Brattin Brothers Jewelers Ad Sparks Versatile Treasure Line
A Greencastle Indiana advertisement from Brattin Brothers Jewelers promotes watches and clocks with sublime movements, silverware sets for dining and tea, bridal and jewelry gifts, and special cash bargains to reduce stock. The display highlights Exachanted Dew Drops and other jeweled wares across multiple locations including Greencastle Brazil Spencer and Danville.
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Brattin Brothers
Jewelers
Greencastle
Brazil
Spencer
Danysile
India
Brattin
Vermont trains, council reports, and American beef in England
A Vermont telegram notes Central Vermont & Passumpsic Railroad will not run Sunday trains to curb public morality. The paper questions differing Council meeting accounts and quotes City Clerk records. An English visit by Chicago Drovers Journal editors cites American beef quality versus English markets, linking it to past cholera and trichina scares.
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Vermont
White River Junction
Central Vermont
Tim
Chicago Drovers Journalis
England
Liverpool
Boston Rail Strikeover Fare Evasion Case Highlights Caution
A Boston and Albany Railroad suit ends with 4000 damages after a passenger with a punched ticket is detained by police. The article urges clearer conductor instructions to avoid wrongful arrests unless fraudulent intent is evident.
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Boston
Boston and Albany Railroad
Murdock
Springfield
Pittsfield
Water Works discussed for Greencastle benefits and costs
Messrs Bennett and Roberts from Evansville visit Greencastle to assess a city water works plan. They estimate initial cost 30000 to 50000 dollars with a self sustaining first year and growing earnings, urging civic review and public input alongside state news and local politics notes.
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Evansville
Messrs
Bennett and
Roberts
Greencastle
Messrs. Roberts and Bennett
Tae Sran
Umbrella Etiquette Rumors From A Boston Transcript
A quixotic 19th century guide explains umbrella symbols in daily life. Various motions signal courtship danger theft or violence while actions like opening quickly or tracing a rack reveal social meanings and morals. The piece catalogues whimsical interpretations from carrying, to biting rain, to insults and personal fortunes.
The Tactile Sense and Its Education Value
The article explores how touch enables the blind to read and perform tasks, compares tactile skill across crafts, and argues for broader inclusion of tactile training in youth education. It also cites a German case of tactile loss, a hydrophobia note, and Pasteur on infection pathways, highlighting the role of senses in learning and safety.
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Laura Bridgman
Germany
M. Pasteur
Asbury Commencement Attended by Bishop Bowman and Family
Local notes report g r Bishop Bowman and daughter will attend Asbury's commencement. Visits include Mrs. Blinn of Terre Haute to Mrs. Baker and family. An excursion rate to the old settlers' picnic is offered on Vandalia line. News items cover deaths, divorces, church dedications, and council questions.
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W. Tennant
Terre Haute
Blinn
Baker
Wm. Fry
Monroe Township
Nancy J. Coverdill
Gilbert Coverdill
Tragic Infant Death and Humorous Paris Ear Ad
In Reelsville on June 6 1881 James R Stites aged 2 years died of congestion of the brain son of T J and Jenny A Stites. The article laments the loss with a brief verse about a beloved child. An advertisement touts new Paris ears for toilet use claiming improvements for ugly ears when paired with false hair.
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Reelsville
James R. Stites
T. J
Jenny A. Stites
Paris
Wild West Feuds and Train Rescue in Hillard Wyoming
A Hillard Wyoming town spree ends with a prisoner bound to a telegraph pole and miners hanging a noose as a rescue bid offers his freedom for 100 dollars. The escapee remains aboard a returning train then rejoins the revelry. Separate incident: Heyman vows to kill Stevens in Bellaire Ohio after suspecting infidelity. He fires, flees, later found hiding in a haymow. Tobacco bans sweep Oberlin Girard Annapolis naval school and a Wes Point pledge follows. Cornell students sign a broad abstinence pledge.
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Hillard
Wyoming
Union Pacific
Heyman
Stevens
Bellaire
Ohio
Oberlin College
Girard College
Naval School At
Annapolis
Wes Point
Board of Visitors
Cornell University
Wheat and fruit outlook turns grim in Washington Township
Wheat fares worse due to rust and dry weather. Corn only moderate. Meadows short. Grazing grass good. Apples falling, few pears. Cherries scattering. No Sunday School at Reelsalle and preaching rare. Moral tone deemed high enough to negate need for services.
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Reelsalle
Weekend festival draws large crowd. local notes update
Bainbridge festival draws large attendance on Saturday night. Pat Manning raises over $12 selling ice cream. Jesse Bugg plans a new beef shop. Charley Smith waters his blacksmith business to full capacity. Dr Dunnington visits Greencastle. George Dyer returns from Gosport. Corn and wheat prospects noted. Al Hubbard remains ill. Drovers Journal reports June 15 livestock prices in Indianapolis and Chicago including hogs, cattle, and sheep with varied receipts and shipments.
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Jesse Bugg
Charles Black
Indianapolis
Ilinois
Charley Smith
Dunnington
Greencastle
George Dyer
Gosport
al Hubbard
B.B
Cuiiaco
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Carrie
Texas
Liverpool
Greencastle Market Latest Quotations Report
Greencastle market page lists weekly quotations for Wheat Flour Corn Lard Oats Shoulders Lime Plaster and eggs with mixed figures. Prices appear incomplete and include farm goods such as chickens hens turkeys and kegs of liquor, reflecting a contemporaneous rural trade listing.
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Greencastle
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