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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1881
Page
7
An advertisement for C. J. Kimble and Son claims exclusive county status for furniture pictures and frames, promising low prices and urging all to shop at Hathaway Block locations.
The Star reports a new building and loan association formed in the city with capital stock of 109000 dollars. Local notices mention a band of outlaws in Greencaidle and thefts, plus shipping of watches and jewelry at Shipley's in Hirvencastle.
The residence of William L Pursell, six miles east, was robbed last Monday night between 10 and 12. The thief unlocked the front door, took Mr Pursell’s pants while he slept, pocketed $29 and left over $5 unfound. He armed himself with a corn knife and left it on the window. No clue to thief.
On Nov 19 in Greencastle diptheria claimed the life of Florence Shuttleworth five year old daughter of Alfred and Sarah Shuttleworth. On Nov 18 in Greencastle croup took Harry Turner six year old son of Rufus Turner.
Reports span religious and educational advances. Rev John F Adams aged ninety one cited as the oldest Methodist preacher. Wesleyan Methodist fund exceeds 1.5 million. A Norwegian Lutheran Synod in Iowa rejects political nominations. Elite English schools remain crowded despite rising costs. Armenia education gains via a London society with a large committee. A fifth century gospel manuscript found in Italy with purple parchment and silver ink. Society to Encourage Study at Home expands to 37 states, Canada, Bermuda. broad subjects taught. 76 percent persistence. library holds 1 055 volumes. diverse family student balances work and study.
A collage of jokes and quotations from Boston Commercial Bulletin Pittsburgh Telegraph Detlcott Free Press Norristown Herald Wit and Wisdom and Burling Hawk Eye. The items mock lemonade without lemons social norms and wartime gallows humor, noting soldiers wounded in the liver and a convention of dime novel writers.
A Stockton Herald note reports J E Richardson of this city answered a Haynesville Iowa postalcard with 6471 words written in fine steel pen script. The now finished card filled the space as fully as the original, surpassing the 5000-word message by over a thousand words. Four hundred Hungarian families seek to found homes in the United States with capital around 100 dollars each, informing Pesth’s American Vice Consul.
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