Local notes on trade and town life in Elkhart
Rhinebolt and Brubaker sub for the Sun while Sam Nettrour buys a paper. The revival at M E church continues amid cold. Lumber trade picks up as mills run full. logs at mills promise 100 million feet. Canada Southern Railway prospects buoy Elkhart. Community letters note Ilk and Oregon correspondents, new presses, and local merchants selling tea and sugar.
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Sol
Rhinebolt
John Brubaker
Ohio
Stephen Morris
Starke County
Sam Nettrour
M. E
Lyons Estate
Johny Brubaker
Belle A. Tutt
South Bend
Oregon
Hannah
San Francisco
Locke Items from Locke and vicinity
The Locke T P Hacker Institute held its regular session at the Locke school house led by Prof D Mowary. The writer praises Mowry as a capable county superintendent candidate and notes a Feb 15 birth of a boy to John Fisher's wife weighing about 18 ounces.
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Locke
T. P. Hacker
Institute
D. Moway
Mowry
Granger
John Fisher
John
Miscellaneous items from the era mix humor and notes
A Texas man left 5000 dollars to defend persons who kill railroad baggage smashers. The South Bend Iron Works expects to boost Oliver chilled plows from 14967 in 1874 to 30000 this year. Mentions John M. Barclay, Emma Abbott, and a range of anecdotes from politics to fashion, oil profits, and humor columns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
South Bend Iron Works
John M. Barclay
House of Representatives
Minneapolis
Emma Abbott
Wartel
America
Atlas of Indiana proposed with maps and portraits
An advertisement from Andreas Baskin & Burp publishers of Chicago touts an Atlas of Indiana to cover every county with detailed maps, biographies, and a political history. It promises six maps of Indiana, sixteen US maps, and extensive statistical data, showing land, population, and demographics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
United States and Territories
United States
Andreas, Baskin & Burp
Iowa atlas praise from governor carpenter in 1874
Governor Carpenter approves Capt. A. T. Andreas Minn esotallustrated Atlas calling it superior and states Iowans would welcome a similar work with improvements. He notes Andreas plans a Iowa atlas and vouches for his reliability and the public value of the forthcoming publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenter
Starrer Town
Des Moines
Lowa
Lowhomt
E.T. Phelps
Andreas
Iowa
Notice to debtors for settlement of old claims
All persons knowing themselves indebted to me are hereby notified to call at my office and settle the same. As it is a new year, we have to pay all old claims before we can do further credit business. C. S. Eyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
Doxs
Dr. King
Adam Trisinger
Adam
A. E. Faber
Kalakaua
Sandwich Islands
John Holdhman
South Bend
John
Ohio
Austin
Nev
Sonny
Brooklyn
Henry Ward Beecher
Theodore Tilton
Beecher
New Jersey
Maggie
C. S. Eyer
For Sale 160 HP Engine and shafting in Wakarusa Indiana
One 160 horsepower engine offered for sale with 20 feet of line shaft and belt plus drive wheel details. Capable of powering various machinery and ready on favorable terms. Interested buyers urged to call at C. S. Eyer's office in Wakarusa Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakarusa
Ind
C. S. Eyer
Grist Mill Announces Regular Milling Days
The Wakarusa Grist Mill will operate on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays for custom milling after this date. Flour corn meal and chop will be kept on hand for exchange and sale by Urine Seaman, proprietors, with a note dated October 6th, 1874.
Publication Subscription Notice Amid Atlas Example
Citizens subscribed to a Philadelphia publication are reminded that Our State Atlas Minnesota sample uses county pages and weighs 13 to 17 pounds in a 15 by 18 inch format. Agents do not canvass without a sample to avoid misunderstandings.
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Philadelphia
Minnesota
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Wakarusa, Ind
Abbas
Batimore
Pitsburg
Chicago BB. R
Locke Station
Chicago
P. Mae
A. Me
John Bidwell
Lewis
Detroit Free Press
John Wunderlin
Canada Southern
Lakeville
Ann Morris
Canada Southern Railway
Goshen
Jacob Bell
C. W. Vanderlip
Main Street
Brett
Dr. Paley
Kine
Bage
Elkart
Clifton House
Maine
Courier-Journal
Worth
Pennsylvania
Titusville
Tews
Review
Elkhart Review
Honce
Carlton E. Sage
News Depot
Clifton
Elkhart, Ind
Dodge, M. D
Elkhart, Indiana
Ofice
Burker & Cos
Davin Ramer
South Elkhart St
L. B. Grove
Elkhart St
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