Local Notices Highlight Shop Ads and Community News
The page lists multiple business promotions from Shuey and Mochelle and Meader & Sage selling furniture dry goods and Martyn's Egyptian Lustrine with cautions to visit for bargains. It also promotes Kalamazoo Business College and various local events, notices on weather, temperance meetings, court trials, and upcoming fairs with names like Goshen Times and a Bristol Furniture Factory Company update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shuey & Mochelle
S. Meader & Sage
Martyn
Lillie Young
Flag Store
Shuey & Mochelle’s
Meader & Sage’s
Real estate listings in Elkhart area including Dunn property
Various properties for sale in Elkhart County. A corner lot with a house and barn on Washington and Second Streets, favorable terms via H K Chapman. A well equipped new house with cash exchange options near St Joseph or Benton borough. Layton farm 116 acres in Cleveland township listed at 65 dollars per acre with timber and brick house. Also a Hall's addition lot. Apply at the office or on premises to Caroline H Hanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington and
Second Streets
St Joseph
Benton Bor
Mich
Cleveland Township
Elkhart County
Edwardsburg Road
Caroline H. Hanna
Hall
Elkhart
Crusader satire sparks temperance debate in Goshen area
Local letters clash over Observer and Democrat coverage of crusaders and temperance actions. A Goshen editor denounces slander from Murray and his informants while Grangers at a picnic near Goshen witness a brief, heated exchange as Emma Molloy speaks and critics demand decorum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo
Tyler's
Stryker
Goshen
Asby
Calumet
Jackson
Nason
Elkhart
Observer
Society of the Crusaders
Goshen Democrat
The
Democrat
Murray
Judge Woods
Emma Molloy
LaGrange
Suit dispute and mill site talk dominate Bristol news
Excitement grows over the Boyer versus Hydraulic Company case as the jury visits the disputed site. Ypsilanti parties seek a flouring mill location with good capital and energy. The Episcopal Society held a peach festival at Aitken's Hall, netting about twenty five dollars, and peaches are being shipped from the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Episcopal Society
Aitken’s Hall
Observer Premium Offer Brings Yearlong Access and Book
We announce a premium deal with publishers offering the Observer for one year at $2.75 plus a valuable book worth $1.50. Read ers can secure both the subscription and the accompanying book at this special price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Observer
Auditor race questioned over disinterested oversight
Charley Murray backs C D Hinkle for Auditor while supporting Green for Treasurer. The piece warns that electing the Deputy County Treasurer as Auditor could form a corrupt ring that would leave the treasury unchecked. It questions the People's convention reaction to this proposed ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Murray
C. D. Hinkle
Hinkle
Green
Treasury
People’s Convention
Independents Oust Henderson and Mitchell from Ticket
Mr. Beecher’s statement is published and described as a strong defense. The Independents have removed Ed Henderson and Capt. Mitchell from their ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Henderson
Capt. Mitchell
Trustees Allow Bills and Hear Grading Petition
August 6 1874 board met with all members present read and approved last minutes bills paid to Amos Kahler Isaac Frame W H Shaw G M Colburn Hill Kelley Barney Markar and others. Cook and Gravit to study removal of fences on Franklin St grading Aspinwall Ave in 6th ward committee named. Board signed a 500 note to be discounted to cover expenses and ordered nuisance removal per Board of Health. Clerk W H Kyickers Bocker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos Kahler
Isaac Frame
W.H. Shaw
G. M. Colburn
Hill & Kelley
Barney
Markar
Messrs
Cook
Gravit
Franklin Street
Aspinwall Avenue
6Th Ward
Advertised Letters at Elk Hart Post Office 1874 List
A long list shows letters held for postage or to be collected at Elk Hart Indiana Post Office including Adeup A Myres Abraham Coal Melissa Newman Mary P Bissell GH Co and others. Some names marked HELD FOR POSTAGE or HELD TO A LETTER DIRECTION with instruction to call for advertised letters after one week. R K Brush Postmaster notes date August 19 1874.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
Ind
Adeup A Myres
Abraham Coal
Melissa Newman
Mary P Bissell
GH & Co
Anderson John Beinenderth
Ela Card
Anna Brannon
James Petrie
Henry Beckett Willig Paulus EJ Brot
Cora Richardson
Rachel Cracknell
Henry Roach
Patrick— Cambell
James W Reibe
Samuel Fis Franklin Rochm
Joe Engelbritzen
Kate Sprague E H Essig Sallie Stauler
Jacob Erdly
Wm Shaver
Lizzie ‘Ink
Henry Sho
Honesty in Medicine Highlighted in Ayer’s Sarsaparilla Ad
An advertisement extols Ayer’s Sarsaparilla as a genuine spring medicine and blood purifier. It claims superiority over poor imitators and asserts trial proves its effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayer
Eastern man cured of leg deformity with Johnsons Anodyne Liniment
An eastern state gentleman avoided amputation after using Johnsons Anodyne Liniment and regained a straight functional leg. The advertisement also touts Dr. H D Howes Arabian Tonic Blood Purifier to refresh blood and digestion, Rum Bitters as a bar-room remedy, and Vinegar Bitters as a vegetable alterative to energize the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
8. D. Howe
S. D. Howe
Isaac Bucklen & Son
Elkhart
Ind. Cn
D. Howe
Chambers St
New York
Wilhoft’s Anti-Periodic Fever and Ague Tonic Ad
An advertisement promotes Wilhoft’s Anti-Periodic Fever and Ague Tonic as a reliable remedy for chills fever and malaria. It claims the tonic prevents and cures malarial illness without harmful effects and urges purchase from druggists.
