Indiana State Fair premiums and local notes
The Star notes the Indiana State Fair premium lists to begin September 27, with other items including Fourth of July coverage in Brazi Indiana, Hancock letter timing, and a Washington report on a possible resignation prior to his acceptance letter. It also reports an Alabama Hydrophobia case, a South Carolina skirmish and a Cincinnati marriage, plus a Washington note on Theodore Davis artwork for the White House State dinner service costing 20000 dollars and 500 pieces.
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Brazi
Indiana
Dr. Wisk
Washington
Hancock
United States Army
South Carolina
Darlington
Eugenie Bristow
Jane Kam
Eugenie
Jane
Theodore R. Davis
White House
New State
Haviland & Co
Limoges
Haviland
America
Greencastle Cornet
Brick Chapel
Greencastle
Hays
Trade Emporium
Weik & Co
Howe & Vermilion
Chas. Kiefer
C. O. Talbott
I. G. Bowman & Co
John Wilson
Greencastle Fire Department
Asbury Cadet Corps
University Campus
D. BE. Williamson
D. W. Voorhees
W. W. Curry
H. H. Matthias
Dr. Martin
Hanna Street
College Avenue
War Fears Rise as Greece Turkey Tensions Grow
Vienna cablegram dated July 7 says diplomats expect an inevitable war likely to dissolve Turkey. Athens reports rapid enlistment of Epirus and Thessalian volunteers and troop concentrations on Greece borders to counter Turkish move and brigand threats. Porte releases Albanian prisoners in Constantinople for service in Epirus and Thessaly.
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Turkey
Greece
Vienna
Athens
The
Porte
Constantinople
Epirus
Thessaly
Celebration Receipts and Disbursements From 1880
Financial record showing collected subscription receipts and ground permit payments totaling $301.95. Disbursements listed include W. E. Svevenson F. A. Hays W. W. Jones and J. F. Smirth dated July 6, 1880.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Svevenson
F. A. Hays
W. W. Jones
J. F. Smirth
Sells Brothers Circus Coming August 20 Amid Feverish Anticipation
The Sells Brothers Millionaire Con federation of Stupendous Railroad Shows sails into town on August 20 amid widespread excitement. Described as a grand quintuple menagerie and circus, the exhibit promises a vast menagerie, the bareback champion James Robinson, and unique acts and animals including living allippo potami and a two-horned rhinoceros, with electric light and motor attractions listed as features.
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Sells Brothers’ Millionaire Confederation of Stupendous
Binghamton
N. Y
Daily Republican
Vanderbilt
Circe
James Robinson
Colorado
Pittsburg
Willis Cobb
King Sarbro
Bad Man from Bodie disrupts Bodie camp bar room scene
A Bodie Bodie figure known as the Bad Man disrupts a saloon in Virginia City with threats and a bowie knife. He compels six men to drink to Grant and carves his initials on the bar before a miner escorts him out. The incident follows Canton Ohio hangings and a Decorah Iowa circus manager’s alleged collusion with gamblers.
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Bodie
Virginia
Chronicle
C Street
Chicago
Skowhegan
Maine
A. P
Bowie Bill
Dodie
Grant
Canton
Ohio
West
Decorah
Iowa
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A. R. Brattin
Watchmaker & Jeweler
Greencastle, Ind
Frans A. Anxoun
Greencastle Ind
Tne Stanto
Garfield
Cincinnati Enquirer
de la Matur
Friendship
Indianapolis
Boswell
Jane Reynolds
John Richards
Reab
Bay View
New
California
Java
Darnall Bros. & Co’s., Call and Ecos
West Virginia
Court House
H.lewman
Star
J. Cawley
Scott & Co
Black & Bro
Jerome Allen
Stevenson & Son We
Cahill & Conklin
B.& R. Williams
Snider & Kelley
Lee, Henry & Hillis
L. Weik & Col4u
C. Kiefer
P.B. Graham Sane
Wm. Blankenship
Mozart Club
G. Bd. Marshall
A. J. Burton
Perf Wnery
Allen’s Drug Store
Fancy Goods
Bayne
Ome
Aeg
T. B. Scott's
East Washington Street
Jones
Stord
T. G. Bowman
John Berle
T. G. Bowman & Co
Southard
Langdon
Wash
DR. Crook
Smith & QO
Props
Dayton
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