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Newspaper
Elkhart Observer
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1874
Page
4
A drunken man recalls signing a temperance pledge after being offered shelter at a temperance home. He narrates his wife and children’ s relief and vows to abandon liquor, seek right living, and reclaim manhood for his family and race with God’s help.
The piece urges farmers to seek sociability, noting long separations and limited daily contact. It praises the Grange as a social hub where members and families meet to discuss beneficial subjects, build trust, and support distressed brethren, especially during hard times.
A correspondent in Denison Texas writes from October 27 recalling snowfall in the North and blooming morning glories. The writer praises Texas climate despite bilious and malarial fevers and notes autumn harvests like watermelons radishes and beans with doctors in demand.
The Detroit Free Press describes Denison Texas with three churches Methodists Presbyterians and Catholics. It notes rapid growth from a forest to a bustling city with hotels stores a union seminary and planned mills. It laments temperance activism and urges capital investment for paper mills and foundries.
In Noble county the Ligonier Banner notes that 371 vote margin for the district suggests mixed opinions on defeating John H. Baker. Charley Murray of the Goshen Democrat weighs in on focus and effort, while the paper defends its collective support for the ticket and individual choice in extra effort.
A drunken Indian is warned of diminished rights by a magistrate who laments a dying tribe. The Indian speaks softly about the loss of his people, camp fires, and fading strength as memories of former chiefs fade into silence. The passage portrays cultural displacement and generational decline.
The Phrenological Journal notes how the Chinese save and reuse every part of offal to enrich soil and feed a large population. It links Rome’s fall to sewers and fertilizer misallocation, urging readers to avoid waste of daily substances to save money and trouble.
Berlin Times reports Lady Dilke died in London five weeks earlier and was buried in Dresden on the 10th. The funeral used Siemens’s new burial furnace with scientists present. After a series of steps the coffin reduced to six pounds of dust in an urn within 75 minutes, with the brother-in-law present.
Maj W H Calkins recalls Indiana’s wartime output from Dec oration Day remarks. Indiana sent 208,367 soldiers including 6,293 officers and 202,074 enlisted men, vastly more than the Mexican War and rivaling an empire in youth and numbers. State battles cover 808 contests in 17 states. 671 officers died or fell to disease. about 18,523 NCOs and enlisted men died or were wounded. Ages show 60,399 were 22 or younger, with many beardless teens. only 22,532 were over 31. Indiana troops averaged five feet four inches, noted by Dr. Gould.
The count shows 155578 Indiana soldiers with 140638 American born and 58204 Indiana natives. Of the remainder 14940 were foreign born, mainly Germans and Irish, indicating that armies were largely made up from American families and challenging the view that foreign workers fought for the government.
The poem contrasts yesterday’s bright, green meadows and golden hills with today’s ashen sky and sobbing wind. Nature’s beauty lingers in loving memory, as the speaker recalls a vivid, idealized scene from the past amid a somber present. The verse ends by preserving the earlier glory within remembrance.
An Indianapolis Sentinel critique condemns the Richmond Free Press for printing a staged encounter between William Baxter and rival Jeffries as news. The piece notes the Cincinnati Enquirer echoed the tale, misrepresenting a dream as fact and harming innocent parties while urging journalists to exercise discretion and conscience.
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