Anderson Review expands to daily edition and artesian well plan interest
The Anderson Review becomes a daily paper and civic support grows for an artesian well to supply Green Castle. Paris reports a large artesian bore two feet wide and about 2030 feet deep, discharging over five million gallons daily, while Chattanooga hosts the 13th annual Army of the Cumberland reunion with Indiana delegates.
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Anderson Review
Greencastle
Paris
Society of the Army of the Cumberland
Chattanooga
Indiana
T. J. Charlton
Plainfield
Indianapolis
Fractional currency, scams, and a mayoral proclamation
The article recalls Kentucky electing two women as County Clerk candidates and notes old fractional currency still outstanding at 7,98544 dollars. It describes a street scam involving a hay rake township sale and reports Governor Porter issuing a Proclamation for a day of prayer for the President's health, with Greencastle Mayor Joan R. Minter inviting citizens to College Avenue Church services on September 6, 1881.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter
Miller
College Avenue Church
Indiana
United States
Greencastle
Joan R. Minter
The Star in Putnam County Announces 1882 Subscription Offer
The Star offers a thirty day term for the remainder of 1882 at one dollar per year and four months for 1.25, boasting home printing and full local news, market reports, and correspondence. A Hartford beggar, feigning deafness, was jailed for six months after answering a question.
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Reading
Putnam County
Star
Oxe Co
Practical Home Remedies and Recipes From An Old Almanac
A collection of domestic tips and recipes covers frying squash like oysters, soaking drought-parched plants, onion stews, preparing fall flower beds, pickling tips with alum and horseradish, removing rusted bolts with petroleum, lampas treatment, a tomato soup method, and pasture grass recommendations with per-acre seed quantities for various grasses and clover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y
Value of Green Manures for Fertilizing Use
An agricultural note argues that feeding vegetation to animals wastes most plant nutrients and wasteful. It recommends plowing under green manures at peak growth, with red clover as ideal, and suggests rye buckwheat and corn sown in sequences to provide multiple dressings within a growing season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New Door Hangings Dress Plain Panels in Gold
Harper's Bazar describes affordable do it yourself door hangings using stencil patterns on cloth and gold paint. Choose daisy or floral motifs, apply on cheesecloth or satin, and finish with fringe and brass rings for a room enhancing effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Bazar
Public Spirited Citizens Spur Towns to Prosperity
A discourse extols public spirited men who drive community effort. It emphasizes enterprising leadership, cooperative work among citizens, and the decay of towns lacking active participation. An Alleghany Mountain ant town example notes 1600 to 1700 nests with extensive subterranean passages.
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Alleghany Mountains
Local notes and notices from Crawfordsville area
Several items cover regional happenings. Merchants refuse mutilated coins as a clipping issue continues. Miss Blanche Donnahue and Mrs J R M Allen are among those mentioned in illness and visits. Local sales include saddles and harness by Hibbitt. county auditors attend Crawfordsville fair. beef cattle shipments and hog exhibitions occur nearby. Public notices include grand jury, road changes, and a pension-era obituary dated 1881.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Donnahue
Fes
J.R. M. Allen
Danville
D. H. Patrick
Illinois
James Smith
Madison Township
Allen Bros
KE. A. Hibbitt
A. J. Burk
Wedding Bells Ring Merrily at Smedley Wysong Nuptials
On September 6 at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Wysong a large assembly witnessed the marriage of L. E. Smedley and Mattie Wysong. Dr. Marine supported the ceremony with prayers and benediction as guests enjoyed a bounteous repast and wedding gifts. A reception followed at the Howe home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Smedley
Raccoon resident visits amid town growth and livestock trade
Raccoon and nearby towns see activity as cattle drives pass through and real estate trades begin. Reports cite improving illnesses, new houses near completion, and rising lumber activity. Drovers Journal notes strong market receipts for hogs cattle and sheep with steady prices and steady demand.
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R. Z. Lockridge
John Allen
Bainbridge
Sam Hymer
H. G. Stephens
Straughn
Grider
John Rutledge
Camden Brothers
Wm. Shannon
Shafer
Montezuma
Raccoon
Wales
Granatus
Cuicano
Texas
Prickly Ash Bitters Ad Placed in Greencastle Market
An advertisement promotes Prickly Ash Bitters as made from purest materials with tonic and cathartic properties. The ad claims superiority for stomach, bowels, and liver disorders.
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Bay View
New California
Java
Darnall Bros. & Co’s
A. R. Brattin
Greencastle, Spencer and Danville
LE Mare’s
Frank A. Axwoxn
Greencastle Ind
Deadweed
Custer City
Auready Hendricks
Tue Star
Windom
Treasury Department
Axp
Kentucky
The
Gep
Black & Bro
Gay County
Edwards
Crawfordsville Fair
Bridges & Lockridge
Floyd Township
Cullom
William Albert Slater
Brandon
Mt. Meridian
Ge Mick Callahan
Square Exchange
U.S. Grand Jury
Messrs
George Darnall
A. L D. Hamrick
W. P. Wimmer
John H. Wilson
Tony Deniers
College Avenue Sunday School
P. 8
Baker
Alice Downey
Kate Webb
G. W. Kimble
J. B. DeMotte
Roachdale
M. W.&. Woodruff
gaThe
Vincent McCullough
A. S. Bryan
Grogan
America
Putnamville
Elizabeth Davis
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