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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1881
Page
4
A feature highlights a lineup of watches with refined movements and clocks emphasizing perfect time. It also showcases a new variety of silverware sets for dinner and tea service, emphasizing elegant, resplendent designs.
A 19th century note outlines Tuckers urging equal footing for female students at Wabash College. It mentions a proposed constitutional amendment, a Philadelphia editor offering $1,500 in prizes for student journalism, and a sensational tale of a miraculous recovery by Addie Goodrich aided by prayer.
The piece notes that constitutional woman suffrage requires passage by a future Legislature and ratification by voters. It critiques editors under new laws, reports on tapeworm eggs in oleomargarine, and outlines farm statistics questions. It also cites Indiana fruit prospects and Nebraska women’s voting trends with scarce support for full suffrage.
The Sentinel notes county crop outlooks with wheat uncertain in the south due to scant rain and winter freezes, while central areas show potential. Rye mirrors wheat, barley absent, fruit prospects bleak for peaches pears and berries but apples cherries grapes look better.
Next Tuesday evening the young ladies Missionary Society of College Avenue Church will hold a social at the residence of Dr Fisher.
Indiana news notes a ministerial debate on right conduct, a woman declared insane from medical precipitate exposure, and a long list of church appointments across districts. Also reports shortages in Vincennes city accounts, a barber shop assault scare, suicides in La Fontaine, and local grain quotes.
A Mecklin station camp hosts 174 people in Taylor's Elevator amid ruined homes and frozen ground. Many are sick and starving. aid is urgently requested from Sioux City and Yankton. One family treks to safety as ice battles river, a cow survives on a rampant floe while others endure days without relief.
W D Prettyman, an exploring party member from back of Portland, slipped on a snow crusted slope near Multnomah Falls. He clung to a rosebush as he slid toward a cliff, was halted 25 feet from the chasm, and was pulled to safety by companions after tearing his hands.
A Chicago Times report describes Charles Didenover who mortgaged himself and all rights to another to secure his debt. His wife signed away her rights, and a deed of conveyance was acknowledged before a magistrate. If upheld this case could inspire similar ventures among debtors in the old North State. En route, church weddings are said to be waning in New York.
The St Louis Republican recalls Mrs Garfield’s presence at the 1881 inauguration. The article highlights a mother who watched her son become President, recalling poverty her son overcame and crediting her with his rise to Chief Magistrate. The piece notes reporters moved by the scene and praises Mrs Garfield as a noble, steadfast mother.
A newlywed couple on a bridal trip were delayed near Sidney when the groom, Mr Goodwin, tried to catch a westbound Union Pacific train after it rolled away on a wheel change. An assisted chase by a locomotive, coal shovel, and swift guards led to a reunion at Antelope, restoring happiness for the couple. Vanilla noted as a wild Paraguayan product.
A long list of city happenings includes Burk’s peanut roaster in operation, visits by residents to Spencer and Anderson, and a large sewer project near Seminary and Bloomington. Other items cover races, railroad meetings, education issues of colored students, a marriage license, and court preparations with the Grand Jury set for April term.
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