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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1881
Page
2
A crowd of ladies waits to be presented in the queen's drawing room but only about twenty can be shown in an hour. The rest grow tired and bored as the royal audience ends, with music from the guards and an eventual Gazette notice delaying the next wave of presentations.
A curious collage of trades and odd livelihoods from Chambers' Journal. It describes an early morning caller who canvasses tradesmen from 1 to 6:30, pawnbroker intermediaries charging two pence, and Paris chiffoniers selling linseed products. It also notes worm breeders in Nottingham and maggot farmers for birds, plus commentary on birds and crops and the stubborn pattern maker trade with its long apprenticeship and skilled craft.
A weary Louisville printer, burdened by debt, dreams of meeting Satan who offers a grim punishment for unpaid subscriptions. He wakes, unsure if real, reflecting that fear of consequences shapes behavior more than precepts. The tale ends noting the cautionary moral about trusting sight over voice.
A Detroit Free Press piece recalls Brother Gardner sermonizing on life as a mountain road with canebrakes and wolves, urging compassion and steady steps toward a common destination. It also relays a Tennessee traveler asking about burglars and a Texas woman naming a baby Neuralgia after a medicine bottle’s label.
Scott travels fifty miles to kill Donovan in a New Mexico saloon but is shot by Donovan who keeps a gun under the table. In Illinois, ex mayor P C Ransom loses reelection over bigamy and shoots Walter Bullock after a failed demand for a retraction. A Worthington barn hoists six heavy horses during a recent storm with no injuries to the animals.
An amalgam of historical ads extols Hop Bitters for family health, hair restoratives, and various remedies. The text mentions a Talbotton ga alligator, Parker's Hair Balsam, and Cutiura Remedies, plus Shilohs products and Henry's Carbolic Salve. It mimics 19th century newspaper blurbs and sales pitches.
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