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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1880
Page
7
Indiana dispatch reports Kokomo public schools close due to scarlet fever fears. The note details scattered local incidents including a fatal railroad accident near a prison crossing and a fire at DePauw works with extensive losses, plus other minor crimes and wrecks across Vincennes Anpris en Beazin.
Experts from the fair declared the Perfected Butter Color by Wells Richardson Co Burlington VT superior to all others and awarded it the first prize. Dairymen are urged to insist on the best and order from all druggists and grocers. Send for circular.
A historical notice contrasts Dr Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets with old drastic remedies and railroads. It notes many druggists carry the product and mentions the common practice of giving medicine to infants until friends suggest Dr Bull's Baby Syrup as a gentler alternative.
A historic ad extols Kidney-Wort as a remedy for liver and kidney complaints. It claims to heal the organs simultaneously and urges readers with back pain or disordered kidneys to try it now, warning against neglect.
A long feature on printers extols the craft, describing the daily grind, the click of type, and the relentless toil. It urges advertisers to seek skilled printers and reflects on their role in shaping news and thought.
Seeks buyer for 115 acres located one mile east of Bainbridge. Features a log house, frame barn, orchard of 420 young select winter apple trees, several springs, wood fencing, timber and wood soil. Forty acres cultivated. Priced at 25 per acre with $1,000 cash balance on long time. For particulars call RE. F. STONE, Bainbridge, Indiana.
An old advertisement touts Sellers cough syrup as the most pleasant and efficacious cure for coughs colds croup hoarseness and throat tickle with over a million bottles sold. It claims relief and benefits not found in other mixtures and lists prices two cents per bottle and twenty five cents per box from RK E Sellers & Co Pittsburgh.
The Burlington Hawkeye reports a breach of promise case where a man presents love letters that are read aloud to the court and audience, drawing absorbing interest from those present as a demonstration that kind words endure.
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