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Newspaper
Elkhart Observer
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1874
Page
3
Local notices report Lydia Ritter seen at the Post Office, pulp tested for paper quality at the old mill, and changes coming to the Beardsley mansion. Items cover deaths from typhoid and dropsy, church and lodge events, baseball plans, repairs, sales pitches, a Royal Solomon tour, and street improvements.
Cylinder desks are a specialty at the furniture factory. The season for turning out school seats has begun. Muzzy & Sage hold a large brick stock to build additions to their dry kilns. Erwin Upp Co's mill is nearly unique west of Buffalo for writing paper manufacture. Gore & Wright's mill runs well at 40 82 by two stories with quality equipment. Excel sior starch mill adds soaking tanks to raise capacity to 180 bushels. Proprietors say they will soon be able to manufacture.
A Grange basket picnic is planned at Union Grove 312 miles northwest of Goshen on Saturday August 1 1874. Hon Henley James Master of the State Grange will attend to speak. All are invited.
The piece denounces teenage correspondences with fictitious signatures and cites law about dead letter deliveries. It critiques a political platform praising tariffs, currency debates, regulation of monopolies, and non intervention of Congress, ending with Michigan's prison population at 309 convicts.
A Thursday evening gathering in Goshen Elkhart drew a fine delegation of local youths led by Miss Jeanette Gortner. Guests included Miss Carrie Davenport Miss Cornish Miss Burrows the North sisters Allen Cook Will Howland L A Burrows and Mr Kirk. The entertainment by Mr and Mrs Gartner and Miss Jeanette impressed with elegant hospitality and Miss Davenport’s singing noted as a highlight.
The Board met in regular session with all members present. Bills approved include diploma 83 by W Warren, roof repairs 13.80 by T Bigelow, window shades 0.50 by A C Post, central building painting 28.22, sundries 0.87 by A Work, and bill to L Gould referred back. Gas in Central building deemed unnecessary. Proposals invited to buy two McNaughton Compton lots for a new school. Holidays rule amended to Thanksgiving and following day, February 22 struck. Adjourned 8. E. Barney, Sec.
Trustees held a special meeting on July 16 1874 with Cook McNaughton Wright Chapman and Parker present. They approved an act to impound dogs and directed the Marshal to collect road district funds for street use. A street name change from Rough and Ready to Willard was laid over. The sidewalk on Franklin Street was ordered with fence alignment to be reviewed. The Marshal was told to remove nuisances per the Health Board communication. The session adjourned.
The Chicago Times reports a Hoosierdam gathering of Democratic leaders who issued a lengthy new party document led by Saint Hendricks. The piece critiques the Republicans with a sharp, pointed indictment and contrasts rhetoric with perceived truth and pernicious doctrine.
Fresh from the Springs at Saratoga advertises gas tight reservoirs lined with pure Black Tin and water forced from the counter exactly as from the spring. No extra commentary or charges implied.
Multiple notices list items and services including ladies seamless shoes at the Flag store new Russet shoe for children, plant sales at Riverside Green House, a business college in Kalamazoo Michigan, and various advertisements for frames photos and property. Delinquent tax notices for Elkhart Corporation and Concord township are posted with agent Deputy Collector El Spangler.
An advertisement describes the old Dunn property at the Washington and Second streets corner with moderate terms and a prompt inquiry option. Additional listings include a new one story house with a barn and water features, and a Layton farm of 116 acres in Elkhart County priced at 65 per acre with a brick house and out-buildings.
Two or three cords of best building stone offered for sale on favorable terms by OxrvitLE T. CramMBERLAIN located at No. 93 Main Street upstairs.
An 1874 shopping page features H. Kranz & Son promising cheap furniture on Main Street at Hukkuarr with a call to price goods. It also promotes Wilhoft’s Anti-Periodic Tonite for fevers and malaria, claiming strong cures and prevention, plus Boschee’s German Syrup for coughs and lung diseases with a free sample pledge and 75 cent bottle from Bucklen & Son.
The Missouri River bridge at Boonville enables a new main line service with two daily trains between Hannibal and Neosho valley and two between St. Louis and Southern Kansas. Through Pullman sleeping cars run from Chicago to Galveston. Rates drop and timetables guide travel to Texas and the Indian Nation. Thom as Darwin advertised for maps and fares. Barney advertises sales on shoes and summer stock. Mrs M Cornell announces hair goods in Elkhart with a July 25 visit. Farmers urged to buy fall footwear at Barney's.
A fragmented price table lists commodities and rates including lard and tallow by pound, poultry and eggs, apples, honey, potatoes, cornmeal, feathers, hides, cattle, salt, and various grain seeds. It shows per bushel or per ton pricing with multiple entries such as bran, beeswax, oats, wheat and hay varieties, reflecting a historical market listing.
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