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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1881
Page
3
Readers hear memories from Winterset and Greencastle about old time life in Keen Castle and surrounding counties. The piece recalls a 1855 charivari, a buggy owner named Buggy Dicks, oyster feasts, and the Yankee clock peddler with a milking machine. It also includes a letter from New Mexico about lynching and frontier justice.
Community updates from Marion township note sowing grass seed and a school closing with exhibition on April 7. Local life includes sermons by Elder Williams, tiling work, travel by W F Oliver and sister, law studies, and a moving of Henry Bunten to Mooresville. School reports praise progress, a day school close with E A Wood entertainment, and a six month term ending March 17 1881 with grade averages across primary to grammar levels. The wheat crop outlook is bright and robin song returns after snowfall.
Local notes report dull business due to mud though health is good after the cold snap. Deaths have been frequent this winter, A F Penly operates slaves east of Greencastle with seven men. John Ratliff sells his farm to George Girton and will move to Kansas in May. Elder Layman unable to visit Reelsville. Crother Green addresses congregation. Vandalia agent notes Colier now a girl. Mariah Butler heads to Ladoga school. Julia Morlan to Terre Haute for Echoaid. Schools closed. various trades active including two hotels and shops.
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