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Newspaper
Wakarusa Weekly Sun
Location
Wakarusa, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1876
Page
3
The May 18 1876 issue from Wakarusa Indiana blends ads and local items. It notes fashion prints from Goshen A J Smith, a buggy showcase, a Baptist baptism, a Sunday school convention and lectures, plus weather, harvest and fruit prospects. It also mentions theft arrests and upcoming Philadelphia July 4 plans.
The elopement of D. E. Davis with Mrs. Stealy shocked the quiet village on the 8th inst. The note also discusses Davis's alleged crimes, Stealy’s reputation, rumored schemes, and unresolved questions about the couple. The piece mentions a potential stave and shingle factory, local taxes, and a Brubaker & Eyer debt notice, ending with a Webster's Dictionary promotion and Sun subscription pitch.
Citizens in Goshen begin preparations for a Centennial Anniversary with a grand procession of Sabbath schools and a firemen display. Officers include President Dr. E. W. H. Ellis and Vice Presidents from Olive, Harrison, Union, Locke townships. Rev. James Boxer to deliver the oration. Marshal Gen. Milo S. Hascall leads the day.
A string of brief, disparate items: wartime notes on California, Florida corn heights, an odd six legged colt in Crawford County PA, a Turkish sultan buying music for his harem, a New York parade misread as circus, Ex President Polk’s widow invited to Centennial in a Col. Tom Scott car, Japan’s first Christian newspaper in Kobe, Marian Stockton winning a $500 prize for an American story, Centennial Commissioners delaying Sabbath building openings provoking tension in Philadelphia, Dom Pedro’s early rising habit, a Chicago boy’s theatre outing humor, a Sioux City sighting of famine in the Black Hills, Shelbyville Indiana election results for Governor Hendricks, and Hendricks knowing who carried Indianapolis.
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