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Newspaper
Elkhart Observer
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1875
Page
3
A lively roundup from Elkhart reports social visits, accidents, neighborhood events, and ongoing local interests. The column mentions visits from Misses Leach and Reinhart, a new paper mill, a dangerous railway shop accident, concerts by the Silver Corner Band, and plans for summer picnics and baptist church repairs.
Mayor Wright presided with eight council members present and many citizens. Bills were disposed of. petitions for sidewalk width on Second Street and sidewalk construction on Harrison Street were referred. liquor license payments were granted one week. special policeman James Barber appointed at the depot. street commissioner's actions approved. health board rules studied. an ordinance banning public billiard and pigeon-held tables discussed. licenses granted to John Zabel and S W Shumard. meeting adjourned to next week.
No medicine prescribed or sold by physicians offers such evidence of success as Boschee's German Syrup for throat and lung diseases. A sample bottle costs 10 cents, standard size 75 cents. It is claimed to relieve in three doses and has recently been introduced from Germany, with remarkable cures noted by users. Sold by I Bucklen & Son.
Hugo Preyer former Stark County Herald editor now Ohio Staats Zeitung editor proposes a practical horticulture book on grape and small fruit culture. He ran J.P. Preyers Lake View Wine and Fruit Farm in East Cleveland for a decade. Priced 50 cents paper, 1 dollar cloth, order from Heco Preyer Canton Ohio.
The Common Council of Elkhart Indiana authorizes the Board of Health to adopt rules and enforce sanitary measures to prevent disease. The Board may examine disease sources and nuisances injurious to public health, cleansing or removing them as needed. The City Marshal shall enforce all Health Board orders. Henry C. Wiccur, Mayor. Ben Browy, Clerk.
The Elkhart Board of Health issues multiple orders: property owners must demolish filth and rubbish, clean cesspools and privies, remove manure, and clear alleys. failure to comply incurs fines and marshal execution. Streets must be swept, gutters kept clear, and weeds burned. The notice promotes sanitary districtwide enforcement and outlines railway travel ads.
A local advertisement invites customers to visit the Flag Boot and Shoe Store for stylish low cut shoes with nickel buckles. The note emphasizes fashion and accessibility for customers seeking everyday footwear.
July 1 1875 notice for C F Nason opposite the Gas works selling lath at 2.25 per thousand plus lumber and shingles at steady prices. J D Stevens agent. Also Flag boot and shoe store offers low cut shoes.
An OCR fragment lists product references 90 Hill and Kelley and 90 JAPAN for gunpowder. It urges buyers to examine and be satisfied the powder is as good as any in the market with pricing noted as 1 25 tb and 1 20 tb. The text is incomplete but indicates a sales pitch for gunpowder quality and value.
Sickness prevails and many suffer dyspepsia liver complaints with indigestion and other symptoms. The ad urges trying Green's AuguSt Flower, offering a sample bottle for 10 cents and a regular size for 75 cents, promising relief after two doses. It also notes children's Buff and Pearl shoes at the Flag Store and a Kalamazoo Business College offer with free Journal.
Ewauine Swirr has been named executrix of the estate of Dean Swift of Elkhart County Indiana. All debts must be paid to the executrix and all claims presented for settlement. The estate is stated as solvent. July 9, 1875. Executrix.
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