Special Notice from Elkhart Post Office Money Order Dept
The Money Order Department of the Elkhart Post Office opens at 9 o clock am and closes at 5 o'clock pm. Orders will not be issued or paid outside these hours. K K Brush PM advertises that The Observer is a leading newspaper in Elkhart and asks advertisers to bring their favors in by Tuesday for early display.
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Elkhart
K. K. Brush
P.M
Observer
Beck Bros
Chicago
Kaskel
C. B. Brodrick
Chanles
Dr. Frink
Quaife
Art Ketcham
Fergus
Bristol
Will Howland
Syphert
Freedman
Wickwire
Hunt & Co
S. D. Harris
Lane & Pickering
John Kelly
James Lawder
Concord
N.H
F. B. Cheng
Wm. Hinman
Gore & Wright
Northern Indiana Baptist Association
J. S. M. Young
South Bend
Conley’s Hall
St. Louis
Mississippi ’ Valley
Reavis
Inquirer
First National Bank
Money Order Department of the Post Office
The
Elkhart Bank
Col. A. M. Tucker
Eckleman & Paulus
Halls, Safe and Lock Company
America
Dearborne St
Temperance events and town notes keep Elkhart busy
A busy Elkhart items list temperance talks, church plans, and community efforts. Highlights include a prayer meeting at a Presbyterian church, a free reading room discussion, renovations on Gore Wrights mill, and a fire at Marshal Proctor’s barn with substantial local impact.
Doctor Junkins Buys Singler Property and Plans Rental House
Dr S B Junkins buys Joseph Singler property and builds a new residence for rent or sale. Town needs more enterprising men. L S M S R schedule shift yesterday barely helped locals. Hoofman couple hosts East visitors. Presbyterian church lecture drew small crowd.
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S. B. Junkins
Joseph Singler
Three Men Admit Fire Attack in Towns Most Populous Section
Three men confess to setting fire to a building in the town's busiest area. The marshal prosecutes the case as authorities pursue the trial and determine responsibility.
Board Resolutions on Road Tax Payments Adopted
The Board of Trustees at its May 20 meeting passed a resolution requiring all road tax payers who opt to pay money instead of labor to pay the Town Treasurer for a road receipt. This will enable the Marshal or road master to hire capable workers and ensure consistent road work. Joan McNaugaron, President of the Board.
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Board of Trustees
Joan McNaucGaron
Pres
Celebration of Victoria's Birthday by St George's Cricket Club
Members of St George's Cricket Club celebrated Queen Victoria's birthday with a day of cricket and a late supper at Elkhart House. Toasts and songs followed, praised for wit and music, though they lamented not inviting the ladies to the banquet. Match results listed show Blues dominance in early innings with several players noted for scoring and dismissals.
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St George’s Cricket Club
Queen Victoria
Elkhart House
BLUES
Brown
Oakley
McLachlan
Hague
Eck
Obby Bayne
King
Salkeld
Montisy
Veitch
Rankin
White
Couples Plighted From Cass County and Wekarusa
Dir That Mr Linden Price of Wekarusa will wed Miss Sarah Miller of Cass County Michigan. Also Mr A Palmer of Kent will marry Emma Newel of Chicago. The notice wishes the couples happiness and prosperity and humorously notes restraint from future plumbing tinkering.
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Linden Price
Wekarusa
Sarah Miller
Cass County
Mich
Zikhart Review
A. Palmer Kent
The
Review
Emma
Charles Newel
Chicago
Rip van Winkle
Mail notice from Canada post office excerpted in Victoria papers
The text copies a British weekly and Daily Colonist notice from Victoria British Columbia about postal mails from Canada. It references May 5 and 6 and a Post Office notice detailing mail dates and routes. The fragment preserves names Ed Julian and Victoria context without full details.
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Julian
Victoria
British Columbia
Canad
Temperance Movement Sparks Audience and Debate
The near chaotic crowd at a Grand Rapids gathering heard a radical temperance address, with supporters and critics debating its proposals. Adam Forepaugh, now successful in Philadelphia, is noted for wealth and stage influence. Governor Herdricks refused to sign the temperance license on grounds of distance from saloons. Rumors surge about a prayer trial affecting a local grocery dispute.
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Adam Forepaugh
Girard House
Philadelphia
Quaker City
Fokomo
Tribune
Herdricks
Létice
Nellia President's Daughter Weds Englishman Sartoris
Nellia, daughter of the President, married an Englishman named Sartoris on a Friday morning. The ceremony followed traditional customs and took place amid family guests and notable attendees.
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Nellia
Sartoris
Local Advertisements Include Various Services
A collage of small notices lists a motto at 103 Main Street and fresh produce at Meyers. It notes builders Maxon Parmater & Co, wagon repairs at Rush's, a Gem Dining Saloon by Mrs. Jaycox on Jackson Street, and Hill & Kelley a nearby drug store. I Bucklin & Son are also mentioned as dependable in drug goods.
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Meyers
Maxon, Parmater & Co
Rush’s
Gem
Jaycox
Jackson Street
Hill & Kelley
Indiana
I. Bucklin & Son
Elkhart Market Corrected Weekly by Hackathern Co
Market weekly from Hackathern Co lists prices for butter lard tallow poultry hams and vegetables. Includes grains seed feed hay oats rye corn and wheat with per bushel per ton and per hundred rates, noting variances and quality terms.
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Rene Ing
Local Ads and Notices From Elkhart Indiana
Public notices and advertisements include Dr. Howe Arabian Milk Cure claims in Saratoga Springs, a request to return a large flag borrowed for a Firemen’s procession, promotions for a seamless ladies shop, Meader and Sage silk and linen handkerchiefs, new dress goods by A. S. and J. B. Davenport, a Covenant Mutual Life Insurance agent opening, and Ed Turnock at Dr Dodge’s office for inquiries.
