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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1881
Page
8
The notice lists railroad schedules and agents for various lines. Details include departures and arrivals with times, and the names of station agents such as JOHN W. EARP and SAM'L CATHERWOOD. Agencies cover Indianapolis, Louisville, and Chicago routes, indicating daily and Sunday services.
C. J. Kimble and Son advertise as exclusive county furniture and picture frame dealers offering low prices. The notice invites readers to visit their Hathaway Block location for furniture needs.
Star City and county items report Lent begins next Wednesday, local commerce notes, and residents like Miss Kittie Stevenson selling goods for Allen Bros. A wave of small notices covers people visiting, church services, medical studies, and a rare ossification case in New Albany where Mrs. Mollie Utz faces a grave, progressing condition.
The Indianapolis physician Konradin Homburg died at eighty three after a storied career. He emigrated from Germany in 1825 and practiced in Indianapolis since 1844, known for irregular habits yet long charitable acts. He never slept in a bed for years, enjoyed wine, feared Friday, and preferred cremation as his final rite.
The text notes severe friction and ossification of heart arteries. Mrs Utz remains cheerful and recently left the city for a farewell visit to relatives and friends in the country. She expects this to be her last trip before returning home to await a summons and rest.
The text notes the deceased asked Dr Wright to hasten death if suffering arose, a request the doctor refused citing the patient was a doctor himself. The remains will be sent to the LeMoyne furnace in Washington Pennsylvania for final disposal and the death described as painless, despite German unease over the method.
The Cincinnati Enquirer publishes an official tabulation of the national popular vote showing Hancock leading Garfield by 8 106 in a total of 9 169 213 ballots. The piece includes miscellaneous advertisements and brief notes on politics, medical ads, and divorce notices.
An apparently poor woman in Sedalia, Missouri, fell ill and was cared for by the local poor authorities. It later emerged she was a wealthy widow from a neighboring county with a fine farm and a $2,000 bank balance, who had come to Sedalia under an assumed name to obtain free treatment. The mayor made her pay the bill.
A fragmented newspaper ad mentions Hop Bitters for cross babies and Malt Bitters for malt and hops remedies. It references liquor saloons versus churches, Parker's Ginger Tonic, Fellows' Syrup of Hypophosphites, and Hill's Bucky for back relief. It also notes a blind girl from Wethersfield after a coast accident and an offer of a free cure recipe for youth indiscipline from Rev. Joseph T. Inman.
A crowd in Rupe Arkansas killed the man who murdered Fuller after he offered his hand in apparent peace, reflecting a period of savage retaliation and vigilante justice. The incident follows a feud blamed on the accused killer and underscores mob violence in the area.
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