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Newspaper
Elkhart Observer
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1873
Page
8
A horse weighing 1000 to 1200 pounds eats about six tons of hay annually. The piece argues alternative feeds may cut costs, estimating 3.5 tons of corn stalks plus 2.5 tons of corn, or 3.5 tons of oat straw and 2.5 tons of oats, to year round sustainment. It notes about two good acres of land would produce this amount.
A humorous scene aboard a Louisiana mail boat opens with a New Jersey man admitting his state pride. The narrative shifts to a comic family ritual of hooping a flour barrel, ending with a sequence about a lively Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers ball at Conley’s Hall in Elkhart, marked by dancing and sociable revelry.
Directory listing churches with addresses and pastors including Congregationalist Rev L R Royce Methodist Rev S N Rhodes St Johns Rev A E Bishop Garnette Creron Rev Father Quinlan Menominee Prairie St Rev John F Fank Evangelical Association Rev Geo A Hertel services times and Sabbath School details for each church.
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway shows routes via Adrian to Monroe Detroit and Jackson with White Pigeon to Three Rivers Kalamazoo and Allegan. Detroit joins Grand Trunk for Sarnia Montreal Quebec Portland and more. Salem Crossing connects to Lafayette New Albany and other western points. Chicago and Buffalo time differences noted. Charles Paine, Gen Supt, Elkhart, Oct 27, 1872.
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