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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1881
Page
2
Exclusive furniture and picture frame dealer in the county promotes its Hathaway Block showroom as the place for good furniture at low prices. The ad urges shopper attendance and highlights selection at C. J. Kimble & Son.
Shoppers scout holiday goods as City and County edition notes shopping habits. Charney Allen travels from Indianapolis while a College Ave Church concert benefits Miss Mira Ross on December 13. Local reflections on Illinois living, old ice and coal trade, a Dr Bull’s Syrup plug, and ads urging business men to use newspaper advertising.
Putnam Circuit Court records show verdicts and dispositions including Andrew Bryant guilty on two counts with $3 fine, O C W plea guilty with $5 fine, Merrick burglary acquittal, Farmer trespass plea, Ballard divorce granted with two year remarriage prohibition, various dismissals and costs, and joint actions like injunction against George Ritter and partition suits with costs.
President Taylor cautions about unclear Temple fund accounts as the building progresses. The report notes millions spent and allegations of theft while highlighting a crowd reacting to the ongoing project and a hymn.
Club agents needed nationwide for 1882 star subscription drive. The Star, priced at one dollar yearly, promises premiums such as a cooking stove, silver watch, plow, silverware, coffee, cameo ring, sugar, rocking chair, and free issues for current subscribers. Address F A Arnold, Proprietor, Greencastle, Ind.
An immigrant from Wales arrives in Oshkosh Wisconsin seeking fortune. He reveals his wife and children are left behind and fears they will starve. Welsh neighbors raise 200 to bring his family over, then learn he eloped with another woman and intends to present her as his wife. The piece also notes other village vignettes and assorted medical patent remedies.
Frank S. Pay of Meriden Connecticut and his friend E C Kirdsey were rabbit hunting on Thursday when a shot meant for a rabbit struck Pay in the face. Kirdsey was aiming at the rabbit and the shot hit Pay instead.
An old advertisement touts Marshall's Catarrh Snuff as a leading remedy for catarrh and headaches. Introduced by Chas Bowen in 1855 it claims to cure cold in the head and related afflictions with steps urging use and noting signature authenticity to avoid counterfeits. It credits I C Keith as general agent in Cleveland Ohio.
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