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Newspaper
Elkhart Observer
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1874
Page
3
Elkhart town items cover visits by Van Middaugh and others, court cases, fires, burglaries, and social events. Labor, politics, temperance talk, and church notices fill the page with names like Beardsley, Bucklen, Davis, and Parmater, plus remarks on mills, gardens, and weather.
Meeting of the Town Board with members Cook McNaughton Wright Chapman and Parker. Bills approved for lumber, services and machinery. Special policeman named and fire engine pay set. Fire at Review office described with response details and unknown cause. An incident note ends with a final stray remark.
The School Board of Boxanrt held a regular session on November 16, 1874 with all members present. Minutes from prior meetings were read and amended to correct an error re Mr. Maxon. Prof. Strasburg asked for a case and table for philosophical apparatus and a door, with Maxon authorized to procure them. Textbooks proposed include Language Primer Language Lessons and School Composition. Action on textbook adoption was deferred to the next meeting after discussion. Miss White was hired as a teacher at $45 per month. The board adjourned with E. Barney as secretary.
A gentleman wishes to wed and seeks a wife with a description of himself as twenty four, tall and blonde with brown whiskers, a rising businessman with an angelic temper. He can provide for household needs and a private carriage in time, dowry preferred though wealth not required.
The note promotes Deacon Rush's for wagon and buggy repairs and Mrs. Jaycox's for hot coffee fresh oysters cake pie and beefsteak with a broad eating line.
Ill health forces sale of an ice business in Elkhart County with tools and appliances included and buyer trained to run it. Sold by December with $1,000 cash and the balance in notes. Also ads note 1 000 bushels of wheat or oats for cash or lumber exchange at a lumber yard opposite the gas works. Buggies and carriages offered on time by Gorpan & Co., Elkhart Indiana.
Local shop Meader & Sage's markets dry goods and Martyn's Egyptian Lustrine at low prices. The notice also touts ladies shop, boots and shoes, and cheap lots for sale on long time through H P Chapman at 12 St Joseph Street, with Wilson & Garnet of Goshen handling the county abstract of title.
A 1874 testimonial from Janis O Betulis of Flemington New Jersey praises Dr. Pierce Golden Medical Discovery and Purgative Pellets for curing extensive ulcers and restoring health. The advert claims it cleanses blood of poisons and heals skin and scrofulous conditions while noting it cannot cure cancer.
Public notices list abstracts for Elkhart county Indiana with contact options Captain Ghiwbetlate or Wilson and Garnet Goshen. Prominent medicines advertised include Boschee’s German Syrup for coughs and lung issues, Walker’s California Vinegar Bitters, Sheridan’s Cavalry Horse Powders, and Martyn’s Egyptian Lustrine with Meader Sage as agents. Dr. Lamfert visits Elk Hart on Thursdays at Bucklen’s store. Furniture from Shuey and Mochelle. Wolle.
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