Office Hours and Train Schedules Listed
Schedule details show opening hours from 7 30 a m to 7 30 p m with Sunday noon to 1 00 p m. Train departures to Main Line East West Air Line and connections listed with times to Kalamazoo Grand Haven Warsaw Wabash Indianapolis St Louis and Cassopolis Adamsville and Edwardsburg. Money order and registry available from 8 00 a m to 7 30 p m. K Brush P M.
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Marts Coost
Main Line
Air Line
Qanantas
Grand Rapids
Warsaw
Wabash
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Kansas
Edwardsburg
Cassopolis
Adamsville
East
Weat Ae
BRUSH
Local Goshen Elkhart Business Ads and Notices
A scanned Elkhart Goshen page lists a variety of notices and advertisements. It includes post office timings and mail directions, local lawyers and insurance agents, a pigeon street livery stable, the Elkhart Paper Company, hotel and dining hall promotions, a traveler's rest, and multiple business card notices for attorneys, real estate, and a scale maker. The page also notes hotel pricing and director names and features.
The Little Brown House and Polly's Victory
A richly loaded Pittston narrative recalls The Little Brown House on the hill with Jemmy Annie and a loving grandfather, then shifts to Polly Lee and Bob Langton's stage romance, jealousy, and a moral test ending in Polly's steadfast devotion. Two years later Polly finds Bob again, learns Kitty's fate, and Polly offers friendship. Bob and Polly's quiet union promises a brighter future.
Centennial Exhibition Address Calls for National Unity
The United States Centennial Commission urges nationwide support for the 1876 Philadelphia International Exhibition. It outlines a fifty acre venue showcasing America’s natural resources, industry, and arts and invites global participation while stressing stock subscriptions of equal civic duty. The message closes with signatures Joston R. Hawrry, president, and Lewis Watmiller, temporary secretary.
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United States
Congress of the United States
Philadelphia
Congress of the
America
Europe
India
China
Japan
England
Fair
France
Congress
Joston R. Hawrry
Lewis Watn’Siirn
Shakespeare as Printer The Caxtonian Case
A fragmentary 19th century note argues Shakespeare earned early urban training as a printer. It cites his arrival in London and work with Field, wife of a printer’s daughter, noting Shakespeare’s four years at the presses and mastery of terms like prints and title pages.
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Shakespeare
Blades
Messrs. Treubener
London
Field
Controllier
Adhpareil
Live for something and leave a monument of virtue
An exhortation on living for lasting good and kindness that outlives fame. It notes that many lights fade without impact, while deeds of mercy and benevolence echo through hearts touched. A political line compares General Grant’s Illinois majority to Gov Oglesby’s, highlighting a larger margin.
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Heaven
Legislative Giants in Indiana Senate Revealed by Gigantic Table
The Indianapolis Journal published a table detailing the Indiana Senate members' residence, occupation, height, weight, and age, noting an average height of 5 feet 0 inches plus 6 1 2 inches and average weight about 164 pounds. It lists tallest Senator Friedley and shortest Dwiggins, with varied professions and ages, concluding the group would form a 263 foot monument if stacked.
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Indiana Senate
Messrs. Daggy, Hubbard
Rosebrough
Smith Ant Wade
Senate
Friedley
Dwiggins
Dr. Oliver
Carnahan
Vale of Tears
Mr. Daugherty
Fairbank
Methuselah
Armstrong
Indianapolis Journal
Indiana editor and Civil War brigadier general dies in Vincennes
General Kise, a Hoosier born in Hendricks County and longtime Boone county resident, died at his Vincennes home on Thursday at 11. He rose from Second Lieutenant in the Indiana Tenth in 1861 to brevet Brigadier General in 1864 and later edited the Boone County Pioneer and the Sun. He leaves a wife and one child and will be buried today at 11 A. M. in Lebanon’s new cemetery.
