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Newspaper

Elkhart Observer

Location

Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Mar 26, 1873

Page

7

Testimony on Bucklen Drug Store Liquor Case

Samuel Gregg testified before Justice C W Fish that he obtained a drink at Bucklen's drug store from clerk Ransom S Armstrong on the first of the month. Armstrong swore the testimony false and submitted an affidavit denying the claim.

Boxuart Ind Samuel Gregg Elkhart C. W. Fish Gregg Bucklen S. Armstrong Ransom S. Armstrong B. Turnock

Legalized Outrages and a Personal Reply in Union

A reply defending Samuel Gregg against harsh charges and accusing opponents of selective law enforcement. J O Gregg signs as Whittlesey, pledging to prosecute those flouting the law and detailing a dissolved partnership and continuation under Little & Forward. The note ends with a stray line about a Democrat editor dealing in real estate.

News of the Week From New York and Beyond

Freeman Campbell intoxicated in Elkhart after viewing the city through a tumbler is jailed. Rock Island chosen for national military prison site with planning commission named. War Department rules bar officers from lobbying Congress on military matters. Cypress Hill cemetery to honor Union soldiers with a Brooklyn monument. A Brooklyn magnate slain in his mansion. mystery surrounds the murder. Gen Spinner begins his 13th year as U. S. Treasurer. Rio Janeiro reports 60 to 70 yellow fever cases daily. A woodhouse at C B Strunk’s residence in the 4th ward struck by lightning. Freeman Campbell’s temperance lapse noted by Mishawaka correspondence.

Brooklyn Cypress Hill Gen. Spinner U. S Rio Janeiro C. B. Strunk Secretary of War Act of Congress Rock Island National Military Prison War Department Congress Freeman Campbell Elkhart Mishawaka Cor The South Bend Tribune Freeman Mishawaka

Marriage in Doylestown Promises New Home

On Tuesday evening March 11 1873 at the bride’s mother residence the ceremony united A K Funk and Annie M Lanois of Doylestown Pa Rev L C Sheip officiated An apology is offered for a previous oversight and friends are told the couple will arrive next month to begin a new life together with well wishes from their circle.

L. C. Sheip A. K. Funk Annie M. Lanois Doylestown Funk

Death of Mrs Pie-Be Clauson at 56 in Middlebury

Mrs Pie-Be Clauson died suddenly of apoplexy on March 20 1873. She lived in Middlebury with ApRy Clauson and was sister to J R Mather. A 56 year old church member she awaited the summons, noting Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.

Pie- BE C ApRy Clauson Middlebury J. R. Mather Clauson

List of Advertised Letters at Elkhart Postoffice March 19 1873

A long list of names appears as letters advertised at the Elkhart Indiana post office dated March 19 1873. The notice explains letters remain until picked up and requires the recipient to call for Advertised Letters with the list date. It also includes a brief ad for Caswell Hazard Co liver oil sold in New York as a medical remedy.

Elkhart Ind Banks Eugene Butget Henry Baker Mary Courts Cainan Joseph II Cooper Jacob Doonn DeGroote Davis Malinda Dyer Thomas Elniott Falmer Martha 1 Forbs Perry C Gurner Mathew Hatfield Amanda Harris Henry Hoffman M Hanigan Jennie Hallenbeck W Hill Hindbaugh Levi Heckman K King Keller Mies King Leedy John Miller Connie Ogden David Perkins Pifer Hannah Peck J . Pegg Mertie” Peers Shawl Emery Stewart Shelmadine Nellie Spencer Samuel P Shaw Shafer Susan A Smith Fannie Leese Tobias Sarah Thuyser Vincent Harriet M Wizard Michael Wilfong Catharine Whitmer Mary Jane Wilson RV Aa Wilkerson Weaver Jacob Williams Geo A Wilcox Weston Tomie Svensgon Carl Joan Weaton Beech’Creek Annie H Oxenham Coldwater Maston Cincinnati Ohio Sherman Quincy Ee Brush P. M Hazard, & Caswell’s Caswell, Hazard & Co New York

Whittlesey Grocers Advertises Goods and Mower

An 1873 notice from Whittlesey in Trapsox promotes corrected Wesicy by Mackathorn & Co for painful menstruation and spring goods at James Miller’s. It also offers Hubbard raking mowing and reaping machines for sale or exchange with warranties and reduced price. A rental listing for a house in Strong's Riverside addition appears, with contact through C. P. Fish.

Hubbard i Trapsox Elkhart

WHITTLESEY Cures Ailments and Sells Goods Nearby

In Clifton House Block S Hoke offers cheaper dry goods carpets clothing notions and more at 79 Main St. Also closing stock boots and shoes. Maxon Parmater Co. advertise timber and hauling services with three teams. Emigration notice from Atlantic & Pacific Railroad selling 1 200 000 acres in Missouri at three to twelve dollars per acre with seven year terms and free transport. WHITTLESEY advertised for ague bilious fevers rheumatism gout.

S. Hoke Main Clifton House Missouri Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Company St. Louis A. Tuck

FENCING! At H. C. Wright and Co.'s. Who is your Baker?

Local notice touts Hackathorn and Co. as a clean, first class bakery at No 96 Main Street with a farmer friendly lunch counter. It highlights direct Westward railroad routes via Missouri Pacific and new Missouri Kansas Texas connections, and promotes sewing machines and building materials with ads for W. Jewett and Maxon Parmater.

Messrs Hackathorn & Co Main Street Hackathorn and Co Mack Mississippi Missouri Kansas Nebraska Colorado Utah Wyoming Nevada Oregon California St Louis Missouri Pacific Railroad St. Louis

Lumber sales and cautions from period ads

An array of old ads urges builders to prepare to buy lumber from Maxon Parsaten & Co. It also calls out complaints about odors from paraffine oils on machinery and promotes E. H. Kellogg’s pure sperm and tallow oils at low prices. A temperance remedy named Whittlesey is advertised for male health.

E. H. Kellogg

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Armstrong Bucklen’s J. O. Gregg Whittlesey Copartnership Little & Forward Harvey Lit ES Forwandy Ranged Ha Onal Science Goalien ‘Democrat News OF the Foster Wesicy Mackathorn & Co., Grocers James Miller’s Strong C. P. Fish Hama Maxon, Parmater & Co Sears Main St Maxon, Parmater, & Co R. H Pigeon Street Joy H. C. Wright and Co Wilson Middlebury Station York Township Jewett Elkhart County B. F. Smith Goshen Maxon, Parmater and Co’s Maxon, Parsaten & Co Proctor's Block R.m Steve Steve Pipe Eureka Billard Hall J. O. Holmes Shuey & Vanfleet Spiritualism Benj. Toda J. O. Barrett Marion Todd Conley’s H.c.wright & Co P.O. Bow M. Truby Florence
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