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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1881
Page
3
Our readers should note we do not endorse correspondent opinions but publish them to show neighbors views. The Star welcomes new contributions from various parts of the county and urges readers to send news of their neighborhood for publication.
The letter to the editor argues that mothers influence soldiers and opposes woman suffrage, while questioning the writer’s use of whom. It questions enfranchising women and imagines political roles and hardships for mothers, then shifts to various brief notes on people, scandals, and curiosities, ending with a medical testimonial for Prickly Ash Bitters.
A workingman recounts years of debt and illness due to costly medical bills. After following his pastor’s advice to use Hop Bitters, he reports complete recovery within a month and urges others to keep their families healthy for less than one doctor’s visit.
The Michigan item catalogues frauds at circuses including a Lakeview farmer who lost $60 gambling, Lacy boys who tried to craft a zebra and a tiger from pets, and a Monongahela murder suspect whose stutter betrayed him. It notes police entanglements, a loyal slave on a North Carolina plantation, a fatal shooting by Chattanooga officers, a fatal horse accident in Indiana, and a contested will at Philadelphia charities with a Mount Clemens physician refusing pallbearer duties.
The Detroit Evening News releases an 1581 excursion guide with questions and answers about three Grand Trunk trips from Detroit to Portland Maine via Quebec. The round trip covers nearly 2000 miles at $20, good for 14 days, extendable to Sep 4 without extra charge.
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