Elkhart notices and town notes scattered items
Local items report Dr Frink enlarging his cellar J Van Middaugh in town and Belts and hair braids at Miller s in Middlebury Street work grading Eli Conley auction business and lodging at Clifton House Post ships goods worth a thousand dollars this week Several local events including auctions salerooms lodgings and public notices—railroad talk schools and upcoming fairs noted by The OBSERVER.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Frink
J. van Middaugh
B. F. Smith
Goshen
Middlebury Street
Eli Conley
Shreveport
Clifton House
Post
Miller's
Main Street
van Sickle
Kalamazoo
Mich
Arza Ketcham
Two Young Deceased Lads and Deep Sorrow Told
A death notice recalls the 1873 losses of John W. Lamb aged thirteen and Minnie, describing grief in June roses and autumn shadows. The piece laments the children’s graves and reflects on faith, eternal life, and reunion in a heavenly setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Lamb
Minnie
Johnny
Yonder Cemetery
Gratitude From Elkhart Residents After Illness and Death
A statement thanks Elkhart citizens for their kindness during illness and death of a son. The author expresses deep appreciation and hopes kindness is repaid a thousandfold. The piece references a South Bend Methodist Conference where Bishop Simpson advocates women’s suffrage for moral reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
Methodist Episcopal Conference
South Bend
Simpson
Advertised Letters at Elkhart Postoffice 1873 List
A long list of names appears for Bennet Isaac Murray Kate Cornell Edward Pierson Addie Collins and others as letters held for postage at the Elkhart Indiana postoffice dated September 24 1873. Miss Eliza Vesy South Bend and several others are listed as having no address. To claim call for Advertised Letters and provide the date.
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Anna
Woods Anna R
Lowry J
C Wilson
Frank Lehman
J Ide Wilson
Harry Martrill
Alviria - Webster
Morain
Eliza Vesy
South Bend
R. K. Brush
P. M
Mineral Waters at Bucklen's Drugstore
Isaac Bucklen & Son offer three celebrated mineral waters drawn fresh from springs. Excelsior Spring Water from Saratoga, N Y, is praised for quick healthful effects and use against liver trouble biliousness dyspepsia scrofula rheumatism piles and constipation. Deep Rock Spring Water from Oswego, N Y, is billed as a premier remedy for various ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
Isaac Bucklen & Son
Saratoga
N. Y
Oswego
N._Y
Patare
Local Drug House Promotes Geyser Water and Sundries
The ad touts Geyser or Spouting Spring Water from Saratoga as a cathartic diuretic and stimulant. Isaac Bucklen & Son stock fresh spring waters. J. M. Minnich shows a large stove inventory. Dodge's offers drugs perfumes and Geyser water. Maxon Parmater & Co and Hill Miller advertise lumber shingles lath and teas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
N. Y
Reliable Drug House
Isaac Bucklen & Son
J. M. Minnich
Dodge’s
Maxon, Parmater & Co
S. Hill & Miller
Anti-Periodic cure praised for malarial fevers and related ills
Advertisements hail Dr Wilhoff s Anti-Periodic as the best tonic for malarial fevers chills and many ailments praised for its low cost and prompt relief sold by Elk hart druggists Ferro-Phosperated Elixir of Calisaya from Caswell Hazard Co touted as a superior tonic for loss of appetite indigestion and debility and to prevent fever and ague prescriptions available at Hill Miller s
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilhoff
Ohio Valley
Elkhart
Caswell, Hazard & Co
New York
Hill & Miller’s
Elkhart Exposition ads and local merchandise sale notices
Local notices promote Elkhart Exposition with E H Keene & Son offering low furniture prices plus parlor and chamber sets. Other ads tout Meader's fall dry goods, Hoke & Kirk clothing and carpets, H C Wright & Co cedar posts, Meader’s calf boots, and mercantile printing at the Observer office. Also cash for a loan and perfume suggestions appear among the items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Keene & Son
