Temperance revival and current events from The Star
The Star notes a month long temperance revival in Greencastle with Blue Ribbon meetings and calls for public education to curb intemperance. It contrasts charity with anti liquor rhetoric, mentions Francis Murphy and the Blue Ribbon movement, and discusses recent social tensions including interracial marriages and mob justice, ending with Howard Smith receiving a $27,000 bequest after saving Baltimore sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Ribbon Hall
Court Room
Opera House
Francis Murphy
Blue Ribbon
Oregon
San Francisco
Howerd
Smith
Boston
Baltimore
Exoduster Movement Reported in Indiana Senate Inquiry
A detailed account from the Exodous Investigating Committee hearings in Washington describes Greencastle witnesses M. T. Lewman and Oscar Werneke. They discuss editorial flyers, Emigrant Aid Society links, and plans to move thousands of African Americans from North Carolina to Indiana before the census.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exodus
United States Senate
Voorhees
Windom
Vance
Blair
Pendleton
Capitol
Greencastle
Nessrs. M. T. Lewman
Oscar Werneke
Keath
Washington
Vandalia Road
Reynold
Heath
Kansas
Adams
Emigrant Aid Society
Indianapolis
Judge Martindale
Colonel Holloway
Indiana
North Carolina
Lewman
Pitsberg
Women Power and Mt Vernon Visit Highlight Hoosier Delegation
The article notes signs of female influence in national legislation, recounts a Hoosier gathering in Washington, a Mt Vernon visit on a damp day, and mentions Dr. Gilbert De La Matur and an Indiana group led by Hon R. J. Bright. It also covers Russian Nihilism countermeasures, a Petersburg pistol incident, a stageknife scare, and a local ad urging farmers to buy harness and saddles at low prices.
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Capitol
Washington
R. J. Bright
Senate
Mt. Vernon
Mr. Briel
W. W. Cocoran
Blake
Marth
LaFayette
Mt Vernon Association
Gilbert de la Matur
Putnam County
Virginia
Vernon
Congress
Indiana
Manson
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Isaac Cathedral
Isaac
L. Louis Bainbridge
Ohio
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Frank A. Auxoip
Tur Stan
En Rekep
Greencastle Ind
Cononiss
Tuk
Charles L. Lolstein
Olis United States District Attorney
Col
Nelson Trusler
Ireland
New York Herald
Europe
Seine
Paris
Zurich
Switzerland
Bay View
New California
New
Java
Coffe Hes
Darnall Bros. , Co’s
Alin
Our
M. T. Lewman
Putnam Courty
South
Langsdale
J. H. Clay
O. Werneke
Kingston
N. C
Sridges
Union Depot
Reynolds
J. M. Adams
W.st. N
Washington City
Treasury Department
Alleghenies
E. Shipley
Allen’s Drug Store
Emporium
Irs
Frank A. Hays
LAN Tehrins
Dones’ Drug Store
Geo. W. Corwin
Corwin
Beck & Dunmington
DR. Sykes
Ubi Oeno Ges Co
Deerborn Streee
S. Gree
V. Taplor
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