Two new buildings plus local notices in Wakarusa Sun
The Wakarusa Sun for January 13 1878 from Wakarusa Indiana notes two new buildings rising on Waterford street and includes local items such as Sam Holdeman's generosity and a birth for Joseph Jansons in Locke township. It also mentions prices at local stores and social anecdotes including a Leap Year shot at bachelors and a Lyceum report.
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Wakarusa
Albion
W. B. Anderson
the Sun
Family Journal
Vickery
Anderson
The
Sun
John H. Baker
John
Washington
Ereen Horn
House of Representttives
Wakarusa Lyceum urged to tackle practical local issues
A 1840s style call urges Wakarusa residents to form a Lyceum focused on practical, locally relevant questions. Participants should start with topics affecting their daily life and civic improvement before expanding to broader or abstract subjects. History figures are discouraged as discussion aims at immediate benefit.
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Lyceum
Wakarusa
Cresar
Washington
Napoleon
Wakarusa Lyceum
Goshen Correspondence January 12 1876 Riot and notes
Ep. Stn reports a church riot north of Bristol with arrests. Young Cline of Elkhart jailed two years for stealing a shawl. D. D. Fitch loses two fingers. Joe Mack injured in same Goshen shop. Rumor of fast mail train withdrawal for pay. Bishop Talbot preached at Episcopal church. Local craft news includes new cutter by John Mayberry after eight months. Saloon advertises two beers for five cents. Cash only credit terms issued by A Brubaker & Hyer.
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Bristol
Young Cline
Elkhart
Joe Mack
Bishop Talbot
Episcopal Church
John Mayberry
John
Goshen
Nasby
Deacon Pogram
Joe Bigler
Bascom
For Sale Portable Engine and Boiler 16 HP
For Sale portable engine and boiler 16 horsepower. Boiler 10 feet by 36 inches diameter with large fire box and 24 inch flues. Includes steam gauge gauge cocks and all in complete order. Used but a short time and will be sold cheap. Address Doty Bros Elkhart Indiana.
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Guage, Guage Cocks
Doty Bros
Elkhart
Ind
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AKER
BYER
Waterford Street
Sam
Holdeman
Suns
Oregon
Joseph Jansons
Locke Township
Atores
Br. King
Martin Loucks
Sus
Mr. Loucks
Scientific American
America
Peter Stauffert
Peter
James
Miss McIntosh
Monroe County
Indianapols Journal
Elkhart County
Munroe County
Towa
Coe, Wetherer & Co
Philadelphia
Bulletin Building
Chestnut Street
Wakarusa, Lyceum
Woolverton
J. H. BruBaker
Sec’y
Hlon
John “H. Baker
Congress
Stn
Brubaker & Hyer
Jeremiah Bowen
Baltimore
Pitsburgh
Chicago RR
Looke Station
Express and Mail
Isaac Bucklen and Son
N. E. Cor
Main & Jackson Sts
Elkhart, Ind
Indiana
Rexhart County
M. B. Hascall
H. D. Wilson
Hascall’s
Hascall’s Block
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