Elkhart
Marvin’s Grocery
Meader’s
Local ads tout dry goods stocks and farm for sale
Meadors advertises dry goods carpets and clothing with bargains. Meantime Indiana and Michigan notices offer gaiters crocks and a 122 acre farm near Elkhart with 80 improved acres at 4500 dollars and a Cassopolis grist mill with two run of burrs and two farms for sale with terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Pinkerton
Elkhart
Mishawaka Road
Savery
Eureka
Cass County
Cassopolis
Michigan
A. W. Luxparp
Cassovolis, Mich
baker shop promotes quality lunch and new bakery
Hackathorn & Co. operate a first class bakery at 96 Main Street with a neatness standard and a well stocked farmer’s lunch counter offering substantial food at reasonable prices. The ad extols Missouri Pacific Rail Road’s westward routes and lists agents in Buffalo and St. Louis for schedules and maps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Hackathorn & Co
Main Street
Hackathorn and Co
Mack
Mississippi
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
Nevada
Oregon
California
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Texas
Missouri, Kansas & Texas R. R
Sedalia
Atlantic & Pacific R. R
Vinitia
Cheap Lands for Emigrants in Missouri Offers 1.2 Million Acres
The Atlantic and Pacific Railway Company advertises 1,200,000 acres in central and southwest Missouri priced from 3 to 12 dollars per acre. Seven years credit with free transport from St. Louis to purchasers. Climate soil timber minerals schools churches and a law abiding society urged for emigrants. Address A Tuck Land Commissioner St. Louis Mo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Atlantic & Pacific Railway Company
South-west
St. Louis
A. Tuck
Whittlsey list of remedies for various ailments
A historical notice lists Whittlesey as a remedy for cramp stomach worms constipation blood liver kidneys female complaints heart palpitation lung inflammation and chronic diarrhea in a newspaper style alert with multiple health claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittlesey
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jas. Miller
J. F. Hunt & Co
S. P. Wilcox
W. A. Telegraph
Fish & Griggs
Eckelman & Paulus
Mr. McKee
Gilman, Ill
Presbyterian Church
Pat Henry
Col. Tucker
the Observer
Inter Ocean
Fahnestock
Laporte
Hall
Gtf
Conley’s
Conn
Erwin
Ben Davenport
Wim. Hill
Telegraph
John Lusher
Prof
Becha
M. E. Church
Mr. Robinson
Jonathan F. Garman
Bristol
Elkhart and
Johnny Fieldhouse
Johnny Wolf
Pete Steiner
Noble County Agricultural Society
J. B. Stoll
The
Ligonier Banner
Minnich
Pigeon Street
Walter A. Wood. W. McKay
J.B. Daven
E. H. Farrar
Watts
Hank Clark
Grand Rapids
Muskegon
Mr. Clark
Dillon
Brodrick
Chicago
Elias Pearman
Roxanna Lay
George Spangler
Katie Roeth
Thomas J. Walker
Rachael Lamb
Jeremy E. Lindsay
Amanda Winters
William B. Criter
Nettie Wickham
Kerstatter, Hebert & Dewey
Indiana
St. Joseph County
Lake Shore
Rock Island Depot
St. Elmo
Dearborn Street
Kuhn
Morton
George Pratt
University of Wooster
Cleveland
Ohio
S. Pixley
Observer
J. F. Curtiss
Kingsville
Mr. Curtiss
Henry Wilkinson
Mr. Wilkinson
Iron Bridge
W. W. ‘Fuller
Ann Arbor
Studebaker
Studebakers
Air Line
Geo. A. Coe
Fisk
Crane
Kelly
George Hartsuck
Chokey
Walker Fred A
Foreign
Stanley W
Elkhart Exposition
A. R. Beardsley
Hoke & Kirk
H. C. Wright & Co
Hoke & Kirk’s
Reg
Meader
Enterprise
Osseerver Office
Hoxe & Kirk
Port Wasu Hington
F. C. Mitten & Sox
New
Philadelphia
Genxis
Harvey
Wx. Hitt
Ind
Werreee
Hamburg
pay" Lapres’ Grass Gromne. _AND Linen Surfs AZ’ COS
Dodg H
Opera House
Elkhart County
Henessey
OTARD
Dupuy & CO
PINET
Castillon & CO
Placerville
Kelley’s Island
Toledo
London
Paris
Boston
Detroit
DODGE
Dodge’s Drug Store
Adamson
Miller
Elkhart, Ind
Carbon & Castor
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