Sketchies of Old Elkhart frontier life
Sketches recount Elkhart’s first band formed in 1845 with members like John Ellis J D Devor and Joe Pearson. The piece recalls their crude instruments, humorous antics and a disastrous practice where locals with cow bells and horns outshouted them. The group lasted briefly, performing two funerals and a Warsaw trip that barely covered horse feed.
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Elkhart
Angelic Choir
John Ellis
J. D. Devor
Ed Beardsley
Charles Beardsley
Darius Dickinson
Jay Cook
Ben Davenport
Anthony Dejrees
Joe Devor
John Borders
Joe Pearson
Jaybird Pearson
Blue Jay
Pearson
Joe
Aative Co Cing
Old Elkhart
Warsaw
Quadrille Revels with Old Time Fiddler
An old time country fiddler leads a lively quadrille gathering with lively calls and sing song accompaniment. Dancers follow two step and contra patterns while guests arrive with furniture notes and a friendly, homey feast featuring fruit cake.
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Elkhart
John Nolan
Siddler
Frontier
Elkhart frontier tales and a tragic Indian raid
A fragment recounts Captain Chase disciplining Elkhart volunteers then details early St. Joseph valley life. It tells of Le Grand family, a Potawatomi village at Painter Lake, and a Panther chief in a fatal love conflict. Helene Le Grand survives briefly before tragedy claims all.
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Murderer’s Point
Painter Lake
Elkhart
St. Joseph Valley
le Grand
Christiana Creek
Kalkaskia
Illinois
St. Joseph
Indiana
Michigan
Helene
Detroit
Canada
Poe
Juno
Painter Lakes
Wesle
Chase
Groverry
Jyee Disiuer Cine
Elkhart Invincibles
Doctor Pierce Cure Claims Digestive Maladies In 19th Century Ad
The advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a complete cure for indigestion and diseased digestion. It cites a testimonial from William Bowker of Idaho and notes the remedy cleanses the stomach purifies the blood and is alcohol free. Also mentions free correspondence with Dr. Pierce in Buffalo New York.
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Dr. Pierce
Wm. Bowker
Juliaette Latah Co
Idaho
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y
Agustus Ruggles
Greater New York Medical Association
Mystery at Western Post Revealed After Frontier Tragedy
A small crowd of frontiersmen by a western trading post recalls the disappearance of Le Grand and a long hidden secret surfaces. Indians had long since left the area, making it too late to pursue the perpetrators of the early morning tragedy.
Will and probate notices for multiple residents
The will of Elizabeth Kulp admitted to probate provides life support to son Jacob O Kulp with debts and Stephen E Kulp’s claim settled from estate. Lydia Snyder and Christiana Markley wills also probated naming executors John F Snyder and Amos L Markley respectively. Each will directs payment of debts funeral expenses with specific bequests and requests or allows administration.
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Elizabeth Kulp
Jacob O. Kulp
Jacb Kulp
Stephen E. Kulp
Jacob
Stephen
John Sternberg
Harrison Township
Lydia A. Snyder
Court House
Sarah Francis Snyder
John F. Snyder
Christiana Markley
Amos L. Markley
Suit Filed Against Elk Hart City Over Paving
The Central Bermudez Company through Elliott, Elliott & Tittleton and Miller & Drake files suit against Elk Hart city for paving Second and Pigeon streets. Judgment sought is five thousand dollars.
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Central Bermudez Company
Elliott, Elliott & Tittleton
Miller & Drake
James H. State
City of
Elkhart
Second
Pigeon
Illinois Staats Zeitung to be sold after court decree in Chicago
The Illinois Staats Zeitung, Chicago’s oldest German paper, will be sold by Receiver Edward G. Halle per Judge Hanecy’s decree to settle debts and dissolve the corporation. The auction in about three weeks will include the Fifth Avenue building and the printing plant following a $31,586 judgment by Chicago National Bank.
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Staats Zeitunge
Sae
Chicago
Tllinois Staats Zeitung
Hanecy
Edward G. Halle
Fifth Avenue
Chicago National Bank
The Pretty Fan Quips on Beauty and Time
A terse aphorism compares self image to age with a wry jab. It notes a man who believes he is pretty is about ten years older in spirit than one who accepts ugliness. The remark appears as a clipped sentiment from a Globe or similar periodical.
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Elkhart
Concord Township
Eighart County
Indiana
Amos H. Bierman
Elkhart County
Board of County Commissioners
Goshen
Elkhhart
Simonton
Main Street
Ekhart
Amila
Bierman
Dé&Wit
Civy
Lewis B. Tracy
corlinuwUs
Board of Commissioners
Sala
Bikbart County
Lodinca
UeUs
Uthama
Mikhart
Kikhat
Shute
Saia Loo
Furby
Rikhart
Lewis K. Tracy
Concord
Unin
Btkhard County
Thas I
Rumsey T. Kepner
Voucord
Fico
City of
Elkrart
Ekbart County
State of
Eikhars
Ikbart
Aidit
Teg Mourtn
Charl
Blu
Concord Tuwapup
Illinart
Indiant
Buara of Co
Btkhad Co
Ipaiani
Deuse
howOshea
Glikbert
Fixburs County
Babcock
Bikhart
Gaia
Ana
Smallpox Cases Rise Near Ramsey and Nearby Areas
Six cases of smallpox have developed at Ramsey near Bessemer. The Hanna Indiana bloodhounds traded two thieves to their lair. Miss Emma Johns of Walled Lake drowned after falling into an open cistern. Bruno Varn Paris, an 80 year old demented man, found dead in a well near Bay City. John Faulk of Port Huron killed by accidental discharge while hunting. Ralph Hafer of Mt. Pleasant killed by accidental discharge while cleaning a gun. Black rot damages northern Michigan potato crop.
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Emma Johns
Walled Lake
Bruno Varn Paris
Bay City
John Faulk
Port Huron
Ralph Hafer
Mt. Pleasant
R G Duns Illness Fatal Head of Noted Mercantile Firm Dies
New York reports R G Dun head of the mercantile agency firm R G Dun & Co died in the city from cirrhosis of the liver. He led the agency as sole proprietor since 1859 expanding to 150 offices worldwide and a reference book listing over 1.9 million customers.
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New York
Jacob J. Haffner
EH. B. Southworth
Thomas H. Blythe
R. G. Dun
R. G. Dun & Co
Robert Graham Dun
Mun
Sines Seten Elias
Dun
James Dun
Free Church of Scotland
Glasgow
Robert Dun
United States
Chillicothe
Lucy W. Angus
Mr. Dun
Ohio
New York City
Mercantile
Tappan & Douglass
Douglass
B. Douglass & Co
Don
America
Druggist Endorses Caldwell’s Syrup P epsi n
Crawfordsville Indiana pharmacist Druggist Morgan testifies Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin meets advertised claims and is the best laxative he has seen. Sold by Thomas drug store.
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Morgan
Crawfordsville
Ind
Typhoon Hits Hongkong Wrecks River Gunboat
A typhoon struck Hongkong last evening and raged until morning. A British river gunboat sank but the crew is safe. Great damage and loss of life occurred among native craft, with full extent not yet known.
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Hongkong
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