28 May 1881
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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1881
Page
1
A Greencastle editorial calls for a people’s movement to decorate Union soldiers’ graves and establish May 10 as a national holiday. It condemns secret societiesseeking control and urges broad moral leadership while noting local civic pride and church schools.
The article extols Greencastle Indiana as a thriving manufacturing hub with strong rail links and a healthy, educated community. It argues the city offers attractive family living conditions, favorable soils, and existing factories signaling a sound business climate for new capital and ventures.
A young woman at West Cornwall depot in New York, new to rail travel, tried entering a moving car through a window by mistake. She is about twenty, from inland country, and believed this to be the normal method of ingress. The incident reflects her unfamiliarity with trains.
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