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Greencastle Star

Location

Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 27, 1881

Page

5

Various World and U S News Roundup Highlights

Weekly summary notes standard silver dollars in circulation for the week, exports of petroleum products, and a drop in cotton crop condition. Reports on Coast Survey official Patterson’s death, rail mileage, Yorktown celebration guest invitation, and gold inflow prep. Maritime accidents, fires, lynching, colonies, comings and goings across states and nations are sketched with mixed outcomes and notable figures.

United States Department of Agriculture Department Patterson United States Coast Survey Washington Baron Steuben Yorktown Treasury Assay New York Philadelphia National Agricultural Bureau Iown Illinois Minnesota Nebraska California Wisconsin New England

Immigrant Fees Fight and Maritime News From New York

The Immigration Commissioners sue steamship lines for 40000 in inspection fees based on June and July landings at Castle Garden. Also noted are a New Orleans captured Italian bandit identified in New York, a murder charge dismissed in Williamsport, gold mine claims filed in Albany, and a Connecticut judge's death in Litchfield.

Emigration Commissioners of New York Castle Garden New Orleans Atlantic Samuel Miller Williamsport Albany Fulton Hamilton Saratoga Counties N. Y Origen Seymour Supreme Court of Connecticut Litchfield Navy Joseph Co Eldridge Brooklyn Governor Long William Allen Massachusetts Supreme Bench Colt Contoocook N. H Yum Yum Boston Neponset River

Fire destroys National Theater in Prague Bohemia

On the evening of the 12th the National Theater at Prague was burned to the ground. Samuel Lorp, a Liverpool cotton broker, has failed with liabilities of 160000 dollars. The Boers declare Dutch the official language of the Transvaal. A London dispatch says Serena Viceroy of India asked permission.

Ameri Afghanistan Genoa Italy Law Edison Paris United States Adrianople Vienna International Commissioners Porte Wire William Madrid Spain Pisco Lima Sardinia Cagliari Mannipoor India Onr Colclough Trish Caucasus Altama Mexico National Theater Prague Bohemia Samuel Lorp Liverpool Eng Transvaal London Mth Serena

Garfield's improving condition noted amid grave illness

Reports from August 1881 reveal Garfield's pulse and temperature fluctuations as doctors remain hopeful yet cautious. Secretary Blaine returns to Washington, while military officials plan for Yorktown Centennial attendance and Dublin Land League activity draws international subscriptions. A guard scuffle over a knife occurs in the prison cell of Gastau. The president writes to his mother stating he remains weak but gains daily with time.

Blaine Washington Yorktown Corbin The Land League Dublin Sexton Australia League Gasteau Tur Garfield Washinetor D. C Hitty Mary Jhames A. Garfield Elize Garfield Hiram

Grave mix up ends in grave dispute at Glasgow Md

A baby’s grave in Glasgow Maryland drew careful tending by two strangers Brown and Mrs Ellison who did not know each other. After a new tombstone was erected a dispute led to opening a nearby neglected grave which Brown claimed held his infant, and the tombstone was removed.

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Drug store tales and tales of tinctures in a column of curios

An assortment of anecdotes and quack notes fill the page. A pretty girl buys Swayne's Ointment for skin disease and vanishes. a Linden gum poison titled tindoline is warned as deadly. Walter F. Adams credits Brown's Iron Bitters for dyspepsia and nervous collapse relief. a Paris Ky woman is seen with $20,000 from a bank robbery. Lydia Pinkham’s remedy helps some women regain health. a potato bug warning promotes a local receipt from H C Steeg.

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