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Newspaper
Elkhart Observer
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1874
Page
3
The Money Order Department of the Elkhart Post Office opens at 9 p m and closes at 4 p m No orders will be issued outside these hours. K K Brush P M OK advertising patrons should submit favors by Tuesday forenoon each week to allow time for display and arrangement of ads.
The Observer reports a Wednesday press rush noting a fire in J Wertz’s Jefferson township wheat field destroying 150 shocks and 50 rods of fence with windborne spread to Doty’s field. cause unknown. Other items cover residents Will Knox and wife, water works, dog manifesto, local trades, croquet craze, church meetings, and town developments.
Kelley, intoxicated, fell into the Elkhart river near the gas works last evening. He was rescued by two passersby and taken to jail by Marshal Colburn. Doctors from Indiana and Michigan counties met in South Bend to form the St. Joseph Valley Medical Association.
A major blaze in Chicago consumes fifteen city blocks causing nearly five million pounds in property damage. Fire crews battled the flames as neighborhoods faced extensive losses and residents evacuated. Officials assess causes and total costs.
A massive blaze destroyed a junk shop near Twelfth street between Clark and Fourth, spreading to an oil refinery and surrounding buildings. Firefighters faced delays and shifting winds, with major damage until Harrison street where a firm stand saved the main business district. The fire boundaries stretched along Clark, Fourth, State, Van Buren, and Wabash corridors, leaving many small frame structures burned. Millersburg notes follow with temperance sermon, heat, and local notices including a Republican delegate convention set for August 18 1874 in Kendallville.
At 2:30 this morning flames were subdued after a fire. The post office was destroyed but the mails were saved. South Bend sent a steam fire engine, 750 feet of hose, and 70 men to assist.
D. 8. Simonton confidentially indicates preparations to build the finest hotel this side of Chicago. The project occupies the southeast corner of Main and High streets with frontage of 100 feet on Main and 166 feet on High, described as a guaranteed commitment by Simonton.
The May Fisk Combination opened a seven day engagement at Newton Hall on Monday presenting Hasty Ly nne. May Fisk is praised as a star and public speaker with graceful stage presence and skillful delivery, supported by G S Gray and other troupe members. The Paw Paw Zeen Wortherner commends their success and forecasts great future acclaim for Miss Fisk as a leading Michigan actress.
A rapid ascent of quicksilver caused alarm as the liquid shattered routine measurements. Workers recovered the spill and secured the area after the mercury slid upward toward a second story window and neared the opening.
At the bride's father home near Elk Hart Indiana on July 10 1874 Rev W W Smith officiated uniting William Atkinson and Rachel E Fank daughter of James Fank in marriage. Friends offer prayers for a joyful prosperous life together.
Reader urged to invest in lumber through H C Wright & Co at the corner of Harrison and Sixth streets. Other ads note the Flag store seamless shoe for ladies and Kalamazoo Business College offering board at 3.50 per week with a free journal.
An offer line notes a $1.50 price for a one year subscription to The Observer.
A mixture of tax collection notices for Elkhart and Concord, business items for Jones & Slear and photographers, drug advertisements for Dr. Howe's Arabian Tonic and Wilhoft's Tonic, Boschee's German Syrup claims, dyspepsia remedies, railroad expansion news from Missouri, and travel promotions to Texas. Includes dates, locations, and names such as Mirnam Spangler Deputy Collector, J Vanderlip, Jones & Slear, G. G. Green, Bucklen & Son, and Thomas Darwin.
90 Hill and Kelley announces receipt of an invoice listing Choice Teas with prices for Young Hyson and Gunpowder. Highlights include Young Hyson at 1.20 and Gunpowder offered for inspection to ensure quality. Call to examine and confirm satisfaction with market quality.
Two or three cords of best building stone for sale on favorable terms by Orville T. Chamberlain at No 93 Main Street upstairs.
Erxuanrt Indiana 1874 announces ice cream at Keene and Kellys with cheap furniture prices. The ad invites customers to compare goods and prices, noting E H Keene and Son at 149 Main Street and rooms above Jos Abbotts millinery store for boarding at Clifton. Enquiries to Isaac Grewes.
Real estate notices list multiple properties for sale or long-term terms in Elkhart County including a corner Washington Second streets lot known as the Dunn property and a Layton farm of 116 acres at 65 per acre with timber barn and well water. Also mentions a Hall’s addition lot and a House and Lot on one of the town’s best streets. An office contact is given for inquiries. Veterinary and medicinal ad blocks promote Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer and Sheridan's Cavalry Condition Powders with Parson's Purgative Pills advertised for general use.
A list of names remains in the Elk Hart Indiana post office as of July 15 1874 for pickup as advertised letters. Applicants must call for Advertised Letters and provide the date of this list. Letters are not advertised until left in the office for pickup by R. K. Brush Postmaster.
A fragment listing prices for various goods including tallow pork poultry hams apples green beans potatoes cornmeal and grains. Also shows cattle hides geese feathers and hay with per unit rates. reflects a historical market catalog style with mixed units like per bushel per ton and per pound.
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