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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1879
Page
1
The notice lists Charley Bur Xett’s 5 and 10 cent counter offering hundreds of useful and ornamental articles. Local items mention Ada Ballard visiting Indianapolis, gas debates, and multiple social events, with reports of license decisions, marriages, and church activities amid a bustling community page.
The Star for 1880 sets an annual subscription price of one dollar in advance and vows stronger local and family focus. It details agent premiums including a cook stove, a Cafivator, a clock, an Oliver plow, a solid gold rug, and a double shovel plow, with call to contact A Arnold, editor, Greenville, Ind.
A reflective poem compares youth to acorns that contain future greatness. It warns that youth is the preface to life and a chapter where character forms, urging self-control to decide whether one grows fruitful or flawed.
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