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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1879
Page
2
The article details elections in Indiana and national moves including Cameron and Shields, notes a new Republican paper in Danville, and cites financial and banking concerns. It covers congressional bills on deposits and greenbacks, veteran pensions, and a Missouri Senate choice, plus local anecdotes from Jeffersonville and Washington and hog market receipts from Prarapolis.
Everyone says Darnall Bros. & Co's offers the best groceries with constant stock of coffees teas cigars tobacco sugar and syrup. Prices defy competition and customers get more value for less money than elsewhere.
The Indiana Senate and House conduct a multi stage United States Senator election for terms ending March 3 and March 4, 1879. Voorhees leads in several ballots with Harrison and Orth as main rivals, while public votes reveal party loyalties and occasional cross backing amid debates and journal entries.
Adelbert Stockwell loses a hand to a buzz saw in South Bend. Captain Robert son named postmaster, replacing Mr. Hussey after twenty years. Reports include suicides, accidents, and local political meetings with calls for reform.
The fragment describes a secretive European philosopher, a marriage, and a two week honeymoon ending in happiness. It then shifts to the Leager-Standard reporting a brutal death case near Laconia, where Mrs Julia Meeks was allegedly frozen and eaten by a wild animal, with tracks and a panther-like creature seen in the area. A posse hunts the animal as the county investigates the grisly death.
In Springfield Union county, the recluse Matthias Richards called Old Uncle Matt dies under suspicious circumstances after a stranger lodges with him. A bloodstained room, missing wealth, and a fatal head wound prompt an inquest. The companion appears surprised. the death may be murder or a fatal fall by the stove. Also notes a medical critique of Dr Unger’s cinchona rubra and home treatment of drunkenness with details from Dr Earle and New Hamburg Trimmings.
A Winchester Sun item chronicles Eld. Dudley from Lexington Kentucky born May 31 1792 who notes a long career starting 1820 and preaching at Bryant's Station Elizabeth Mt Carmel and Georgetown. The Bryant's Station church has had only two pastors in 93 years and Dudley and his father served long terms. He remains hale and preached November first then rode 27 miles to Lexington.
Local notes report icy roads, sleighing fading, and Madison representation growth. James Skelton hauls logs to Johns Gates saw mill while fires at Smiley Irvin’s are blamed on ash near the building. Stave trade grows with shipments to Indianapolis and a Crawfordsville buyer paying high for barrels. Hog and farm sales appear nearby and Real estate offers await cash or long terms. efforts at Putnam celebrate votes for De La Matyr and Cap Wimmer in District No 4.
Limedale reports Ewing McLean’s pneumonia illness and a neighbor who reads a Republican paper while his wife reads a Democratic one. A wedding trip rumor for Aenriella Kessler to St Louis follows, plus a successful Saturday exhibition that cleared debt and left funds in the treasury. A ball at Spurgin’s Hall drew attendees. a divorce and counter suits involving Ex-Judge Seney and Miss Walker are noted, with damages claimed. Various quips and a Georgia preacher tale close the item.
Washington editors mock a corpulent United States Senator while warning his obesity is a disease likely to cause fatal complications. Chemistry offers Ailen's Anti Fat as a safe remedy, deemed beneficial by distinguished chemists and available through druggists.
Elder Burgess of Irvington preached here over the weekend and will return in a month to lecture on Ingersoll’s Some Mistakes of Moses. Local events include spelling bees, a protracted meeting in Carpentersville, and a literary society debating the danger of tight lacing. A death, Milt Starr’s return to Ann Arbor, and efforts to stockpile coal and wood mark the community note.
The Environ Star notes the Rev. Dr. E. W. Fisk of Greencastle has served the Presbyterian church here for two years and three months. His sermons, emphasizing conversion and cooperation, have stirred a large audience near Jordan village in Owen County, delivering a measured revival without excess excitement. A disciplined, devout congregation of striking intelligence formed under his leadership.
The article extols Dr. Fisk as a devout educator and eloquent pulpit orator, noting his rising church membership, strong memory, and versatility in lecturing on science and college duties. It highlights his role as president of the Female College of Indiana and the impact of his ministry on souls for Christ. It also mentions his broad linguistic and theological mastery. In a separate note, it describes the Carpenter family estates in England and the Rhode Island Massachusetts claims, blocked by the Lord Chancellor due to a missing family Bible once held by Timothy Carpenter.
Rochester New York testimonial states Hop Bitters cured ague biliousness and kidney complaints in two children after doctors and neighbors doubted recovery. User used remaining half bottle, outcome led to full recovery, claim emphasizes undervalued remedy.
It promotes Clifford's Febrifuge as a cure for malaria related illnesses, claiming it is palatable, powerful, antiperiodic and tonic and lacks the common side effects of quinine or arsenic. Sold by Conrad Cook, with J.C. Richardson, Proprietor in St. Louis.
A customer testimonial from January 17 1878 in Lafayette praising Cannons Bitters for digestive and liver ailments. The writer J R Thompson reports rapid digestion improvement increased liver activity and overall health gain after a bottle. He endorses the medicine for family use against bilious complaints.
An advertising notice for a salve priced at 25 cents per box sold at Allens Drug Store. It promises perfect satisfaction or money back and notes the offer extends to September 21, 2179.
A salve advertised as the best in the world promises to heal cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and other eruptions. Each box is 25 cents with money refunded if not satisfied. For sale at Allen's Drug Store 87.
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