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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1881
Page
4
A 19th century discussion features Arkansas lawmakers adopting Arkansaw as the state name while other notes cover public figures in Indiana, political tensions over suffrage, and local mischief including a hotel liquor case in Lompee California. The report also mentions election vote corrections and a Connecticut mill town dispute.
Westerly physicians A L clash ends in a public competition with three umpires. Nearby incidents include Baptiste Costa’s murder claim in Collinsville and a Nevada railroad tax seizure resolved after the company paid the judgment.
The Cincinnati Volksblatt reports a landmark operation by Professor Billroth and his students in Vienna. They removed a cancer from the stomach, rejoined the edges, and observed a rapid, robust recovery, marking the first successful stomach resection in history. The piece traces earlier dog experiments by Merrem and later human attempts advancing toward this triumph.
Jack Kelley surrenders to Sheriff Patterson claiming self defense in the shooting of Rev J A J Smith near Waresville. The account details a dramatic exchange at close range with both men firing repeatedly and Smith dying from a shot to the head. The piece notes temper and weapon culture in the region and references a separate bear attack story from Wayne County Pa.
The article narrates a surgeon’s celebrated operation on a patient who, after the procedure, occupies a shared ward and gradually recovers. Nourishment progresses from milk to tea and coffee with a near normal temperature and improving pulse. The surgeon expresses pride in his students and the progress toward healing incurable cases.
A bent hunting knife found with bone and elk antlers framed the mystery surrounding the bride. Her funeral drew at least several hundred attendees as old preacher William Budwick extolled her bravery. Remains laid near a cabin ruin with antlers and a hemlock slab bearing a rough epitaph.
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