20 Mar 1880
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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1880
Page
1
Putnam County auditor certifies lands and lots subject to nonpayment notices. Sale set for the fourth Monday in January 1880 with deeds issued on receipt of payment. Also reports Union Stockyards market receipts and prices with general price ranges for cattle, calves, and horses.
A long reflective piece urges boys to choose trades over mere store clerking or genteel work. It champions skilled labor and the educated artisan as essential to modern industry, urging parental support for practical training and self reliance.
In sunny weather a large rattlesnake suns itself in a garden. A house cat approaches and circles the reptile before leaping in. The snake flicks its tongue and coils, and the cat lunges in a rapid chase around the foe.
A.J. Creekmore, 37, Camden painter, fell from a ladder in Franklin Hall, 54 North Sixth Street, as workmen prepared space for Grant Faires Rogers. A ghastly scene showed blood paint and brains on the shaft area and surrounding surfaces.
An early patent remedy claim markets WEI DE MEYER CATARRH CURE as a constitutional antidote for catarrh. The advertisement asserts it works by absorption and is the most important discovery since vaccination, claiming protection before consumption sets in.
City voters will see George Phipps running as an Independent candidate in the Third Ward in the upcoming election. N. Ewing announces plans to stand as Township Assessor before the convention in Madison township.
The notice announces James Brandon as a Democratic candidate for Sheriff in Putnam County and states the decision rests with the Democratic primary. It also announces William R. Grogan as a challenger for Sheriff in Putnam County under the same primary process.
The Putnam County Sunday School Union gathers at the M W Libbe Church Cloverdale on Sunday April 2 1880 with a full programme including devotional services discussion on doctrine the lesson standard and the teachers work followed by afternoon sessions on character education and family readings. Train details and a cordial welcome are noted. Also reported is the marriage of Col Reuben Allen Steere to Rebecca Ann Meyers in Rochester. the groom 83 and bride 27, amid small-people attendance from the Lilliputian Opera Company.
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