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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1881
Page
8
Fragmentary railway timetable text shows directions and times for routes at Allen's Drug Store, including eastward and westward travel times and station notes. Contained entries reference Isprayarous and Sr, Le, and destinations like Louisville New Ausayy Curriaco Rail road.
Local items report illnesses, travels, and small events. Notables include Mrs. James Ash sick with pneumonia, W. W. Jones new ad, Langdon to build a house, and various visits, taxes due, and a fatality in Reelsville. Also mentions Rev E S Miller preaching, a navy veteran visiting relatives, and a charity lecture series setup in Bloomington.
A store robbery in Carpentersville yielded goods valued around 200 dollars. Following tracks from the window led to a line of tramps near Crow school house, eight arrested and jailed. Goods were later found in corn shacks as police plan a Monday preliminary examination.
Opinion piece urges clear labeling of oleomargarine and lard substitutes to prevent consumer deception. It notes grocers price substitutes at butter levels to maintain profit and calls for decisive action and truthful identification so buyers can distinguish substitutes from real butter.
Orr county officers return from Texas with Dabigreen jailed on murder charges. The elderly man hunted five men who killed his two sons amid a feud that began before the war. He tracked Gridley Black Hewitt Meyers and a man called Black Tom across the country, killing four, with one, Black, in prison and another, Hewitt, slain in Colorado. Dahlgreen was captured in Houston, Texas, last month.
Francois Charon of Klingston, Ontario, cut part of his tongue after believing speech caused trouble. He used a razor then an awl and a jackknife, bleeding heavily until his wife rescued him. He plans further removal if he had proper tools and has for weeks refused to speak.
A midnight blast at the Heidelberg shaft of Lehigh Valley Coal Co near Wilkes-Barre torn Willam Hensley to shreds and likely fatally injured engineer William Williams of Pittston. The engine-house and hoisting gear were destroyed and debris flew like thistles as Pittston windows shattered and townsfolk woke in fright. Dakota seeks the thirty ninth state.
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