Grand Orange and Lawrence county reunion planned at Orleans
Soldiers of Orange and Lawrence counties Indiana plan a grand reunion at Orleans on Sept 18 39. Col Spicely chairs arrangements and will provide information. invitation extended to all. Memphis fever news continues with new cases and deaths daily. crop report from Cincinnati Enquirer notes wheat acreage 15463 bushels yield 18 bu per acre. oats 5582. hay 14267. corn good. potatoes good. apples poor. peaches none.
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Tus
Orange and
Lawrence Counties
Indiana
Orleans
Ind
Spicely
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Isst
Dr. King
Allens
Growth Prospects for Greencastle Manufacturing Town
A plea to residents to shop locally and support nearby artisans. The article extols Greencastle as a manufacturing hub with rich natural resources, rails, coal, timber, and lime quarries. It highlights educational strengths, churches, a vibrant streetcar system, ample factories, mills, foundries, planing works, and a bustling OpEra House, urging capitalists to relocate and invest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Putnam County
Towit
Vandalia
Indianapolis
St. Louis R. R
Louisville, New Albany
Chicago R. R
Indiana Asbury University
Female College of
Indiana
Jackson Street
Washington
Franklin
Greencastle Tron and Nail Company
Cole Brothers
Harris & Cos and
Callender & Dunn
Renick, Curtis & Co
Thos. Bayne
Goulding & Ireland
S and Bower & Foxworthy
Planing Mills
Lake Michigan
Ohio River
Greencastle &Magual
Notable oddities and incidents span Kentucky to Georgia
The article catalogs a mix of sensational and everyday events including hangings in Kentucky and Mississippi, a Georgia wedding at age ten, a quip by an ex Georgia governor, a Springfield cemetery tree prayer answered by a tornado, a Memphis wedding omen followed by a bride’s distress, a pistol duel aftermath in Chicago, a Boston revival with a kiss witnessed by two youths, and various local Indiana and Ohio notices of fires, accidents, crops, and civic concerns.
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de Rivera
Holland
Chicago
Robertson
Ladertook
G. R. Scott
Boston
Louisville
John Goodwin
James Griggs
Gentleman
Scott
Goodwin
Grigg
Fire burns teen girl as lamp ignites clothing
A teenage girl in an upstairs room accidentally knocked over a coal oil lamp causing a blaze that burned from hips to knees. Her mother and uncle tried to help but most of her clothes were burned before a doctor judged injuries not necessarily dangerous.
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J. J. Johnson
Tragedy At Menoora Inn Child Severely Injured
Mrs John Meelbrecht operating a harvester accidentally severed both legs of her nearly three year old son in a wheat field near Menoora Inn. The child woke, wandered away, and died before medical help arrived. The mother fainted upon discovering the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menoora Inn
John Meelbrecht
Disease Ravages Center Point and Walker Iowa
A cholera like illness sweeps Center Point Linn County with twenty deaths and as many prostrations in thirteen days. Walker seven miles from West Point reports several deaths. An undertaker in Dubuque receives an order for forty coffins as physicians tire and residents flee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dosvgny
Center Point
Linn County
Walker
West Point
Dubuque
Wanderings Through Italian Lakes and Milan Exposition
A travel diary describes arrival in Venice and a Milan visit in July 1879. It details the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Milan Cathedral, Last Supper at Santa Maria delle Grazie, lake steamer trips on Como Lugano Maggiore, and porlezza to Varese and Stressa journeys with multiple villages, hotels, and scenic notes.
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Milan
Galleria Vittone Emanuels
Europe
Asia
Africa
America
Alps
Monte Rosa
Mount Banc
Marie Delle Grazie
Leonardo da Vince
Como
Lake
Paris
Cook
Geneva
Naples
Tropics
Bellagio
Lake Lecco
Monnaggio
Porlezza
Lugano
Menpagio
Porta
William Tell
Varese
Laveno
Brieg
Simpton -Pass
Martigney
Chamouni
Italy
Rome
Florence
Venice
Local Notes and Movements In Town Scenes
Mr. Clark Butcher remains gravely ill with slim chances of recovery. Mrs. Mary Ader and Mrs. L L Louis traveled to Greencastle last Thursday. James Nelson shipped three carloads of cattle to Chicago on Wednesday. Wheat prices fell about two cents to 88 cents. Elder Brewer to preach at the Christian Church next Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Miss Anna Malone went to Greencastle. Lafe Thornton reports wheat at 29 bushels per acre and leads the district. Mrs. Albin and Mrs. Milt Darnall attend the Battle Ground Camp Meeting. Greg Thompson preached here last. The two Miss Todds of Indianapolis visit Mrs. Edgar.
