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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1880
Page
3
If the Atlantic Ocean were drained a middle range would stretch across the sea and a second line from Newfoundland to Iceland. Peaks lie two miles below ships and galleys sit fifteen miles deep between. Coral beds color the deepest trenches while creamy shells whiten vast plains.
In Recorder's Court Detroit A W Donovan argues for the traveling agent accused of embezzling over 2000 in 21 months. He defends the act as ordinary business finance and stresses mercy, presenting a Texas rangers tale to sway the jury toward acquittal. The jury returns not guilty.
A string of anecdotes from Meadville to Pittsburg and beyond shows scandal, tragedy, and irony. A farmer’s flirtation ends in suicide. a starving child dies after weeks of hunger. a thirsty traveler’s flask causes confusion. Matt Canning’s misdeeds ruin him. a Beaver Sunday school dispute erupts. a brain-teasing Paris riddle drives a man to lunacy. a Quack’s scheme collapses. a Ky. man’s deadly feud. and a census trick preys on farmers through forged notes and empty promises.
In Laurens County the colored community met at Prospect Church to choose a next-year preacher. The Evins faction won over Frank Morris amid accusations of fraud. Disorder followed with pistol fire, arrests, and a $50,450 fine plus $37 to the church after trial. liquor use and weekend whisky runs were noted as underlying tensions.
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