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Newspaper
Elkhart Observer
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1875
Page
4
A fragmentary verse scene ponders why a woman did not confess love. Questions of pride, restraint, and nerve surface as the speaker recalls a past moment of passing glances and subtle signals. The speaker notes the absence of a proclaimed love and mentions a distant Christian Union.
The verse reflects on mortality and memory as generations pass while a star guiding to the Messiah shines briefly Then expresses hope that future generations may walk toward the Savior with the Star’s light growing brighter and reaching the world with illumination
A rural youth with business education can gain employment in mercantile work. The writer notes city ties not essential and argues country boys with ordinary ability make good bookkeepers. The piece asserts many successful businessmen began as country boys.
The article lists old time tips for emergencies and daily care. It covers methods to calm horses during fires, reduce onion tears, deter mosquitoes with pentngroyal oil, garlic washed windows to repel flies, cucumber parings to deter roaches, powdering hands with club moss, and using alum solution to keep hands cool.
In a rural village near the city a fire endangered a printing office. A volunteer tried to save type by rushing stairs but dumped the case and returned asking to fill the ore box up again as the blaze raged. The owner rejected the request with sharp words.
Three tramps sought food at William Ray’s home on the Laporte road. Mrs. Ray offered bread and butter but the intruders demanded a feast. Mr. Ray and the hired man pursued them to Levi Smith’s house where two tramps were captured and punished, the third escaping unscathed.
Reports say Judah P Benjamin, former Confederate secretary of state, now practicing law in Guildhall and Westminster, earns about £10,000 yearly. The note highlights his rapid success for an American at the English bar, soon after his first appearance there.
The article surveys frontier conflicts with the Sioux against the Crows, a lashing of lynch law, and political maneuvering in Ohio and Iowa. It notes voters, railroad speculation aims, and a Republican campaign opening in Sioux City, with Allied local notices from Indiana and Michigan events.
A Mishawaka correspondent reports a fourteenshould-be boy vanished after being sent to chase a cow by his stepfather. Neighbors describe cruel treatment and strong suspicion of foul play, with the father denying but authorities possibly to investigate. The note withholds the stepfather’s name pending further inquiry.
A fragmentary listing names city officers and officials across departments including mayor clerk treasurer marshal and chief, with scattered surnames such as Tackes Treagher Greene Snerif Miller Recorder Daily Surveyor Age air Bowen Gurman Stauffer Moury Wright Brown Manchester Bearup Campbell Gillette Campbel and McLachlan, indicating a historical record of municipal roles in the Northern Middle and Southern Districts.
A condensed list of church locations and pastors with service times across Prestyvertan Corner Second Sta Merrill parish. Includes Congregationalist Baptist Catholic Methodist Evangelical and Lutheran entries with Sunday hours and Sabbath School times.
Indiana benefits from strong local papers according to Fort Wayne Gazette and Fort Scott Monitor. Editorials praise state leaders and rural weeklies for practical knowledge, while postal clerk R K Brush’s Iowa office chart promises a nationwide postal utility boon.
Dr. F L Miles of Elkhart arrives in Dubuque reflecting on the late Grove Lighthall whose epilepsy and withdrawal led him to hide among strangers. Lighthall read German Bible and studied math and science, leaving a diary with attacks described and a note about his subdued life and studies.
Do not mortgage your homes. Farmers are urged to avoid loans and high interest. Ten percent interest would consume hard earnings and force sacrifices. Seek economy, reduce purchases, and increase home manufacturing to meet expenses without debt. Warsaw Indiana.
Writer denounces calls for more currency while noting a county loan of 40000 at 7 percent. The remark challenges inflation rhetoric and cites the Herald as a recipient of the critique.
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