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Newspaper
Elkhart Observer
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1875
Page
1
Lettice Lynde confronts hatred for her cousin Philip Lynde while Paul Hurst urges reconciliation. By the stream they linger on Lyndehurst Park as he reveals intent to win her heart, not just a name, and Lettice reveals her love in return.
The life of Rev. Celia Burleigh near Syracuse is recalled as strange and romantic. A reformer and advocate of woman suffrage, she married three times and twice divorced. Her third husband, W. H. Burleigh, was known for abolition speeches and verse. She was a Unitarian preacher whose gentle spirit softened a painful death, and friends recall her haloed appearance and spiritual beauty in May before passing.
John P. Muir, a horse doctor, boasted while drunk that he killed Tom McGehan in Hamilton Ohio. Mayor Nye telegraphed Ohio authorities, who ordered Mull held. Muir was arrested in Valparaiso by Deputy Bowen and jailed pending Ohio action. McGehan was defended by Vallandigham and acquitted amid lingering suspicion of guilt. he had led a violent life before being murdered.
Questionaire from the National Congress of Women asks Elkhart working women to mail their names and employment, reporting on wages lodging teaching science medicine ministry and other pursuits. The Sept 1 deadline aims to gauge local female participation across professions and civic roles.
A Pittsburg editor who sought nature for spiritual clarity was granted leave to retreat to the country and was struck by lightning during a robbery at an apple orchard. The incident highlights his ill-fated foray into rural crime.
Senator Morton denounces Democratic support for greenbacks while warning that restoring state banks would destroy national currency and revive a patchwork banking system. He argues Democrats oppose central national authority, favor state sovereignty, and would unleash widespread bank failures and inequities across states.
W J C of Elkhart publishes a denunciation of the South Bend School Board move to vacate the City Superintendent post arguing retrenchment harms public schools. He defends competent boards, teachers, and broader public spirit as true economy, August 11, 1875.
Early morning a man fell from a third story window in a busy business block. An elderly bystander kept quiet as witnesses and two young men nearby offer unclear explanations. A railroad worker witnessed the horror and was hospitalized in critical condition saying My God there goes a man. The doctor fears he may not recover.
The silk flag said to have been used in burying ex President Johnson carries a storied past. Captured from Rosecrans forces at Chattanooga, sent to Richmond, then seized by Wheeler's or Stone's cavalry at Saulsbury. Major Hambright of Knoxville obtained it as provost marshal, and upon learning Johnson's wish offered it to the family, who accepted.
The Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York will stage Hamlet early this winter. Edwin Booth will play Hamlet with Louis James as Laertes, John Brougham as Polonius, Charles Fisher as the Ghost, D. H. Harkins as the King, W. Davidge as the First Grave-Digger, and Miss Jeffreys Lewis as Ophelia.
Parson Brownlow argues the Republican party remains correct as Democrats shift over time. He cites changes from 1855 to 1875 and notes Democratic evolution while describing the party of 1875 as different from earlier eras.
O W Strone recounts a July to August expedition from Elkhart to Grand Rapids and Petoskey. He notes delays, rough travel by rail and water, meeting friends, camping in forests, encounters with mosquitoes and wildlife, and plans to return home after gathering information.
Friday night a freight train on the Jacksonville Branch of the Chicago and Alton ran over a man believed named Mullen at Little Piasa Creek three miles beyond Godfrey Indiana. He lay asleep on the track his head on the rail and was not seen until the train was close. His head was severed and tossed into the ditch the body carried about 200 feet along the rails and crushed to a jelly. A second report notes the Ohio and Mississippi Railway accident at Lagotee Indiana where the coroner's jury blamed the eastbound engineer and the train dispatcher may be at fault the engineer is under arrest on a murder charge.
The House of Refuge projects August expenses at six dollars. AOC Tait provides preliminary figures and notes minor adjustments may follow.
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