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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1880
Page
6
In this Boston Transcript piece the author argues that excellence is relative and individual aptitudes vary widely. It offers humorous contrasts showing that a person strong in one skill may fail or falter in another, from singing to sewing to leadership.
A narrator recalls returning Simmons drunk to the wrong house after finding him near death. A woman shakes Simmons, thinking him her husband, and an embarassed mix up ensues. The tale ends with Mrs Simmons slapping the narrator for bringing home a drunken man.
Passers by feared dynamite on Cannon street when heavy crates were loaded. Police inspected and found the boxes labeled to urge careful handling but proved to contain comb honey with a warning label about dynamite.
Weitzel and Fretz, close friends, wrestled at a Dayton Indiana picnic. Fretz, after a playful bout, shot Weitzel through the heart with a gun while attempting to shoot a bird. Investigators weigh whether the fatal shot was accidental or deliberate.
An advertisement urges mothers to keep Dr Crumpton's Strawberry Balsam as a mild quick remedy for dysentery diarrhea cholera morbus summer complaints and colic. It cites emergency use saving lives and promotes a prehistoric Milan cemetery with artistic vases as models for modern potters.
The Rev. George A. Lockwood was installed as pastor elect of the Congregational Church of Kennebunk Maine after an initial council balked over his view on eternal punishment. A second council deemed him orthodox enough to preach though officials noted he was not clear on whether the wicked endure conscious suffering or are annihilated.
A collage of patent medicine pitches. It touts Dr Crumpton's Strawberry Balsam for stomach irritation and diarrheal symptoms, Dr Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry for consumption, Bucklen's Armine Salve for skin ailments, Hall's Balsam for hacking coughs, and Dr Kings New Discovery for throat and lung issues. Also mentions a young office-seeker misfortune and a grand price sale note.
A Paris Boulevard correspondent recalls a high Anglican clergy man using a private oratory to grant absolution to a penitent and attract his followers. The anecdote notes a daughter tricking her mother into adopting modern ritualism and ends with the quip that the mother is a saint who needs no reconciliation.
An 8 o'clock Telegraph Incident reports a New York telegraph confusion about a dispatch stating Christ died last night. The piece mixes 19th century quips about love and morality, referencing George Eliot and Daniel Webster, ending with playful infant dialogue in a park.
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