Doctor William Long longtime Putnam County physician dies
Died in Jackson Township on May 5 1880 at 7 p m Dr William Long a pioneer of Putnam County. Born Shelby County Kentucky October 28 1810 he practiced medicine near Lafayette then New Maysville for forty years. He faced early hardships studied under crude conditions and built a lasting medical and community legacy. He served as a trusted physician and educator, supported churches and schools, and left a large family including wife Harriet and six children.
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Jackson Township
William Long
Thomas
Nancy Long
Shelby County
Lafayette
New Maysville
Dr. Long
Putnam County
Putnam
Allopaths
Rush Medical College
Chicago
Long
North
Kentucky
Louisville
Missionary Baptist Church
Alice
Emma
Obsequies for Mrs. Sarah A. Evans Voss
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. at North Meridian Street home for Sarah A. Evans Voss wife of G H Voss with mourners from Tipton Noblesville Franklin and Greenfield. Elder A H Morris preached. Pallbearers included ex Govenor Hendricks and Governor Williams. She was born 1823 near Cynthiana Kentucky and married in 1845. Four of their five children survived. She was noted for devout Christian faith and domestic virtue and devotion to charity.
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G. H. Voss
North Meridian Street
Tipton
Noblesville
Franklin
Greenfield
A. H. Morris
Hendricks
Williams
J. C. Green
J. R. Gray
Noblesvile
H. Herriott
J. Pendleton
M. L. Hare
John Young
Charles Seigrest
James Evans
Major Evans
Sarah A. Evans
Cynthiana
Indiana
Death touch noted in Greencastle lodge resolutions
The Greencastle Inc lodge notes the passing of Mrs. R M Hazelett, widow of Brother Knight R M Hazelett, expressing sorrow and honoring her faithful companionship in a May 13 resolution. The item reflects a fraternal memorial from Castle Haun, Eacue Lower, No. 16.
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Castle Haun
Eacue Lower
Greencastle, Inc
R. M. Hazelett
Resolutions Express Sympathy for Brother Hazelett’s Loss
A lodge notes the sorrow of its brother Hazelett and extends earnest sympathy. The resolutions urge bearing the sorrow with knightly conduct and drawing consolation from the order teaching. A copy of the resolutions is to be recorded and presented to Hazelett by the committee in charge.
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Hazelett
Local notices and visits in Greencastle area
Rev Mr Grim of Greencastle M E Church preached last Sabbath in our place. Mrs Devore of Brazil visits here. Mrs Smith will return to Virginia after months with her mother Mrs Honey. Town met Monday to levy a tax for special purposes. Editor of Tie Svar visited with family. Mrs John Williams remains in critical condition.
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John Williams
Local Notes On Socials And Trips In Nearby Towns
A fishing party traveled to Reelsville last week and another picnic and fishing group went to Walnut Creek last Sunday. Mr Walls hosted a Tuesday evening gathering for a group of young folks while Mr Druley plans to move to Greencastle soon. The public schools plan a picnic next Tuesday in Mr Hillis woods. A baseball match was played below the depot last Sunday afternoon. The Glidewell family welcomes a baby girl. census taker William M Torris serves the district. Henry Steeg visited Cincinnati this week and Julia and Ada Steeg visited Indianapolis.
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Reelsville
William M. Torris
Henry Steeg
Cincinnati
Julia
Ada Steeg
Indianapolis
Rat bite causes long illness in elderly county woman
About four months ago Mrs. Nathan Coggshell, a long standing county resident, tried to kill a rat with a broom in her home. The rat bit her right hand, the wound healed then festered and worsened. She has grown emaciated and weak, life in danger, but hydrophobia not yet evident.
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Manion, Inc
Nathan Coggshell
Fire Destruction Kills Four in Fort Wayne Home
A house of ill repute in Angolia burned last night killing Mrs. Smith and her three children, plus David Fry. Fry, a drunken cigar maker, allegedly upset a lamp during a dance at the time of the blaze. Mrs. Smith limps toward lunacy amid fears of self harm as the four bodies are recovered.
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Fort Wayne
Angolia
Smith
Ram causes boy’s death. first Wisconsin justice whipping culprit
The three year old son of Mrs. Mathias Stinglein of Fulton Wisconsin died after a ram attack. In Presque Isle County the new Justice of the Peace, a rough lumberman, sentences a notorious brawler to whipping, paying costs, and administers punishment himself.
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Rocassier
Svp
Mathias Stinglein
Fulton
Presque Isle County
Wiscnsin
Castorla Promoted as Health Castor Oil Remedy
An 19th century print extols CASTORLA as a non narcotic remedy for children and mothers. It claims to promote growth, regulate bowels, cure wind colic, ease feverishness, and destroy worms through castor oil properties.
WEI DE MEYER CATARRH CURE INTRODUCED
An advertisement touts Wei De Meyer’s Catarrh Cure as a constitutional antidote to catarrh. It claims absorption-based treatment and positions the remedy as the most important discovery since vaccination, asserting it cures before consumption sets in while noting other remedies only relieve symptoms.
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Russia
Eau de Cologne
Wei DE Meyer
Buffalo Cattle and Hogs Market Reports May 19
Buffalo market reports show cattle receipts 2755 with best grades sold in first hands while stockers and feeders are slow. Sheep and lambs total 2700 with steady demand. hogs 4400 with weak market and local demand. prices listed for various grades and sizes. Indianapolis hog market also weak at 420 to 430 with 7000 receipts and 3000 shipped.
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Buffalo
Indianapolis
Diamond hardness and brittleness misperceived through history
The article contrasts diamond hardness with toughness, explaining that diamonds resist scratches yet are extremely brittle. It traces a Pliny claim about diamonds striking iron and notes common myths about digestion in goat’s blood. It clarifies that hardness and toughness are distinct properties, using gutta percha as a contrast.
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Pliny
Disappointed Hopes at Revival Testimony
A minister's life filled with disappointments is contrasted with a farmer in a revival inquiry. The man shows emotion during a hymn yet claims no inner change, saying with a sigh that he seeks no material gain, only a transformation.
Pulse metre inventor records heart rate on wrist
W. H. Barton of Yarmouth Mass has built a pulse metre that, worn on the wrist, marks each heartbeat with a advancing dial hand and records pulse strength on a second scale. A hammer strikes a bell to audibly signal each pulse.
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W. H. 11
Barton
Yarmouth
Mass
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