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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1880
Page
3
A humorous tale warns against wetting pencils, recounting how a clerk's prized pencil passes through many mouths and finally carries typhoid germs from a fever patient to several users, serving as a cautionary anecdote about hygiene and pencil use.
The piece traces the global push for broad liberal education as a basis for self government. It notes state led schooling in France Italy Belgium Germany and Austria and asks how far church control can persist in New England. It ends with a quirky note about a North Side man naming his trotter Town Time.
A string of brief items details Horace Love’s bigamy case in Denham Georgia and a lynching threat case in Lynnville Tennessee. It covers a boy swallowing diluted acid, a Philadelphia carpenter killed by lions and tigers in San Domingo, a New York boy robbed by schoolmates, a Virginia wheel repair death, a wolf in Montgomery County Pennsylvania, arson by a hungry Ohio tramp, poisoned candy by mail in Connecticut, Rugby Tennessee cooperative settlement plans, a Muncie Arkansas church fair with burlesque pictures, and a Greencastle land rental notice near John McNary.
Charles Talmadge, son of a former Milwaukee mayor and newly married, is caught burglarizing offices by crawling through transoms. The report also notes various short items including Ayer’s Pills claims, Davenport soldiers monument work, a Dr Batts cough syrup anecdote, a dangerous gas incident in St Louis, and a bishop’s hair policy for confirmation in Concord.
A dialog cites Hop Witter’s remedy as preventing illness and saving doctor bills, claiming three dollars bought lasting health and praising Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry for coughs colds and lung diseases. an additional note mentions a Sacramento bride who assaulted her father over a barroom drink scene.
An advertisement touts Dr Guysett and Lect Tolley Dock and Sarsaparilla as a thorough treatment for skin diseases by cleansing blood and liver rather than surface remedies. The ad notes a peculiar home raised on forty foot posts in Plymouth Oregon to reach heaven.
A sensational warning urges immediate use of Dr Guysett’s Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla for blood skin liver and urinary ailments. The piece also reports James Loomis, a Salem Ohio Black man, marrying a white Cleveland widow and being greeted by a jubilant procession of his townsmen on their return with his bride.
A brief note ridicules buying cheap proprietary medicines and touts Dr Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry as eight times stronger than ordinary balsams. It claims fewer doses needed for colds and deep-seated illnesses and notes its rapid cure potential. The ad also mentions real estate on liberal terms and a woman on horseback near Speer's Vineyards selling Port Grape Wine. George Wysong advertises Queensware and Glassware at low prices.
Tensions between the L'Hommedieu and Fargo families over a marriage erupt in public quarrels in Cleveland Ohio. Miss Fargo is repeatedly transferred between homes as pressure mounts. In a climactic act the senior L'Hommedieu stabs Fargo after hostile posters condemn him.
A collection of old testimonials and notices touts medicines and tonics. Mrs. Ryexwan reports dramatic recovery after illness, while others promote Dr Lindsey’s Blood Searcher, Guilmette’s French Kidney Wad, Hop Bitters, and Sherman’s Prickly Ash Bitters. Additional items note a Hor ticultural Hall baby show and a fatal fence incident at a fair.
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