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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1880
Page
8
Ground broken for sa De Bence's new house. Mrs Samuel Albin and wife return from New Jersey. Bey James Neff comments on cow removal. Bay-Chas Goodale offers low price milk. J D Billman of Cloverdale visits Greencastle. J H Allison wins contract for Al Hirt residence. Birch & Brother and Greencastle Woolen Mills promote ads.
East Washington Street stores noted for footwear as residents recall Christie’s Shoe Store. A Cloverdale burglary at A V O’Damiel’s grocery and nation store yielded about 125 dollars in merchandise plus 5 dollars in small change, with revolvers cutlery cigars and more stolen. David Sublett, 73, cited in local notices.
At a Greencastle meeting on the 21st a committee drafted resolutions on the death of Sarah Rockaway. The union mourns a zealous reformer and temperance worker, extends sympathy to her parents, and recalls the saying that the maiden is not dead but sleepeth. Committee members include G. W. Taynor, G. B. McKay, and W. E. Stillwell.
The eighth annual State Convention of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the M. E. Church will meet at College Avenue Church starting Tuesday May 4 at 7:30 p.m. Delegates from across the state are expected. Prominent workers including Mrs. Jennie F. Willing and Miss Dora Schoonmaker will attend. The program covers devotions, addresses, reports, and discussions on practical society topics with sessions through Thursday afternoon.
A heavy thunderstorm hit the city on Saturday with noon lightning striking a west side house causing heavy damage. Insurance coverage is provided by Watertown Insurance Company. An exhibition at Brattin's Jewelry Store features a clock bought for Asbury University tower. The Howard Clock Company Boston piece will be installed once regulation and bell attachment are ready.
P B Elliott of Greencastle Indiana offers to install Franklin Lightning Rods and Greencastle Pumps at fair prices, promising home taxation and local trade. He lists references, notes weekly Saturday public square presence, and accepts hay corn wheat in exchange for services.
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