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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1880
Page
2
A matinée style tale in a boarding house ends in a practical joke misread by a gentleman who tosses a night shirt as a door mat. A note exchange reveals the humorous miscommunication and both parties vow to keep the joke secret.
A Carson visitor seeks work with Chiarini after a show and is invited to join as a light tiger-tamer assistant. He is warned salaries start low and bad habits must be dropped. Training includes handling Bengal tigers and occasional claw and tooth work.
Report of March 27 exhibition of a Gatling gun at Sir W Armstrong’s offices in St George’s Westminster. It fires up to 1000 rounds per minute, is portable, and designed for military use. Observers note its simple mechanism and potential to replace many workers with few operators. Also included is Capt Chase’s claim of sighting a sea serpent near Matanza on the brig Ysidora Rionda.
The State Convention of the National party in Indianapolis endorsed a full state ticket led by Governor Richard Gregg and Lt. Gov. Thomas De Bruler. The platform calls for full legal tender currency, debt payoff, land for actual cultivators, protection of labor rights, economy, soldier compensation, universal suffrage, and opposition to Chinese servile labor. A. T. Keightley and R. M. Mazelett named on resolutions and central committee.
An advertising notice touts Dr Kings New Discovery as a universal cure for coughs colds asthma bronchitis hay fever and throat or lung troubles. It claims over one million bottles used in a year and offers a trial bottle for ten cents or a full bottle for one dollar from Justice Allen Green Cast.
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