28 Jun 1879
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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1879
Page
1
A Brooklyn Eagle recounts Billy Bills stuttering mishaps from a Thursday night street encounter to a ballroom rejection. He describes mockery, fights, and a love story ended by a furious father, with further anecdotes on stammerers and social reactions.
The report says wheat must be cut this week though the crop is generally good. Isom Wright returns from Indianapolis ready for business. The article mentions several local people including James Skelton, Levi Hasty and Dave Skelton with various notes on farming, pumps, movings, and community events.
John Kemmler a German worker from South Holyoke Springfield shoots his three daughters aged six four and one then flees It is noted he had been out of work since February and had been ordered to leave a Germania Mills tenement He told police to let the law take its course and said he feared his children might enter houses of prostitution but believed they would be better in heaven.
In June 22 incident at Silver Leaf grove near Ogden and Western Avenues armed sharpshooters fired on a crowd during a Bohemian picnic. Three died and about a dozen wounded as police arrested the 20 men. The report also notes the quiet death of Oxford mathematician Professor Clifford and his final words.
A father praises Hop Bitters after years of kidney trouble and fatigue. He says the tonic improved his blood, revived his energy, and made him feel decades younger, claiming he is now as active as a 30 year old despite being 72.
Miss Prince, a Pittsburg merchant’s wife, died after a bridal tour wreck near the start of her voyage. The young widow, once filled with life, suffered a slow decline inspired by a broken heart and a belief her life had been sacrificed to earthly love. She died in South France, her family grieving beside her bedside.
A school ma’am notices pupil Tim covertly devouring apples during class. He endlessly takes apples from his coat pockets as the teacher and fellow students watch, finally piling nearly a peck of fruit on the desk before the situation ends with an amused but exhausted teacher planning action.
A letter to a Western paper argues for wives to tolerate husbands' smoking in all rooms to keep harmony and affection. The writer questions women who resist, noting marriage vows and courtship habits, and cites a Minneapolis incident where eleven girls ingested castor beans causing severe spasms with three in doubt of recovery.
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