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Newspaper

Elkhart Observer

Location

Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Oct 28, 1874

Page

3

Round Town Notes and Local Happenings

Round Town reports a court win with a $15 bill and costs, travels of Mrs Becraft to California, charity boots for a boy, street concerts, cabbage storage tips, new shop openings, fires and accidents, a big ball and masks, railroad news, and various town personalities, visits, and upcoming events. The item-rich column mixes humor, community updates, and short notices across Elkhart and nearby areas.

Squire Fish Smith C. H. Chase Boston D. E. Becraft San Francisco Cal Becraft California

The Cheapest Farm in the World for Sale

An advertisement offers a 160 acre property four miles from Elkhart with 140 cultivated and 20 timbered acres, good buildings and fences, two orchards, priced at 6000 dollars and claimed to sell cheaply due to the owner's debt. Also notes farm listings near LaGrange Center and Elkhart, Iowa land, and real estate agency services. A nostrum pitch for Dr. Walker's Vinegar Bitters warns against tonics containing alcohol. Cash offers sought for 1000 bushels of oats and exchange for lumber.

Elkhart M. F. Saver LaGrange Center South Bend Chicago Iowa

Provisions and grain prices from historical ledger text

Fragmentary OCR shows assorted price lines for provisions and grain. Items include lard, tallow, eggs, butter, apples, potatoes, cornmeal, feathers, hides, cattle, salt, bran, beeswax, hay, oats, rye, shorts, and wheat with varied unit prices such as per pound, per bushel, per hundred, and per ton, reflecting a vintage market ledger.

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Cures for chills fevers and malaria tonic touted

A vintage advertisement extols Wilhoft's Tonic as a universal cure and preventive for chills, fevers, and malaria with claims of rapid, decisive relief and no side effects. It urges use in affected areas and lists sale by druggists. Also promotes Boschee's German Syrup with a mass free-sample program and a price of 75 cents per bottle from I Bucklen & Son, endorsed by G. G. Green of Woodbury New York.

Wilhoft G. G. Green Woodbury, N. Y South America T. Inman Station D. Bible House New York City

Great iron bridge completes boost to Missouri trade

The Boonville bridge completion enhances the northeast to Southwest line with two daily Hannibal trains to Neosho valley and two to Southern Kansas. New low rates and through Pullman palace sleeping cars from Chicago Quincy Hannibal and St Louis to Galveston. Readily accessible maps and timetables offered by Thomas Darwin, Sedalia, Mo.

Missouri River Boonville Northeast Great Southwest Hannibal Points Great Neosho Valley St. Louis Kansas Texas Chicago Quincy Galveston Missouri Indian Nation Thomas Darwin Sedalia

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