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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1880
Page
5
McNary will visit relatives in Kentucky before joining her brother at Bates Rite. A heading factory project is discussed.
Indianapolis visitor Mr Will Garner calls on Bush Taylor this week. Reading Room open 1 20 to 4 30 pm for students. Enki Ebee Overstrad class 79 dies. Ida Allen is his wife. Helen Mar White sang at chapel. Junior performance opens in a week with high expectations. Mr Mason 79 visits city. Cavens of Rushville visits daughter. E T H R R gives students half fare. Chapel moved to 7 55 am.
Messrs Thomas Bayne and Alfred Hirt travel to Tennessee to view timber resources. Mrs Samuel Walls of Floyd township dies Sunday after long illness. Bainbridge anticipates completion of the Indianapolis and Springfield railroad through town. Minerva Chapter Order of Eastern Star names officers for the year. installation set for January 14 with full attendance urged.
A series of land transfers are recorded including James Throop selling lot 4 block 7 Reelsville to Elizabeth J. Brown for 17 dollars and multiple deeds in Washington and Madison townships with prices ranging from 1 dollar to 1,500 dollars. George Owen transfers to Mollie Alepaugh for 500 dollars, and others involve Ford, Roachdale, Cloverdale, and Greencastle areas with various parcels and buyers including Eugene Barnard, Elijah Grantham, and Jacob Harshbarger among several.
Readers are urged to send news from their area for publication. The Tur Star notes it does not endorse correspondent opinions but provides space for neighbors to share thoughts and local happenings.
Mrs Victoria McGinnis from Cloverdale visits this week while K P Ash operates a stone crusher day and night to fill orders and Henry cuts ice. The note ends with a lament about two students who drank themselves so full at the end.
Sunday reports show residents heading home with help from friends as James Steele plans a log team next week. Various locals like Miss Lou Foxworthy and Eugene Finn are engaged in clerking and telegraph duties while temperance activists seek signatures for a prohibition petition.
Morris Goodwin travels to Indianapolis to work on Belt Railroad. L Campbell replaces him at the pump. James Smith and family ill. Nichols has lost three calves. Howard Havins sells farm to William Newman. Malta School closed several days due to illness. Nichols family moves to Oakalla. Cyrus Clark moves to Wheeler Wright’s farm. Havins buys a farm from William Day. Martin Wright welcomed a newborn daughter. Correspondent notes Father Brewer of Coatesville in his 97th year. Rev. Jesse Hill adjusts appointment times. Samuel Campbell tears down Coleman house to build a residence. G C Miller moves to Whiteland to clerk for his uncle.
As winter keeps people indoors the village awaits a Christmas tree and literary program at the Christian Church. Superintendent Mr Newnamh and teacher Miss Street lead preparations with an address on the Rise Progress and Mission of the Christian Religion by Solon Ragan and a baritone solo by M H Reilly. Mrs Mollie flanks the scene.
Three months of our school gone. Dudley Vinzant went to Rockville on Monday. Jim Sacks buys Christmas goods in Terre Haute. Mrs Brown is very ill. Elder Williams and services at the Christian Church next weekend. Dr Godfrey of Indianapolis collected. Subscribers' push to grow the paper. agent expects double circulation. Christmas tree planned at the M E Church. Young folks hear talk of love at Levi Thomas's. Jim Jacks pays 20 cents for butter eggs. Rev Brown preaches to a large crowd. Merchants report good trade. Sans Housell and wife will spend Christmas with parents near Bainbridge.
Health here is generally good with several chronic cases improving. Elderly Uncle Jacob Lickel, nearly 90, has lost much of his sight but voted in elections. Dr Fosher visits eastern state, and lectures on physiology with Dr Bridges. The Blue Ribbon Society plans a Christmas tree and Rev Miller conducts Mr Myers funeral.
The piece notes nineteen days to Christmas as families plan gifts from mothers and the rare maiden, while a man who bet on an election faces loss. It mentions oyster cravings, patchy pants, and a misty departure of the Courier man to greener pastures as community papers shift allegiances and a town festival nears.
Morton Wright rejoices at Brick Chapel while Groveland residents visited W E Wise and a lady. Local officers plan next September’s fair and will set premium lists elect superintendents. Neighbors gather wood and ice projects proceed. James Ogle, W E Wise and James McVay arrange ice work. sleighs ready and houses planned. Huber of Coatesville and Millman consider building. one resident ill with diphtheria. Hauling logs and ice, sawmill help offered. Allen from Illinois back home. Agricultural Association gathering last February discussed widow Alley’s youngest child in Cana an. Fat hogs nearing end of slaughter season. no weddings planned. Dexter mentions.
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