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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1881
Page
2
The notice urges all to visit rT Hathaway Block as the only exclusive manufacturers and dealers in the county offer good furniture at low prices, inviting broad attendance.
The Star comments on its growing circulation and offers cheerful exhortations. A report details William Bivens in jail after a stone assault on Jim Moran, plus a crash recount of Willie Nelson’s freight train accident and potential lifelong disability. A humorous tale recounts burglars at John Hanna’s residence prompting a courtly prayer and a comic reaction, plus Mormon conference turnout at Salt Lake with fifteen thousand delegates and sustained zeal.
London Ohio correspondent relays postmortem about Jennie Coup Gorrell wife of James Gorrell. Papers recount dating to 1879 1880 at the Pennsylvania House in Greencastle and London with a death of an infant and disputed marriage links. Corroborating letters from London describe visits to Wilmington D and Dayton Ohio.
The report recounts claims that Gorrell, who posed as Jennie Doup’s husband, also escorted Jacob Doup’s remains to Terre Haute. Hotel records and letters allegedly link the same man to both events. Witnesses note conflicting details about a child’s life, while a grim anecdote recalls a man in Muskegon who used a messenger’s funds to drink and was hanged by lumbermen.
The Chicago Tribune highlights Burhans as a Asbury graduate and partner in Andrews & Burhans at 102 Washington street. The firm, established in 1863, excels in titles, non resident property management, tax payments, and rent collection, with the senior member Andrews bringing over twelve years of real estate and loans experience.
A man boasts of relief from itching piles after using Swayne's Ointment but shows no gratitude. Ida Adams challenges Edmunds to a duel at Milledgeville Georgia to avenge an insult linked to a stolen coin in a money drawer. A vermin killer advertisement for Parsons' Exterminator closes the snippet.
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