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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1880
Page
2
A jumbled clipping notes social maxims and curiosities from various locales. It references mothers shaping character, a Boston misprint, postal reach, and lines of poetry and jokes. It also mentions marriage ages of Shakespeare Dante Brigham Young, Prince Bismarck decorations, and other scattered facts from 19th century discourse.
In the London Spectator essay friendship can perish before old age through vicissitudes of life. Marriage, wealth changes, divergent beliefs, and emotional cooling threaten ties. only those who endure and overcome these shocks can keep an old friend.
The Star reports Pennsylvania Democratic delegates favor Tilden, a potential second Republican nomination mentions grants in Chicago. Other items include a Portland druggist halting a temperance spy. a Decatur elopement reconciled. a Browning Georgia mystery trunk ash find. Langdon Moore’s bank robbery conviction. Thomas Harrison’s alleged insanity. and circuslike revival excesses blamed on overexcitement.
A Stone County tragedy revolves around Miss Mary Hart and suitor Phillip Lee. Lee threatened then fired on Mary at the river bank, later marrying another man eight days after her death. He was arrested, denied the crime, and now faces a second trial with insanity as his defense.
A dated essay contrasts a logical man with a practical woman who counters his claims with vivid examples. It cites Mrs. B's tireless work and earning, the fate of John Smith and the Slenderpurses, and ends with a wild Iowa train incident where a vigilance committee ejects an apparently undesirable couple.
The Peoria Transcript notes ostrich plumage profits as South Africa leads exports. At a Middleburg sale a pair fetched £180, and others £255. Cape export values climbed from £19,261 in 1860 to £159,679 in 1873, with high feather prices at Port Elizabeth. Domestic farming transformed a once-wild bounty into a costly industry. Also, 38,541 people named Faith receive government pensions.
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