Local notes on weather, visits, and commerce in Greencastle area
Saturday saw light snow while residents like Mr H V Russell and Dr Samuel Preston visited Greencastle. Merchants report strong Saturday trade and shoppers seek holiday goods. Potatoes cost from 60 to 40 cents per bushel as taxes loom and voters prepare for next Tuesday's election. Local churches lack pastors. JP Christie welcomes a baby girl. Capt J M Lee moves to Fort Omaha. malaria concerns rise with season changes.
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Samuel Preston
Terre Fluute
North Putnam reminiscences and pioneer travel tales
The Borver Star recalls early Putnam county settlement narratives from North Putnam. It recounts pioneer hardships crossing bleak, uncharted terrain near Jamestown and Winchester, detailing lost travelers, blazed roads, and a hospitable frontier welcome with corn bread and pork.
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Winterset
Iowa
Borver Star
North Putnam
Putnam County
William Gentry
James Thornburgh
Fidler
Ramp Creek
Jamestown
Boone County
New Maysville
Winchester
Faught
Proctor
L'Albot
General Jackson
Dick Biddle
U. S. Bank
Barnards
Rattle Snake Infestation and Old-Timers Tales in Putnam County
Narrator recalls neighbors bragging of snake hunts that killed many rattlesnakes, warns of dense dens in rocky areas, and notes women's fear of the pests. Old settlers describe leather leggings as protection and place the den near Robbin's mill bluffs. The narrator travels with Ephraim Pennington to reach their destination, promising more soon.
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Putnam County
Robbin
Tound Town
Ephraim Pennington
J.i
Two Sleeping Babies Roasted Alive in Prentice Vale Fire
A Bradford Era report details a devastating house fire at Prentice Vale near Duke Center in which a mother left her frame dwelling momentarily and two sleeping children, ages eleven months and three years, perished in the flames. The grieving parents and neighbors expressed deep sorrow as the community offered sympathy, while the blaze destroyed the small home and the children’s remains.
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Bradford
Penn
Prentice Vale
Duke Center
George Riley
Proclamation Listing Electors for President and Vice President
A proclamation directs the vote for fifteen electors for the President and Vice President. The document names Moses T. Lewman and Sheriff P. C. October 13, 1880, as figures in the electoral process.
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United States
Moses T. Lewman
P. C
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Putnaa
Greencastle Foundry
Culver
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Greencastle
Ind
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Northeast Corner Public Square
John Cawley
New York
Indianapolis, Ind
Uisters
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I Beav
Blagon Ste
AMEL
AIR
Indianapolis, Inds
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Gage’s
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Wens & Bro
Props
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Phenix
Brooklyn
Continental
N. Ye
Liverpool
London & Globe
U. S
E.D. Anderson
Washington St
Sptaxarouis
I Railroad
N.Y. Express
John W. Earp
Louis Vanpanta
Havre & Ix Diaxapolis Railroad
Sam’sicatherwood
Agt
Louisville, New
Axpayy & Curcaco- RaiLnoap
EEX PT
Erie
Seaies
C.J. Kimble & Son
Hathaway Block
H. V. Russell
al. Uirt
John Luray
Centralia
Ills
Ge Circuit Court
Ges
Porter
Presbyterian Church
The
Baptist Church
Stevenson
Indianapolis
Jay-P. R. Christie
Jones’ Drug Store
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Tar Star
Tax Stan
Jackson
Marion Township
Carrie Jackson
Lillie Gorham
Etta @lick
Nannie Jackson
J. Cp. Co
Hill
Indiana
S.E. Cor
Public Square
Greencastle, Ind
George Bicknell
Dima
Hoosiris
Studebaker
Pittsburg
Indiana and
Columbia Streets
Undertakers
Putnam
East Washington Street
Cali
Cate
Wenagsheroa
Warres Remedy GO
ST. Louis
Harris
Harris Remedy
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