09 Dec 1874
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Newspaper
Elkhart Observer
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1874
Page
1
A long fragment blends a dramatic spoken tale about a “red nosed” bummer and high stakes card play with a dense display of Elkhart Public Schools honor rolls for November 28, 1874. The mix includes vivid dialog, moral musings on names, and extensive student abbreviations and averages across grades.
Mrs. L H Stone of Kalamazoo proposes leading another group of young girls through Europe to study history literature art architecture and language. Her previous company was praised and drew favorable notices nationwide.
A wag asks for a trotting match and the grocer hands him a box of pills. Farmers are advised to shelter cattle left out overnight as cold nights reduce milk and harm young calves. cows in milk and calves should be housed early for protection.
A reader recalls a gentleman’s method to estimate a horse’s age after nine years. Each year after nine adds a wrinkle at the upper eyelid corner, giving age as nine plus the wrinkle count. For example twelve years old if three wrinkles, thirteen with four. If true, it would end horse dentistry.
The passage explains a method to read upcoming weather by watching small clouds. If a cloud shrinks and vanishes, fair conditions follow. if it grows, prepare for cold or rain. It ties cloud behavior to atmospheric electricity and showers, noting cloud aggregation signals rain while dispersal signals clearing skies.
In Curiaco on November 4 markets were quiet with softer prices. No 2 spring wheat settled at 90 1 4 cents for seller December and 91 1 4 cents for January. No 2 corn at 74 cents seller December and No 2 oats at 53 cents seller January. Mess pork opened at 20.70 for February and closed at 20.55.
New York reports the long pending strike in Trenton New Jersey potteries as Yates Benedict & Allen and J Moss close. Employers offer winter work with a ten percent wage cut, which the employers refuse. Employees move individually rather than as a coordinated action.
The insurgents led by General Mitre withdraw to the south and send a peace offer to the government. The government shows willingness to consider conditions, but no final settlement has been reported. No reliable details on a recent battle are available from Rio Jaximo.
Paris reports show Republican party organs view the message to the Assembly as directed at the legitimists, while Conservative papers see it aimed at the radicals. The public generally appears impressed by the message.
The early life of Goldsmith Maid, born 1857 in Wantage Township New York, shows a wayward colt turned famed racer. She first raced on farms as a barefoot field rival, broke barriers with monthly treks, changed owners for $260 to $360 and $600, and finally rose to fame under driver Bud Doble with historic 2:16 3-4 times at Mystic Park and Milwaukee.
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