No Excuse for Being Sick by Boschee’s German Syrup
Advertises Boschee’s German Syrup promising immediate throat and lung relief and cure. Claims over 250000 free sample bottles distributed yearly by druggists nationwide, asserting unique testing by the manufacturer. Urges readers to ask I Bucklen and Son for a bottle at 75 cents. two doses claimed to relieve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boschee
United States
I. Bucklen & Son
G. G. Gkres
Woodbury, N. Y
Bridge Completion Opens New Rail Line to Southwest
The Boonville iron bridge completion enables expanded service between the Northeast and Southwest. Two daily Hannibal connections to the Neosho valley and two daily St. Louis to Southern Kansas trains boost traffic. Through Pullman sleeping cars run from Chicago Quincy Hannibal and St. Louis to Galveston. Contact Thomas Darwin Sedalia Mo for maps, timetables, and fares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri River
Boonville
Northeast
Great Southwest
Hannibal
Points
Great Neosho Valley
St. Louis
Kansas
Texas
Chicago
Quincy
Galveston
Missouri
Thomas Darwin
Sedalia
Commodity price list and farm staples in regional market
An old price table lists prices for butter lard tallow poultry eggs hams apples beans potatoes cornmeal feathers hides cattle grain seed hay oats and wheat. Values show per unit figures such as per pound per bushel per hundredweight per ton and per barrel, reflecting a regional market snapshot.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Business College
Kalamazoo,Mich
Journal
Meader & Sage
E. H. Keene & Son
Main St
Chamberlain
Round Town
W. H. Quaife
Carlton
Dentistry
Warburton
Congregational
San Francisco
Sacramento
Inter-Ocean
Seeley
F. W. Heald
Mishawaka
Osceola
Adamsville
Carpenter
Elroy
Sweet
Miles
Sherwood’s
Hank Burger
Europe
J. Shackman
Cleveland
Buffalo
Rochester
Troy
Boston
Philadelphia
High Street
North
Dramatic Association
Asa Dennison
Lafayette
Fort Wayne
Attica
Sportsmens’ Association
J. W. Seaman
Wakarusa
Michael Dolan
Wolf & Steiner
Funk
G. E. French
Wolf & Steiner’s
Egypt
Col. Thos. Knox
Manhattan
Boston Times
Kaskel
Wood
Jos. Ebright
Ft. Wayne
Allen County Agricultural and Horticultural Society
Dorland & Brown
Laport
Atchison
Petit
Wabash
Goshen Times
Chas. Burhans
M. F. Shuey
Chas. Shuey
Shuey
Main and
Jackson Street
Dr. Cummins
Harris
Hank Clark
Main
Jackson Streets
Times
Silver City
Nevada
Frank Kenyon
Hedden
Little & Forward
St. George’s Cricket Club
St. George’s Club
Toledo
S. B. Romaine
Bristol Furniture Factory Company
S. Q. Bos
Trustees’ Proceedings
Saratoga Springs
Elkhart, Ind
Saratoga
Sheridan
Youne Hyson
Japan
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
Elkhart Market
Ss. D. Howl
South America
Joseph T. Inman
Station D. Bible House
New York City
Jake Mish
Main Street
Grenadines
Percales
SS Vele
Viqborias
Lawves
Hamburg
A. R. Beardsley
L Bugelen & Sons
Bodouonm
Star Millinery
John W. Masary
R. R
Variety Store
Jackson St
N. Freedman
ST. Louis Lead and Oil Co’s
T. Bigelow
Iamond
James A. Lawson
Fuller
W. Warren & CO
Kroy
J.J. Burns & Co
Davis, Chambers & CO
S. J.H. Morley & CO
White Lead & Oil CO
Suez
Isaac Bucklen
N. E. Cor
Main & Jackson Streets
Ladies’ Bazaar
Elkhart, End
J. J. Burns
Main ‘Street
Dewey
Galland
Sherwood
Croquet
Papers & Magazines
Misce
Pocket Books
Har
Matinst
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