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Newspaper
Elkhart Observer
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1872
Page
1
The Elkhart Observer lists subscription options and advertising rates. Molloy and Billings, proprietors, set terms for one year six months and three months in advance with special rates for long ads.
A homesick man returns from a jail term to his wife Melinda and children. He reflects on court life, his Sunday attire, and the joy of home as he plans to go home with pay and reunite with his family. He imagines his boy’s antics and his daughter's kindness, deeming home a personal heaven.
A preacher known for his work with his hands, Brother Anderson, is remembered in a reflective tale. The narrator recalls a day at his wooden church where Anderson’s humble, noisy followers listened as his sermon tied to Beecher and heaven, ending with a hopeful vision of a large, welcoming afterlife.
Survivors of the Missouri disaster arriving on the Morro Castle tell of ten days adrift in an open boat with nine men, extreme hunger, thirst, and shark sightings. They describe attempted rescues, eventual landfall on Abaco, and rescue by a sloop captain before reaching Nassau and the Morro Castle’s arrival.
Postoffice hours listed from 7 30 a m to 7 30 p m Sundays noon to 1 00 p m. Train routes and times include Main and Air Lines east and west with several stops such as Kalamazoo Grand Rapids Warsaw Wabash Indianapolis St Louis Cassopolis Edwardsburg Adamsville and Rawanisburg. Money order and registry service available daily 8 00 a m to 7 30 p m with special Monday Wednesday and Saturday schedules.
The Ballou's Monthly publishers rebuilt within twenty four hours after a Boston fire destroyed their offices. They purchased a new office and pursued the January issue, sending it to subscribers. The resilience shows strong pluck and community support for the magazine.
The present head of the New York State Agricultural Society is a working farmer living on a Hartford Washington County farm of several hundred acres near his boyhood home. His brothers operate large farms nearby, including James Ingalsbe who runs a five year old farm steam engine that unloads hay threshes grain steams roots and fodder shells corn grinds feed and more. He plans new uses for the engine that may surprise neighbors as the family stays close to their nativity.
Dispatches report huge buffalo herds along the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe line forcing trains to stop for safety. The animals move south in vast numbers, likely spurred by the epizootic spreading fear among crews and towns.
Opinion asserts annexation of Canada to the United States should be a calm, peaceful process guided by mutual benefits. It emphasizes good will toward Canadians, rejects Fenian violence, and argues America’s manifest destiny is best served by a wise example of liberty and happiness for many people.
A Good News writer traces the name Boston to Botolphs-town in Lincolnshire where St Botolph founded a church. The town grew into Boston and lent its name to the Massachusetts seaport. Jean Ingelow was born beneath its historic church's 300 foot spire and beacon.
The report from Andover Ohio recounts Vice President Schuyler Colfax and his wife dodging a deadly fall when a wagon lurch jolted backward as they unloaded at the depot. Colfax suffered bruises but escaped serious harm due to a protruding end-board absorbing the impact.
A Cortland New York man writes a flowery letter to a Winfield Herkimer County woman. He compares her to moonlight and paradise and uses playful, affectionate imagery and odd food metaphors to describe his love and hope for a response.
Peter Cartwright, a pioneer Methodist, is pictured as annoyed by a loud sister during a class meeting. She declares she could fly away with another feather in her faith, and Cartwright replies with a sharp prayer to keep the feather in place.
An elderly 80 year old man out west sits for a tailor prepared to cut trousers with a circular saw. The scene highlights a dangerous tailoring method and risks to the customer.
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