Thanksgiving Season News From Greencastle And Surroundings
Local items note price swings for corn and gas, chatter about Thanksgiving, hunting season opening, and a political canvass ending. Governor-elect Porter visited Greencastle with a university reception at Asbury, with cadets firing a salute and speeches by faculty and students.
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J. T. Darnall
Porter
Greencastle
Ges
Indianapolis
Nash
Central House
A. G. Porter
Indiana
Indiana Asbury University
Hamilton
J. C. Ridpath
I. Coffin
Asbury
Opera House Announces Caste and Our Flirtations Shows
The Opera House lists Caste and Our Flirtations as upcoming entertainments on November 8 and 9. Improvements under new management last week included comfortable audience conditions, fresh carpet, renovated dressing rooms, and a new drop curtain being painted.
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Opera House
Opera
Marriages and deaths listed for Octembers in Washington and nearby towns
Oct 29 1880 in Washington at Peter Baumunk residence Miss Melissa Herbert daughter of Chas Herbert aged 17 years 9 months and 20 days. Oct 29 1889 in Washington tp Thomas Renfro aged 38 years. Oct 1 in Marion tp Linnie Oliver daughter of Abraham and Mary E Oliver aged 1 year 6 months whooping cough. Oct 9 in Greencastle Newt Dicks wife’s daughter 7 years died of diphtheria. Oct 25 in Jackson tp Mrs Staton at advanced age lung disease. Oct 50 in Greencastle infant daughter of Carl Kitelborg aged 16 months.
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Washington
Peter Baumunk
Melissa Éierbert
Chas. Herbert
Thomas Renfro
Marion
Linnie
Abraham
Mary E. Oliver
Greencastle
Newt. Dicks
Jackson Jp
Staton
Carl Kitelborg
Tur Sra Year Subscription Offer in Greencastle
An appeal invites readers to subscribe for a year to a leading county newspaper. Payment methods include registered letter or post office order sent to F. A. Arnold in Greencastle Indiana.
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Tur Sra
Putnam County
JayThe Brazil Argus
Greencastle
Putnam
Lena
Tes
Jas. 'l. Darnall
State Senate
Darnall
L’utnam County
F. A. Arnold
Ind
Property Transfers Across Clinton Franklin and Floyd Townships
James M. Thomas transfers 8 acres in Clinton township to James T. Brady for 465 dollars. Trustees Presbyterian Church sells land in Franklin township to John A. Brown for 400 dollars. Anthony Payton sells lot No 4 block 7 Carpentersville to John A. Brown for 300 dollars. Enoch V. McVay sells 140 acres in Floyd township to Joseph S. McVay for 1609 dollars. Mathias N. Tisten sells land in Washington township to Mariah E. Tisten for 500 dollars. Samuel Payne sells land in Clinton township to George W. Priest for 3330 dollars.
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James M. Thomas
James T. Brady
Clinton
Trustees Presbyterian Church
John A. Brown
Franklin
Anthony Payton
Carpentersville
Enoch V. McVay
Josephs. McVay
Floyd
Mathias N. Tisten
Mariah E. Tisten
Washington
Samuel Payne
George W. Priest
Russellville teachers host supper to fund school library
Russellville teachers raised thirty eight dollars at a supper to aid their library fund. County educators show steady effort and perseverance, with Russellville noted as a key district in the county. Mr and Mrs Tinsley formerly divorced at Columbus Indiana and each later remarried, ultimately reuniting after shared life trials.
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Russellville
Mrs. Tinsley
Columbus
Ind
Con Artist Preys on Superstitious Faith in Philadelphia
A Philadelphia paper details a tall young colored confidence man who duped local Black families by claiming to read stars and prophecy. He led victims to a cellar ritual, demanded small sums to unlock hidden riches, and used sacred language plus fake incantations to secure money.
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Vanderbilt
Rothschilds
Ubi
Swindler John Manderson Fooled City With Fairy Tale Treasure
John Manderson enticed victims with a charm promising magical returns from buried treasure. He pocketed money and an umbrella, promising amounts from a thousand to millions. He was identified, arrested, and held on $2,400 bail after a magistrate hearing.
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Jim
Walter Greene
Brinton Street
Lmily C. Stanford
South Tenth Street
Samuel Smith
Baltimore Street
John Manderson
Smith
Manderson
Indian lashes and other sensational cliff notes from Campo
A Campo correspondent reports an Indian man whipped by six chiefs for breaking into a house, receiving 100 lashes with a leather lariat. The account includes graphic details of the punishment, the alcalde’s orders, and the prisoner's collapse. The piece also mentions an elephant in a Philadelphia play, a lunatic shooting on a railroad, a murder over party plans in Kane Pennsylvania, race-related schooling in Pittsburgh, and boys burning a dog in Galveston.
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San Diego
Cal
Campo
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