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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1880
Page
7
A Vallejo reader reports a couple from San Francisco to Napa dispute and reunion. A miner’s wife became insane after his absence, was sent to Napa Asylum, then recovered when he returned with plans to travel again together. The tale ends with the husband injured by a veering accident and the wife cheering his release.
A Sussex New Jersey town incident shows a constable chasing a rat near the court house. The rat dodges into a building and climbs inside the officer’s trousers before being squeezed to death. A physician was bitten during the chase and later treated.
Near the Umatilla River in Oregon Mr Green digs a well with his brother in law Mr Scott nearby. A horse plunges into the well striking Green and nearly killing him. Scott frees Green by using a rope with a suspended box to assist breathing and kills the horse in a life and death struggle before returning for help.
Dr E Woodruff of Grand Rapids Michigan promotes a sweeping skin opening treatment for epidemics. He urges washing with strong sal sada water then oil applications and pennyroyal tea to induce sweating, claiming rapid cures within twenty four hours. He says nurses can handle cases and asserts openness of pores clears poison from blood.
McGrath and Bolemar, two wanderers, told Judge Keiser of smelting works in Truckee California about bullion leakage. After six days they produced sixteen bars weighing about 100 pounds each valued at $1,400, netting about $87 daily each.
An English missionary gained entry to a guarded lodging house by answering a Bible question. The hostile owner challenged him with a test on the word girl. The missionary correctly cited Joel and explained divine guidance. The event led to the conversion of the man his wife and two lodgers.
F G Hilton Price at the Institute of Bankers opens with notes on ancient banking from 2250 B.C. to Roman times. He cites Egibi tablets, Greek bills of exchange, and early bank practices, including usury and safekeeping by goldsmiths. California gold totals and a closing remark on road upkeep for touring companies follow.
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