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Newspaper
Elkhart Observer
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1874
Page
4
An advisor recalls the 1873 panic and ongoing policy questions about finance and the nation’s monetary system. He weighs aunt and uncle opinions on Democratic policy, speculates on specie payments, gold circulation, and investment risk amid shifting political tides.
A private letter expresses anger at Republican policies and debt schemes, laments escaped labor exploitation, and warns of southern Democratic policies. The writer contemplates banking, investing in greenbacks, and teaching freedmen while seeking political guidance from Governor Sendricks or Judge McDonald.
In a morning accident at about half past ten Postmaster Brush accidentally shot himself while trying to replace a fallen revolver. The bullet hit the sacrum and ileum area and was extracted, with Dr. Harrington reporting the wound is not dangerous. Brush is recovering at home and expected to be himself again soon. The paper will update readers daily.
A 19th century agricultural note praises beekeeping as highly profitable for women. A woman started with four hives and, after five years, refused a $1500 offer. She sold twenty two hives and 430 pounds of honey in that period while another man grew from six to fifty four colonies and produced 8000 pounds of honey. The piece urges training women in productive trades for independent livelihoods. Locomotives on the Michigan Central line will be renumbered, removing names and labeling each unit with numbers after repair.
The Topeka Commonwealth reports a dispatch stating the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe display of fruit agricultural products and minerals won the silver and bronze medals for the best railroad line exhibit at the Cincinnati Industrial Exposition.
The New York Evening Post notes a circuit of rail companies including the Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, with exhibitions prepared by Floyd, Cooper, and W. T. Kelsey. Yonkers reports a mystery about Bertha Miller after ice immersion. she shows faint heartbeats but doctors cannot revive consciousness. The child, now six days in a coffin, remains under care with no decomposition signs.
An honest blacksmith refused legal redress after a severe insult, vowing to prove his character by six months of faithful work at his forge. He believed that honest labor, courage, and a clean conscience would establish true dignity beyond lawyers or courts.
After November 15 1874 trains will depart Elkhart on the Michigan Division going east. Night Express No 3 arrives about 3 25 a.m. Way Freight and Grand Rapids service depart as listed. Mail No 2 and Michigan Accommodation No 10 run in the schedule with various departure times around early evening.
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