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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1881
Page
7
The Star marks its editor and proprietor Frank A Arnold as the paper’s guiding force. This notice highlights Arnold’s role at the newspaper and signals the paper’s traditional leadership and editorial direction.
Washington report outlines Secretary Windom's move to dismiss Custodian Pitney and abolish the Custodian of the Treasury post. The duties shift to Chief Clerk Power amid fraud exposures. no penalty for Pitney expected beyond dismissal. The piece also notes broader investigations into Star route contractors and other Treasury actions.
A Elizabeth New Jersey resident shot at Fannie Walker and then killed himself after a refused marriage. In New Haven a Yates pitcher sprained a knee and an Amherst pitcher broke a left arm during a baseball game. In Onondaga County a wife-murderer sentenced to death again with August 5 as date. Albany Bribery Committee evidence taken. Battle of Bunker Hill anniversary marked in Boston with Col Prescott statue dedication. Grant and wife arrived in New York from Chicago. Paterson group arrests seventy five for liquor trade and Sunday law push. Greenback-Labor banquet for James Weaver in Boston.
The brief items record Richard Butler of Detroit sentenced to five years for grave robbery in the state prison and a Chicago directory listing over 40 000 population. Also noted are Dublin shooting sentences, fires at Swepson Mills and Warrenton, storms in Ohio, and various international notes on politics, violence, and census data.
Four barges of corn sent from Minnesota to New Orleans were reported on the 21st by New Orleans inspectors as arriving hot and out of condition. The Chief Grain Inspector of St. Louis was dispatched to conduct a thorough examination of the damaged cargoes.
At Albany on the 22d Mr. Conkling urged steadfast Republican loyalty and warned against corrupt enticements and wealth influence. Reports note monopolies and corporate forces opposing Stalwart interests as legislative maneuvers unfold in New York and Iowa.
Cuticura Resolvent as a blood purifier and Cuticura Soap claim to speedily, permanently cure itching humors and scrofulous ulcers when other methods fail, asserting miraculous results in medical annals.
F Hf Drake Esq agent for Harper and Brothers Detroit reports a case labeled Eczema Rodent treated by physicians without relief and quickly improved by Cuticura Remedies.
Will McDonald of 262 Dearborn Street Chicago acknowledges a cure of salt rheum on head neck face arms and legs for seventeen years. He could not walk except on hands and knees for one year and could not help himself for eight years. He tried hundreds of remedies and doctors declared no hope, permanently cured by the Cuticura Remedies.
George W. Brown of 48 Marshall Street Providence Rhode Island recovered from a ringworm humor that started at the barber and spread to his ears neck and face after using Cutura Remedies following six years of failed treatments.
S. A. Steele of Chicago praises Curicura Remedies saying they cured him after prior despair. Remedhs are prepared by Weeks Potter in Boston and sold by druggists. Prices listed for Curicura Jelly Resolvent and soaps with mail-order offers and an illustrated treatise.
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