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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1881
Page
6
C J Kimble and Son advertise as exclusive county manufacturers and dealers offering furniture pictures and frames at low prices. They claim to be the sole certain source in the area and urge customers to visit Hathaway Block to shop. Railroad time and freight info appear as promotional details for delivery routes.
The item previews sugar making efforts as a community note while mentioning winter’s metaphorical fracture. It cites a Monday court session this month and lists local social items such as valentines plans and a Sunday church concert.
Interested residents in Putnam County are urged to attend a 2 p m gathering on the second Saturday in February at the Court House. The committee reports Articles of Association and By laws for discussion. bring wives and daughters.
In Harlem Police Court a distressed scene unfolded as a husband Robert Sommerset and his wife argued before their five year old son. The boy comforted them, while the husband accused his wife of chronic drunkenness and of selling or pawning household items to buy liquor.
In a courtroom scene a husband pleads for mercy as he describes years of hardship caused by his wife's drinking. He recalls losing his dry goods store and money, while she blames alcohol and vows to drink till death. She is held on bail and the couple's child is placed in juvenile care.
Indianapolis leads with the Gilmore Zoological Garden and Theatre known as The Zoo, housing over five hundred living curiosities. Visitors pay 10 15 or 25 cents. the combined theatre and garden seats over fourteen hundred, promising education and entertainment aligned with modern amusements. A Floyd County dairyman’s proposal to a widow ends with wit, as she declines preferring her own table.
Herman Hutter and Charles Whitman of Missoulia hunted deer near the Rattlesnake River. Whitman slipped two hundred feet down the slope and dangled over a cliff until Hutter arrived to rescue him. The brave dog alerted the men by whining and leading to the rescue.
A gun in the Churchill home near Cotton Gin, Austin, discharged as the oldest son rushed to fetch it, blasting his forehead with shot. The accident occurred as the family was breakfasting and an eagle was seen at the window. The boy died from the wounds and head injuries.
An editor touts St Jacobs Oil with a patient case of sciatic rheumatism and cites other testimonials and odd items. The page includes revivalist quips, a sensational crime note, marriage after near-murder, health ads for Ginger Tonic and shoe tips, plus medical claims for urinary diseases.
The article recalls Wade Sipple once famed for stealing winnings from gamblers on Mississippi steamboats, later living by petty theft and dying poor. It notes at Princeton sleigh rides ended with two men unconscious, a girl killed, and another wounded by gunfire, and mentions a hanging in Youngstown Ohio in 1577 for murder based on a deathbed confession from a huckster.
A collage of old advertisements touts Hop Bitters and Speer's Wind as cures and tonics. It includes claims about asthma remedies, nerve health, and digestive aid, with testimonials and exhortations to trust branded bottles and insistence on purity via cork signatures.
Hens in good handling would lay equal eggs November to May as May to November, yet current egg sales per dozen show few hens reach this balance.
Historic claim of Shiloh's Cure as the most successful cough remedy for coughs croup bronchitis and consumption with guaranteed tests and a strong sales pitch. Advertisement notes price and a Shiloh's Various Plaster for lung and chest pain sold by Conrad Cook.
Advertises Bhiloh' Vitilizer at 75 cents claiming it cures Indigestion Constipation Dizziness Loss of Appetite Yellow Skin and related symptoms. Also promotes SITILOW'S CATARRIL REMEDY with an injector device included at no extra charge and priced for diet-related sales. Describes multiple ailments and urges purchase.
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