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Newspaper
Wakarusa Weekly Sun
Location
Wakarusa, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1875
Page
3
Local notes celebrate a busy season with a grand turkey shoot a Christmas dance in Wakarusa and new business in town. Dr Montgomery moves to Knepple building on Waterford street while subscription offers for the key appear. An old folks concert at the Christian Church and Lyceum debates on Indian policy are reported with community humor and detail.
A fragmentary notice pleads for payment from customers who owe for drugs and groceries. It demands settlement before January 1, 1876, urging those who can to avoid causing hardship by delaying Christmas at home. The tone is urgent and accusatory about unpaid accounts.
The Madison area reports farmers nearing corn harvest and pig fattening for home consumption. A reader attacks a Sun report about a Sunday disturbance on Elkhart street, accusing the paper of lying and demanding better telegraph communication while defending neighbors and local propriety.
A woman fell on Waterford street while going to church. A man mistaken a cambric handkerchief for a tissue, pulled it from her skirt, and fled home in confusion. He has not returned since, leaving the incident unexplained.
D V Wernrz states he did not refuse United Brethren services at the Christian Church nor limit hours as rumored. He says he asked only for earlier start and end times to allow Mr Strickland’s class to rehearse for the concert, and that two witnesses can corroborate his account.
Henry Holdeman hauled a heavy load for Clay & Wire from Goshen. The shop now sells prints for 7 to 8 cents and white sugar at ten cents a pound. John Bidwell drew the prize clock at Clay & Wire’s. The Devil is after a copy.
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