Local notes and ads mix with town life curiosities
A stream of notices and ads from Elkhart County includes visits by the Denslow Brothers but also a call for a harness maker, cider sales, and a warning about newspaper accuracy. It mentions residents like Willideson of Muncie and Mrs Shaffer, plus a clairvoyant tour and a foot injury case, all reflecting small-town commerce and character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Yoast
Woolvertoin
Dr. Shaffer
Bremen
St. Clair’s
Whitley County
Preacher Faces Hard Times After Bank Collapse Mention
In a stylized exchange a preacher laments hard times while a second speaker notes surplus winter funds from gambling winnings. They reference a bank failure and a Freedman era bank collapse as context for financial peril. The proposal discussed is rejected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freedman Bank
Strayed or Stolen Cows From Locke Township Farm
Two milch cows missing from the farm of Colp in Locke Township. One deep red cow with a star on her forehead and a bell around her neck. The other is red and white spotted with short horns sawed off. Reward for information. Evr Oenrz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Locke Township
Evr Oenrz
License Application for Wakarusa Liquor Sale Stay
Notice of application to the Eliiort County board of Commissioners for a license to sell sprutous and malt liquors in quantities under one quart on premises described as block one in Smettzer's plat, Wakarusa, Elkhart Indiana. George W Stealy and Thomas Inks dated Sept 30 1878.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commissioners
Eliiort County
Smettzer
Wakarusa
Elkhart County
Indiana
George W. Stealy
Thomas Inks
Miles from Baltimore on the Balti more and Ohio railroad
Two Irishmen on the Balti more and Ohio railroad spot a mile post and joke about a man 108 years old named Miles from Baltimore. Also note dissolving millinery partnership Misses Little and Berlin and their plan to settle accounts and open new stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio
Pat
Baltimore
Misses
Not Entirely without Reason Bundy seeks divorce
Bundy has been married two weeks and left his wife who is 240 pounds and widow of Peter Potts. At dawn she cried in bed and revealed she dreamed of a market selling husbands, with many like Bundy priced high. She said others were tied in bundles and sold for ten gu t a bunch. Bundy consulted a lawyer on grounds for divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denslow Bros
South Bend
Southend
Mac ‘P. Johnson
Denslow
Olive House
Bundy
Peter Potts
Mrs. B
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wakarusa Market
Brubaker & Ever
Saipan
Cincinnnati
Willideson
Muncie
Ind
Harringtons
Michigan
Michigan City
Werntz & Sellars
Wentz & Sellars
Havers‘ich
Goshen
M. M. Edwardson
Edwardsburg Index
Zklhart Daily Observer
Eli Orntz
Christian Nusbaum
Harrison Township
Nusbaun
J. L. Wolf & Steiner
Proprietors of the
Elkhart, Ind
R. Beardsley
Elkhart Indiana
And
Lanen Dry Goods
A. RR
Beardsley
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