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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1880
Page
4
A Greencastle Indiana jeweler touts a twenty year veteran in charge of repairs and the capacity to manufacture watches. With new machinery, the facility promises top repair and crafting of watches clocks jewelry silverware and spectacles. All repairs offered on a strictly cash on delivery basis.
The article notes Professor Tice's September forecasts for the month of 1880 with varying cloudiness storms and a possible Gulf hurricane, plus an earthquake pattern. It also reports a quadruplet birth at the County Infirmary in Winnepay Ohio, with two boys and two girls all healthy.
Local notes report Rev J W Stockton to preach at Presbyterian Church next Sunday. Miss Shaffer returns from Edwardsville. G W Lee buys a College avenue residence. Democrats and Republicans hold large meetings. debates and appointments noted. News on marriages licenses, a fire alarm, scaffold accidents, and a noble obituary for Ralph Cole highlighting his humanitarian work.
In Martinsville Indiana two Whitaker boys near Alaska were killed when lightning struck their shade tree while they sought shelter during a thunderstorm. A third Whitaker son and a Lewis boy were fatally injured, with other details unclear.
The Evening Express extols Hop Bitters as a superior medicine not a beverage. It claims they build a debilitated system, contain more hop strength than beer, and are sold by druggists in Rochester with physicians prescribing them.
The article lists awards across horse cattle and livestock categories at Russellville, detailing premiums for stallions mares and colts, with names such as A. G. McDaniels, G. H. Cooper, J. M. Silvey, and Elijah Clore. It notes multiple classes including heavy draft horses and various mare and stallion ages, plus a future note about a Cincinnati excursion for the Van dalia road exposition.
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