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Newspaper
Elkhart Observer
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1874
Page
3
The Elkhart post office will open at 9 a m and close at 4 p m. Under no circumstances will orders be issued or paid outside these hours. Signed R K Beush P M.
The Observer announces weekly ad display times for patrons in Elkhart, urging readers to submit their notices by Tuesday freenoon at 10 25 to ensure proper placement before printing. The paper highlights its larger circulation than any other local newspaper.
Local items report improvements at the telegraph office and new ads from Beck Bros while noting social events, shows, and business moves. Obituaries, temperance meetings, railway fare changes, and visits by out-of-town residents fill the town column with brief updates and forthcoming events.
A long list of names including Maxwell, Lucy, Molly Bowen, James Metzler, Mary Brower, Meeks, Burkey, Moyer, Noble, Schnipps, Emma Coates, Phelps, Henderson, Hill, Shriner, Koontz, Ellonora KelisyIenae Tollman, Rufus Walker, Kessler, Harriett Weaver, and Mary Pointer appears in a notice indicating they are held for letter direction in a local post office or registry system. The fragment implies an official sorting or addressing action possibly tied to a filing or mailing directive.
The piece highlights Mrs. Walpole’s lost chestnut mare from The Times and promotes Sheridan's Cavalry Condition Powders as a remedy for worms. It also advertises Ayer's Medicines for health and Johnson's Anodyne Liniment for chapped hands, with a note to fishermen and sailors to remember its uses.
The advertisement lists reduced prices on fabrics and garments including Best prints at 9 cents, Davo extra heavy bleached at 18 cents, various linens and sheeting from 8 to 16 cents, and denims ducks tickings with low rates. Ladies and misses cloth gaiters priced from 1 to 3 dollars, serge buskskin at 1 dollar, boots 2.50 to 14 dollars, plus new Cheviot shirtings and ladies neckwear.
Gray Bros. offer a large stock of fine boots and shoes through Brodricks, sole agents for Elkhart county.
A 21 1 2 acre land exchange proposal near Elk Hart seeks town property in return. Land on a leading highway with five acres of timber lands aimed at gardening grapes and fruits. M F Savery dated Jan 14 1874. Also building stone for sale by Oxville T Chamberlain at 93 Main Street up stairs.
A good fruit farm with 300 to 400 apple trees and a peach orchard seeks an energetic person to work for one year and earn money. Immediate contact with B. F. Smith in Hascall's Block, Goshen, Indiana.
A historic display at Davenports showcases rich and varied neckwear styles. The assortment includes elegant cravats, bow ties, and silk scarves highlighting fashion tastes of the era.
Seventy acre parcel lies west of Edwardsburg road known as the old Layton farm. The 116 acre property is priced at $65 per acre with 35 acres timber. It features a brick house, large barn, and out-buildings on the orchard. Terms require one fourth cash and $200 yearly. Apply on the premises to Caroline H. Hanna.
A collage of shop notices and ads lists collar and cuff shops at 100 Main Street Meader and Sage silk and linen handkerchiefs College Record from Kalamazoo Riverside Green House and Hall's Addition Elkhart real estate and corset dealer Madam Foy's Meader & Sage Boodler section touts Missouri Pacific Kansas Pacific routes with resonant train services to Colorado and Texas plus Dr Wilhoff Anti-Periodic and travel agents Thomas Thompson H Thompson E A Ford ads and rail improvements between Hannibal St Louis Galveston.
H C Wright & Co announced that the loss of Gore and Wright’s spinning mill will not affect their ability to furnish dressed lumber. They state flooring, siding, finishing lumber, and other lumber are on hand and ready for use at their yard at Harrison and 6th Streets.
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