Fires devastate multiple buildings on Second Jefferson and Main streets
Last Thursday evening a fire at J. M. Ward’s corner of Second and Jefferson reduced the house and goods to ashes. Early Saturday a Main Street blaze at Geo. Boots’s restaurant endangered neighboring stores, with several occupants losing goods though some were saved. Insurance covered most losses. fire engines aided, and a second flare at Ober’s residence on Pigeon Street was quickly checked.
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Second
Jefferson Streets
J. M. Ward
W. Hunt
Main Street
Geo. Boots
Thomas Langin
Yost & Obergrocers
Miss Pultz
Chicago
Yost & Ober
Boots
Dr. Eckleman
Ober
Pigeon Street
Goshen News Summary of Quiet Week and Local Notices
Goshen reports a calm week with a wheat load of 325 bushels moved by horses and a harsh cold snap dipping to 28 below zero. Local items include Goshen and Wayne County incidents, a pastor's reflections on church support, and Eagle Lodge No 368 honoring Wm. M. Bird with memorial resolutions and thanks to Texas brethren.
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Goshen, Inc
Ephor Observer
Goshen
Berky
Harrison
Chan Fasset
South Bend
Winamac, Pulaski Co
Mercury
James Holmes
Common Pleas Court
Law
Miner
Wilson
Dept
Dist
People of Elkhart Co
Democrat
Times
M.E. Church of
Hascall
Vatican
Eagle Lodge
WueEreas
Wm. M. Bird
Grand Lodge
Austin
Texas
Bird
Pastor Returns to Lead Troubled Elkhart Baptist Church
An 1873 notice from Ephor Onserver describes relocating to Elkhart to lead a Baptist church that had no pastor for nearly three years. He finds a small, discouraged congregation of about fifty in a building needing repair, wary of western town neglect of spiritual matters while pursuing wealth.
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Evxuart
Ephor Onserver
Elkhart
Baptist Church
Gratitude From Goshen Demands to Elkhart Community
The Goshen Democrat notes the heartbreak of a death in the family and thanks Elkhart residents for their repeated kindness during two trips for last duties. It expresses enduring gratitude for sympathy and support to the sorrowing widow and the fatherless boy.
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Elkhart
Goshen Democrat
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Ohio
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Indiana
W. Wallace Suiru
C. North
Main ST
Elkhart and Vicinity
Miss Prather
No. 150
Walley
Denentos
Tate
Ind
R. K. Brush
Selle Passage
London
Liverpool
Edinburgh
Copenhagen
Hamburg
Liverpool & Great Western Steamship Company
New York
Queenstown
Royal Bank of Ireland
Whittlesey
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