Wakarusa Sun Advent Notes and Rail Schedule
The issue lists the Baltimore Pittsburgh and Chicago railroad leaves from Locke Station with West bound Express and Mail at 3 55 PM Chicago Express at 3 35 AM and East bound services 2 11 PM Baltimore Express 12 46 AM Accommodation 1 45 PM. It also covers local news: holiday goods stock, Kansas Papers gratitude, upcoming larger paper size, and community events including a Christmas tree at the M E Church drawing a thousand attendees with orderly gift distribution.
Kansas Correspondence from Arkansas Valley in 1874
A letter from Arkansas Valley Kansas describes crops and weather. Winter wheat yields about 25 bushels per acre while spring crops suffer from chinch bug. Corn initially strong but later damaged by Minnesota grasshoppers. Unseasonal heat 110 to 120 Fahrenheit and forecasts of an awful cold winter. A mass Baptist convention is announced for Laporte Indiana in late January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas Valley
Eorror Sun
Kansas
Colorado
Estacado
M. N. Garner
Minnesota
Astern
Ship Harbor
Groceries cheaper than any man town at North Elkhart
Local grocer advertises low prices on coffee sugar canned fruit and spices. He offers the highest market price for produce and invites customers to visit at No 7 North Elkhart Street Wakarusa Indiana.
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Bert Smith
Capper
Elkhart County
Elisabeth Zehner
Widow Stealy
Alice Stealy
Ashland
Ohio
Alice
I. C. Bennett
Squire
Grist Mill Schedules Regular Run for Sale
The Wakarusa Grist Mill announces its schedule after a date in 1874. It will operate regularly for custom on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays with flour corn meal and chop kept on hand for exchange and sale. Proprietor Uning & SEAxtAN.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uning &Seaxtan
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The
Wakarusa Sun
Enon
Baltimore, Pitsburg
Chicago
R. R
Locke Station
Jake Dell
London
M. E
North Pole
Baptist Churches of
Northern Indiana
Laporte
Fort
C. B. Oakley
Mayberry,and .Co
Court House
Indiana
Goshen
Mayhbery & Co
Goshen, Ind
D. Squires
North Elkhart
Wakarusa
Ind
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