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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1879
Page
8
A long list of Brattin's Jewelry items offered during the holidays includes cheap sets sleeves buttons breast pins collar buttons rings bracelets and many silver and gold pieces priced from a few cents to several dollars. The shop is open late with a Wednesday night sale announced and repairs available.
The article touts cloth top button shoes as a stylish choice for young men, claiming they enhance appeal and can win favor with women. It warns rivals to buy and wear them, noting Christie's on Washington Street as a source.
A column surveys local life with miscellaneous items. P B Graham narrowly escapes harm after clothing catches a belt. A new janitor takes over at Temper ance Fiall as stoves blaze. The temperance choir, led by A L Graham, rehearses Mondays. Reports from Indianapolis trips to see Grant and the element. Remarks on colored pedestrians and a temperance meeting midweek. The president receives constitution and by-law advice. Tramps are noted as bolder, with a grim dining room prank. Weather predictions offer a January forecast. Revival at Locust Street Church draws crowds. A festival at Hinton Chapel occurs and the rolling mill gets repairs. A quartette inspires a dreary poem parody. Mr Maxwell moves to South Indiana Street. South End youths dream of gang life. Ed Harris wishes burial face-down. The minstrel show nears readiness. Hog-killing winds down. Thirty-five Preparatory Department ladies carpet and decorate the West Building rostrum after a Tuesday afternoon session.
A poem recounts Benson in a confidence trick on a road to a house of money spending a night with an elder priest. A second swindler, Snyder, is confessed as a deceptive Christian man who fooled the author last Friday. The speaker warns others that not all that glitters is gold and urges caution to avoid future losses.
A public discussion centers on a proposed gas company charter with gas priced at two dollars per 1 000 cubic feet, 10 percent discount for prompt payment, and a 2000 hour annual street lighting timetable at 26 dollars per post. Critics question whether 50 lamps suffice for 20 miles of streets, noting the plan to start with 60.
A series of transfers across Madison Warren Cloverdale Jefferson Clinton and Greencastle townships lists buyers and sellers including Sheriff P C and Etna Life Inc Co with 40 to 80 acre parcels and prices from 100 to 5 000 dollars. Notable names include J M Walker Emma P Braman Geo D Arnold Samuel Gardner and Columbus Walk with deeds filed in multiple townships.
A reader defends colored workers against a rival Indianapolis Leader correspondent. He rebutts attacks by Rover, accuses him of bias and scorn toward laborers, and asserts Black workers deserve daily wages and respect.
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