Greencastle Notes Fresh from County Infirmary to Halloween
Greencastle items report visits from Mrs. Sherry and others, a diphtheria outbreak, deaths including Miss Dora Cockerly, and local press on church work, a new bell fund, and wagon and farm news. Notable: Charley Louis from Vincennes, Dr Andrus visit, Halloween celebrations, and improvements at the Presbyterian church.
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Charley Louis
Vincennes
Greencastle
perMrs
Passfield
Ills
Alex. Lockridge
Andrus
Jas
Foudry
rAnother
W. A. Smith
Wampler
Bainbridge
Park
W. Lundy
Clara Farrow
Dora Cockerly
Harry Randel
Maggie Clark
New Presbyterian Church
Will T. Fletcher
W Lawrence
Ind
Laura Farrow
Parke County
r-Gaylors
Opera House
Ballard
Crawfordsville
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Mar
Local Health Board urged to issue typhoid proclamation
Reports claim gas-Joe McMains returns from an apparent mental lapse blamed on quinine overdose. A surgeon in Brazil operated on Sen. Witty for leg necrosis with good recovery. Diphtheria spreads across the city with multiple child cases. Locust Street Church Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society held a crowded Sunday program featuring readings, talks, and music by the choir.
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Joe McMains
Indianapolis
Board of Health
Gor
G. W. Bence
Brazil
Sen. Witty
Clay City
James Foundry
Henry Albaugh
Levi Ronbedon
Curtis
W. J. Matkin
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Locust Street
Burglars Loot F. A. Hiys Trade Emporium Window Entry
Burglars gained entry to the F. A. Hiys Trade Emporium by breaking a rear window after failing to force the cellar and upstairs doors. They rifled the till for loose change, left tools at the scene, and fled before officers could recover them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Hiys
Fever Epidemic Strikes First Ward School Pupils
An outbreak leaves many First Ward students confined to bed with typhoid fever. Attendance drops by up to half as authorities, the School Board, Board of Health, and physicians inspect the building and drainage. Prof Mansfeld tests well water for purity while families report numerous affected pupils including children of Kelley Bicknell Farrow Williams Gates Alspaugh Beck Fry Stack Ratliff and teacher Miss Woolford.
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Board of Health
Mansfeld
First Ward
A. T. Kelley
Curtin
Miss Woolford
Sale of Short-horns at Bryan farm auction
On Wednesday, Col Judy auctioned Short-horns from A. S. Bryan and others at Col. Bryan’s farm. The sale yielded mixed prices with several animals selling well, purchasers listed with prices. remarks noted political oratory in first remarks but sale considered financially successful overall.
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Crow
Thos. Talbott
Col
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Sarah Kendall
T. A. Peden
Spencer
Lady Woodbine
Rob Roy
Fountain Co
Miama
W. H. Stephenson
Martinsville
Levi
M. F. McHaffie
Stilesville
Iris
Talbott
Lady Cheaterford
Jno
McCaslin & Son
Franklin
Ind
Earl Cheaterford
H. H. Crow
Greencastle
Irene
M. F. McHate
Maggie Bell
F. HM. Meeker
Minnie Bell
M. F. McHaffe
Garfield
J. Gibson
Reelaville
Sam
Geo. H. Cooper
Morton
Ponto
Aka
Hawkins
Jessup
Lady Woodland
Harvey Farrow
Putnames
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Nulaski Co
Waterloo
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Gosport
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Twelfth
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C. T. Mitchell
Genevy Lasseen
Ayne
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JL. S. Beck
Anedige
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T. E. O’'Hair
Autopia
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Bainbridge
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J. G. Pook
Lady
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Chenoweth
Thos
Marriages, Asylum Claims and Town News Summary
Edward Gainor wed Mary White at the Catholic Church on Sunday. A colored woman, Mrs. Jones, was sent to the Indianapolis insane asylum after a rampage the prior weekend. Local items note visitors, property improvements, illnesses, temperance plans, and a wave of labor movements. A band of Indians reportedly passed through the Vandalia line. two sar-loads of “negroes” arrived from the South.
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Edward Gainor
Mary White
Jones
Indianapolis
F. A. Hays
Ham
Pennington
Effie
John Browning
Will Howe
BPB Elliott
Joe Porter
South End
Water Street Hill
Eugene Foran
Ricketts & Graham
Nelson Gifford
Jack Boyd
Funkhouser
Jas. Poudry
Nelson Woods
Coatesville
D.P. Downs
Tom Wilson
South
Crown Street
Boy seriously injured by playful blow at school
Monday morning at school a larger boy struck Eddie Marquis on the back with a blow said to have harmed his spinal column. He has been confined to bed since. The incident was labeled as in fun and warned against as a rude sport. The Blue Ribbon Dramatic Club plans another performance soon. News notes include fever cases, local visits, and community notices.
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Eddie Marquis
Blue Ribbon Dramatic Club
North End
South End
J. B. Bidder
Bainbridge
Eva
D. Stanley
Board of Health
Walnut Bridge
Jack Ash
Temperance Club
A. Dunnington
Ash
Eddie Klinebub
Frazier
Indianapolis
Bayne
Parke County
Multiple 1879 Deaths Robbery Arrest and Local Notices
In Greencastle on October 26 1879 Dora Coakerly died of consumption and Catherine Vaughan on October 22 1879 aged 30. In Jefferson township Henry M Pentecost died October 28 1879 aged 76. A Little Falls NY justice of the peace was arrested for grave robbery. A Tiffin Ohio schoolmaster used rubber hose to whip pupils nearly killing a girl. Girls in Hagerstown Indiana tattooed legs with a garter design. coloring is poisonous and one victim is critical. Rev Henry Morgan of Boston warned Archbishop Williams that legal action will follow if lotteries appear at a Roman Catholic church fair. Robert Siligan a criminal was seized by a mob at Georgetown Ohio and placed around his neck with whiskey offered before hanging. Silman escaped. For sale or trade 4 acres of land with house and water near the city. will trade for small farm. Actress Louisa Shieldmyer Greencastle Indiana. On Saturday November 8 W A Workman offers a choice lot of fruit trees for sale on East Washington Street near the grocery shop.
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Greencastle
Dora Coakerly
Mt. Meridian
Catherine Vaughan
Jefferson Township
Henry M. Pentecost
Robert Siliigan
Georgetown
Ohio
Jung
Silman
Marriage notice and death notice of J. 8. Hahn in Ogden Kan
Miss Harris rushed from Kansas City to marry J. 8. Hahn as his death was reported in the same column. Brattin's mammoth store advertises watches clocks and jewelry at low prices with twenty years of trusted business reputation and expert valuations.
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J. 8. Hahn
Ogden
Kan
Miss Harris
Kansas City
Brattin
Grand Concert and Local Advertisements in Putnam County
The Indianapulis Ladies' Cornet Band performs on November 5 at Hannemann's opera house in a unique all female concert. Local ads promote Howe Ver million in South Greencastle selling overcoats and cloaks, Burton's Restaurant offerings, and a Shorthorn cattle sale at Bryansee on October 29.
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Opera House
J. Brattin Haggselq
Indianapulis Ladies’ Cornet
Hannemann
Putnam County
Howe & Vermilion’s
South Greencastle
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