Local Notes and Social Happenings in Greencastle
Greencastle social and civic items include visits by Garthos Bayne and Col A A Matson to Indianapolis, Minnstrel shows at Opera House, worship services at Locust Street M E Church, and reports of illness weather and holidays. The column notes anniversaries, hunting jokes, and community events with multiple local names and places.
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Gar Lin
Hopkins
Charley Kiefer
Gea
Col
A.A. Matson
Indianapolis
garEicketts & Graham's Minstrels
Opera House
Locust Street
M. E
W. H. Grim
Daniel Langdon
Central House hosts select hop by locals and band members
Last Wednesday night the Central House hosted a select hop organized by the Indian apolis Ladies Cornet Band and several local young men. Thanksgiving Day is set for Thursday the 27th as Putnam county reports unprecedented crop yields.
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Indianapolis
parSome
Asbury’s
Hallowe’en
Central House
Putnam County
Otto Weik
Ricketts & Graham
North End
Drysdale
Bloomington
Ida White
Geo
Cahill
Elmer Stratton
Gertie Williams
Elizabeth Williams
Pitchlyan
Lorenz
Bachelder
Klinebub
North End Telegraph Co
Kate Sage
Amputation Drama at New Maysville Tumor Case
Sunday a surgical party from Putnamville Portland Mich and two medical students traveled to New Maysville to operate on a daughter of Thomas Williams. The tumor proved a vascular cancerous mass and surgeons tied the subclavian artery to control hemorrhage. Only part of the tumor was removed and recovery was not expected.
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Evans
Cline
Putnamville
Alton
Portland
Mich
New Maysville
Thos. Williams
Williams
Mecanless
Real Estate Transfers During Period Listings
Real estate transfers list multiple deeds with buyer and seller names, parcels in Greencastle Cloverdale Russell Floyd Jackson Putnamville and Washington townships, and sums ranging from 1 to 2322.61 dollars. Names include Harriette Williams Edward Sheets Granville Moore Reuben Andrews Alexander Brattin Hezekiah Evans Rebecca Moses Mary Rule Moses Dilley Minerva Todd J H Foster Thornton Ballard Lewis Silvey John Silvey William Moore John Harrison Victoria Boswell Daniel Layman James Coverdll Aetna Life Insurance Co and others.
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Granville C. Moore
George
Edward Sheets
Greencastle
Reuben Andrews
Alexander R. Brattin
Sheriff P. C
Daniel W. Hayman
Cloverdale Township
Michael Wilson
Jefferson W. Wilson
Russell Township
John Henkle
Wm. Cunningham
Franklin Jp
Porter
John Henkel
Franklin
John Harrison
Victoria Boswell
Russell
Daniel Garwood
Hezekiah Evans
Rebecca Moses
Mary E. Rule
Cloverdale
Moses Dilley
Rachael KE. Nibburn
Minerva Todd
J. H. Foster
Thornton R. Ballard
Mary P. Vaughn
Lewis J. Silvey
John J. Silvey
Jackson
William A. Moore
John Harrison Percal
Russellville
William H. Holloway
Dan. W. Layman
Putnamville
Samuel L. Waln
James Coverdll
Floyd Tp
Sherff P. C
Aetna Life Insurance Co
Washington ,O
Local Death Notices From Greencastle in 1879
Died notices list infants and children from Monroe township and Greencastle. Alfred B Reeves died at 6 days on Oct 31 in Monroe township. Levi Roubade’s child died at 5 years in Greencastle on Nov 2 of diphtheria. John Briscoe died Nov 4 at 89 in Greencastle of dropsy. Maggie Smith died Nov 3 in Greencastle at 9 years 6 months from rheumatism. William Matkin Jr. infant son died Oct 30 in Greencastle at 11 months of age. Mrs EK Hurst died Nov 2 in Greencastle Jr. at 55, wife of Jefferson Hurst, of dropsy.
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Monroe Township
Alfred B
M.N
Julia M. Reeves
Greencastle
Levi Roubade
John Briscoe
Maggie Smith
William Matkin Jr
Greencastle Jr
EK. Hurst
Jefferson Hurst
Otis offers Tut Stan deal through January 1 1881
The offer invites agents to recruit subscribers by year end with credit toward agents who form clubs. Also notes a Paris newspaper report of a German doctor claiming eye dyeing in animals with varied colored eyes, including curious human examples, claiming no sight harm.
