Elkhart News Snapshots and Local Life Notes
A dense column of items reports on insurance exhibits, legal cases, social events, new offices by Pratt and Co and Maxon Palmater, church activities, theater dates at Brodrick’s, wood and coal prices, railroad timetables, and tax impact analyses for Elk hart residents. Includes notes on the Lake Shore Railroad, January gatherings, and local commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorman & Thorp
Brodrick
Elkhart
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad
Furniture Company
Main Street
Jackson Street
Presbyterian Church
JF. B. .Pratt
List of letters remaining in the Elkhart postoffice
The Elkhart Indiana post office advertises unclaimed mail as of December 4 1872 listing names including Albright Chas Kelly Mar Arthur John Landen Oliver Barnhorse Geo Landes Cornelius Byers Malinda A Miller Misa Ada Baker and many others with notices about undelivered letters and required action by applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
Ind
Albright
Chas Kelly Mar Arthur John Landen
Oliver Barnhorse
Geo Landes
Cornelius Byers
Malinda
A Miller
Misa Ada Baker
John‘h - Mills
Benj. Barnes Wat
Manning
Hag
Mellinger Houeperiek
Sarah Mitchell
Josiah Clark
L Miller
Jonathan Crawford
J S McQuiston
Lucy Coe
J Miller
Margaret Cook
L Wyson
Olive Detwller
Newell Patrick Eaton
Abram Pierce
Mary Evans
Adelia Roper
Eno
Joseph ‘ Riley
Elkhart residents mocked for backing biased paper attack
A harsh local critique denounces Elkhart business leaders for praising a daily paper while belittling nearby South Bend and Laporte. The writer recalls past accusations against those leaders and accuses them of hypocrisy, manipulation, and hypocrisy in pursuing local enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
South Bend
Laporte
Scalawag
Reub. Williams
America
Kosciusko Co
Epizootic Slows Goshen Business as Fuel Costs Rise
Goshen reports severe cold and fuel shortages impact multiple industries. A load of stove wood reached seven dollars as merchants faced empty sheds and empty streets. The South Bend Union notes public schools closed for lack of fuel, reflecting the regional supply strain and the MSRR line running through the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen
South Bend
Goshen Life News Briefs and Local Notices
Goshen reports church schools with 150 members each and Thanksgiving services. Local commerce lists shops, printing offices, press, and 16 taverns. Weather, railroad talks, death of Horace Greeley, and Masonic resolutions mark a busy week with marriages and a Toledo child’s funeral noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Vannuys
Ed. Hawks
Stanley
Jacob Hahn
Presbyterian
Episcopal
Martindale
Goshen
Starr’s
R. R
Winter
Horace Greeley
Mr. Stanley
Baptist Church
W. A. Woods
Col. Johnson
Indianapolis
Proctor
Warsaw
Mitchell
Osborne
South Bend
Haymond
Blake
van Long
Land Transfers In Elkhart Goshen Areas Reported
Mary E Fulkerson and husband to Eliza A Yeoman and Geo C Compton 140 acres in township 38 for 1000. Norman H Strong and wife to Samuel S Strong 4 acres 36 rods in Strong s Riverside addition Elkhart for 1000. Jacob Shupert to Ludwig Mast west part of outlet 48 Elkhart 700. Samuel S Strong and wife to Catharine Keehler 1 acre in township 37 500. Jacob Cristner to Christian J Freyer 100 acres in township 36 6500. Dan l Haverstuck to Fanny Shaefer parcel in original Goshen plat 2000. Jacob Carlton and wife to Josiah Rush half interest in 16 34 acres township 27 and half interest in 2 19 100 acres same township and whole interest in island north of land 300. Jacob C Cripe and wife to Adam Cripe 20 acres in township 39 150.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman H. Strong
