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Newspaper
Greencastle Sentinel
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1853
Page
2
A lengthy exchange over temperance reform bounds into hotel needs. Writers debate municipal improvement, praising sober citizens and denouncing excess, while calls rise to form a company to build a hotel. The piece cites Commencement crowds, lodging shortages, and potential investments, urging action.
The Greencastle week notes recount a Fourth of July program with sermons and a temperance meeting. Speeches attack libertinism and Catholic clergy, prompting a call for civility and independent thought. Post office reforms and a Terre Haute train trial trip are also described, along with Connecticut newspaper publishing resolutions on obituary notices and a forecast on wheat harvests and fly damage.
A Washingtonian writes to a newspaper leader praising honesty while accusing religious temperance figures of blackmail and political interference. He laments the temperance movement being redirected into politics and legislative pressure, urging the editor to continue bold, candid airing of public sentiment.
A reader note explains legal rules for stopping papers, continuations after paid terms, and arrears, citing court decisions. It warns that failing to collect or inform the publisher implies continued duty and potential fraud. The piece ends by noting there are twenty two traveling circus companies in the United States.
A Boston Courier item claims a revolutionary medicine from England can prevent and cure smallpox measles and scarlet fever. The recipe uses foxglove and zinc with water syrup giving adult and child doses every two hours. Officials caution reliance without medical supervision. A separate item notes a suicide at Centerville and a civil suit in Indianapolis for railroad damages.
The notice extols Truitt, Brother & Co of Philadelphia as the largest hardware importer in the nation with last year’s imports exceeding two million dollars. It lauds traveling salesman Mr. Climbers, Abbott Jones Co in silk imports, and Mr. Tyner, urging eastern merchants to trade. Mentions railroads in Illinois and prospective Washington Union editor A. O. P. Nicholon as a man of talent.
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