Putnam County Notes and Local Happenings
Local items report many residents visiting relatives in Chicago and Bloomington while others stay in Greencastle. The census notes Putnam County has two centenarians, with detailed township white and colored counts and totals for Clinton, Mill Creek, Warren, Russell, Jefferson, and Madison townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Township
Mill Creek Township
Warren Township
Russell Township
Jefferson Township
Madison Township
Census figures for Putnam County by township
The document lists racial totals by township and city in Putnam County. Floyd Franklin Cloverdale Marion Monroe Greencastle City and Township Washington Jackson show white and colored counts with grand totals for each area. The data includes Greencastle city totals and township divisions with minority counts.
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Bay
Putnam County
Jeremiah Wampler
Monroe Township
Simpson Harris
Washington Township
Floyd
Franklin Township
Cloverdale
Marion
Monroe
Greencastle
Greencastle Township
Jackson Township
Correspondence policy notice from The Star readers
The Star clarifies it does not endorse correspondent opinions published in these columns. The newspaper provides space for neighbors to share thoughts so readers may learn diverse viewpoints.
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the Star
Blue Ribbon Union Hall Dedicated With Speeches
The Blue Ribbon Union opened a new hall with a fifteen minute address by Col A J Neff urging temperance support in the presidential campaign and abstinence from drink. Speeches followed from Dr Joyce Dr Pitchlynn Judge Bacheler and others as the hall flaunted flags and evergreens. The back stair entrance drew comment but the rent at five dollars a month was praised. A number of temperance "boys" reportedly surrendered on the fifth but are expected to resign again. The next officer election is on the second Wednesday in June. Lighting struck a steel pen in a young woman’s hands during a storm but she escaped injury. a current of electricity did not injure her. Ed Kleinbuch appears as Dick Deadhead in the pinafore club and a new version of Little Buttercup is circulating. Will Murphy is lively with jokes as the baseball boom wanes.
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Blue Ribbon Union
A.J. Neff
Joyce
Pitchlynn
Judge Bacheler
Kleinbuch
Dick Deadhead
Tom
Will Murphy
Pony Question Sparks Small Town Nostalgia
Local readers in South Greencastle reminisce about pony gifts in childhood, inviting memories of wholesome pleasures and simple joys as a playful prompt in community letters.
Pony Breaking Guide and Local Jests From the South End
A humorous tale describes breaking a pony with steps and misdirections, then shifts to cheeky local observations about the North and South End girls, tramps, and a rolling mill. The piece ends with a light aside by W.
Death of Dr C B McNary at Fillmore Indiana
Dr C B McNary died at his Fillmore home after a brief illness. A young physician and devoted family man, he was a Mason and church member. Elder C P Badger delivered the funeral oration as a large mourners gathered to honor his memory. He leaves a wife and two daughters. July 12, 1880.
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Fillmore
Putnam County
Ind
C. B.mcnary
McNary
C. P. Badger
Tragic Death of Nena Bruner in Lena Indiana
In Lena Indiana on July 8 1880 two year old Nena Bruner daughter of B F and Priscilla Bruner died after measles and deadly whooping cough. The brief notice laments the fifth grave in the family lot and recalls the child’s patient bearing amid illness.
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Lena
Ind
Nena
B. F
Priscilla Bruner
Earth
Wheat threshing drives activity as crops lag in Indiana county
Crop reports downgrade early hype as farmers in Parke and surrounding areas focus on threshing. Bill White plans to move his saw mill to Mansfield while John Morlan works on stave timber for B F Braner. Local preaching by Rev Grimes at M E Church and Grist mill shipping to Indianapolis. Marion Wright and Lewis Day buying poplar timber Bruner to improve property soon. A note mentions low blackberry prices and a favorable local paper Stan remains preferred.
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Bill White
Mansfield
Parke County
White
John Morlan
B. F
M. E
Grimes
Braner
Indianapolis
Greencastle
Nena
Priscilla
Marion Wright
Lewis Day
Bruner
L. C
Hathaway's Mills The County Paper Notes Wheat Ripe
Farmers stack wheat as berries ripen in Svar County. Measles are fading from this region. This portion of the county remains noted for its fame and farming activity.
