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Newspaper
Elkhart Observer
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1874
Page
4
Not always pay has been the life I led Not always smooth has been the road Which I has been my lot to tread The writer speaks of endurance through disappointments and reliance on an unseen Friend. Dated Suant, Ind., Sept. 20, 1874.
From the Inter Ocean the piece argues Republicans protect rights before the law, cites investigations showing minimal defalcations by officials, and urges federal action to safeguard citizens in Southern states against Democratic suppression and violence under Reconstruction era tensions. It emphasizes constitutional guarantees and party duties to defend equal protection and due process.
The Republic lauds the Grant administration for six and a half years marked by fewer losses than in private business and well supervised enterprises. It asserts the period shows high official integrity worthy of admiration by the nation’s 42 million taxpayers.
A historical quotation on war spending envisions using wartime funds to fund universal education and global development. The speaker promises to purchase land, clothe the population, erect schools, and establish academies, colleges, and capable teachers in every community. The tone advocates redirecting vast expenditures toward education and social advancement.
Dr Stebbins envisions a global network of churches each on a hill to spread the gospel of peace. He pledges support for a strong pulpit teacher of righteousness so that Sabbath chimes and prayers across the earth form a universal hymn.
A narrator recalls a penniless former clerk who rose from Wellsborough to wealth and influence and later died in destitution. The piece contrasts two brothers at the bar with the fallen man begging for breakfast, urging self reliance and warning against envy and vice. It ends with a blessing on a humble, hopeful Saturday night.
The Picayune argues Kellogg deserves a fair hearing after abandoning the State House before 10,000 armed citizens. Critics accuse him of cowardice, while Kellogg cites perils and regrets in a telegram to Worth. The piece also notes New York reports on telegraph guard actions during New Orleans troubles and subsequent discipline of arrestees.
The Kendallville Standard corrects a rumor from last week about Freeman Kelley the "What-do you-call-it" candidate for Congress. Kelly was said injured by a mule but the Waterloo Press reports a two year old colt caused the head injury while Kelley practiced his speech at his barn.
The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway land department sold 150000 acres in Arkansas Valley to about 1900 Russian Mennonites from Europe. They will settle immediately in Marion Harvey McPherson and Reno counties, buying for cash as the advance guard of their people.
The Austrian Polar Expedition members report explorations toward the North Pole will not yield satisfactory results and deny earlier reports of an open Polar sea as untrue.
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