This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1880
Page
2
An EnveRep notice urges Greencastle residents to patronize local firms for job printing and daily goods. It argues money spent locally benefits the Greencastle cash flow and questions outsourcing to distant firms. The piece calls for respectful political discourse and moral conduct, noting citizens can hold diverse views yet remain charitable.
Yesterday at Charity Hospital a public operation drew a large crowd of students and physicians. Dr M Schuppert and sons led the procedure on seventeen or eighteen year old Joseph Altenberg of Natchez after a facial swelling and eye protrusion, with chloroform and a bone cutting saw among the surgical tools on display.
In Natchez a youth with a nasal tumor suffers eye loss and nosebleeds. Dr. Schuppert performs a risky removal of the cheek bone to excise the mass. The tumor spreads to the brain during the operation and the patient dies, the first fatal case in the surgeon’s career.
A Vandalia Line crash near Clear Creek Trustle nine miles west of Terre Haute left engineer Austin Rankin and fireman W T Saunders dead and Janes Watson injured with multiple wounds. Freight crew member Lyman Booth fractured leg and several postal clerks injured as eleven freight cars and two passenger cars left the track. Wreck train recovered bodies and the track was cleared by three oclock.
A morning collision near Belleville left several injured and trapped in the wreckage. The occupants were not freed for hours, and the shock followed by a sense of falling took them by surprise.
A plain dressed woman arrives with two children at Grand Central Tahoe City. After snubbing, she orders extra clothing from San Francisco, returns with Worth gowns and diamonds, wowed bystanders at meals, then ends by reverting to her plain attire and sending trunks home.
The Philadelphia Times reports bank robber Rollins hid paste gems in a shaving brush at Eastern Penitentiary. An expert’s report seeks reimbursement for real diamonds lost by a wife, while Rollins left a chameleon hat, collapsible cloak, forged footwear, and weapons. Authorities in Chambersburg hold the items. Rollins may claim them.
An advertisement extols Hop Bitters as a simple pure effective medicine. It rejects bogus certificates of miraculous cures and claims genuine merit from well known remedies and actual cures.
Reed's Gilt Edge Tonic cures fever and ague. Bucklen's Arnica Salve is advertised as the best for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns and all skin eruptions. The salve guarantees satisfaction or money refunded, price 25 6 cents per box. For sale by Jerome Allen, 32.
An early advertisement touts Dr Kixe’s New Discovery for consumption and related throat and lung ailments. It claims the remedy cures asthma bronchitis hoarseness and other breathing difficulties and invites readers to visit Allen’s Drug Store for proof.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.