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Newspaper
Elkhart Observer
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1872
Page
3
Sleighing is splendid and the influenza is raging as the town reports wood deliveries and local events. Miss Ella Tuck dies, churches plan socials, a village relief effort aids families, and various residents are mentioned with illnesses travels and community notices.
S M Crissman expresses gratitude for a valuable suit of clothes donated Saturday evening before the Dedication. He singles out Davis Bros. Mr Davis for overseeing cutting fitting and making, inviting verification by calling. He blesses donors and prays for their happiness and mercy.
Mr A C Post expands his building with a sixty foot carpet room lit by a large skylight. The oil finished floor and chrome adornments give it gallery like appeal. He offers English and American Brussels Tapestry Ingrain carpets with some patterns at 75 cents a yard and rag carpet at 50 cents. Oil cloth varieties complete the stock and the surroundings reflect high taste.
Notice states Mr Cuarves F Whittlesey of Hartford Connecticut died on the 10th from dyspepsia and indigestion.
Report shows total building cost 15000.00 with 8462.58 cash paid and 25.99 on hand, leaving 9488.57 unpaid, balance unprovided for 5511.43. Ladies Society details list pulpit furniture carpeting and gifts totaling 1564.12 with donors noted and 2178.16 subscribed for dedication day.
A temperance meeting at the M E church drew a respectable crowd. Rev C Martindale of Goshen delivered a stirring address quoting Am I my brother's keeper. A committee was reinforced and a collection was taken for remonstrance expenses before county commissioners.
Osceola reports Nelly Washburn and Emma Bacon operate a dressmaker shop. Fred Bryson buys Kirkwood’s former blacksmith shop, described as the Hiliputian. A horse disease rages, John Martin loses his horse, and a drunken man is found by the roadside east of town in a hopeless condition.
Goshen Times reports Mr. T. J. Kessler of Goshen resigned as Postal Clerk on the L and M S Railroad to join John A. Roach’s store. Headquarters declined the change, praising his efficiency, and he withdrew the resignation with hope for a better future.
An unnamed weary man has married, noted as a printer by trade and urged to know better. The comment frames the union as rash and ill advised given his character.
Notice urges shoppers to watch Adamson for holiday stock as every desirable item is offered. Also warns that delinquent real estate taxes cannot be saved by delaying advertising payment to next week.
Gen Williams editor of the War saw Indiaman will read an essay on Country News papers before the State Editorial Association meeting in Indianapolis on Thursday January 9. The Mishavaka Enterprise and Eikhart Observer weigh in on swearing and blasphemy. A novel feminine ornament a metal ring girdle is described by Likhart Observer. The Fenselaer Union notes sheriff’s wrists and ankles exhibit.
Goshen reports the epizoon decline and wood prices dropping. Common Pleas court opens and adjourns awaiting Elkhart county lawyers in the Proctor murder case at Warsaw. C W Bateman and wife celebrate a crystal wedding with a planned surprise china tea set from Goshen friends.
The loss of Louisiana’s electoral vote due to a nonmeeting Electoral College fuels abolition arguments. Advocates warn that the Republic’s perpetuity is at risk if a whole state's vote can be lost and call for a test of presidential results beyond civil war. Also noted are political defenses, cabinet speculation, and overseas conflicts.
List of names includes Buckeye veri Hull Minnie Burkhart G ow Johnson Mark Bell G W Judd R W Bartlett A Landes Cornelius Baldwin Frank Meier Ferdinand Ballard Geo Mathies John Bishop Nance Mervin Wilber Chapman Nellia Orient F Curtis Mary Jane Pifer Hannah Camble Mat Parrett Biace Clay Sarah Row Elry Coona Samuel Shinn Catherine Chatman Wm Sharpe Belle Deardoft D P Steiner G Eggleston Addison Snyder Franklin Fulton F H Stone Hubert Fisher Lizzie Stealy Margaret Foster M G Scott John Garver Lewis Strait Wm D 2 Gardner Thomas Williams Jennie Hofman Williams G W Harkes Sarah C Nelson Hadley Mra LA Zimmerman Eva Held for proper direction. One without address. To obtain any of these letters the applicant must call for Advertised Letters and give the date of the list. Letters are not advertised until they have remained in the office one week. R. K. Brush, P. M.
Market list from Hackathorn shows corrected weekly quotes for groceries and grain including apples beans butter cornmeal cattle eggs pork lard poultry potatoes salt and wool. Lumber prices listed for pine clear fencing joists flooring siding shingles and poplar studding sheeting included with per M and per ton quotes from Maxon Parmater Co.
An assortment of notices and ads tout Juniper Tar Soap from Caswell Hazard & Co claiming cures for chapped hands and skin ailments while warning buyers to avoid imitations. Other items include bank meeting notice for Elkhart January 7 1873. Local ads cover rent space in Buckland block and new goods at Meader’s.
Whittlesey for irregular menses and sick headaches advertised by J. F. Curtiss & Co. Miller’s Millinery at 103 Main Street showcases Ottoman Shawls Scarfs and Felt Skirts. The Missouri Pacific Railroad touts three daily express trains and Miller's Safety Platform. Hackathorn & Co offers a country lunch counter at No 96 Main Street. Whittlesey for gravel and diabetes.
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