30 Oct 1872
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Newspaper
Elkhart Observer
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1872
Page
1
The speaker rejects Democratic rivals and urges voting for Ulysses S. Grant. He praises Grant’s Civil War leadership, notes Republicans’ past strength, and argues for continuity, credit, and equal rights while opposing Greeley and other Democrats.
The notice lists opening hours from 7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. with Sunday noon to 1.00 p.m. close, and various east and west main line train departures to Kalamazoo Grand Rapids Warsaw Indianapolis St. Louis and Cassopolis. It also notes money order and registry office hours from 8.03 a.m. to 7.20 p.m. signed RK Brush P.M.
Seventy mails received at this office until further notice on Sunday morning. Mails will be sent, however, as usual, on Sunday evenings to all points East, West and South, closing precisely at five o'clock. R. K. Brush, P.M.
The narrator sails toward Teneriffe and Saint Vincent with a mixed crew including Rev Secundus St Paul and Augustus Fitzlavender Kydde. They explore Cape Verde, visit a cemetery with WWI era crosses, and recall Crimean memories as fever breaks in Pernambuco.
Field Marshal Sir George Pol lock, a distinguished East India officer and constable of lower London, died in London at an advanced age.
The author Fanny Fern dies after long illness of rheumatism in her home city room. She remains conscious to the end and asks her doctor whether she is dying, then passes away at 6 30 PM with family present and no strangers allowed.
The Indianapolis Journal reports multiple Indiana counties Putnam Franklin Ripley Sullivan and the Northern Penitentiary reveal Democratic treasurers and clerks have become defaulters with large sums. It asserts no Republican officer defect and attacks purificationists for Radical corruption claims.
The Vermont legislature elected Hon J S Morrill to the United States Senate for six years from March 4 next by a vote of 211 to 171. Democrats supported Waldé Bitighapt with 44 votes.
In Paris on the night of September 21 a gathering defiantly marked by poetry and debate honored the republic. Victor Hugo and Louis Blanc sent letters, while Beesly attended. Hugo urged unity against monarchist powers and praised Voltaire Rousseau and Mirabeau as voices for liberty.
The piece urges improving dreary farmhouses by adding lawn trees and a neat porch fence and shrubs. It argues low cost, gradual investment, and that such upgrades raise a farm’s appeal and resale value, noting a $50 improvement can yield $500 later.
A youth with stunted lip hairs purchased a bottle allegedly containing a mustache blacking compound. He mixed it with water in the back of a dry goods store and claimed it would color facial hair, earning him a half-dollar from the satisfied customer.
Public finances under General Grant show per capita expenditures lower than since 1810 with 1860 and 1871 figures cited. Tax efficiency improved. whisky taxes raised revenue. state debt reduced. greenback value rose. public securities strong. widespread prosperity noted and Grant backed for 1872.
The note cites Mr. John H Owens and Mr. Forrest as among the world's stealthiest actors and millionaires, with claimed fortunes exceeding one million dollars. The fragmentary text emphasizes their notable wealth and secretive status.
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