Temperance Meeting Sparks Revival in Danville District
Bettie Eads visits sister near Danville as a temperance gathering draws crowds with songs and speeches led by Judge Bachelder. The event includes a collision in the city with Teddy Smiley injured by a club as exodus tensions rise after political shifts.
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Bettie Eads
Clay Osborne
Danville
Adela
Nna Snyder
Imma Graham
Mattie Walters
Winz
Teddy Smiley
Smith Smiley
Paul Hill
Ny South
Tae Star
Bachelder
Local notes from South Greencastle and surrounding area
South Greencastle reports a new crossing laid across Depot street and the old livery stable repurposed by Cold Bro's. Gutters are cleaned, Fox Ridge frozen for walking, with future skiffs needed when it thaws. Charley McCoy jokes about a tiny woolly dog and a reward at the Trade Emporium. Mrs. Jackson returns to Danville after visiting, the minstrel troupe gets its wardrobe, rumors of a new saloon spark temperance debate, Charley Rogan seeks City Marshal, Hi Callender’s temperance speech draws applause, and a temperance club may form in the area.
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South Depot Street
Fox Ridge
Charley McCoy
Charley Rogan
Callender
Thos Martin
Temperance Meeting Draws Crowded House At Opera House
The Opera House overflowed as Saturday Night temperance speakers Mr. Smith Smiley Rev. O. P. Badger Rev. Grimm Judge Bachelder and Charles Anderson addressed a crowded audience. Badger likened intemperance to a famine while others argued for liberty from King Alcohol and urged youth away from the first glass. Miss Etta Rhodes delivered a requested declamation to cheering.
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Smith Smiley
0. P. Badger
Rev. Grimm
Jas. Lynch
Judge Bachelder
Charles Anderson
Badger
Grimm
New York
United States
Bachelder
Lynch
Chas
Anderson
Etta Rhodes
Music Program Closes With Vocal Encore
An organ flute and violin provided instrumental music as Wm Cochran sang Somebody Waiting and answered an encore before Rev Griwm dismissed the meeting.
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Wm. Cochran
Griwm
Carpentersville News: Local Moves and Roads Discussed
Logs hauled resumed after mud delay. Four families moved this week. Lemons school ends month. will study at Asbury and return to teach three months in spring. Young visits Fincastle. Prosecuting Attorney stirred activity there last week. Pearcy ill with bronchitis. Gravel road talk from Roachdale to Bainbridge. Putnam County behind on gravel work. Wedding planned northwest of here. Button and Edwards swap farms and plan moves. Fosher ships Chester White pigs and Holland turkeys, one to Buchanan County Mo. Anderson thrives in blacksmithing and gunsmithing. Carter family moved to Danville Isle Lon. he is fireman on C D V. Amateur group considers Ten Nights in a Bar Room.
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Pickett
Carpentersville
Uncle Billy
Lemon
Asbury
Young
Fincastle
Pearcy
Roachdale
Bainbridge
Putnam County
Robt
Button
John Edwards
J.B Fosher
Chester
Buchannan County
Eli Anderson
Thomas Carter
Danville, Isle
Lon
D.&v
Fern Station Township News Highlights
The column notes a thriving Fern Station with crops, local business, and plans for a post office. It mentions land Transactions such as Peter Stoner buying half of Philip Frank Farm and James Skelton renting John Reed's farm, plus upcoming road work and a temporary bridge ETA.
Meeting Notice of Brick Chapel Association
The Brick Chapel Agricultural Association will meet at the Harover Store in Brick Chapel on February 19 at 10:00 a.m. to adopt a premium list for 1980. The premium list committee will take notices and govern themselves accordingly. R. H. Prirst, President.
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Brick Chapel
Putnam County Agricultural Society Meeting Notice
At the regular meeting the society moved to invite Brick Chapel and Floyd Township associations to meet at the Court House on February 14, 1880. A committee was formed to sell family tickets at five dollars for families with conveyances during the fair. Meeting adjourned to February 14, 1880. J. H. Crow Secretary.
