15 Jul 1874
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Newspaper
Elkhart Observer
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1874
Page
1
The Elkhart Observer advertises subscription prices and advertising rates. It notes publication on Wednesdays from the basement of the Post Office Building on Jackson Street and lists terms for annual, semiannual, and quarterly payments. Molloy & Brush advertise as proprietors.
A lone passenger recounts a strange encounter with a manic inventor on a New York to suburbs line. The man, convinced he would solve perpetual motion, schemes to recruit the narrator for a dangerous workshop plan. After a struggle, the narrator survives while the lunatic dies in a haystack leap. doctors confirm the man’s asylum origins.
The county faces resistance to its assessment plan. Voters want township assessors and less frequent real estate appraisals, arguing the current plan, adopted by the last Legislature on the Democratic Auditor's urging, was an experimental overhaul likely to require changes by the next session.
The Kendallville Standard notes Jesse D. Vail was chosen as Joint Representative candidate for Elkhart and Noble counties. Vail, near Ligonier in Elkhart territory, is viewed as well qualified and acceptable to Republicans, likely to be backed at the county convention.
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