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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1881
Page
4
A Fort Wayne smallpox scare and temperance agitation are linked by a report on Governor Hendricks and a proposed political faction. The piece also notes the assassination of Russia's Czar and reflects on his reforms and the anti‑emperor climate along with admiration for emancipation of the serfs.
Fragment from a publication shows an ad for Darnall Bros. Co. with unclear details. The readable text references COFPERHEHS and CHER A FP in a damaged OCR segment.
The Putnam County Horticultural Society held its first regular monthly meeting at West College Building. Rain reduced attendance but members enjoyed talks by B S Ragan and W A Workman on horticulture and fruit buds. Miss Grooms sang, new members were reported, and next meeting date was not designated. Also notes on wheat corn oats hogs cattle and sheep markets and salaries of St Louis ministers.
The London Saturday Review notes the oldest known pure glass specimen, a moulded lion head in the British Museum, dating back over 2,000 years before Christ. It cites early glazed pottery and beads from the first Egyptian dynasty, a Theban bead linked to Queen Hatshepsut, and signs that Phoenician merchants spread glass art.
A rich Yale student falls on hard times and becomes a machinist. He earns success as a factory owner while a former sweetheart remains faithful. Years later their children are to wed, linking two families through enduring affection.
Amid a major blaze on Twentieth Street, a German barber rushes out in his wife’s clothes while a German butcher, startled by the flames, drags a tail tether from his horse. The crowd laughs as the chaos unfolds around England and Bindley’s establishment.
A Philadelphia Chronicle-Herald note suggests every well regulated household should keep a dog for the head of the family to swear an oath or household duty. The remark prompts discussions on domestic roles and pet ownership in local culture.
A man arriving in St. Louis with letters of recommendation from Chinese police authorities was given only ten minutes to depart the city.
A frontier veteran laments that men become cowards at home but boast in public. He recalls battles and scars from 1849 to the coast, saying he would fight for pay yet shakes with fear in domestic life when the wife asks about his appearance and duties.
A historic Western report notes China’s young emperor has to support about seventy concubines and the court spends vast sums on garments and pearls. One empress dress is gilt with seed pearls, raising concerns about waste as the empire’s tax base and royal finances are described. The piece muses on the future burden of multiple marriages.
Congressman Beltzhoever extols newspapers as a regent of sovereigns and tutor of nations while recounting an Indian Territory intertribal fest. He notes varied reactions to photography among tribes as they view self images and discuss cameras.
A mulatto barber has eloped with a pretty and wealthy white girl from Lancaster Ohio. No trace of the fugitives has been found, and authorities suspect they will seek concealment among strangers due to his nearly indistinguishable African heritage.
A stylish young woman from Galesburg Illinois sets out to reform the town by visiting saloons gambling houses and other low resorts at late hours She confronts male acquaintances pleads and prays with them in an effort to inspire change.
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