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Putnam County Agricultural Society
Win, McCray
Brick Chapel
Floyd Townshp
Court House
J. H. Crow
Russellville Union Agricultural Association Elects Officers
At a stockholders meeting the Russellville Union Agricultural Association elected officers. J. N. Fullenwider as President B. D. Carver as Vice President J. B. Brumfield as Treasurer 8 Durham as Secretary HU Foster as General Superintendent. Exhibition time set for August 23 to 28. Duramax Lee. George Wysong's Grocery offers the best cigar in the city at the northwest corner of the public square.
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Russellville Union Agricultural Association
J. N. Fullenwider
B. D. Carver
J. B. Brumfield
Durham
HU. A. Foster
Duramax
Lee
George Wysong
Asbury University News and Social Snippets
Asbury University notes include a Sunday lecture by Prof. DeMotte, social events by the Senior Preparatory class, and returns from absence. Reports mention six Preparator y department members chewing tobacco, visits by Maude Allison in Brazil, and upcoming First Preps social. John Lockridge battles measles, John Siffy ill, and freshmen morale high. A gymnastic drill group forms with uniforms and officers. John White praised as top map drawer. Prof. Earp visits State University. J W Riley the poet attends chapel. J C Ridpath to speak at University of Michigan on February 22. Rev J W Harris conducts services, with Harris a 1878 class member. An alcohol lamp incident injures Ralph Rogers in the lab. Ebert Overstreet visits Green Castle to check on a brother.
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DeMotte
Jenkins
John Jones
Maude Allison
Brazil
John Lockridge
John Siffy
John White
Earp
State University
J. W. Riley
Chapel
James el
Neff
Walker
Chell
Asbury
Charley Ketcham
Bloommington
Schurr
Muncie High School
J. C. Ridpath
University of Michigan
J. W. Harris
Covington
Ind
Indiana, Department of the G. A. R
Harris
Ralph Rogers
Ebert Overstreet
Spencer
Greencastle
Winter Weather and Local Happenings Near Morton
Six or eight teams haul logs for Mr. Bayne from Frank Darnall's farm near Morton amid fine winter weather. Mrs. Josephine Darnall suffers rheumatic pains. James Taylor faces possible death from consumption. Rev. Smith and David Preston conduct meetings in Greencastle. Milt Darnall mentioned as Republican township trustee candidate. Bainbridge Lodge No 494 installs officers for the quarter.
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Mr. Bayne
Frank Darnall
Morton
Josephine Darnall
James Taylor
Higgins Lane
Kentucky
Henry Stone
J. Stone
Ellis
John Allison
Rev. Smith
David Preston
Greencastle
Milt Darnall
Joseph Smith, Jr
Centralia
Bainbridge Lodge
U. F
Milroy Gordon
W. CU. T
Carrie Johnson W. V
Gertrude Johnson
John’ A. Allison
Frank Weet
W. F
Geo
W. Wampler
W. T
Lyman Merrick
W. M
Maggie Gibbs
H. Phereson
W. C
Mary Priest
W.C. G
Howard Martin
Minnie Ellis
Annie Maloney
L. HW. L
Seymour and English clubs elect officers and plan meetings
Daniel Enright serves as president of the Seymour and English clubs with R B Drury and O R Stroube as vice presidents Ed Marsh is recording secretary H Walls is corresponding secretary Louis A Stagg treasurer Enright resigns and Truman next meeting will fill the post They schedule meetings for Friday February 13 and every alternate Friday thereafter The rec sec to publish a synopsis of proceedings in the Greencastle Star and Press Adjourned to Friday February 15 at 7 pm Ep Mansu recording secretary
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Daniel Enright
Drury
O.R Stroube
Ed. Marsh
H. Walls
Louis A. Stagg
Rec Sec
Greencastle Svar and Press
Ep. Mansu
Community notes from Matta region and surrounding areas
Local items report corn yields of about 2000 bushels in recent days. Plans mention Marten Hunter considering moving to Fern for work. Elder Greathouse to preach at Matta on the second Sunday in February at 7 PM. A Malta spelling match drew praise and hints at a return. Assessor candidates listed as H T Burton Geo Welch James Smith and Father Alspaugh. Lisby contemplates moving to North Salem. A grand fox-drive is scheduled today centering on the John Williams farm. A. J. Burton advertised on the square for meals.
