Greencastle News Roundup from The Star
Kokomo visitor and Mt. Sterling kin among Greencastle happenings. Wheat marketing, new lumber yard talk, a saw mill move, and political speeches mark the week. Deaths, marriages, cemetery plans, and a poor house admission report punctuate local affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Grant
Kokomo
Greencastle
A. C. Stevenson
Kansas
Tom Hanna Harrangues
Quincey
Cora Tipton
Mt. Sterling
James W. Beck
Falls of
EelgexThe
D. L. Harris
Republican Club
Gee Messrs. Hirt & Barwick
Correspondence Policy Notes Reader Letters
The readers of Tak Stan are reminded we do not endorse correspondent opinions. We publish space for neighbors to share thoughts to inform others.
South Greencastle Notes and Local Gleanings
South Greencastle reports F A Hays buying a fine piano and John Busby visiting from Indianapolis as Eugene Throop hosts. North End boasts refinement while a South End belle is taken for a drive. Pete Brummer sells his furniture store. excursion to Michigan City is downsized. Gardeners reap cucumbers corn beets beans. A young lady’s chairless mishap after a house cleaning leaves her avoiding chairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.A. Hays
John Busby
Indianapolis
Eugene Throop
North End
South End
Pete Brummer
Temperance Meeting Mourns Mrs Pitchlynn and Prepares for August Officers
A temperance gathering last Sunday mourned the death of Mrs H R Pitchlynn believed to be linked to overwork during hall decorating. Her generous influence helped many, and her memory will guide them. Names discussed for president include Smiley Daggy Snyder Bachelder Stillwell and Dr Taylor with Dr Pitchlynn unlikely to return. Richard Roberts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Pitchlynn
The
Temperance Union
Smiley
Wm. Daggy
Snyder
Bachelder
Stillwell
Dr. Taylor
Pitchlynn
Richard Roberts
Old settlers in Putnam County plan September gathering
The excerpt suggests Putnam County old settlers and neighbors should hold an old settlers meeting or love feast in the first week of September next. It reflects historic community customs and shared recollections among residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaz
C. C. Matson
Bloomington
Elder Treat
Putnam County
Property Transfers and a Treasurer Conflict in 1880s Putnam County
A sequence of land transfers in Green Castle and neighboring townships shows numerous parcels changing hands with prices ranging from one to several thousand dollars. The document includes a public dispute over a $1,214.70 shortfall in the treasurer’s accounts, with Deputy Treasurer H. S. Rentex defending officials against charges of dishonesty and explaining how the error was identified and corrected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasurne
Borror
Randel
Arrow
Farrow
Hillis
Mr. Farrow
Mr. Randel
Jo. Mulhorn
Mulholn
Jo. Mulholn
Putnam County
Rentex
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Owen, Pealewy & CO
Gar
Dunnington
Bainbridge
Marquis
Job
Thomas Bayne
Hollandsburg
Will Taylor
Merrill, Hubbard & Co
Leah Lynch
W. A. Gobin
Asbury
Rey Col. Matson
Elder Treats
Gay Elder Treat
Rev
Board of Trustees
Forest Hill Cemetery
J. H. Robinson
Floyd Township
Malta
Frank B. Daggy
York
Nebraska
Bax Brick Chapel Association
Brick Chapel Hall
Gax
Putnam
Hendricks
Clay Counties
Shoptaugh
Bay
Logan
Chatard
Terre Haute
Father Powers
St. Paul's
Ransom D. Warner
Margaret B. Milligan
Andrew I
Parker
Mary Catherine Strange
Alfred I
Cooper
Lorina J. Weathers
Lucien A. Stillwagon
Clara A. Stratton
Ross
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Ind
Gaa
Birch & Bro
Durham
Russellville Agricultural Society
Russellville
Indiana
Gay
John Pitchlynn
South Greencastle
North Greencastle
Illinois
Thomas Sage
Joe Cahill
W. W. Jones
Will Murphy
Mattoon
Henry Miller
Geo. Cahill
James Atkins
Dr. Rogers
Jack Frost
Carpentersville
Howard & Stevens
H. M. Edwards
John Kyle
Jas. T. Hanna
Colvin
Fincastle
Real Estate v
Yanisters
Lewis & Newgent
Cynthia J. Hawn
Julia McCandless
S. E
New Maysville
Joseph B. Bowen
John GC. Tyler
Eb.t. Allen
Washington
William H. Mark
James J. Phillips
Marion Tp
Richard M. Hazelett
John D. Allen
Edward T. Allen
O. P. Greencastle
Jesse Latham
Henrietta Taylor
Geo. D. Blakey
Melvin Frasher
Cloverdale
Albert Goodbar
Alexander I. Picke
Franklin
John D. Hepler
Joshua Staples
Warren
Francis M. Ghormley
George W. Moore
C. P
Rebecca
Wright
Nathan D. Russell
Monroe
Bishop Chatard
West Point
Climax” and
Charter Oak” Cook Stores
Wto
East Side Public Square
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