21 May 1881
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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1881
Page
1
The city notes a Wednesday Horticultural Society meeting and various community items. Highlights include Rev Bainum preaching tomorrow, Dr Ridpath lecture on China, a wrecked telegraph depot in Bainbridge, juries failing to agree in a land case, and crop prospects reporting robust hay and wheat outlook with limited peaches and grapes.
Readers are reminded Tur Star does not endorse correspondent opinions. News from neighbors includes personal moves and visits such as J W Hedges and wife in Bloomington, Indiana, Miss Ellen Stokes returning with mumps, and Geo Eaglefield shipping 2000 pounds of rags to Indianapolis. Local events mention a death, a sale, and residents seeking trades.
Mead and Bro cover till with sheet iron while the town notes wheat appears fine. Young folks plan for the May meeting especially the girls. Greencastle visitor David Jreiston spent time here last week. Preaching occurred at the Academy last Sabbath. Albert Hubbard recovers from illness. John Black finished planting and Eddie will rest. Charles Carver travels north occasionally. The Monday lecture drew passable crowds. Livery rigs are booked for next Sunday. Bob Allison hunted Tuesday and reports plenty of game. The south end shows nightly mischief and fun. Last Sunday a stranger entered Cal McDaniels' house and borrowed about 200 dollars. Manning’s door was found open next morning but nothing missing, leading to the guess it was left open by the occupant. BB.
The notice mourns Maggie Anderson daughter of Mrs. Mary J Anderson who died May 15, 1881 at about 5 p m aged 24 years 2 months and days. It notes her gentle character and the sorrow of her family including a fiancée who failed to arrive before her burial. The rest of the page recaps campus events and local notices from Asbury College with various social and academic updates.
The fragment describes visits and health updates, a school elocution event, local business notes, and residents traveling to Indianapolis and Chicago. It mentions Miss Henrietta Stevenson visiting family, T. A. Biddle and family with M. T. Darnall, N. Bartlett buying stone pumps, Wilson returning from Tennessee in better health, and Frank Booker and parades of spring goods.
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