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D. Howe
J. J. Stauffer
R. K. Brus
Flag
Meader’ & Sage’s
Covenant Mutual Life Insurance Co
Ed. Turnock
Dr. Dodge
Prices on assorted fabrics and goods offered by Cavo’s House
Ice Cream taxiSexvs. Meader Sage announce reduced prices on broadcloths and linens from nine to eighteen cents per yard with many standards like Fruit of the Loom Lonsdale and Gold Medal. Boots and gaiters offered with cheap rates. denims ducks tickings and Cheviot shirtings also priced. Also selling building stone by Oavitte T. Chamberlain at No 93 Main Street upstairs.
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Meader & Sage
Cavo
Lonsdale
Slaterville
Pepperell
Bedford
Chicago
Agawam F
Oavitte T. Chamberlain
Retail ads and notices clutter Elkhart business pages
An assortment of local promotions and notices details shop offerings at Mead er Sage and Davenport stores. Prominent mentions include ladies wear shoes corsets hats and muslin goods, plus new spring stock at Brodricks Davenport and 100 Main Street. Also notes about dissolving Brodrick Bros and calls for debts to be paid.
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Lusher
Esiee Cera
Riverside Green House
Teresa Pate
Brodricks
Green's August Flower Promoted By Saloon Reform Push
Ladi 3, you can get something at Meader and Sage to carry dresses over mud. The women's temperance movement grows in the west with claimed medicinal value for Green's August Flower. It is touted as a gentle laxative, a cure for dyspepsia and liver trouble, blood purifying, and a remedy for various stomach ills. Sold by I Bucklen and Son and G Green in Woodbury New Jersey.
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Meader & Sage’s
I. Bucklen. & Son
G. G. Green
Woodbury, N. J
Jenac Bucklen, & ‘Son
Elkhart
Ind
D. Howe
Chambers
New York
Farm sale in Elkhart County with timber and improvements
Located in Cleveland township Elkhart County half a mile west of Edwardsburgh road the old Layton farm spans 116 acres at 65 per acre with 35 acres timber and an excellent land condition. Brick house barn out-buildings orchard water supply terms one fourth cash balance 200 yearly. Apply premises to Caroline H Hanna. Colorado Excursions Go West Thru st Louis Missouri Pacific Kansas Pacific Through Line offers low return tickets to Denver and Rocky Mountain parks via St Louis. Addresses for agents in Buffalo Columbus and St Louis provided.
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Cleveland Township
Elkhart County
Edwardsburgh Road
Missouri Pacific
Kansas Pacific
St. Louis
Kansas City
Denver
Colorado
Rocky Mountains
Missouri
Kansas
New Mexico
Nebraska
Oregon
California
Buck’s
Westinghouse
Texas
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
E. A. Ford
South Fourth Street
Missouri Kansas & Texas Railway Boonville Bridge Boosts Southwest Service
The completion of the iron bridge over the Missouri river at Boonville enables enhanced service on the Missouri Kansas & Texas line. Two daily Hannibal to Neosho valley trains and two daily St. Louis to Southern Kansas trains, with reduced fares and through Pullman sleeping cars to Galveston from Chicago Quincy Hannibal and St. Louis. Interested travelers should contact Thomas Darwin, Sedalia, Mo., for maps and timetables.
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Missouri River
Boonville
Northeast
Great Southwest
Hannibal
Points
Great Neosho Valley
St. Louis
Kansas
Texas
Chicago
Quincy
Galveston
Southwest
Missouri
Téxas
Thomas Darwin
Sedalia
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O Observer
Caldwell
N. Freedman
M. L. Gump & Co
T.piceaw
J. J. Burns & Co
Dreag
Round Town
Presbyterian Church
F. B. Pratt
Charles
Towa
Tie Brodrick
Johnny Wolf
J. Kirk
Allan Cook
Jock
Clarence Knickerbocker
Adamsville
Zimmer
Strawberries
Ghivalrie i
Johnny Fieldhouse
Mr. Brown
Mishawaka
Baxter
Naus
van Fleet
Shuey
Fowler
Proctor
Iler
Beneft
John Cassler
Millersburg
R.R. Company
Mrs. W. E. Hoofman
Geen
Rankin Rete
Beck Oakley
Tran
Powel
Daglish
Samuels
Rogerson
Goard
Kempster
West Awe Renee Nee
Seco BO Blues
McLachlin
Beck
Morri
Daghish
Radd
Beck Oaklay
Daplish
Samuels Coeree
Kin Newman
Lowe Eee
N News
Seema Eee
Total
Grand Rapids
Editorial Brevvrties
Times
Main Street
Elkhart Market
Hackathermm & Co
Saratoga Springs
Elkhart, Ind
Isaac Bucklen & Son
Saratoga
Davenports
Youxs Hysey
JaPan
Are Rey Eee
Main St
Ape Ose
Brodtick Bios
Flag Store
Sara
Lytin Hall
A. S
J.B. Davenport
Caesar
Ayer
Sheridan
Johnson
Brodrick Bros
Ohio
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
Acclergyman
South America
Joseph T. Inman
Station D
B. W Raymond
G. M W. Wheeler
Lady Elgin
H.H. Taylor
J.T. Ryerson
Gail Borden
American Watch Co
United States Watch Co
New York Watch Co
Saxo
Gonley’s
Cheney
Bradford
Yosemite
JF Hunt & CO
Jas Main
Bocklen & Sons
John W. Masary
R. R
ST. Louis Lead and Oil CO
Davis, Chambers & CO
Je H. Morley & CO
White Lead & Oil Co
Cassimeres
Jake Fish
Dotys
Stham
Jackson ST
Lorman & Thorp’s
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