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Greencastle Star

Location

Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1879

Page

4

Grondin Farm Domes Wheat Empire Near Farms Dakota

The Grondin Farm near the Town of Farms Dakota covers about 40 000 acres on government and railway land by the Rea River. It includes dwellings, granaries, machine shops, elevators, stables for 240 horses, and storage for 1 000 000 bushels of grain, with a 20 000 acre stock farm nearby. Seeding starts April 9. harvest runs August to early September. threshing uses eight steam threshers. Yields average 20 to 25 bushels per acre, with a field of 2 315 acres producing 57 285 bushels elevator weight. The region is described as the world’s unmatched wheat belt.

Grondin Farms Dakota Rea River Dakota Wheat Farm

How a Toad Reshapes Its Coat in July

A reader reports an astonishing sight of a toad on melons in midsummer. The creature allegedly rubs its skin loose, sheds the outer coat, and then swallows the shed skin in a sequence that ends with the toad fully stripped as it consumes the skin.

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Not very rich nor poor just comfortably off

Blue-eyed Bessie asks about her father and is told he is comfortable, not rich or poor. She repeats the idea, then reflects on being not very good or bad, just a comfortable little girl. Her mother questions her behavior, and Bessie admits she has not been fully good today.

Bessie Bennie Read May Monk Kate Kinsley Mamma

What became of him after the hanging tale

Dr. Lambert recalls a visit to a New York Post office and a tale of an executed man who, after his body was sold to a prison physician, was subjected to electricity. The man revived, sat up, spoke, and soon walked away, leaving villagers to believe he was dissected. The physician owned the body, and opinions differ on whether he should have been hanged.

Lambert New York Evening Post Office

Luke Blackburn Nominated for Governor of Kentucky

Dr Luke Blackburn famed for volunteering during six yellow fever outbreaks in the South is nominated for Kentucky governor. His heroism during Memphis and Hickman epidemics boosted support, with political rivals fading before the “Zero of Hickman.”

Luke P. Blackburn South Louisville Danger Kentucky Memphis Hickman Blackburn Kentucky Paper Said: “Buena Vista Made Gen. Taylor President; Cerro Giordo John Williams Senate Luke Blackburn Frankfort

Drunken Man Swallows Glass and Dies in Minnesota

Cichia of Lensburg in Le Suer County took part in a spree at Montgomery last week and wagered he could swallow pulverized glass from a whisky flask. He also swallowed a tallow candle, felt no ill effect at first, but the glass damaged his bowels the next day. He died Thursday afternoon in New Prague after a post mortem found his stomach and intestines nearly ground to pieces. William Emerson Baker offers $200,000 to Boston Public Health Association, seeking matching funds for ventilation and drainage research and food safety efforts.

Cichia Lensburg le Suer Montgomery New Prague Shakopee Minn Argus William Emerson Baker Public Health Association of Boston

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