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Newspaper
Elkhart Observer
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1873
Page
1
The Elkhart Observer is a weekly journal covering local, political, commercial, agricultural, scientific and literary intelligence. It is published every Wednesday at 102 Main Street with subscription terms listed for one year six months and three months in advance.
The notice lists opening hours from 8:00 a m to 7:30 p m with Sunday hours 12:00 to 1:00 p m and details on mail arrivals from the East and West. It includes train lines Kalamazoo Grand Rapids Warsaw Wabash Indianapolis St Louis Edwardsburg Cassopolis Adamsville and timings for departures and arrivals and notes Mone Order and Registry Office hours 8:00 a m to 7:30 p m. R K Brush P M.
A dense roster of business card lines and hotel notices in Goshen and Elkhart Indiana. Lawyers offices: B F Smith Shuey and Van Flelt Geo W Best. Hotels include Lake Shore House and Clifton House with rates and proprietors. Also medical, insurance, real estate, livery, and printing firms listed with addresses and brief service notes.
A long historical narrative blends Native American lore with a tragic tale of Mel wan ne too and his daughter Sidney. The piece recounts dreams, murder, colonial conflict, a Great Medicine figure, white buffalo superstition, and a prophetic Snow Spirit foretelling famine and war.
A great storm sweeps across parts of Europe causing severe damage. Paris sees the Seine overflow its banks while Ghent experiences water up to three feet deep in some streets and Belgium kayes? inundation widespread.
The text notes 15,000 square miles of coal fields in which Pittsburg is heavily invested with about $15,000,000 of capital. It estimates $25,000,000 more in transportation tied to the coal region, with total dependent interests approaching $100,000,000.
The Philadelphia Star reports Professor John Wise plans a balloon crossing of the Atlantic next summer. Wise recently flew from St. Louis to Lake Ontario in nineteen hours, about 63 miles per hour, a record he seeks to surpass with an Atlantic crossing aided by several scientists joining the expedition amid a recent cyclone.
A discussion on character as the core of virtue and integrity, contrasting fixed principles with changeable temperaments. It cites Shakespeare and Hope, then reviews Edwin Forrest's 1866 will. The will names trustees and details a Philadelphia Edwin Forrest Home for aged or disabled actors, with governance, funding, and educational aims.
An Indianapolis Journal anecdote recalls a Harrison representative who voted against canal bond redemption but terms his own bonds worth 20,000 found in his father’s trunk. The tale mocks his failed bid to pay that amount from his pocket, noting his hair stood on end at the foolishness.
The second trial of Stokes for murder of James Fisk Jr. opened Monday December 23. Judge Fullerton urged law enforcement amid rising crime, warning that tolerated murder punishment could lead to anarchy. Patrick Hart and Thomas Hart and John T Redmond repeated earlier testimony at Grand Central. Adjourned.
A humorous letter parodies canal navigation by proposing outlandish motive power ideas to replace tow boats. The author, Aax Adeler, offers schemes including a submerged mule, a balloon tether, or a sail in the teeth, clearly poking fun at early industrial ingenuity.
A witty remark from a father about his son’s progress in arithmetic. The boy answers that he has ciphered through addition partition subtraction distraction abomination justification hallucination derivation amputation creation and adoption.
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