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Newspaper
Elkhart Observer
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1874
Page
3
Local notes describe odd injuries, social events, theft, and court cases in Goshen. Town figures including Mrs. Lamb, Jas Sedgley, and Mrs. Collins feature beside street accidents, sleigh rides, temperance meetings, and theater plans at the Opera House.
Two women entered Mrs Bollom's store Friday afternoon for shopping. After they left, a $1.75 silk handkerchief was found missing from the display.
A brief sports item notes Saratoga Springs at Elkhart Indiana with a call at an unspecified time. No further details or outcomes are provided in the readable text.
Isaac Bucklen and Son advertise drinking water drawn directly from the Excelsior Springs at Saratoga. The water is pumped from gas tight reservoirs and delivered at the counter without added gas, claiming purity and freshness.
The day featured widespread closures and church services with a dance at the Opera House. The major event was a masquerade at Conley's Hall, a success due to ticket sales and costume designs by Jake Mish. Music and participation ensured everyone enjoyed the evening.
A correction states that last Friday night only one high school boy and a dry goods clerk with three high school girls enjoyed the first sleigh ride of the season near C. T. Greene's. The paper acknowledges the error from Wednesday's edition.
A published list records marriage licenses issued in November 1874. Named couples include Francis Fuller and Nellie Wilden, William Lloyd and Lissie Neff, Rufus Minnich and Minerva Keller, Moses Kauffman and Sarah Keerts, Frank Walters and Amanda Beckner, Daniel Smith and Emma Roth, Emanuel Cripe and Susannah Cripe, John Brown and Catharine Brown, Amos Brown and Lydia Stutsman, Aldus Bartholomew and Fanny Curtis, William Norwood and Catharine Reedy, Joseph Masmar and Rosina Emrich, G. B. Stuart and Rebecca Pletcher, Samuel Pease and Jennie Hattel, Lawrence Eisler and Sarah Osborne, Joseph Wederholt and Carrie Pepper t, John Blessing and Sarah Bliley, James Horn and Elizabeth Hostetler, Frank James and Mary Ellen Strayer, Samuel Johnson and Sarah Ulery, Nelson Rood and Hootka Blue, Charles Campbell and Carrie Cunningham, Alfred Ramsby and Lucinda Simpson, Henry Englemyer and Matilda Kauffman, Christian Chapp and Martha Hershberger, M. B. Miller and Jennie Jeffers, Jonathan Yoder and Magdelina Miller, Charles McConaughy and Ella Keith.
F B Pratt & Co plan a major wagon and carriage operation selling lumber wagons at 65 dollars, cutters at about half price, knee bob sleds at 35 dollars, open buggies 75 to 100 dollars, and closed buggies 125 to 175 dollars. They hired Ogle to repaint finished work as part of learning the business.
Thanksgiving day brought feasts and social praise with hostesses praised as elegant and delicious. The highlight was a championship seven up match at the club rooms of the young men, drawing many attendees amid the holiday bustle.
A local clash over a bet or challenge pits J. B. and G. W. against J. W. and S. G. with umpire Nash from Adrian. After hours of brisk play and crowd fervor, the winning side under a band’s march claims the prize, while observers note the scene at the city’s busy streets and corn market fluctuations.
A mass meeting of Temperance friends will be held at 2 p m on Tuesday December 29 1874 in the Goshen Court House to perfect a county organization and discuss temperance. Delegates from county organizations are requested and all supporters are invited. Committee members named include John P Hawks Mrs L Van At strive J R Marner Mrs Mary A Jackson J A Worx Mrs J O Greco C S Fring and others.
The appeal from the Brooklyn court order denying a bill of particulars in the Tilton Beecher case was argued before the New York Court of Appeals. William M. Evarts and associates spoke for Beecher, Roger A. Pryor for Tilton, and the court took the papers.
The publishers T B Peterson & Brothers announce Ivanhoe as the first volume in a new twenty six volume Cheap Edition of the Waverly Novels. Each volume costs twenty five cents or five dollars for the complete set, with all author notes and corrections. A steel engraved portrait of Sir Walter Scott is included.
An aphorism emphasizes that success hinges on advertising. It notes the world seeks honesty, and while an honest man exists, he is exposed sooner if he does not advertise. The message blends practical business warning with moral framing.
On Tuesday December 1 at the residence of C. Jeffries the ceremony was performed by Rev. J. K. Hutchison. Mr M R Miller and Miss Jennie Jeffries of Elkhart Indiana were the couple.
Notices advise that orders for abstracts of titles to any town lot or fraction of land in Elkhart county Indiana can be left with Captain O T Chamberlain or mailed to Wilson and Garnet Goshen Indiana. The ad also promotes Walker's California Vinegar Bitters claiming to purify the blood and cure diseases from impure blood.
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