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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1880
Page
3
Advertisement notes a mail order sale for Ta Ys KON PyPADS with free tag and low price for obstinate long standing cases. It warns readers to request HY PAD and avoid other products.
A Bellefontaine sheriff sent a prisoner the razor used in his death by self harm. Unitarian Rev Brigham spoke at La Crosse Thanksgiving services prompting Baptist Rev Hayhurst to withdraw. Toledo murder trial doctors refused to testify citing expert witness rules sustained by Judge Rouse. A Ballard county Ky elopement ends with the groom killed by the bride’s father. Memphis sees John Trice confess a prior murder after a failed new attempt on the mother and sister. Booth Winter ends his life by throat wound after a struggle with his wife. An American Shove Tip advertisement draws parental interest. Two sisters witness a Bowen side cave tragedy at Little Rock Ark with conflicting accounts. Coe Boyer is killed by Charles Lee. evidence disputes. Health ads appear for Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup and Sellers’ Liver Pills. A Cincinnati swindle ends with a farmer demanding money back or bloodshed. Marlboro Chemical Works offers free samples via mail order. A tale of a seed planted by Captain Stone grows into a coffin later used for burial. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound promoted for female weakness. Child deaths tied to brain development and body frailty. Fellows' Syrup of Hypophosphites claims to aid brain vitality. Hill's Compound Extract of Buchu and Cubebs cited as beneficial.
Readable debris indicates a location at OMee Room 14 Thorpe t Block near the Post Office on Market Street in Indianapolis Indiana. The fragmentary note lists a place name and street area without a full description or date.
An 19th century ad claims syrup and tinctures ease couch croup and whooping cough with brisk per bottle sales. Also promotes Roberts Horse Powders praised by horse owners including Pierre Lorillard and racing horses Parole Wallenstein winning big sums for owners.
Harper and Brothers advertise subscriptions for Harper's Bazar Harper's Weekly and Harper's Magazine with annual rates. They list single year prices The offer includes postage free to the United States or Canada and mail delivery options Readers are instructed to begin with the January issue and remittance by money order or draft.
A troubled young man, after a three day binge, is moved by a ragged ten year old girl in a hotel reading room. She gives him five cents with a plea for bread, prompting him to share his money to help others, raising over $40 for charity.
A tale of Abou El Marsh's desert rescue by his horse ends in noble sacrifice, then shifts to natural history notes on brain packing and organ economy. It discusses foot binding in Swatow, noting 60 percent of girls in missionary schools are bound and the pain and dangers, including blindness, that result.
A column urges boys to save part of earnings, even ten cents weekly, to foster money habits and independence. It links frugality to status and self-reliance, then moves to geographical notes and social observations about harmony in households and daily life.
A Charleston News essay argues newspapers are built on many readers and cannot be easily destroyed by missteps. It warns a paper that repeatedly disappoints readers by straying from its core mission will lose circulation and fail once readers find alternatives.
Samuel Scattergood a conservative importer of Mediterranean fruits in Philadelphia lost about 250000 dollars after investing nearly all his money in Leadville mining ventures that failed. The collapse ruined friends who followed his lead and he hanged himself recently amid rising suicides.
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