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Marten Hunter
Fern
Elder Greathouse
Matta
Malta
H.T. Burton
Geo. Welch
James Smith
Alspaugh
Lisby
North Salem
South Ane
John Williams
Luse Campbell
Black Hawk
Infanticide Suspicion After Birth in Greencastle Boarding House
A colored girl Rosa Sellers allegedly gave birth in Mrs. Noe’s boarding house on South Jackson Street and hid the infant under the cellar stairs. Coroner’s inquest found the baby’s head crushed with signs of a struggle. Rosa testified she concealed the baby after birth. David Barber, the father, was acquitted as an accessory. The coroner ruled death from wounds inflicted by the mother. Rosa remains confined. trial set for the next Putnam Circuit Court term.
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Rosa Sellers
Nov
South Jackson Street
Frazier
Preston
Sam
North Carolina
Greencastle
Bee
H.R. Pitchlyn
Rosie Sellers
G. W. Bence
David Barber
Rose Sellers
Rose
Putnam Circuit Court
Two Indiana men die by their own hands in separate incidents
In Greensure Daniel Rybolt, 27, hanged himself in his barn after a despondent month. Neighbors found him near dawn with a small hitching rein tied to a joist. In Greenssuna Ira Davison, 23, shot himself at his mother's residence after saying he wished for Den Rybolt’s courage.
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Greensure
Daniel Rybolt
W. HH. Isgrigg
Seymour
Alexander Wilcox
Freetown
Jackson
Brown County
Greenssuna
Ira Davison
Davison
Den
Rybolt
Effects of Bad Literature on Youth
A report cites three New York cases of boys aged eleven to thirteen runaways from Worcester and Ohio who were drawn to westward adventures by dime novels. They carried revolvers and supplies, were sent back home, and the piece warns parents that vile trash inflames young minds. It also notes an Indian in San Diego who believed a telephone voice was the Great Spirit and confessed to theft.
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Indianapolis Journal
New York
Worcester
Massachusetts
Annex
Unaway
Bloomington
Ohio
Buffalo
Vincennes
Shome
San Diego
Cal
Alligator on Florida Roadside Defeated by Hillsboro Man
William P Neeth of Hillsboro county fought a nine foot alligator prowling a drain crossing a Gulf coast road. Armed with a knife and stick he fatally finished the reptile after a series of blows and stabs, then escorted a frightened woman and children home. Other items include a Chicago man learning his wife was at Council Bluffs, Pelham of Manorville attempting suicide with poison and a stomach pump, and two miles of frozen railroad bed on the St Lawrence in Montreal. The Nip and Tuck act plans a Feb 24 return to the Opera House.
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Gator
Pilatka Herald
William P. Neeth
Hillsboro
Gulf of Mexico
Neeld
Mr. Neeld
Chicago
Council Bluffs Hotel
Young Pelham
Manorville
Wis
Pelham
St. Lawrence River
Montreal
Land for sale near Bainbridge with orchard and springs
116 acres of land one mile east of Bainbridge including log house frame barn large orchard of 420 young apple trees several springs good fencing timber and soil Forty acres cultivated Valuable stock farm Price 23 per acre with $1000 cash balance on long time For particulars call on hk F STONE Bainbridge Ind
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Bainbridge Log House
Cail
STONE
Bainbridge
Ind
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