Samuel S. Strong
Strong
Elkhart
Jacob Shupert
Ludwig Mast
Outlet
Catharine Keehler
Jacob Cristner
Christian J. Freyer
Dan’l Haverstuck
Fanny Shaefer
Goshen
Jacob Carlton
Josiah Rush
Jacob C. Cripe
Adam Cripe
Elkhart Market Corrected Weekly Prices List
Corrected weekly market list from Hackathorn & Co. covering groceries provisions and stock including apples beans butter cornmeal cattle eggs lard pork poultry potatoes salt tallow wool wheat flour and lumber items with per unit prices and quantities, compiled for local buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxon, Parmater & Co
Studdin
Juniper Tar Soap and Cod Liver Oil Advertisements
In this period text, Caswell Hazard & Co. promote Juniper Tar Soap for curing chapped skin and other cutaneous issues. They also tout Hazard & Cresswell's Pure Cod Liver Oil as superior, noting its sea shore origin and preference by patients and physicians. Additional items include Milliner Jas Miller of Elkhart, a yearling steel ad, Meader's new goods, and Hackathorn Co. bakery claims of quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caswell,Hazard & Co
New York
Hazard & Cresswell’s
Caswell, Hazard & Co
Eye and Ear Specialists Open Rooms in Elkhart
Doctors Richardson and Johnson, eye and ear specialists, take rooms at the Elkhart House until the 15th to treat eye and ear diseases and other chronic illnesses. They offer free consultation, painless artificial eyes, and promise quick relief with new remedies. Also promote Missouri Pacific trains and local lunch counter offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drs
Richardson & Johnson
Elkhart
Also Mentioned on This Page
F. B. Pratt & Co
Squire Fish
F. Shuey
Work
Huntington Herald
Maxon, Palmater & Co
Ball & Co
Epizootic
Observer Office
Presbyterian Sabbath
Presbyterian Sociable
Lawyer Best
Wood
R. Beardsley
Herrick
B. F. Stephens
B. F. Brown
Clifton House
Ocean House
West Madison
Desplaines Streets
Chicago
J. F. Curtis& Co
Board of Trustees
Chas. Kite
Railroad Street
Hannaford
Rhodes
Elkhart Aid Society
Dr. Frink
M. F. Shuey
The
Observer
Billings
Ls.&ms
C.W
M. R.R
Jennie
Elkhart & Lake Michigan
R. Evirors
Evkuart Observer
Elkhart & Lake Michigan Railroad
Elkhart Corporation
First National Bank
Lake Shore & M. S
A. M. Tucker
Bimprickhouse, Vermillion Co
Welburn
Otto
Ko State
RE. _ BRUSH
P, M
Kane Lodge
William H. Kennard
Wuerens
Brother Kennard
Grand Lodge
J. G. Biddle
Reugen Fry
Crista Srave
County
Toledo
Hey
Caroline Clark
Geo. K. Hoke
Grace Lawn Cemetery
Mary E. Fulkerson
Eliza A. Yeoman
Geo. C. Compton
Elkhart Market
Hackathorn & Co
Grocers
Whittlesey
Menses
St. Joseph
Jas. Miller
John Follmar
Meader’s
C. W. Fish
Messrs
Thals
Hackathorn and Co
Billious
Missouri Pacific Railroad
St. Louis
Kansas City
West
Fort Scott
Parsons
Lawrence
Leavenworth
Atchison
Nebraska City
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Bates, &c
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Texas
California
E. A. Ford
Gen
Mack
D. Eyer
North-Western Mutual Life Insurance Company
Milwaukee
Wis
Indiana
Isaac Bucklen & Son
S. M. Cummins
Eleeart
Indeana
Masonic Block
H.R. Parmenter
West Madison & Desplaines Lts
Brown & Parmenter
Tea Co
W. J. Meader & Co
J. Meader
W. J. Meader
Vertising
Jules Robins
Jamaica
Holland
Catawba
Irondequoit Wine Company
C. A
London
AT the
Central Prescription Drug Store
W. B. Whale
OUR
Isaac
Bucklen
Main and
Jackson Streets
Clifton, House
Isaac Bucklen
ElkHart, Ind
Elkhart County
Coun
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