Odd February with five Sundays highlights local notes
Local items note visitors from St Louis and Lafayette, church notices, a moon of community events, theater and lectures, a wood house fire scare, marriage licenses, and praise for Brattin Watches. The Crawfordsville Star reports on town life, politics, religion, and small incidents reflecting the period.
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Washington
Matthew Whitford
Peru
Indiana
Mr. Whitford
George P. Shoptaugh
Hattie Williams
David M. Burely
Sheba Goff
James Ff. Twigg
Maggie
Welch
Charles L. Houghland
Maggie IP
Kleinbaub
William N. Hunnient
Lacey Crow
John W. Brown
Julia A. Leatherman
Alexander H. Kannington
Efile M. Melvain
College Avenue Church
Bowman
See Barwick's Glassware and Groceries Thick with Stock
If you want to see something nice go and see Barwick's glassware glass sets glass pickle stem dishes vases goblets tumblers lamps lanterns silver glass and queens ware chamber sets blue dishes and bird cages A full stock of groceries of all kinds Soaps Rabbit Acme and others also buckets tubs churns etc Keep barwick store in view for variety and quality goods
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Barwick
Acme
Old members receive anonymous election cards and crowd views
The Franklin Democrat notes anonymous postal cards inviting Blue Ribbon Union members to stay away after last week’s election. It mentions suspicion of pranksters, warns farmers about bogus census takers, and reports on local Democratic workers Allen and Grooms visiting Greens Castle and a Hen Dricks Club event. A Cooper family reunion in Warren township on February 15 drew over thirty attendees.
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Blue Ribbon Union
Gsar
Franklin Democrat
Allen
I’. C. Grooms
Greencastle
Col. Matson
Hendricks Club
Putnam County
Ptnam
Cooper
Warren Township
A. 8. Cooper
Raritan
Christie’s Shoe Store Ad Promises Quality Footwear
A newspaper ad for Christie’s Shoe Store on East Washington Street promotes custom made shoes as the best in the country and claims the store offers durable, high quality options for adults and reliable footwear for children, urging shoppers to choose their top lines.
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Christie's Shoe Store
Childen
East Washington St
North Side
Watches in window labeled three dollar worthless warranty
A jeweler's window in Westfield Massachusetts displays watches marked as three dollars and warranted worthless, a retaliatory note against a dry goods merchant selling cheap watches. The item urges preventive care for illness and promotes Dr Bull's Cough Syrup at fifty five cents.
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Westfield
Mass
Indianapolis Live Stock Market Report and Dry Goods Notice
Indianap olis Live Stock Market reports active cattle and sheep receipts with price ranges and stable trends. Prime and good shipping steers range 4 00 to 4 50 while prime cows fetch 3 75 to 4 00. sheep 1 20 to 1 40 per pound. new stock trends show no major changes. Also announces J W Beck of G W Corwin & Co departing for New York and Boston to secure Spring Dry Goods stock, promising complete assortments, new floor cloths, carpets, lace curtains, and competitive prices for a liberal patronage.
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Aston
J. W. Beck
G W. Corwin & Co
New York
Boston
Beck
Messrs. Corwin
Wysong’s buys and entertainments at Northwest Corner
A lively notice lists Wysong’s stock of queensware and glassware at the northwest corner public square, along with discounts on groceries and sugar by the barrel. It notes Riley & Downs' Black Diamond Minstrels' end men and upcoming Brick Chapel Democratic Independent Club meeting at Grange Hall on Tuesday night March 2, where W. G. Neff and H. B. Martin are expected to speak.
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Wysong
Brick Chapel
Democratic Independent Club
Grange Hall
W. G. Neff
H. B. Martin
W.H. McNary
Wa. Cox
Sec'y
Wysong’s
Northwest Corner Public Square
Goodenough
Jacob Bicknell
Poes County
Ae Jas
Hays
Black Bros
James Ow
E.B. Evans
Geo
Cahill
Willis
Landes and Bicknell
Greencastle
Indiana
Fifty Dollars for one Bottle of Medicine
Tomah Wisconsin November 29 1877 My wife suffered asthma for years and physicians said she would die. Dr Warner's White Wine of Tar Syrup brought immediate relief and cured her. After two bottles she was well and I would not be without it even at fifty dollars a bottle. WM H Ferris chair Wilton township Monroe Co Wisconsin price five0 cents per bottle sold by W Jones 4130
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Tomah
Wis
Wilton
Monroe, Co
W . Jones
P. Daniels
Terre Haute
Lute
St.—st. John Verdale
J. H. Harris
Poplar St
Katie Miller
Orchard Sts
Haute
10Th St
Dr Sykes Cure for Ca Tarr at Sylvan Corners Wis
A testimonial from N H Sliver praising Dr Sykes Sure Cure for Ca Tarr. He reports sustained pulpit activity and baptisms after starting treatment, traveled extensively, helped build churches, and asks for another package with a dollar. Earlier letter noted fall 1875. Festale at Allen's Drug Store.
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Sylvan Corners
Wis
N. H
Sliter
Festale
Allen’s
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Dobell & Cooper’s
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J.T. Dobell
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Jhicago
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Samuel Albin
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Ireland
W.L. Ward
Kay
Barney McGirk
Jeffersonville Proon
Laura Dainty
Meharry Hall
Langdon’s
Mozart Club
Sax Nip
Tuck
Gay Lon
Wm. Parsons
Homer
Gar
Thomas Hanna
Gay
Crawfordsville
George Wright
James W. Wright
Mr. Wright Sr
McCormick
Hunnicut
Brattin
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Family Heumion
Joseph Noe
Preston
Coun
Putnam Circuit Court
James Allen
John Williamson
Joseph Wells
James H. Frank
Life Ins. Co
Francis M. McCullough
Francis M
Robert Brothers
Horace M. Cofer
Pi'ff
Cyrena Brothers
Norace M. Cofer
Sam’ Woodruff
Whitfield Collins
Thomas Sutherlin
Richard Sinclair
James Ingram
George Owen
Isaac Eh. Crews
Indianapolis
Riley & Downs
Black Diamond Minstrels
Opera House
Blue Gibbon
Blue Ribbon Club
Shipley
Riley & Down's
Minstrels
A. J. Burton
George Wysong
Burton's Restaurant
Nature
Curea
Shy
Brign Fedele
Moir
Was
Hawkins
North Side Public Square
Greencastle, Tn
J. L. Claspill
William Lute
Lung Renovator
Frank Hays
Annes
Teure Haute
Indi
Ch Prytt
Othe
Sevi
Mber Oo
Willie Birch
South Greencastle
Dr. Lute
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