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Svar
Marriage Ties Geo A Graham and Belle McGill in Greencastle
Last Monday week July 5 Geo A Graham and Belle McGill were married at Hayss store Greencastle. Joy be to them. Also notes on local business, logs, and market reports including hog and cattle prices from the Drovers Journal and Unirep Stock Yarns. Solomon Clodfelter ill. Sunday School a success. markets show hogs firm to higher and cattle steady.
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Geo. A. Graham
Belle McGill
Hays
Greencastle
Clodfelter
McGaughey & Co
Fordyce
Coombs
Parke County
Jno. Hiland
Bainbridge
Grand Jury
J.T. Clodfelter
Alf. Grimes
Wilkes Hathaway
W. A. Dicks
Solomon Clodfelter
Thomas Scott
Hanna & Nelson
Morton
John
D.N. Clodfelter
Hathaway
Curiaco
Unirep Srocx
Indianapolis
Indianarouis
Whistled To Death by a Harassing Neighbor
Charles Bubach a 27 year old Prussian born cigar maker living at 109 East Third Street took oxalic acid and died after being harassed by Louis Maybes who whistled a German tune at him in the Strait on & Storms cigar factory. Bubach had sought relief from the melody amid years of quarrel with Maybes and his family.
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Charles Bubach
Prussia
East Third Street
East Twenty-Third Street
Second Avenue
Louis Maybes
Maybes
Bubach
East Eighty First Street
Straiton & Storms
Twenty-second Street
Third Avenue
Berlin
Meuiéide
Domestic sewing machines sold at Hill's Headquarters
Mrs. Thos. Bayne Mrs. Mary J. Shultz and Mrs. Wm. King have each bought the New Domestic at J. F. Hill's Headquarters in a local sales highlight.
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Thos. Bayne
Mary J. Shultz
Wm. King
J. F.hill
Slaughter of the Innocents and Crude Advertisements
A Carson City notice recounts a wife killing six canaries to recover a lost diamond, with the last bird yielding the gem. The column shifts to market notes, praising flour exports, a Greenville hanging, patent remedies, and local sales promotions from Wysong, Reed, and Burnett’s, listing goods and prices in a stream of ad copy.
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Carson
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Colorado
Minnie Hoyt
Chicago
Jim Robinson
Frank Fee
Bloomington
Levi Kahn
Gol. Matson
Danville
Utnam
Charles Merkel
Smiley
Reelsville
John Cory
Terre Haute
Stillwell
Missouri
E. D. Anderson
Mary Sullivan
Stevenson
BayThe
Lynch's Grove
J. L. Fordyce
Crawfordsville
BayHorace White
Joe Baker
New York
Europe
Andrew Black
Robert Renick
Motts
Martin County Springs
Barton
D. E. Williamson
John Hanna
Coatesville
George Smith
Democrats of
Messrs
Neff, Martin and
Prichard
Court House
Col. Wright
H.C. Black
Gas
W. E. Stevenson
Geo. Hathaway
I. C. Grooms
Fern Ona
Gar College Avenue Church
I. W. Joyce
Genesis
Cain
Able
Asbury University
Alice Downey
Baker
Gax
Charles E. Tinsley
Clumbus
West College
George A. Graham
Mary Isabel McGill
Robert D. T. Simmons
Rebecca Sheel
Jackson Whitehead
Rutha Turner
John M. Etchison
Anna J. Wise
William B. Proctor
Ellen A. Staley
Gar
McK. Glenn
Texas
Brazil
North Greencastle
South Greencastle
South End
North End
Hathaway's Mills
New York Herald
United States
Munroe Robertson
Greenville
Ohio
Prof
Guilmette
French Pad Co
Toledo, O
Wysong’s
Northwest Corner Public Square
Uf5
Reed
Sweet, Orr & Co
Hargains
George Wysong’s
George Wysong
Reynolds
Burnett
Burnett's
Rk. L. Hathaway
A. Dickson & Co
Trade Palace
Tila
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