a parade of shop slogans. The scatter presents a snapshot of local commerce and social life.
Personal mentions from Dunkirk and surrounding towns record visits and registrations at local hotels, a barber opening, a death and a coroner inquiry, a charity handkerchief drawing, and a failing local Democratic newspaper facing suspension without funds. Names include Hunt, Forman, Billings, Sperry, Clark, Krieger, Fish, Willians, Bowen, Drake, and Burdick among others.
Preparations for the Blaine reception in Buffalo on Thursday include chartered B N Y P R trains with 74 cent round trips. Crowds from Fredonia Forestville Silver Creek and Laona join 10 cars if needed. Public urged Plumed Knights to attend and hear the candidate speak.
General Order directs Dunkirk and Brooks Division Planned Knights to report at 8 pm tonight at Columbus Hall. Only members may enter as the group, led by OC H Sirrstax, plans a key discussion on receiving Presidential candidate James G Blaine. Nearby Syracuse hosts Logan and Hendrix clubs as context.
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