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Newspaper
Elkhart Observer
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1874
Page
4
A satirical passage lists a chorus of groups and professions set to emigrate to distant locales. It playfully assigns targets such as cooks to Greene and gourmands to Burgundy, ending with a call for unprovided people to flee to Texas. The piece mocks social classes and national stereotypes in a rhymed collage.
Cora Depeyster chases a princely fiancé at Happy Valley Pavilion. Montgomery Smythe proves to be a con man alias Bill Higgins, a Pacific Hotel bartender. Arthur Bayne supports Cora and later marries her to shield her from scandal.
Atlantic town reports the 1873 murder of Eli T. Coffin near a bridge five miles south. His widow’s death is blamed on exposure. A Chicago brother-in-law and incensed locals are named as suspects. A visiting man at Wright’s store claimed Coffin spoke of a stranger killer and listed several names before vanishing as a ghost.
A humor piece outlines Roach’s scheme to collect a debt from Japstring via a side deal with Hippers and a pups sale, ending with Japstring fearing Roach will bill him for enforcement. Separate notes report English women voting in municipal elections, with turnout figures, and a Detroit dispute about angels flying. It also mentions Mormon practice allowing wives to vote at fifteen.
Special Telegram to the Observer reports Andrew Rosenburg of Goshen New York attempted suicide near Syracuse this morning. He cut his throat with a razor while half clothed in a field and crawled back toward home bleeding. He may recover. Two Goshen horses were killed by a train three miles east of town.
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