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Newspaper
Elkhart Observer
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1875
Page
4
A humorous tale recounts a German subscriber objecting to a three week ad for a lost cow, accusing the shop of shindle and overcharging, and threatening to stop the Journal while arguing in a mix of English and German slang. The episode ends with the advertiser canceling the notice.
Dr Mary Putnam Jacobi has just received from Paris the bronze medal awarded three years ago by the Academy of Medicine for her graduating thesis. She ranks among the top eighth in a 300 student class with four gold medals and seven honorable mentions. Her acceptance challenged the academy’s male exclusivity and has sparked Parisian medical journals with praise and critique.
A New York benefactor Burnham funds a 14 foot high bronze statue of Daniel Webster by Ball of Florence. The pedestal rises 20 feet on Jersey granite weighing 30 tons, overall height about 34 feet. Base inscription Liberty and Union now and forever. Unveiling set for July 4 1876 with shipment to New York by June 4 1876.
More than 1500 troops lined the Bunker Hill event in Boston with 50 000 in the procession and at least 300 000 visitors in town. Visiting units included the Washington Light Infantry of Charleston and the Norfolk Artillery Blues. The day was favorable and the display imposing, fueling high popular enthusiasm for patriotism.
At the Bunker Hill event in Boston on Thursday, dignitaries attended including the diplomatic corps, Vice President Wilson, Speaker Blaine, Generals Sherman Burnside Terry and Hawley, Supreme Court chief justices, state governors, and members of Congress. Speeches were delivered at the monument by General Sherman and governors of Pennsylvania New Jersey Maine Connecticut and by Vice President Wilson. General Charles Devens Jr was the day’s orator.
A Mississippi editor lauds Vicksburg as highly unanimous, reached by strict discipline. He notes the town elevates literate readers to colonel status and suppresses dissent with lethal potential, claiming the policy curbs discussion through funerals.
At a Candia New Hampshire spelling contest in early May Mrs. Ezekiel Lane aged over 80 spelled down the class and won the prize offered by ex Governor Smith.
Dwight Klinck of Fort Wayne Indiana and his wife formerly Miss Studebaker of Bluffton are divorced. Klinck had political aims toward Congress and planned a Europe trip after the final court order. The divorce was finalized in absentia as Klinck died in the Schiller, with no chance for appeal. The widow Klinck is noted as Mrs Studebaker, daughter of the wealthy Studebaker family of Bluffton.
The Mobile register rebuts a Georgia paper claim about Mr A H Stephens using slang. It defends tote as a liberty bound word dating back to tolt and writs, likening it to Magna Charta and common law, and says Southern yeomen will not surrender the term.
A reader criticizes over feeding breeding stock for fairs. He argues stock should be kept in good healthy condition, not fat, as excess fat harms breeding. He notes Western judges prefer quality and proper condition over premium fatness.
The most recent estimates place the world population at about 2.35 billion. Americas account for 72.8 million, Europe 578.9 million, Asia 789 million, Africa 188 million, and Australia and Polynesia 6.3 million. Major faiths total include Roman Catholics 195 million, Protestant Christians 5y 130 000, Mohammedans 400 million, Buddhists 340 million, six Oriental Churches 6,500, Other Asiatic religions 260,000, Pagans 209,000,000, and Jews 6,000,000.
A detailed list warns against waste and neglect in the home. It notes coffee tea pepper and spices deteriorate when left uncovered, potatoes sprout, brooms spoil, knives spoiled by hot water, flour and bread waste, clothes ruined by sun, dried fruits turning wormy, rags burned, and meat and puddings wasted though could be warmed and served.
A Terre Haute newspaper reply asserts Miss Turman ranks three marks higher than Newton Wray in the senior class. Turman reportedly excelled in natural science by solving the next eclipse problem for 18% and has never failed in recitation or examination, per a faculty member.
Alderman Mechi argues farmers should cultivate their farm not just the garden. He warns that the best farmers succeed by doing things properly and avoiding half measures.
In Indianapolis on June 17 Jerry Monroe, a divorced husband, murdered his former wife with a monkey wrench after learning she was associating with Martin, a hod carrier. He claimed love and a wish to die, saying he would kill her and not live without her.
A historic recipe describes Castle Puppine cake using two eggs, quarter pound each of sugar and butter, and flour. Bake three quarters of an hour, invert onto a dish, and top with a white wine flavored sauce. A cabbage worm remedy suggests buckwheat flour sifted at dew collection, two applications usually sufficient.
Over eighteen years Suffolk County Massachusetts recorded eighty four murders with most in Boston. Of offenders twenty five got one to twenty years in prison, eight were given life terms, seven died by their own hand to escape justice, five await trial or sentence, and only two were hanged.
In Machias Maine last Saturday, residents marked the centennial of the first real naval clash of the revolution. The story recalls how in 1775 townsfolk raised a liberty pole after Lexington news, defended against a British schooner, and celebrated after capturing the vessel with the pole decorated with evergreens.
The text lists county and city officials including auditor treasurer secretary recorder clerk and commissioners for three districts along with the circuit court schedule. It names Wm A Woods and Wm Miller, Geo T Ager C Bowen W B Garman Jacob Nusbaum Henry Stauffer and David Moury among others.
Partial timetable lists several eastbound trains including Night Express No 8 Grand Rapids Express No 2 Way Freight No 2 and Michigan Accommodation with times around 3.25 a m 4.25 a m and 5.20 p m plus formations on the Ain Line No 74 Way Freight No 11 Butler Accommodation No 12 Air Line Accommodation No 4 Special New York Express No 6 Atlantic Express with scattered times and line codes.
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