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Newspaper
Elkhart Observer
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1872
Page
2
The Inter Ocean expands to ten columns and drops its supplement. Proprietor Mr Scammon adds a Sunday issue, whose first number appeared on the Ist of the month, amid strong public demand and marked success.
The Boston Advertiser reprinted by Capt. Joseph Taylor of Orleans Mass argues the great fire caused immense wealth loss yet should not deter Boston. The editorial praises fiscal optimism and political stability under Grant’s re election, urging prompt action to recover and endure potential future shocks.
The article lauds Horace Greeley’s career from printer apprentice to editor and public figure, noting his immense influence, relentless work ethic, and enduring legacy despite political defeats. It also discusses railroad aid in LaGrange and Huntington, urging public support and highlighting potential regional benefits from a New York and Chicago Air Line Railroad.
The text praises Republican members for reelecting Senator Morton andActive work in both Houses after preliminaries. It notes only one recess for Thanksgiving and commends Senator Beardsley and Representative Thompson for vigilance. Elkhart County residents will be pleased with the session’s outcome.
The article notes General Meade's addresses to his troops, praising their intelligence and valor. It credits Meade with understanding the soldiers' mettle and appealing to their best qualities to spur action and discipline.
Dedicatory exercises of the Presbyterian church will be held next Sunday at ten thirty in the morning. Eminent clergymen are expected to attend from abroad and participate in the service.
Washington correspondence from November describes Congress prepping for the next session with lawmakers in the capital, debates over civil service reform and competitive exams, and a socially active winter crowd. It notes proposed postal telegraph unification, debt refunding, and border security, alongside a brisk cultural scene and the city’s evolution from the old “City of Magnificent Distances.”
The official returns detail Grant and Greeley tallies across Tennessee Alabama Kentucky New York and Indiana with majorities and margins. New York reports Grant 440 746 Greeley 387 221 while Indiana shows a Grant majority around 23 000 and several counties listed with minor or sizable margins.
The Cassopolis Democrat notes the enlargement of the paper and praises J W Baker editor of the Whitley County Commercial Columbia city as a candidate for Director of the Northern State Prison. It urges legislative action to reward editors for their work.
The South Bend Register thanks Philip Crull a generous farmer and long time subscriber for a fine turkey for the Thanksgiving dinner. Crull, once in this county, moved to Elkhart County and earned local popularity. He was elected Real Estate Appraiser not County Commissioner, a compliment to a worthy citizen in a Democratic township.
Bail for Woodhull and Claflin is reduced to 2500 dollars each and they have been liberated.
The Pennsylvanial Railway Company claims a new through route from the State line to Burlington Iowa, with various local items including Hattie C Root’s promotion in the Treasury, Cassopolis sleigh rides, Kalamazoo lecture schedule, Pike County coal depths, and obituaries in St Joseph and Warsaw areas. The report lists multiple regional events, lectures, public notices, and society news from Cassopolis, St Joseph, Mishawaka, and Kosciusko counties.
South Bend features boast fine homes led by Dr Davenport and Elkhart, a Lincoln block, and Studebaker’s vast wagon works. Jailholds Joseph Turnock over ballot ties. six hundred houses rise in a year. Beach’s paper mill aims seven tons daily. Also noted are a railway fire loss, political hopes, and local letters praising Elkhart’s Observer.
A Goshen Democrat editorial laments and questions the long held blame of women for major catastrophes from Ireland to Troy and Adam’s fall, noting a woman’s hand in the bound volume representing the paper’s corps editorial and triggering renewed disgust toward the sex.
Proceedings of Town Trustees held Monday November 23 with Braden Butterfield Arisman and Devor discussing town interests. Advertisement notes Whittlesey for Sour Stomach and G E Adamson’s jewelry stock next to Clifton House on Main Street.
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