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Newspaper
Elkhart Observer
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1875
Page
3
Round Town recaps include taxidermist Churchill ill, Goshen visitors, Good Templars social earnings, Temperance Convention delegates, a child’s death, A C Manning cheese factory, stores and hotels, Twin Branch and Put-in-Bay trips, fights, ice cream at multiple venues, and various church, school, and civic events across Elkhart and Mishawaka with numerous local names and places.
Notice announces a July 3 1875 picnic and dance at Kenyon's Grove east of Clifton House Elkhart with a 20 set dancing floor Brown's Helicon band refreshments and a 25 purse wheelbarrow race at 2 pm Tickets offered via Chicago North Western Railway highlighting luxurious trains Pullman cars safety features and connections to major western and northern destinations issued by Hughitt W Slennett Supt Genl Passenger Agt.
A grand Independence Day picnic is set for Monday July 5 under the Silver Cornet Band with music an oration reading the Declaration dancing croquet and general festivities. Eagle Lodge met to arrange St John’s day activities at South Bend tomorrow the 24th with Brown’s Helicon Brass Band and Sir Knights escort. Master Masons urged to join Kane and George Washington Lodges Bristol. Lodge meets at 9:30 a.m. sharp. Com. of arrangements.
All Master Masons are invited to meet Kane Lodge 183 at their hall Thursday at 9 o clock to travel to South Bend for dedication exercises. They will be accompanied by the Elkhart Silver Band. By order of Con.
Fragmentary OCR mentions Japan gunpowder and a quality check with a call to examine and be satisfied they are as good as any in the market. Includes numbers 31 25 125 b- 120% without clear context.
A period advertisement touts Greza's August Flower as a cure for dyspepsia and liver issues. It claims quick relief from indigestion sour stomach headache and heartburn and urges readers to buy a 10 cent sample from I Bucklen & Son with two doses promised to relieve.
The advertisement claims Boschee's German Syrup for severe coughs colds and lung diseases offers proof of superiority with a sample bottle for 10 cents and a regular size for 75 cents. It boasts rapid relief after three doses and lists I Bucklen & Son as sellers, noting its German origin and remarkable cures.
Fencing five and six inches wide, fourteen and sixteen feet long available at H C Wright and Co. Warm meals served at all hours at the Gem Dining Hall on Jackson street near the post office. J D Rush, at the corner of Main and Jefferson streets, offers wagon and buggy repair services.
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