04 Sep 1872
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Newspaper
Elkhart Observer
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1872
Page
1
A wary critique argues clerks flood the market, driving down wages while skilled trades like cabinetmaking flourish. It urges moving to Western lands where abundance of opportunity and self-reliance contrast with urban “unproducing” clerks, and champions a shift from office life to productive labor.
The Elkhart Observer bills itself as a weekly journal of local affairs and literature published every Wednesday at 102 Main Street. Subscriptions run one year six months or three months in advance with advertising charged by time and space.
The page lists several churches with their pastors and service times in Prespxyt Terran Corner and nearby streets, including Congregationalist and Evangelical Association congregations. It also prints a long poem Three Bells by John G Whittier and notes Atlantic Monthly for September.
Postoffice hours and train schedules listed for Elkhart and surrounding towns including Kalamazoo Grand Rapids Warsaw Wabash Indianapolis Edwardsburg Cassopolis Adamsville and St Louis. Money order and registry hours noted. R K Brush P M signs off.
Postoffice will hold 70 mails until further notice with Sunday evening service to East West and South. Local business card ads list Shuey Van Fleet attorneys at law Best attorney at law and real estate, Elkhart Paper Company printers, J R Beagosey Joan Coor B L Davenport officers, Ebkhart House hotel and Wickwire proprietor, and passenger dining hall at the Depot operated by J D Tyler offering reasonable rates and first class travel.
The village Deacon Pilsey plots to keep Irene Wyer from Bob Humphrey by leveraging lawyer Joe Gaines. Scott Pilsey returns with his California wife Lucia, revealing a family coup that unites Irene and Bob, Maggie Pilsey, and the others, while Scott's bride brings unexpected ties.
In a brief exchange the deacon and Joe discuss progress with Irene and the speaker, acknowledging a measure of success while leaving room for doubt. The dialogue hints at social tension and evolving relations among the characters.
Old Dickey the East India merchant in London studies a large India map. In a moment he exclaims amazed by the Bengal tiger drawn on the margin, noting the animal appears to be ninety miles long when measured by the map scale.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a count of three thousand Americans in Paris with unclear context and numeric markers. Further readable details are inaccessible.
Readable details note diverse positions at the office for varied workers. The listing mentions work both for colored and plain workers and emphasizes general labor tasks at the employment office.
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