Probabilities Signal Station Weather Report
Partly cloudy conditions persist with local showers over the Lower Lakes area. Winds vary as temperatures and barometric pressure trend lower, with a following drop in readings at the station.
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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1884
Page
4
Partly cloudy conditions persist with local showers over the Lower Lakes area. Winds vary as temperatures and barometric pressure trend lower, with a following drop in readings at the station.
An advertisement urges readers to choose Hood's Sarsaparilla for blood purity and health, claiming superior results and urging confidence in the product. The copy targets local readers with a direct health benefit and brand endorsement.
An old advertisement promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims to relieve night crying from a sick child and to cure dysentery diarrhea colic and stomach issues. The text touts pleasant taste and cites a renowned nurse physician as endorsing the product.
Young men and older readers afflicted with nervous debility and loss of vitality are urged to apply for a thirty day trial of the Voltaic Belt Co offerings. Includes electric appliances for rheumatism neuralgia and paralysis with a risk free trial period and free illustrated pamphlet upon request. Address near postal office shop fronts and barber services noted.
Fragmented local items show diverse notices from fashion sales at Erie State, portraits of vendors on Center Street, and town affairs. Read of republicans at Ocean convention, Blaine train excursion, Dunkirk Chamber activities, and registration reminders for the town.
A garbled social column lists visits, travels, and relocations: T A J Nomis now at the Hystero and C L Baker visiting Bradford Exchange. Miss Jin Freuth to Buffalo for winter. Mrs Frank Stevens visiting friends in Corning NY. Henry Vande Vort began a western trip. T 2 Thompson and wife of Cleveland are at the eastern. C H Collin of Dunkirk at Henderson. Dwight Miner returning from summer trip. A Bloode of Breeton visiting. P Dutton of Sherman and N J Norton of Innsdale registered at Erie. S T Blakeney on a week’s layoff. Mrs Richard Mulholland and daughter back from Faulkner visit. Mrs Fancher moving from Dunkirk to Fairview PA. Mrs C J Abela visiting brother W S Dacey. Frank Light of Cleveland Sabbaths in city and plans to move his family mid October. Geo W Appleby of Watts Flats a frequent caller at the sagelum business noted.
Tim O'Donnell tried to cross at Center street but was blocked by the 2 o'clock express. The horse bolted up Third street toward Eagle, dashed into a ditch on Lark street, throwing O'Donnell. The bogey was damaged. O'Donnell suffered a strong shake but minor injuries.
A garbled set of updates from western New York reports diverse items: Lockport’s six legged cat, the Wyoming grape crop, Cherry Creek cannery opening, frost damage to winter apples, Sinclairville hotel pride, Syracuse milk fines, bank headwear in Corry, a man claiming to be Lord Chief Justice arrested in Syracuse, Wyoming County wool volume, the fatal Quarrel in Butler Pennsylvania, Jamestown oil speculation losses, Dunkirk and Jamestown mass meetings planned, Erie car shops back to full work, Randolph man Alvah Rhoadhouse killed by falling limb, Syracuse Crystal Salt plans total 13 blocks and daily output, New Orleans arrival of Union guard, anonymous donor funding a chair at Cornell, Erie railroad land purchase in Rochester and station project, district GOP conference in Olean for Congress nomination, and fishermen Pryor and Wakefield missing with Pryor’s body found.
A dispatch from James D. Warren announces that James G. Blaine will arrive Friday afternoon by special train in Dunkirk to meet Chauhauqua county friends. Posters are printed, audiences are expected, and Blaine along with other prominent men will address the crowd.
Supreme Court cases include Laurella Morris seeking 34000 for her father's killing crossing tracks of Lake Shore and Michigan Southern in 1881. Other actions cover divorces, fraud, recoveries, and verdicts, with juries and judges adjourning until Monday, Sept. and criminal indictments by the grand jury.
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