Flowery California Visit Describes Los Angeles and Rancho Grande
Ephor Stan’s letter from March 19, 1880 tours Los Angeles and surrounding rancho scenes. The piece details adobe houses, Spanish mission history, climate, fruit groves, and notable estates like L. J. Rose and L. J. Baldwin. It highlights vast orange and grape acreage, a Santa Anita Rancho, and a grand wine operation with extensive cellars and staff.
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Ephor Stan
Greencastle
Los Angeles
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Monster Hills
Pacific
Walnut Creek
Spain
Italy
Wm. Wolfskill
California
of the Angels
San Gabriel
L. J. Rose
Rose
L. J. Baldwin
San Francisco
Santa Anita Rancho
Baldwin
Rancho
Mexico
Mollie McCarthy
J. 7. Woodward
Abbott
Signorese
Baldwin's
Paci Witcox
Inquest Opens Into Death Of John Meeker Body On Local Rail Line
Coroner Wishard begins an inquest over a man found dead Monday night along the C L S L railroad. An envelope bears names John Crouch and John Holland. The unidentified man, 25 to 30 with dark features, is believed to be Albert Meeker of Nebraska street, recently from Greencastle. Mrs Meeker identifies the remains at Herman's on South Delaware. Police suspect robbery and foul play may be involved to cover a crime.
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Indiana
Putnam County
Putnam Circuit Court
Etna Site Insurance Company
Lou Sinclair
John P. Sinclair
Miller & Moore
Linda Parker
Lysander Parker
America Irer
Robert Parker
Polly Duckworth
Nam
Art House
Greencastle
M. D. Bridges
M. B. Rudiill
Indianapolis Journal of
Wishard
L. St. L
John Crouch
Holland
John Holland
Herman
Delaware Street
Albert Meeker
Nebraska Street
Langdon's Bazaar Spring Dry Goods Arrivals
Langdon's Bazaar unveils a large cash stock of spring dry goods and nations bought for cash at lower prices than two weeks ago. Highlights include dress goods, silk, brocaded satin, novelty trimmings, chepnoille shawls, and a wide line of staple and fancy goods for local counties.
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Langdon’s Bazar
Memories of the Past
A reflective meditation on memory and longing. The piece recalls childhood, maternal care, and the pull of past joys and griefs, contrasting bright recollections with adult trials and the inexorable march of time. It evokes nostalgia and the ache for vanished moments.
Great Wall thoughts and a comic travel vignette
A humorous suggestion contrasts a public transport scene with a man’s courteous bow to a stranger and a sister’s annoyance. It then shifts to a note on a Chinese examination of the Great Wall, detailing a 1728 mile straight line across varied terrain with bridges and towers, and a possible imperial railroad vision between St Petersburg and Moscow drawn as a ruler line.
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China
Nicolas
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Lava Streams at Mount Etna Described by Boston Artist
A Boston artist describes Mount Etna lava flows seen by American readers. The early morning lava resembled a fossil carbon bed that glowed and smoked, leaving a trail of burnt odor. At night the lava formed a bed of fire and smoke as flames twisted and shifted.
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Boston
Transcript
Mount Etna
The Three Statues
In Athens three Minerva statues stood in the citadel of time. A wooden statue, bronze commemorating Marathon, and a gold ivory masterpiece of Periclean era symbolize man from childhood to maturity as a historical allegory.
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Citeadel
Athens
Minerva
Marathon
Pericles
The Waiter Tricked By Brandy Carafe And Health Advice
An amusing Paris anecdote describes a patron using a carafe to hide brandy reduction and the waiter exposing the ruse. The piece then traces card suit names across Italy Spain France and Germany, and ends with health tips urging restraint, thrift, and the perils of breaking nature's laws.
Birthday at Thirty-Five and the Thundering Sight
The speaker celebrates reaching age thirty five, calling it a pleasant, responsible stage. They joke about being young enough for picnics and old enough to mock the past, while recognizing more to learn yet acknowledging greater knowledge than now.
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Burdette
Minister's Sermon on Wine Echoed by Two Drunken Critics
Doctor Thomson cites a sermon about the dangers of wine from the pulpit while two elderly parishioners, notorious for a wee dram, discuss the minister's past and shrewdness, speculating he was once a lad who knew his way around.
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Davie
Farmer ethics and the value of example
The text urges diligent farmers to modernize livestock and maintain soil fertility, arguing that their real reward is the positive example they set for neighbors. It claims such teaching starts at home and can do more good than extreme acts, like sacrificing oneself for distant peoples.
The Orator Pauses and Droll Sidelights
A collage of quotes and wry observations from the Rome Sentinel and New York Evening News. It notes an imagined Lincoln hypothetical, a backseat voice doubting the orator, bell metallurgy, a sugar package cartoon, praise for the newspaper as romance, and a vast tally of professional scoundrels in New York City.
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Rome
The
New York Evening News
Centaular Liniments Offer Pain Relief Across Bodies
Centaular Liniments advertise a range of remedies for humans and animals. They claim to heal Burns Wounds Weak Back and Rheumatism in people and S prains Galls and Lameness in beasts. They emphasize cheap quick and reliable relief.
Wes De Meyer's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Antidote
Advert claims reveal a constitutional antidote by absorption to cure catarrh and related symptoms including mucus, headaches, fetid breath, deafness, and nasal complaints. The copy emphasizes the remedy as a groundbreaking discovery since vaccination and invites readers to try it.
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Wes de Meyer
Trade Emporium Offers Better Stock Of Shoes At Low Prices
Local ads list numerous real estate transfers in Washington Warren and Jefferson townships with prices from 15 to 2 500 dollars. A brief sales note advertises Ladies Misses and Children's custom made shoes at lower prices than any house in the county.
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Frank A. Hays
Kenry Harris
Margaret Gordon
Washington
Messor B. Welch
Elizabeth Cunningham
Warren
Israel Knauer
Clement Knauer
Clinton
Andrew A. McCoy
Thos, Rule
Jefferson
Wa. M. McCoy
James Sallust
David Sation
Madison W. Sutton
Washington Township
Garrison
Thomas J. Day
Alex. Gorham
Campbell A. Gorham
Marion
United States
Andrew Black
W. B. Smith
A. G. Smith
Frederick Weik
Chas, Isaacs
O. P. Greencastle
Wm. H. Dunkin
Martin
Cloverdale
Lucy A. Dorsett
Cynthia Dobbs
City of
Greencastle
Peter Lavelle
Forest Hill Cemetery
Albert Weller
James P. Shepherd
Jackson
David T. Weller
Benj. F. Summers
Napoleon J. Summers
Floyd
Celia Delany
Alla MeUgh
B. D. Carver
Milton E. Thomas
Jacob Morrison
Trout
Mary J. Burcham
Wm.h. Young
Wim. Runyan
Joel D. Parker
Eliza Leatherman
Wm. L. Torr
Madison
John Morelan
Ambrosia Sears
Russell
Greencastle City
Daniel Kelly
O. P
Win
N. Burns
Joseph M. Devnohne
Sellers
Allen Darnall
Anna C. Lewis
Cooper
Bainbridge
Monroe
Commodity sale notice from Russellville listing grain quantities
By W.M. Carter of Russellville the notice states 0,000 bushels of wheat 20,000 bushels corn 15,000 bushels oats 10,000 bushels rye with highest market price to be paid.
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W.M. Carter
Russellville
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