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Newspaper
Elkhart Observer
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1874
Page
5
Local items report births baptisms illnesses visits and meetings. Highlights include Hardy Schutt’s baby boy, Mrs Cheney’s Concord Patriot note, upcoming Elkhart County Medical Society meeting and a town talk on a city charter.
Notice states an election on March 17 1874 in Elkhart to decide town incorporation as a city. Voters in each ward will vote Yes or No. Polling places listed at Foster wagon shop Dr Harrington Dr Allen Bucklen Fanning and Ben B.
The clerk orders the records of this session to be placed on file and a copy furnished to the family of our pest brother J D Drvor.
The club lists essays readings and music with speakers Mrs Babb J Kaufmann Dr Work M F Shuey Esq and Grace Rowley. A discussion on constitutional amendment recognizing God to be opened by Dr Frink follows roll call for sentiment. The Tichborne trial ends in perjury conviction with fourteen year sentence.
Advertised letters include Alfred Dr H Mathews, Wm Altman, Myres Susannah Bronson, Sarah Onahan, Kitty Bussler, J Morris, John Beck, Aphilia Campian, Amanda Palmer, Daniel Erricks, Geo Price, Bettie Elliott, Willie Edington, Joel Forbes, Chas Ferry, Ben Reibe, Helemutte Griffiths, Ann Hunter, Wm Shoffer, Cathrine Hain, Mary Stockton, Jennie Snider, Simpson John Hamburgh, Chas Schwarz, Abram E Martin, Martin Winthrop, two with no address. Held for postage and for letter direction notes.
Notices advertise C North selling dry stove wood and coal at low prices, with delivery. Dissolution of Walley & Carter in Elkhart with Charles Walley to run the business. Dr Wilhoff’s Anti Periodic praised as affordable for fever and chills. Dodge’s Drug Store offers pure drugs, kerosene oil, and perfumes. Local shop for ladies mentioned.
Promote a direct Missouri Pacific Through Line from St Louis to the West with luxurious cars and safe tracks. Highlights include connections to Texas routes, modern safety features, and superior equipment. Also advertises cheap Missouri lands and migration incentives with contact details for agents in St Louis and Buffalo.
An assortment of local notices includes a Benton Harbor fruit farm for sale or trade near Elk hart, inquiries to Dr. O B Harrieton, unsettled accounts due by January 1 1864, and a Hall's Addition lot for sale in Elkhart. Also advertised is Proctor's Liniment claim and a large 116 acre Bucklin area farm in Cleveland township with timber and a brick house and scheduled payments.
Strange but true advertisement notes many suffer from lung diseases and coughs and would rather pay 75 cents for Dr Boschee's German Syrup than die. It claims long standing cures and invites readers to visit I Bucklen & Son in Elkhart for a free sample or buy a regular bottle for 75 cents. G G Green is sole manufacturer in Woodbury New Jersey.
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