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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1881
Page
2
The piece notes Nebraska's temperance statute granting licenses only to those with money via a $1,009 license fee a $5,000 bond and a 30-name petition, arguing it crushes small dealers while wealthy interests continue liquor sales. It also mocks political mania in Washington and recounts a farmer duped by a signature scam reported by the Indianapolis Review.
State reports show 1880 Indiana wheat at 47.13 million bushels with 3.11 million acres. 1881 prospects vary by county, two thirds to full in some, less than half in northwestern districts. Officials praise grain quality while urging civic outreach to new arrivals and business starters.
The dispatch notes James Lahman fatally sun struck in Indianapolis on the 7th and a deadly fire at Fort Wayne destroying the A Oppenheimer hide and tallow shop and the Grand Opera House started by a rocket. It reports rail accidents, drownings, heat deaths, and local court house funding, with numerous injuries and fatalities across the state.
Cor. San Francisco Chronicle describes Tunisian weakness under Bey after Algerian raids by Kroumir and Ouchetetas tribes. Tunisian army is poorly paid and equipped. French campaign pressures border regions. Tribes conduct spring forays for livestock, sparking tensions with Algeria and France.
The piece surveys religious and educational efforts worldwide and in the United States. It highlights Forest Grove Indian school enrollment, British Baptist church numbers, Yale President Porter guiding seniors on careers, Louisville teachers’ tenure talks, Beal Street Baptist Church’s $37,000 contribution, Belgium’s industrial schooling, Philadelphia and Boston primary teaching strain, Utah missionary activity, and renewed Mormon zeal amid these efforts.
Local items report John Brandon and Mrs Secrest ill with sickness as Jesse Richardson becomes a regular peeler. Pat Long welcomes a baby girl. J W Cole and wife visit Erie. Excursion to Battle Ground Camp Meeting planned for tomorrow. Newton Ames out with cane. Miss Dougherty visiting James McD Hays family. Quincy Old Settlers Reunion set for August 11. Captain Smiley visited Terre Haute. Dr Gobin building a residence on Anderson Street. Death announced of Mrs Snider of Mt Pulaski Illinois. Front page notes “104 in the shade” for the week. J L F Steeg of Indianapolis visiting and recuperating. Mrs James Ingle of Philadelphia visits. Henry Lane’s library bequeathed to Asbury University. Miss Kate Tammond and Miss Nellie Truett visiting Sugar Grove. Thirty applicants for teacher licenses. ten pass. Blanche Riggs returns to Mt Sterling Ky to teach. William Day of Madison Township to be sent to State Insane Asylum. Louisa Crawley escapes from Reformatory. Mrs Jesse M Lee and daughter attend funeral for her father. Wesley Bowen and twin babies born Monday. Locust Street Church lawn social on July 18 at Col Morrison’s. D C Bridges of Bainbridge sails for around-the-world voyage. Mrs Sarah Hugo found dead, suspected opium poisoning. native of Floyd County. Joseph Case of Jackson Township dies at age over seventy. Elder Thomas conducts funeral.
The next annual meeting will be at Locust Street Church Greencastle Indiana on Friday July 29 1881 Events include morning program readings prayers reports on township work elements of success in S A work committee appointments and afternoon sessions with devotional exercises Bible study recitation librarians and prize uses in work and the inauguration of officers elect followed by adjournment J A Allison president and Laxapon secretary announce cordial invitations to all attendees
Jas M Owen returns with great trotter Willis Wood, Rescue colt, after a strong first campaign winning more races than peers. The report notes successful outings and a standout season for the horse in Michigan circuits.
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