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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1879
Page
3
The Locust Street Church held a Thanksgiving reception and oyster festival with good attendance and entertaining events. The issue notes a canceled Miss Pixley appearance at the Opera House and reports on local social happenings and auctions in Greencastle and surrounding towns.
The dedication of the new College Avenue Church is slated to occur around Christmas, marking a milestone for the congregation and local community.
Several children of Mr Chas Dicks of Monroe township are ill with diphtheria and one child has died. The report notes a death among Chas Callender's family amid local incidents and community activities.
Bids will be sought to erect a shed described as a project after local residents identify the best material. Skating starts at the rolling-mill pond. a baby born recently is noted. exodusters appear in town with a story of disguise. Church services at Fox Ridge noted. girls rehearse for a campus circus with hand-springs. A father mistakes a serenade for a gun incident. Several residents recover from diphtheria and others suffer minor injuries. Local merchants report good business ahead of holidays. a temperance push is urged by up-town workers. Numerous small items include weddings, visits, arrests, and turkeys estimated at 602 by a named statistician.
J B Kidder family voices liberal temperance views criticizing saloon signs and secret drinkers. Local meeting in Madison county features Beall Pitchlynn Sallwell and Bachelder speeches. Miscellaneous items note farming moves, skating class, telegraph workers, new blacksmith shop, hunting, and a slowing woolen factory shift.
Lost-watch charm described with a small incentive to return it to Joseph P. Allen. Local shopping notes promote Wysong's grocery store at the northwest corner public square with low prices and fresh goods. Several residents and merchants are mentioned in brief notices and sales pitches for toys, queensware, glassware, and a spring mattress sold locally.
A proposer offers to trade 1000 acres of Kangas and Iowa land for a Putnam County farm of 500 to 800 acres and to pay the difference in cash. Contact K. W. Lewis or H. C. Lewis in Greencastle to arrange the bargain.
An advertisement promises a free cure for youthful errors and nervous weakness. It claims the remedy was discovered by a missionary in South America and asks readers to send a self addressed envelope to Rev. Joseph T. Inman in New York City Station D for details.
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