18 Sep 1872
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Newspaper
Elkhart Observer
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1872
Page
1
The Elkhart Observer, a weekly journal of local political commercial agricultural scientific and literary intelligence, published every Wednesday at 102 Main Street. Terms include one year six months and three months in advance with advertising rates based on time and space. Proprietors Edward and Emma Molloy.
A town church directory lists Presbyterians on Corner High and Second Streets with Rev. M Crissman, Congregationalist led by Rev L R Royce, and other denominations including St John’s with Rector A E Bishop. Catholic and Evangelical groups under J H Quinlan and Geo A Hertel mark service times, languages, and Sunday School plans.
Postoffice hours listed for Elkhart nd and surrounding lines. Showing open times 7 30 a m to 7 39 p m Sundays noon to 1 09 pm. Train schedules include Main Line East 11 2 am and 7 30 pm and other connections Kalamazoo Grand Rapids Warsaw Wabash Indianapolis St Louis Kansas Edwardsburg Cassopolis Adameville and East West routes with various arrivals and departures. Office hours 8 00 am to 7 30 pm and notices signed K Brush P M.
Postoffice notice lists mail cutoffs and Sunday routing to East West and South. Local services include lawyers Shuey Van Fleet and Geo W Best at Law, Elkhart Paper Co, Elkhart House, Passenger Dining Hall, Clifton House, Lake Shore House with rates and amenities.
An elegiac poem describing an aged man on his bier and his final peaceful rest. The speaker praises a life of virtue, calm end of a long labor, and a balanced mercy of nature as death is welcomed with love and memory.
The narrative traces Ulysses S. Grant after the Mexican War from brevet captaincy and marriage to his arduous farm life near St. Louis, failed farming and real estate ventures, a stint in New York customs, and finally joining his father in a Galena leather business, where stability seemed within reach despite earlier military glory.
A reverent tribute recalls Ulysses S. Grant as a modest, devoted officer and national savior, detailing his battles at Belmont Fort Donelson Shiloh Vicksburg Chattanooga and Petersburg and his rise to President. The bishop’s obituary follows, recounting his quiet piety discipline and long service from New York to Indiana.
The Rt Rev Bishop Talbot preaches at St Pauls Cathedral in a September 1 memorial service for Bishop Upfold. He notes mourning emblems across the diocese and honors a Christian leader who has passed from his labor to the blessed church triumphant. The sermon reflects on death as a solemn messenger calling men to prepare for the great day.
A client tells his adviser that whiskers are unprofessional. The adviser replies that a lawyer can never be too barefaced, delivering a quip about courtroom demeanor.
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