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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1881
Page
7
Bargains fill Burnett's at the Opera House building with the largest stock of boots and shoes in the city. The shop boasts kip and calf boots, elegant kid and cordovan shoes, and daily arrivals. Boys and girls school shoes offered at bottom prices. English grain and French kip boots highlighted.
A collage of sensational scraps spans a hangman in Virginia and a Syracuse murderer, Elopements in New York and Ohio, a circus debut turned retreat, a New York death with a buried bullet, speculation on Confederate bonds, wild game tallies in California and British Columbia, a dramatic Weir family downfall, and a fatal blow in Belmont County.
Charles Leslin admitted obtaining money under false pretences to keep his marriage engagement intact. He asked for leniency, claiming moral high ground, but the judge sentenced him to six months in a penitentiary. In Leadville a dozen miners paused a card game at midnight to observe the Sabbath and moved to watch a dog fight across the street.
Journal notes a Baltimore schooner with thirteen crewmen struck by a skin disease causing large ulcers. The vessel returned to port for hospital care. An advertising moral touts Swayne's Ointment as a 12 to 48 hour cure and links it to the incident. The item also recaps a burglary, tonic ads, and traveler promotions from the era.
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