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Newspaper

Elkhart Observer

Location

Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Sep 02, 1874

Page

3

Local Ads and Notices Span Real Estate to Funeral Details

The page lists coal orders at 10.25 per ton cash with delivery, Meader & Sage ads for dry goods and Martyn's Egyptian Lustrine, and property listings in Elkhart including the old Dunn property and Layton farm details. Also include are obituaries for Mary Moist and baby Willie Fieldhouse, plus Mennonite arrival and westbound departure.

Shuey & Mochelle’s Meader & Sage’s Martyn Washington and Second Streets St Joseph Benton Harbor Mich Cleveland Township Elkhart County Edwardsburg Road Caroline H. Hanna Hall Elkhart

Advertised Letters List and Pickup Instructions

A list of names appears on a postal notice for letters awaiting pickup. Applicants must call and provide the advertised date to obtain letters. items are not advertised until one week in the office. R K Brush P M notes letters remain available after the delay.

Bagley Berk D Curtis Kessler Join Linehart John Metcalf Charles Young Kate R.K. Brush P. M

Desperadoes Held After Lake Shore Freight Car Opened

Friday night at White Pigeon Asst. Marshal Colburn and Officer Run yan of the Lake Shore police subdued two desperadoes who broke into a loaded freight car of Conductor Richardson's No 37. They were taken to the Proctor hotel for the night and face a 9 o'clock appearance before Chief Justice Fish.

Marshal Colburn Runyan Lake Shore Richardson White Pigeon Proctor Hotel Fish

Premium with the Observer Offer Endorsed by Notables

Arrangements with publishers allow a premium offer: the Observer for one year at 2.75 dollars plus a valued book worth 1.50 dollars. Endorsements come from Joseph Farwell mayor of Rockland Maine Isaac M Briggs Bangor and Pope Brothers Machris lumber merchants who authorize use of their names to recommend Sheridan Cavalry Condition Powders.

Observer Joseph Farwell Rockland Isaac M. Briggs Bangor Pope Brothers Machris

Wilhoft’s Anti-Periodic Fever and Ague Tonic

Medical notice touts Wilhoft’s Tonic as a preventive and curative remedy for chills fever and malaria. It claims rapid decisive action with no side effects and urges purchase from all druggists. The ad emphasizes universal use and family benefits.

Wilhofms Wilhoft

No Excuse for Being Sick Boschee's German Syrup Ad

G G Green of Woodbury New York touts Boschee's German Syrup as an instant throat and lung cure. He claims over 250000 free sample bottles distributed annually by Druggists nationwide and urges readers to ask I Bucklen Son for a bottle at 75 cents with two doses claiming relief.

Boschee United States I. Bucklen & Son G. G. Green Woodbury, N. Y

Missouri Kansas & Texas Railways Completes Boonville Bridge

The Missouri Kansas & Texas Railway announces completion of the iron bridge over the Missouri river at Boonville and new daily trains between Hannibal and Neosho valley and between St. Louis and Southern Kansas. Through Pullman cars will run Chicago to Galveston with reduced rates and direct routes through Southwest Missouri, the Indian Nation, and Texas. inquiries go to Thomas Darwin, Sedalia, Mo.

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

Elkhart Market Prices Corrected for Provisions and Grain

Market listings show prices for butter lard tallow and eggs per pound bushel and hundredweight. Grain seed and feed prices include bran corn timothy hay oats rye and other staples with per ton and per bushel figures. The page ends with a note about a 19th century discovery.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Meader & Sage Lillie Young Flag The Flag Store Mary F Solomon and Catherine Moist Middlebury St Willie Edward Edward D Sarah Fieldhouse Diep George Harding M.s.&l.s. Railway Co Saginaw New York Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R Eliehart, Ind Abbot & Co Miller Lizzie Biddle Miller Bechtol Molly Myres Austin Bickle John B Potter George Bender John Parker Julia Brodeen Perking Nancy Curtiss Chas C Robinson Richards James E Chopp David Rogan Keiler Crist James Shime Catherine Cuterman John Smith Susan Corbyn Adieon Dolph Dewitt Tickford Martin Dunham Thouston Narrington Jfary Thornton Ferdiman Francisco H W Thompson E E Harrison Eli Thornton Alfred Heinrich Bender Vronean E Johnson Bell Wirich L E Jackson Rebecca Winegar Lora Kilday Patrick Ward James King CO P Walter Caroline Longdorf George Wickens Mr Maple L E McCrery John Milbroth John Mikels John Round Town Jonas Myers Ed Julian Washington Territory Justicce Cass County Charley Burhans Round House Johnny Jordan Charley Greene Sherriff Chamberlain Elam Beardsley Wisconsin Frank Goshen New Carlisle New Carlisle Acquaintances Last Evening On the Street— Messrs Druliner Finch Sweetland South Bend Toledo Milburn Wagon Shops Josiah Rush Alabama Brodrick-Hascall-Kerstetter Ed. Kerstetter Silas DeCamp Constantine C. W. Green Buffalo Iupra Anchor Line Saratoga Lake Saratoga Rowing Association M. C Keile Lake Shore Illustrated Jerome Collins Saml. Hoke Jay Parmater Adamsville Geo. Deming Wickwire Marion Proctor Notre Dame Dr. Ellis Judge Woods Baptist Church W. A. Clark Valparaiso H. J. Finch Sumption Prairie J. L. M. Young W. W. Smith Moerning Jeremiah Bowen R. F. Delo Three Rivers O. E. White Gale John Brodrick Little Willie Fieldhouse J. R. Mather Barr Will Lamb Kalamazoo Business College Will William Fieldhouse Fahnestock C. S. Squires California Chester Wentworth Squires Keene Daily Observer Indianapolis F. LB. Pratt Dr. Garvin Ayer Wm. Clark Frankfort Mills Waldo Co Maine Ezra Treat Aptor. Treat M. A. Merrill Clark Johnson Hill & Kelley Japan J.J. Burns & Co Main Street Elkwmart Ind Burne Davey J.J. Burns & C.C Main St Elkhart, Ind Croquet Papers & Magazines Pocket Books Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Etiil &Ihelley Hill & Miller Mainstreet Carbon & Castor Jake Mush N. Freedman Ladies’ Bazaar Neho0! Books Truby Pighon Street L Bugelen & Sons John W. Masary R. R Chicago White Lead & Oil CO Isaac Bucklen N. E. Cor Main & Jackson Streets Blehrart J. F. Hunt & Cos Cheap Cash Store Turin Beck Bros Beck Brothers Elkhart Market Ss. D. Howe S. D. Howe Chambers St South America Joseph T. Inman Bible House New York City S. M. Cummins
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