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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1881
Page
7
An Indianapolis store advertises mail order service to Greencastle customers. Free samples and careful filling of orders are offered by mail or express, with prices identical to in-store purchases. Terms require a postoffice order to C. C. D.
Burnett’s at the Opera building advertises the largest city stock of boots and shoes with top lines like Richardson’s Boots Ide & Wilson Wrench American Kip Boots and Hartford Boots. It touts kid calf kangaroo and cordovan shoes for ladies and misses plus new school wear for children and claims the best English Grain and French Kip Boots in Putnam County.
News items from the Tuk Star readers include school progress under Miss Rose Williams, local commerce by Brady Tucker and others, weddings and social events, moving to new farms, hog killings and corn gathering, a rash of thefts at Belle Union, and notices of church services, institutes, and upcoming railroad and telegraph plans. Several residents travel, move, or visit relatives, with reports on farms, barns, and local businesses.
Frank E. Marvin of Chicago pressed widow Dowling for marriage at her boarding house. He demanded an answer or threatened to drink poison. The widow dismissed him as a joke. he died within an hour after she refused.
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