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Dickens
Senator Morton
O.P. Morton
Cuarruan
General Terrell
David Garland Rose
Terrell
Washington
Army
Indiana
United States
Morton
Vincennes
Kise
Hendricks County
Boone County
Indiana Tenth
Pioneer
The
Sun
New Cemetery
Lebanon
The Man Who Set Up The Star Spangled Banner History
Remarks urge mental discipline and continuous effort to rise among earnest men. The piece recalls Samuel Sands printing Key's Star Spangled Banner in the Baltimore American and notes his role as editor of the American Farmer. It mentions John Skinner delivering the MS after Fort McHenry and a later reveal of Key as author. Also notes ships Samuel Latrabees and Lanérobst lost at sea.
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Baltimore American
Francis ‘Scott
Key
Samuel Sands
John
Skinner
Fort McHenry
Sands
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Elkhart
Main Street
Ace
Molloy & Billings
Esac Bashbostannge
A. M. Tucker
Tees
W. H. Veramon
John W. Hybert
Peewee
Neern
Wim. Waugh
Northern District
A.P. Wright
P. C. Messick
Southern
E.D. Irwin
Marshal
J. H. Hutchison
Rane
A. R. Beardsley
Eames
B. W. Miller
R. D. Braden
J.D. Devor
J. H. Butterfield
J. Arisman
F. L. Collins
Scuool
Aston Work
B.F. Stephens
B. D. Sherwood
Townsutt
James F. Curtiss
Ciurches
PresprTeRiax
Kane Lodge
E. Neswander
Weet Saeeree J.W. James
MS. Spangler
Lazarus Lodge
Worthy
Templar
J.P. Spencer
Elizabeth Parker
Terete
Charles Carrer
Dower Tee
Dla Parker
Twee May Collins
Peasere Cynthia Oakes
Pete Peep
Mary Straten
Mziry Wines
Uty
E. I. Willard
Good Samaritan Lodge
D. Foster
Hustin
Jemima Akieman
J. R. Thimehart
Er. Jenkine
Amelia Harris
F.turner
Worthy Marshal
J. W. Stair
Erenees
Emma Isrewbaker
Belle Shick
Halle Smith
Worthy Leith
Bee
Malisa James
Neal
A. Ariaman
Postoffice Directory
Elkhart, Ind
RB. &. Smytm, Atr AT Law
Ascall’s
Main and
Market Streets
Goshen
R. K. Brush
Nelson Jox
Pigeon St
Main
Ind
A. D. Brown
Eneral
Main St
Shuey & van Fleet
First National Bank
Geo. W. Best
Opera House
Elkhart Paper Company
J. R. Beardsley
Joan Coox
Treas
B. L. Davenport
Elkhart House
Wickewire
Jackson and
Second Streets
Postoffice
J.D. Tyler
J. N. Hannaford
Pigeon
High
Fourth
High Streets
Clifton House
H Clark
Jackson Streets
Elkhert
Sensor
Ches
Shore House
W. Nichols
Crosening
Rilroad
Jonny Coox
Cashier
Pinta National Bank
Main and Jackson
Bts
Ciiton House
B. le Gareneine
J. Be Beard
Eureka Scale CO
BO Cortlandt
Little Brown House
Jemmy
Annie
Little Annie
Polly
Pittston
Kitty Bessom
National Hall
Columbia
Deacon Simpson
Aunt Methan
Bob Langton
Kitty
Dibby
Bob
Polly Lee
Caleb
Olly
Lee
Melton
Tsay
Tom Bessom
honor_ bright
Tom
William
Sonny
Mammy
Will
Miss Kitty
Hever
Mr. Loyd
Little Polly
Katy Bessom
Mr. Langton
Harry
Willy
Kitty Langton
Indianapolis Journal of
W. H. H. Terrell
Buck” Terrell
Buck
Les Betwen
Academy of Music
Messrs
Hoosier
George W. Friedley
W. K. Edwards
House of Representatives
Charles M. Walker
Major Simpson
Sentinel
Journal
W.S. Lingle
Lafayette Courier
James A. Ekin
Halifax’. Bay
Ibane
Fikin
Tiny
Tim
United States Centennial Commission
Grant
Illinois
Wasis
Oglesby
Legislative
Reuben C. Kise
Samuel
Latrabees
Bremen
Lanérobst
Baltimore
Belfast
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