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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1879
Page
2
The Star discusses political chatter about Butler’s Massachusetts nomination and McDonald’s Indianapolis interview. It notes Congress adjourned after seven months with few laws, a quinine duty repeal lowering prices, criticism of public school trustees, and Indiana law changes allowing immediate possession at sheriff sale with tenancy rules and rent liability after purchase.
A letter dated Paris June 13 from G B Marshall details a May 31 departure from New York, sea voyage experiences including fog off Newfoundland and seasickness, arrival landmarks like Lizard Head and the Isle of Wight, and travel to Southampton Havre and Paris. The narrative notes shipboard routines, docking, and the comfortable Channel steamer journey toward France.
The passage describes a fast smooth road through a cultivated countryside with small farms and hedges along rail lines. It notes stock picketing by farmers, shepherding dogs, and wide chalky roads crossed by gates manned to prevent train accidents during visits to the city.
Martin Arndt a 53 year old tailor was found dead near the Douglas monument with a bullet wound to the left temple and a pistol in his hand. A note to his wife explained work troubles and intent to end his life citing dismissal from Clement and Sayers and poor prospects for bread and butter. The death prompted further notes on crime and misfortune in various locales.
Hogs receipts 2,885 and shipments 1,984 head. Market opened quiet with declines from yesterday. Packers and shippers bought. closing sales to packers at 3.80 to 3.90. Good to choice hogs 3.80 to 3.90. common to fair 2.50 to 3.60. Pigs 3.30 to 3.42. heavy roughs 3.10 to 3.35. Cattle receipts 591 head, shipments 296. primes 4.25 to 4.50 for shipping steers. good 4.00 to 4.25. cows and calves 2.50 to 4.00. Sheep receipts 136 head. carload 120 to 140 lbs 4.00 to 4.35. fair to good 3.23 to 3.75. common 2.75 to 3.10.
Limedale reports Tom Summers rebuilding his father's fence as harvest nears. Wheat yields are strong though hay will be light. Sunday School attendance grows. A young woman reportedly cut her father’s wheat with a reaper. Elmer Goddard hopes for a self styled risky job. Lewis Kessler plows for W M Torr. Dr Bull’s Baby Syrup is touted as a safe remedy for infants. Senator Gordon’s Georgia sheep ranch covers 40000 acres with a stone wall, convict labor aiding the work.
A correspondent from Sonora writes of California's mild winters and endless summers, praising the climate and purity of air. He details the shift from doomed surface mining to quartz mining, noting high yields, fortunes, and failed ventures, with Bodie stock surging and miners eyeing untapped wealth while reflecting on California's people and landscape.
From Fillmore Indiana, Mr G Wright asks Seymour Times readers how Col Ingersoll could praise heavenly comfort for the dead while being an atheist He questions his meaning of phrases about a golden dawning star in death and the hopeful words I am better now and asks if a rational life beyond sorrow exists seeking a conscientious atheist to answer.
York County Nebraska emerges as a thriving region with a growing population, active grain trade, three large elevators handling thousands of bushels daily, and a new railroad under construction. The area boasts schools, churches, fertile soil, and strong agricultural prospects with wheat oats barley corn and hay crops doing well. Local citizens report a lively village, a forthcoming fair with enhancements, and plans for a flour mill, hotel, and cattle barn as settlers consider moving west.
A harsh comparison is drawn between settler fears of Indian raids and the covert assault of consumption. The piece argues for stronger protections and promotes Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a cure, claiming it has restored thousands of consumptives who failed other remedies.
An advertisement touts Dr King s New Discovery as quick relief for coughs colds asthma bronchitis consumption and throat and lung issues. It claims many cures and offers a bottle for ten cents or a full bottle for one dollar at Allens Drug Store, dated September 21 1879.
An ad touts Srticas Liver Pills as a health treasure that strengthens digestion and liver function. It claims to tone the stomach relieve constipation and sto mach upset while promoting overall vitality. Priced at 25 cents and offered by B Blers Co of Pittsburgh, Pa.
A notorious grave robber named Da. Lixpser is seized after exploiting corpses of patients dying from diseases like Sorofala and Jaundice. Advertisements claim Dr. Lindsey’s Blood Searcher restores health, citing testimonials from Brooks of Painesville Ohio and a London Time style ad from Burnett’s.
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