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Newspaper

Elkhart Observer

Location

Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Nov 13, 1872

Page

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Postal and Train Office Hours and Arrivals

Office hours run 7:30 a m to 7:30 p m Sundays noon to 1:00 p m. Schedule listings include Main Line arrivals 11:30 a m and 7:00 p m toward Kalamazoo Grand Rapids and other routes. Money Order and Registry Office open 8:00 a m to 7:30 p m. R K Brush I M.

Marts Main Line Air Line Kalamazoo Grand Rapids Warsaw Wabash Indianapolis St. Louis Kansas Edwardsburg Cassopolis Adamsville Marius Caxtopolis

Postoffice Notice and Elkhart Business Listings

Postoffice notice states mail service suspended until further notice with usual Sunday evening mail to all points East West and South closing at five o'clock. Local ads list attorneys and professionals in Elkhart Indiana including Brown Brown insurance Best Beardsley Davenport and others. Hotel and dining hall services advertised with location details and rates.

Omaila R. KE. Brush I. M Elkhart W F. Wicewire Jackson Second Streets Postoffice Ind

Phantom Days Poem of Lost Love and Autumn Ghosts

A reflective lyric of seasonal decay and lost love. The speaker mourns a vanished sweetheart as autumn winds chill the air and pale faces of memory linger. Ghosts of the past mingle with Indian summer imagery, questioning what remains of affection as frost approaches.

Mortgage Fear Turns to Relief Through Life Insurance

A young farmer Isaac Veran frets over a looming mortgage payment and his family's future. After securing a life policy for four thousand dollars, his illness and death reveal the policy as the safeguard that saves the widow and children from losing the home and farm despite debt.

Isaac Veran Isaac Susie Veran Issaac

Blessing and blessing of a farmer’s widow in joy and duty

A heartfelt tribute recalls a widow’s gratitude and relief after her husband Isaac’s passing. The speaker notes the farm remaining hers, the well being of their children, and enduring affection as the family honors a shared life and memory. The tone honors mercy, peace, and lasting bonds within the household.

Isaac

An Awkward Compliment to Marie Louise

Harper's Magazine recounts how Marie Louise, disliked in Paris, once mistook ganache for a compliment about her father. She told Cambaceres she regarded him as the chief ganache of France, illustrating her limited understanding of the term.

Marie Louise Paris Josephine Napoleon Emperor of Austria Cambaceres Ganache France Harpers Magazine

Last Hours of Charles XV and a Moral for Boys

A Swedish paper chronicles the king's final hours at Aix la Chapelle, detailing his calm acceptance, the doctors' grim prognoses, and the moment of death at 9:05 PM. It notes the king's noble bearing and reflects on fatalism and eternal life. The piece then shifts to a Philadelphia Herald comment urging boys to value fair work, loyalty, and diligence over time-wasting clockwatching, warning that ambition and integrity lead to advancement, while deceit harms both self and employer. Temple Bar adds that Napoleon era tactics showed wartime strain and warned of looming miseries from such methods.

Charles XV Prince Oscar Prince Royal Denmark Lundberg Aix-la-Chapelle Philadelphia Herald

Wyoming Women Vote and Rule Shape Quiet Society

A New York Post sketch of Wyoming Territory notes women vote and hold offices without poll confusion, earning respect from men. It recalls women jurors starting days with prayer, and claims reduced drinking and gambling as a benefit of women’s office holding.

Wyoming New York Post Laramie Wyoming Territory

Census in Vienna Shows Population of 900000

The census of Vienna is complete reporting a city population of 900000. The figure highlights growth and planning needs for municipal services and infrastructure. Officials urge careful interpretation of the numbers for policy implications.

Vienna

Austerlitz and Napoleon's Masterpiece of Warfare

The article praises the Austerlitz campaign as Napoleon's finest work, noting the near equal combatants and the decisive French mobility. It credits the French success to Napoleon's anticipation of Austrian Rus sian maneuvers, superior discipline, and flexible tactics, while warning that risky decisions and strategic errors by the allies and by Napoleon himself carried real dangers and hinted at future perils.

Austerlitz Waterloo Jena Napoleon Frederick Austria Mack Olmutz Danube Vienna Moravia

The Ballot in England secret voting adopted by Parliament

The British Parliament passed the ballot bill to ensure secret voting and curb intimidation and bribery. The article argues secrecy will be more absolute than in the United States, with formal safeguards to prevent any disclosure of votes. It notes England borrowed the idea from America and urges reciprocal adoption of stronger precautions here.

Springfield Mass England America O’connel Ireland France Republic of America Scotland Canada Australia Balaklava Gladstone Dublin New England Richmond

How to Live Diet Debate by Dr. Lewis

A critique of Dr. Dio Lewis claim that a week on foods costing six cents daily proves thrift. The piece notes he gained half a pound and ate two meals daily, but warns most men would die on that diet. It advocates transportation reforms and cooperative buying over extreme starvation diets.

Dio Lewis Lewis

The New United States Senate Outlook

Washington dispatch counts twenty two Senate vacancies for March eight with seven filled so far. Republicans expected to replace Patterson Cole Harlan Corbett and Democrats to replace Garrett Davis Vickers, with McCreary Pickney Whyte among new or former Senators. several states face contested or likely party shifts including North Carolina Georgia and South Carolina. Overall, a nominal Republican gain of one seat anticipated after nineteen changes.

Washington Boston Globe Senate Morrill Vermont Messrs Patterson Cole Harlan Corbett Sargent Allison House Garrett Davis Vickers McCreary Pickney Whyte Morton Cameron North Carolina Pool Georgia Hill Howe Wisconsin Pomeroy Kansas Conkling New York Spencer Alabama Florida Sawyer South Carolina Representative Elliott Kelley Louisiana Pinchback Nye Rice Arkansas McDonald Trumbull Missouri Grant Jewett General Loan Frank P. Blair

Broadway Desolation and Froude Lecture at Association Hall

The piece contrasts a paralyzed Broadway, likened to a deserted city, with a detailed report on James Anthony Froude's Ireland lecture. It covers epi toot, street scenes, cabmen, and a call for reform, followed by Froude's analysis of Ireland from 1802 through the famine and the land question, ending with Gladstone and home rule debates and a rousing reception.

Ireland Mirabeau Scotland England New York London Utrecht Dan O’connell Robert Peel Cobbet

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