Public notice of sale for unpaid mortgage in Putnam County
Notice describes land parcels in Greencastle area, lot 41 and adjoining plots, to satisfy mortgage by Sarah Hartley dated August 25 1871. Auction set for the fourth Monday in 1880 at legal hours, highest bidder at door, terms to be provided by the auditor James A Edwards.
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Benre’s
Henry
Greencastle
Sarah Hartley
Indiana
Putnam County
Iwards
James A. Edwards
Ind
Popular Songs and Prices by W L Tompson Co
Advertisement for musical works listing a bass solo by Will L Tomp son and a pretty song with chorus priced 30 cents each, offered as two for 50 cents. Cadet letters or gent free on application. East Liverpool Ohio.
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Will. L. Thomp
Price
W. L. Tompson & Co
East Liverpool
Ohio
Murdered for Money near Minas Ind
Philip Bolts a 62 year old bachelor living alone on a farm five miles northwest of Minas Ind was murdered for purported wealth. A club and a fatal head wound were found, the coroner was summoned, and suspicion fell on William S Trissinger a nephew who was later detained. Tracks led investigators across fields amid public alarm.
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Minas
Ind
Philip Bolts
Here
Trissinger
Boalts
Woods murder case ends without verdict in second trial
Evansville March g. The jury in George Woods’s murder case against Millie Hobs, indicted for the 1877 killing, failed to agree after forty eight hours. This second trial follows a prior life sentence, and Woods reportedly killed himself with morphine after the doomed verdict. Vincennes March 2. The Arcade saloon on Second Street, run by Francis Murphy, was crowded Sunday night when Murphy drank, then collapsed and died from poison. Dr. Beard announced there was no hope of recovery. Also reported: William McCabe of Cynthiana, Ky, beat his elderly mother over punishment from decades ago. Poplar prices advertised for Opera House next Thursday with donkey act. tickets at Langdon’s.
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Evansville
George Woods
Millie Hobs
Woods
Vincennes
Arcade
Second Street
Francis Murphy
Murphy
F. W. Beard
Opera House
Langdon
Greenwood
N. Y
Delaware County
Henry S. Jeffries
Rebecca Jeffries
Rebecca
Henry
Mr. Jeffries
Queer Story Of Buried Treasure And Odd News
A Bloomington Illinois column reports on a Maine pair finding a buried box in Dwight cemetery containing Edward Freese will, Brooklyn deeds, and money. The article also mentions German physician fees in Prussia, a Leadville romance, Berlin advertising, a Massachusetts clergyman mishap, and other miscellaneous local curiosities.
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Bloomington II
Maine
Dwight
Old
Edward Freese
Brooklyn
N. Y
Freese
Portland
A Miser’s Death in New Amagy Ind
John B. Felley aged seventy nine was found dead in Spencer Township Harrison County with rats gnawing his body and no food in the house. He died a week before discovery, a miser who had money hidden away and once sought flour on credit but was refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Amagy
Ind
John B. Felley
Spencer Township
Harrison County
Rothrock’s
Tragic Slough Deaths of Ruston and Knox Near Evansville
Evansville residents Will Ruston and Oscar Knox perished after being checkfed in a mudbound slough following a hunting trip. A 75-person search recovered their bodies while their dog stood guard. Ruston, a Sunday school superintendent, left a wife and child. Knox, a single foreman, had recently come into a large inheritance but continued working in his clothes. The report also notes assorted human-interest items and sensational briefings from the era.
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Ruston
Cumberland Presbyterian Sunday School
Alex Butler
Knox
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Monroe St
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Horace Bassett
Patrick Kelley
Mt. Meridian Road
Catharine Yard
New Haven
Indiana News
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Cynthiana
Lewis Jory
Baker Brothers
Baltimore
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I. H. Barclay
Health Department
Annie Pickens
South Carolina
Charleston
Andrew de Rochelle
Pickens
de Rochelle
Wong Auf Sing
San Francisco
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Inn
New England Village
John the Baptist
Judea
John the Methodist
John the Presbyterian
John
Prussia
Mr Ronals
Watson
Leadville
Berlin
Miehe
Massachusetts
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St. Louis
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Elastic Frog Company
Mansfield
Conn
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Wallace
Tenny
John Birch
Lincoln
Washington
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Dilly
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Weide Meyer
Eyer
G.G. Presbury
West End
Long Branch
S. Benedict, Jr
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Broadway
A.mackinney
Broad St
N.Y
B. Dew KY
Wel
Johnston
Honduras
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Jefferson Ave
Detroit, Mich
Conrad Cook
Madison Township
Center School-house
Samus Garonen
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Perse Sroxsn
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