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Newspaper
Elkhart Observer
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1873
Page
3
Widespread town news items from Elkhart include repairs at the Elkhart House, new gas lighting at the Opera House balcony, and a widening project for the depot platform. Local figures such as Rev. S. M. Crissman, J. H. Hutchinson, and Mrs. Reynolds receive updates, while Barnum plans shows in nearby cities and a new time table and tariff changes are noted.
The writer thanks the ladies and gentlemen who aided in last week’s entertainment program. Special gratitude goes to the Silver Cornet Band for their cheerful service. Mrs. A. C. Reynolds extends sincere appreciation and lasting obligation.
The Ladies' Library Association will hold their annual meeting at six o'clock Friday evening August fifteenth in the library room at 94 Main Street. A full attendance is requested as important business will be transacted by order of the President Mrs J W Allen Secretary.
E H Keene & Son offer a large stock of parlor and chamber sets lounges beds chairs and all kinds of furniture with low prices one door north of Marvin's grocery. Gero W Best offers real estate in Elkhart including a two story brick on Pigeon street a Lake Shore house on Main street two vacant lots near the depot two frame houses on Jackson and Harrison streets and his horse and buggy.
Quail and Marvin dissolve by mutual consent. Creditors must settle immediately. Hoke and Kirk announce discount stock of clothing and new shawls. J F Curtiss Co offers white goods. Hackathorn Co runs a lunch counter at 96 Main Street for country customers. Whittlesey advertises a tonic for heart palpitations.
A Chicago style column lists Ferro-Phosperated Elixir of Calisaya touted as a tonic for loss of appetite and debility. It also promotes building lots near Cassopolis, a cheap Elkhart farm, Hoxs & Ki bakery, and Emigration to Missouri. Local notices urge settling accounts, selling carpets, and insurance options with Fish Griggs backing leading companies.
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