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Anversos
Georgetown
Ind
Allie Cowger
Crawfordsville
Tiespeaker
Allie
Presbyterian Sabbath School
Felther Falls
Win
Shields
Owen County
Joe Lee
George
Dock Hurst
Martin Hurst
Elder Whitlock
Lula Watson
Bainbridge
Clapsaddle
Allen
Moody
Jackson Township
A. Mayhall
W. 5
Lewis
Lou Modlin
Scott
Eddie Kurtz
Hadley
Lonesome
Sallie Welch
J.M. Cause
Ella Darnall
Chivarari
Groveland
Clark Butcher
Mary Ader
Greencastle
James Nelson
Chicago
L.L. Louis
Brewer
Christian Church
Anna Malone
Lafe Thornton
Lafe
Albin
Milt Darnall
Battle Ground
Greg Thompson
Miss Todds
Indianapolis
Edgar
Open stack of groceries in vacated room hints local changes
The note reports Chad planning to open a grocery stack in the space vacated by M B Wright. It also mentions a clandestine wedding north of town with Billy Downs and Manda Jacks as high contracting parties. Farmers begin hay harvest as local notes mention Adam Fuller returning.
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Chad
M.B. Wright
Billy Downs
Manda Jacks
B. F. Bruner
Dr. Godfrey
Adam Fuller
Land transfers and sales across townships in Indiana
A series of land transactions and sales across Washington, Greencastle, Cloverdale, Jefferson, Warren and Monroe townships involving buyers and sellers including Florence Fellows Martha Durham Wm H Watson Elizabeth Gilmore Joseph Poliom Sheriff P C Sheriff P A Samuel Mitchel Samuel Robinson Levi Friend Thos Zaring Cynthia Bryan Mary Smithhurat and others with prices ranging from 100 to 3500 dollars.
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Florence Fellows
Charlotte Fellows
Washington Township
Martha R. Durham Et al
John F. Carver
Greencastle Township
Wm. H. Watson
Walter H. Hull
Cloverdale
Thomas
Vermilion
Theoderick Allen
Jefferson
Elizabeth Gilmore
Sally C. Ragan
Washington
Joseph Poliom
Chris Frank
Manhattan
Sheriff P.C
James Pickens
Samuel Mitchel
Alfred Moody
Warren
P. A
James Fickens
Samuel Robinson
M. Randel
Monroe
Francia M. Friend
Levi F. Friend
Joseph Pollom
Thos. Zaring
Cynthia J. Bryan
Joseph W. Roark
Marion Township
Mary Smithhurat
J.W. Smithhurat
Egat
Enki
Castle
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the Star
Frank A. Paank
A. Arnold
oLp
Tak Stak
Enrersp
Memphis
Sail
T. E. Dean
Darnall Bros. & Co’s
George Washington
Kentucky
Napoleon Bonaparte
Mississippi
Martha A. Stead
Wayne County
Stewart &. Woodford
Georgia
Springfield Mass
Massachusetts
Bishop Ames
Richmond Methodist Advocate
the Independent
Ames
Indiana News
John B. Ford
Jeffersonville
Axe Works
Plate Glass
Captain Ford
Falling Run Creek
Cixcixyaty
James A. Cunningham
Vincenes
Srencen
Hiram Waldorff
Spencer
Daniel Gallup
Gallup
Terre Haute
Manriéville
Gertie
Putnamville
Mr. I.R. Walden
Witty
Arkansas Hot Springs
San Francisco
Efernaon
Onkjell
Yale College
Ann Newberry
Greene County
Ed. Barker
Ed. Long
Barker
Long
New Axnany
Christian Meyers
Lanesville
Harrison County
Mavison
Trow
City Mills
Germany
Tenne Hatere
Tfowa
Lake Maggiore
Flynn
N. R. Evans
Eddie Graham
Plainfield
Groveland Lodge No
Coatsville
J. H. Owens
Hendricks County
Col
Jo. Weiler
C.S. Kurtz
Georgetown St
England
Scotland
Black
Frederick
Robert Kennedy
Hickory
Frank A. Hays
Wok Ag
J.D. Bence
T. G, Bowman
John Burley
T. G. Bowman & Co
Bowman & Co
East Side
Public Square
Greencastle, Ind
Eah
Tyrzvst Colton
United States
Clasa
ORK Furnishing Co
Bree
New York
China
Salt Creek
Ill
Battle Creek, Mich
South
Dobbie
Marquette
Mich
John Gross
Richmond
Gross
Selli & CO
Pittsburgh
Dasa
Tura
Ohio
Tab Mens Es
James
Hagstos & Thorpe
Chew Jackson
Buckien
Abens Drug
Eagly
Hood, &c
Arly
de A
He Henri T. Taman
Ion D
New York City
Popham
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