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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1880
Page
2
A Boston con artist advertised for help addressing mailings and offered pay per thousand letters while demanding a deposit, with Post Office refunds blocked. The item also lists assorted local property transfers, sheriff sales, and land deals in Greencastle, Bainbridge, Russellville, and nearby townships, detailing numerous purchases and transfers.
An old shopping prompt urges readers to use one bottle of Hop Bitters this month to prevent spring sickness and stay fit for work, noting time and cost savings for families during the season.
Tomah Wisconsin November 29 1877 testimonial from WM H Ferris chair of the township board praising Dr Warner White Wine Tar Syrup for asthma relief curing his wife after years of illness. He would not be without it though priced fifty cents a bottle and available through W W Jones in Meui
The Western Rural reprints Adele Hazlitt’s address from Hillsdale and Lenawee counties Michigan, painting drudgery of farm life and spousal toil. A rural debate about a flat earth is used to show measure of strength, while a farmer’s wife bears endless rounds of work with little reward.
A Western city story traces a wealthy English gentleman and his four sons, two of whom die from drinking while the eldest, a respected figure, succumbs to mania and alcoholism. The piece argues alcohol heredity and urges total abstinence for children of moderate drinkers, linking it to broader warnings about vice and ruin.
Satirical verse depicts a hypocritical preacher who hawks piety for profit. He feigns devotion while using religion as a tool to trap and swindle, praising self above faith and exploiting Bible gatherings to mask deceit.
In the Philadelphia Methodist Conference a clergyman charged a Bishop with demanding and receiving 600 dollars for securing a preacher the church wanted. Presiding Elder Thomas cited committee records showing the Trinity Philadelphia case and a similar earlier instance with Rev Everett. Another brother criticized minister trafficking by supplemental salaries. A second anecdote recounts Miss Roseberry’s secret marriage to Deputy before a wedding with her father’s consent for Bowers, ending with Deputy revealing the objection that the bride was his wife.
The article contrasts dairy coloring theory with fact noting most cows do not yield yellow butter unless pasture is rich. It promotes Wells Richardson Co Perfected Butter Color as boosting white butter value by at least five cents per pound and returning one dollar per cent cost. It also recounts Mason forging checks in Rochester, netting $350, with a ministerial appearance misleading victims.
An advertisement touts Kidney-Wort as a dry, easy to prepare remedy for liver and kidney disease and constipation, claiming one package equals six dollar bottles. The text shifts to a meteorite sighting and a violent incident in Leadville involving John Woolery and his sister in law, ending with a suicide.
An 19th century style advertisement lists Hills Compound Extract of Buchu and Cubebs for kidney and urinary diseases, Bucklen's Arnica Salve for skin and minor injuries, and Dr Kings New Discovery for coughs and lung ailments. It claims universal satisfaction with money back guarantees and prices, by Jerome Allen and Baer in Greencastle Indiana.
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