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Paris
Denver
Col
Pioneering Indiana settler John Briscoe dies at 85
John Briscoe, a early Indiana pioneer who helped transform forests into farms, died last Tuesday morning at about 2 30. He was born June 14 1800 and moved to Indiana in 1824 joining the M E Church for many years. He suffered from dropsy for months before his death, leaving many mourners.
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John Briscoe
Indiana
M. E. Church
Breach suit victory for Miss Ilesse in Ohio case
Miss Ilesse of New Lexington wins breach of promise against Rev. D M Weissman a Lutheran pastor. Other items note Leadville offers multiple newspapers churches and gambling houses while a grand Rapids woman proclaims bridal purity by lantern and a chaotic christening leads to a stove incident. Public sale announced near Putnamville for November 18 1875 including livestock crops and farm implements conducted by 229 W A Shoptaugh.
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Miss Ilesse
New Lexington
Ohio
D. M. Weissman
Putnamville
W. A. Shoptaugh
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West Side Public Square
J. D. Stevenson & Son
Torr Brothers
Best Block Coal
Talburt Block
Postoffice
Stationery
E&c
East Washington Street
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Illinois
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Hallowe'en
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South Atlantic
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Earnest Workers of the Christian Church
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T. B. Redding
Newcastle
Meharry Hall
I. T. McCarty
Detroit Evening News
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University
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Charley Weik
Gay Charley Lewis
Rickets
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Putnam Circuit Court
Madete
Jerome Allen
New York
Lillie Boynton
Indianapolis Ladies’ Cornet Band
Ida Moody
Charles Jones
Sea
Professor Ballentine
Brown’s Hall
Bue Ribbon Union
Tur Stan
Uty sarAn
Terre Haute
Levi Rubado
South Greencastle
Wiliam EK. Abel
Mollie Allee
Leonard N. Fortune
Jemima Nichols
Lewis Allen
Mary A. Jenkins
Mansfield
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
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George Piercy
Ile
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James G. Jidwards
Franklin Township
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Gax
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Jeffersonville
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Cloverdale Courier
North Greencastle
Howe
Brazil
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Asbury
Horace White
Jones Seward
W. M. Abernathy
Wabash College
J. W. Cole & Co
K. Scott
J. E. Fish
Hallowe'en Fun
F. Newhouse
Geo. Downey
Jim Williamson
Martin
Paris IL
Frank G. Rambarger
Gosport
D. W. Emison
Cumberland Ind
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College Avenue Church
Abby Sage Richardson
Basset
DeMott
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Carlin
Centralia
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Carpenter
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Poudry
Harris
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South End
McCarty
Lundy
Billy Morgan
Brann
Mahan
Vandalia
P. B. Elliott
McBeth
South Locust Street
George Cling
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Ed Floyd
Sy Lewis & Newernt
Neat
Harriette M. Williams
Edward and
George Sheets
James Daggy
Alor Ad
1St National Bank Building
W.C. Davis & Co
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J. W. Buffington
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Cleveland
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Mr. P. Collins
Chambers Street
Burton’s
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Pameeranaod
Allen’s Drug Store
Hartford
Reynolds Fine Shoes
G. C
A. J. Burton
Burnetts
W.W. Jones
Snyder
Bucklen
Allens Drug Store
Charley Burnett
South America
Joseph T. Inman
New York City
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Chenoweth
Thos
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A. S. Bryan
Carter
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Lafayette
Allen
Boston
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C. T. Young
Hudaan
Wis
EW Meat Market
Elliott & Triplett
EW. Read
A. Ethridge
Rome
James Taylor
West Side Square
Etonest Trade
Philander Wiley
Real Estate, Loan and Insurance Office
Marion
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Clinton
Madison
Tps
Plainfield
Parke County
Eringent Cosl
Traders
Chicago
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East Side Public Square
Shiloh
Cook
C.cook
Kansas
Iowa
Putnama County
E. W. Lewis
H.C. Lewis
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