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Newspaper
Elkhart Observer
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1873
Page
3
Dr. Palmiter is well again and a ten hour day runs at the machine shop. Weddings, lectures, a Christmas Tree Dance, and new boilers at local factories fill December social life. Shipping, carpentry, and a new prohibition push are seen alongside a fatal typhoid note and a jury trial in Goshen.
Hold out for Christmas shopping until the Methodist Fair at Baldwin's New Storeroom December 18 19 and 20 offers carpeting bed quilts sewn items pen cushions and other useful and ornamental articles at low prices next to Walley Carter.
The article lauds a student lecture committee for organizing a season of lectures. It commends their taste in speakers and argues that cultivating literature benefits the public, calling the committee public benefactors for their courage facing discouragements.
A grand gift sale under Mrs. C. J. Hogue will be held on Wednesday, December 24, at a location to be announced. Prizes include a seven octave piano, piano stool, piano cover, bureau, side saddle, silver watch, washstand, grain cradle, steel plate engraving, and cord stove wood. Tickets are $2 and available at Truby's Sherwood's B. F. & A. Stephens and the official office. No blanks will be used.
Notice states a dark bay mare broke away from a subscriber on December 5, 1873 at 7 30 p m. She is S years old about 15 hands high with a small white star on the forehead and hind foot white to the fetlock, wearing a halter and rope tie-strap. Information leading to her whereabouts will be rewarded. D Brennan Elkhart December 10.
The Elkhart Observer contends its advertising patronage crowds columns, making it necessary to adjust space usage. Warsaw Indiana.
A long list of names appears in the Elkhart Indiana post office notices for letters marked Advertised Letters. Recipients must call for letters and provide the date. Letters remain in office for one week before release.
Local notice announces a seven room house for rent with inquiry directed to Bucklen's drug store. It also advertises holiday presents from Meader and Sage as suitable gifts.
F Hunt Co offers the largest stock of dry goods in Northern Indiana at low prices Meader Sage present a broad assortment of useful Holiday presents through the season.
All persons to whom I am indebted, and all knowing themselves indebted to me, are requested to call and settle between now and January 1. Lin2 S. M. Cranrrys. For sale, a fine lot in Hall's 3rd addition to Elkhart. Enquire at this office for terms.
Sale notice notes markdowns on boots and shoes at Meader and Sage’s store. Limited stock, discount details, and mention of seasonal clearance. Local shoppers urged to visit for price cuts and selection.
The piece argues that people troubled by spring dullness or yearly sluggishness could improve with Ayer sarsaparilla to purge the bile, promising clearer heads and better neighbors in daily life.
Marked down at Meader and Sage's 100 Main Street. Hayward's Black Salve advertised as a cure for old ulcers fever sores bruises burns and other healable conditions. Available at drug stores or at No 24 Jackson Street opposite the post office.
Johnny Richley advertises a spacious and convenient house for rent near the depot. It invites first class tenants and promises cheap rental terms for a desirable living space in the city.
One of the best finished residences in Elkhart with three lots in one enclosure featuring convenient outhouses a well a cistern and a fine variety of small fruits. Ideal home for a buyer. Inquire of O H Mary.
A collection of shop adverts offers boots at 2.50, kerosine 25 cents a gallon, various building materials, and cheap farm properties. Sale notices include Allen Pinkerton’s farm near Elkhart at 4 500 dollars with 2 000 cash down and 8 percent terms, plus 22 acres near the Mishawaka road and farming equipment.
Men s Kip Boots 32.50 per pair Women s Serge Shoes 71. Chapped hands face rough skin pimples ringworm salt rheum and other cutaneous affections cured by Juniper Tar Soap made by Caswell Hazard Co New York Get the Juniper Tar Soap only not imitations made with common tar
If you want a carriage or sleigh painted go to Samuel Smith, one door east of Butterfield's livery.
A public notice states the husband will not pay debts contracted by his wife and disclaims responsibility for her actions. The text identifies the signer as Jacop Slaugaterbece.
A C Post at 124 Main Street announces a shift to cash sales from January 1 1874 and asks all customers to settle accounts by that date. Debts not cleared will be left for collection. Pictures framed should be collected and paid for by January 1 1874.
Jos Berolzhime thanks patrons of Rein hard & Berolzhime and announces shift to Insurance Passage and Foreign Exchange work. He invites calls to his office at 116 Conley's Block.
The ad states Dr Wilhoff's Anti-Periodic cures chills fever and related malaria symptoms such as bloated faces enlarged spleen pale complexions and nervous shakiness. It emphasizes it contains no arsenic strychnine or quinine and touts safety and guaranteed cure.
An advertisement asserts that all people suffer lung ailments and claim that Dr A Boschee's German Syrup cures coughs colds and consumption. It invites readers to visit druggist I Bucklen Son in Elkhart for a free sample or buy a regular bottle for 75 cents and names G G Green as sole manufacturer in Woodbury New Jersey.
The notice advertises Hackathorn & Co grocery and bakery offering a well stocked lunch counter. It claims substantial food at reasonable prices, designed for farmers but available to all and invites patrons to try it.
The Atlantic & Pacific Railway advertises 1,200,000 acres in Central and South-west Missouri at $2 to $12 per acre with seven year terms and free transport from St. Louis. It highlights climate, soil, timber, minerals, schools, churches and law abiding society inviting emigrants to this land of fruits and flowers. Address A. Tuck, Land Commissioner, St. Louis.
The Missouri Kansas & Texas Railway announces the Hannibal to Sedalia Northastern extension is open for business. Elegant Pullman sleeping cars and day coaches operate from St. Louis via Sedalia to destinations in Missouri, the Indian Nation, Texas, and the Southwest with through services. James D. Brown and Tos. Darwin are listed as general agents for schedules and maps.
The notice extols the Missouri Pacific Railroad as the best route to the West and to Texas for travelers from St. Louis via Day Coaches and Pullman Sleepers. It highlights fast connections, safe equipment, and direct all-rail options with Missouri Kansas Texas and Atlantic & Pacific lines. It invites maps and schedules from agents J. F. Thompson and E. A. Ford and lists regional agents across New York Chicago St. Louis Hannibal Dallas Sedalia and other hubs.
In these days of adulteration of food it is well that every person should pay particular attention to what he purchases in the line of supplies for the family table. Messrs. Hackathorn & Co. at No. 96 Main Street employ a first class baker and use only the best materials in bread cakes pies. Our readers may rely upon neatness and cleanliness when dealing with Hackathorn and Co. For pure Drugs and Medicines we go to Dodge's Drug store.
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