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Newspaper
Elkhart Observer
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1873
Page
2
The Elkhart Observer announces a subscription drive with Emma Molloy and R. K. Brush in a bid to boost circulation before February 1. The paper will be offered to those not desiring Chromos to reach 200 more subscribers.
Until February 1st the Observer costs 1.50 dollars and 82 per year. Each subscriber receives an elegant Chromo item as a gift. Encourage sending to about friends as a holiday present option.
The Weekly Observer advertises subscriptions with bundled chromos and prints. Offers include one year for 82 plus five chromos, six months with a chromo, or two chromos and a year for 2. It touts chromo lithographs from Berlin, pictures of American and European scenery, four seasons from Thorvaldsden, and a Yosemite Valley chromo with Wood's Magazine. Subscribers may receive extra reading matter and club rates with other publications.
The Democratic Union papers attack the president and the entire Republican party in seven items. A central focus is the nomination of Col. Tucker for Congress and the editor’s pledge to back him amid the discussion.
The general mood in Congress shows reluctance to raise taxes while the Ways and Means Committee pledges to exhaust all avenues to cut spending before imposing any new levy.
In Committee of the Whole Mr Beck of Kentucky praised the administration for its Cuban policy. He argued the President managed negotiations with Spain well and avoided dangers that could have harmed the country. He called the course moderate and wise overall.
The Elkhart Union proposes Col. A. M. Tucker, Auditor of Elkhart county, as Congressman for the district. The South Bend Register notes the idea caused shock and doubt among friends, yet support and sympathy remain strong for his candidacy.
The Union remarks on a disputed authorship of articles in the Democratic Union and asserts the editor-in-chief is the source of a “brilliant production.” The piece likens the toils and tensions in county affairs to a disturbed animal and a pervasive aroma of the editor’s breath.
The paragraph extols the subject's nobility and Anglo-Saxon cadence. It lauds the strong diction and asserts the essay's superior style and elegance, claiming its diction matches its noble nature and eclipses any shortcomings.
The piece denounces a Granite Republican treasurer as a public funds defaulter who siphoned 450000. It contrasts the Democrat figure with Horace Greeley’s quip and attacks critics who profit from public ruin while praising reform and the city’s financial resilience.
An Edhors Observer letter condemns church leaders for timidity on social issues and argues ministers avoid controversial topics for fear of losing wealthy parishioners. It calls clergy to focus on practical guidance and daily conduct over doctrinal quibbles, noting slavery as a past example.
The Union of Elkhart endorses Col. Tucker as a People’s Candidate for Congress, opposing the Republican Ring-Masters and blasting Democratic machine tactics. It warns that past debauchery by the party failed and that the candidate once respected now appears as a political wreck.
Bergh asserts that the rat trap philosophy parallels rooting out gamblers and sporting men, claiming the same utilitarian logic applies to both. An exchange questions whether his view is broadly accurate or overstates the case.
Isaac Kahn of South Bend, recently in the pork trade, went to Chicago with stock and about 500. He stayed briefly at Kahn's European Hotel and disappeared within days. Friends fear murder. M Livingston and others search. Wife and family suffer distress. no debts or motive found.
The article describes Chanukah the eight day Jewish festival beginning Kislev 2, honoring the Hasmonean victory led by Judah Maccabee, which rededicated and illuminated the Temple in Jerusalem. It notes the tradition of lighting houses and synagogues during evenings of the feast and credits Elder Peck for the information.
The note lists the program items for the next meeting on December 26 including Essay by Rev. A. E. Bishop Reading Mrs. Stover Paper by Miss Hawley Criticism and Club Recitation by Mrs. P. Steiner. A discussion topic asks whether increased wealth has a favorable effect on the morals of a people.
The Teachers Institute at Oswego opened led by President Beardsley with seven educators. They debated keeping order in large classes, supervising advanced learners, keeping small scholars busy by printing lessons, curbing whispering, self reporting, and teaching reading rules. The session ended with plans to adjourn two weeks for holidays, deeming the time well spent.
Correspondence from Goshen Indiana notes a new Knights of Pythias lodge meeting Mondays at Odd Fellows Hall. It lists officers and outlines active measures against liquor law violations by the Vigilance Committee and Prosecutor Simmons. It reports Christmas events at local churches, charitable appeals for Rev Drake’s Lima family, and a Home Dramatic Club performance praised for Anna Selma and Tom Lane.
Bucklen & Son offer 24 hour service while Gem Dining Saloon stocks provisions for all. Chamberlain's Immediate Relief grows in popularity after the Chicago Exposition. Davenport J F Hunt & Co advertise holiday inducements at Elk hart. Dan W. Smith operates a ground floor photo gallery. Freedman's promotes Christmas presents. The steam laundry reports strong business. Post endorses square foot cash system. Maxon Parmater & Co advertise shingles for roof repairs.
Classified note offers a fine lot for sale in Hall's 3rd addition to Elkhart. Also advertises Ayer's Cherry Pectoral as a remedy for coughs colds bronchitis and lung ailments.
One of the best remedies known for the cure of old ulcers fever sores bruises burns or anything healable is Hayward's Black Salve. For sale at all the Drug Stores or at No. 24 Jackson street opposite the post office.
Advertises Bucklen's drug store rental offer for a seven room house and extensive Holiday goods from Meader and Sage, Bushnell's and others at Main Street. Also notes real estate sale of Allen Pinkerton farm 122.5 acres west of Elkhart with 80 acres improved and options for payment.
Twenty two acres of land located one mile west of the corporation may be divided into five acre lots. Must be sold at once with reasonable terms. Also two lumber wagons one light wagon four sets of harness plows harrows and more. 51tf M Savey.
List of names to call for advertised letters dated December 24 1873 at Elkhart Indiana including Aldrich Balanger Burton Benjamin Barlow Boyee Binebecker Burns Bets Clark Crieger Cunningham Delamp Drake Eads Frillars Garver Gillispie Gochananer Grege Herrick Herchholder Hathaway Irwin Irwin Shrock Shriner Stone Stanbaugle Sternberg Snalker Zyders Simmons Zimmerman plus others and note that letters are held for one week before advertising.
A historic price list from Hackathorn & Co. shows per unit costs for groceries and grains. Items include apples and beans by the bushel, butter and lard by weight, eggs by dozen, cornmeal by hundred, and various live and dressed meats by pound, plus beeswax, hay, oats, rye, shorts, and other feeds priced per ton or bushel. The sheet reflects typical 19th or early 20th century wholesale rates with units and figures such as 10.00 and 12.00 for ton and bushel measures.
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