Local notices and community updates from The Star
The Star reports H Ellis of Bainbridge is very sick. Wheat buyers pay 5 to 10 cents. Dr W Fisk will preach at the Presbyterian church tomorrow. Stevenson & Son advertise. Subscription offer for The Star to Jan 1 1880. Brush visited Greencastle Branch. Ad copy notes a farm cure advertisement. A library fund supper and festival is set in school district No 3 in one week. Andrew Koetzer leaves for California with family to join in May. Thomas Bayne operates two saw mills to meet lumber demand. Sunday School Union formed in Choton township with officers elected. Col Neff attended.
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Gar
W. Fisk
Presbyterian Church
J. D. Stevenson & Son
Tne Star
Iven
Andrew Koetzer
Clinton Township
California
Thomas Bayne
Gay
Choton Township
Col. Neff
Temperance meeting at Locust Sweet Church yields strong address
Last Saturday night’s temperance gathering at Locust Sweet Church drew a large crowd. Rev. Pitner delivered a lengthy address arguing against temperance with biblical support and divine disapproval. A brief local note mentions Harris’s new sled for Water Street Hill awaiting snow. An animal accident is recorded as a dog hanged himself attempting to jump a fence. Kol McCoy trains his dog to ride bare back, and notes drift to social antics in North End with Tom Martin and Hi Callender drawing attention. Nightingale suffered a minor illness.
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Locust Sweet Church
Pitner
Harris
Water Street Hill
Kol” McCoy
North End
Tom Martin
Hi. Callender
James Nightingale
Walter Woodward
Michigan City
Bayne
John Arkins
Will Murphy
Matto
Jackson Street
Ellis
Bainbridge
Sun Ti
Becade
Mercy
Aps
Martin
George Crouch
New Albany
John Sage, Jr
Kansas
Joe Ford
Tommy Walker
Danville
Tommy
Tom Hart
Sears
James Shamel
Michael Mansfield
Buck” Sage
Mystic Taner
Water in rolling-mill pond runs low this week
The article notes the pond at the rolling mill has very low water levels and is increasingly clearing. It references conditions improving or deteriorating as the week progresses and mentions the changing scene around the site.
Local notes from New Albany area two runaways and social lore
Walter Woodward, Michigan City, heads Bayne's law firm while John Arkins still fires Will Murphy. sightings of visitors in Bainbridge, Danville, and New Albany roads. sleigh rides, hunting, and coast stories mix with stray anecdotes about workers and residents.
Greek Depart ment Second Class Honors Scheme
The article outlines requirements for Sec ond Class Honors in the Greek Depart ment. It lists five areas: Greek Prose Composition, Greek Mythology, Geography of Hellas and Outlines of Grecian History, History of Greek Literature, and Translations. It notes a student, Mr Stephenson, has left college until term three and will teach near his home. Wednesday was examination day for Juniors in Dr Mans field's department. All of the stu-
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Stephenson
Mansfield
Honours List Highlights Junior Class Winners
Thanksgiving visitors return to college as items stay scarce. Second Class Honors in the Junior Class go to Morris with 98.5, Miss Farrow 975, Charles Enderton 957, Gordon 955, Frank Joyce 942, Worth Merritt 93.2, and Will McNeff 92.
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Dents
Morris
Miss Farrow
Chas. Enderton
Gordon
Frank Joyce
Worth Merritt
Will MecNeff
Local notes from Cloverdale and nearby towns
Mr Garfield's cabinet talk stirs speculation while local life shows little thanks this year. J Bachelder preaches funeral, Craven Craig visits, and T Piercey holds meetings. Henry Horn buys out A Dannington, hardware plans loom, Grandpa McCarty turns 90 after a 24 mile round trip walk, Broadstreet ships hogs east, rabbits sold by the dozen, no Christmas tree yet, merchants report strong trade.
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Garfield
J. 8
Bachelder
Greencastle
Blue Ribbon Society
Craven Craig
St. Charles
C. T. Foster's
ElderJd T. Piercey
Crawfordsville
Christian Church
Henry Horn
A. D. Dannington
Dannington
Foster
Grandpa McCarty
Cloverdale
Spring Cave
Hart & Hendrix
GE Sie Ieee
Recksville Town News for 1881 Seasonal Updates
Recksville reports brisk business with farmers shipping wheat and hogs while rail traffic struggles under coal and stock loads. New saloon opens under Prof Mullenix, and local commerce in dry goods groceries drugs and hardware remains strong. Church events plan a Christmas tree and prayer meetings as residents anticipate winter and the coming year.
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Sea Ramos Pias
Este
Staes
Martin Mullenix
Prof
Mallenix
M. J
Readable Indiana journal praised for family reading value
Letter extols Greencastle Star edited by F A Arnold as best county paper in Putnam County. Urges subscribers to recruit new readers to curb borrowing and praises wide circulation, chaste content, and eye friendly print. Notes local news, marriages, deaths, court records and land transfers with rural updates.
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Indiana
Tis Greencastle Sran
F. A. Arnold
Tax Sran
Putnam County
Tur Svar
Tie Star
Ine
Eiskaes
Iran
Riathaciay’s Mills and Nearby Happenings
Three months of school pass as J H Cox and Robert Tevis visit. Heber John son from Greencastle may lead the saw-mill. Log sleds operate and sleigh bells jingle with Jack Frost. A fox was driven from the brush last Sunday. C Reed moves to Bainbridge. James McGill welcomes a son named Warrison. Raccoon chasing and a Pleasant MacGaughey hop occur. Fisk remains ill</s>
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J. H. Cox
Robert Tevis
Heber Johnson
Greencastle
Jack Frost
Fox
C. Reed
Bainbridge
James McGill
Warrison
Pleasant MacGaughey’s
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James Daggy
Mr. H. Ellis
Gap
Mr. Brush
Spavin
Ringbone
Hardhead
Bashfulness
South Greencastle
North Greencastle
Asbury Notes
Recksville
Lena
Levi Thomas
M. BE
Bruner
Fuller & Son
U. N. Stokes
Eaglefield & Jacks
BS White
M. E
Stephens
Ohio
Rice
F. Bruner
Terre Haute
Tales
Williams
Christian Charity
Scaerens
James Layman
Jacks
Washington Township
Taling
Buffington’s
East Side Public Square
Riathaciay's Mills
Fisk
Scott
Aea
Langdon
Ss Fancy Bazar
South Side Square
DR. Crook
Lestorun
Crook
N.smith & Co
Pre. Ueve’s
O' Crook & Co
Dayton
Onio
Kramer
Corman
Ceni
O.ns
Smith & CO
Prope
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