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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1881
Page
6
Brisk summary shows daily eastbound railway timetable with an express service at 9 80 am and 1404 day departures. Includes accommodation and agent credit by A Johnson. Details reference train names and departure times for the service run.
An advertisement by C J Kimble and Son markets furniture pictures and picture frames as exclusive county manufacturers and dealers. It emphasizes low prices and urges customers to visit Hathaway Block location.
A collage of Greencastle items notes blizzards and thaw predictions, wedding talks, tree seller on vacation, mill dam washed out, Forepaughs circus planned for next summer, locusts feared, local court visits, spelling match failure, pneumonia recovery, kite decorating season, and St Patrick’s Day preparations. Also mentions Dr Charles E Scott visit, winter forecasts, coal prices, home for sale, and deaths. Cincinnati Enquirer correspondent Jayhawker visits Greencastle with Mrs Richardson.
New York report says Minnie Lee, daughter of Charles Lee of Newark, died today after hydro phobia set in Monday. Her brothers, also bitten by the same dog, show fever and strange behavior and are kept at home as the threatened outbreak raises fears.
Charles ONeil, convict from Jeresesonvills, died in solitary confinement after harsh punishment for alleged laziness and illness. Post mortem showed heart disease and congested lung. coroner held inquest. The incident spurs renewed calls for Indiana Legislature to abolish such brutal methods.
Milwauxer Wisconsin reports a sensational statement by Rain in the Face the Indian chief who killed General Custer in 1876. Three chiefs visiting Fort Keogh react to a portrait of Custer in Wittaker's Life of Custer prompting a war dance and renewed discussion of the famous battle.
Rain-in-the-Face, in Sioux speech, claims he killed General Custer after the battle and describes opening his body to take part of the liver. He asserts pleasure at Custer's death and lauds wrongdoing against the U.S. troops, revealing a brutal motive and Sioux beliefs about liver valor.
A Boston Traveller excerpt tells of a man who bought a house with a lottery prize, and a Puritan fiancée who refused the deed and left the house empty for decades. Also described is a proposal that Dakota become a state with rich crops, coal, gold, and extensive bottom lands.
A girl dies after being refused care in Green Lake Wisconsin, illustrating harsh conditions of charity. The column praises Ayer's Cherry Pectoral for coughs and consumption and Dr Bull's Cough Syrup with testimonials from Portsmouth Virginia. It notes a Rev. J T Backman drunken incident and mentions a New Mexico mine story. Advert claims for Sellers Liver Pills and a Nashville obituary description of Jennie Robertson nicknamed Soldier Charley.
Advertisements blur medical cures and social miscues as letters to readers offer tonics like Malt Bitters and Prickly Ash Bitters. A physician’s ad promises cures for chronic ailments while a mysterious self help note from Rev. Joseph T. Inman claims a free remedy for youth errors. 1950
Boston Transcript praises a Port Grape wine made from the Portugal grape by Alfred Siq Passaic New Jersey. The wine, under Mr. Bpeer, is touted for medical virtues and suitability for sick patients and is sold by Allen's Drug Store.
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