Greencastle News Roundup From The Crawfordsville Star
The Crawfordsville Star reports on Greencastle happenings including church attendance, a new 99 cent store venture, Miss Mollie Baker visiting Bainbridge, Will Stevenson buying property, and local social notes. It notes a fire department event, a drumming trip return, timber work in Kentucky, a fundraising drive for Michigan forest fire sufferers, and a local theft arrest at Brandon's Summer Resort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ges
Andrew Black, Jr
al. Hirt
Kentucky
Tex
Crawfordsville
Mollie Baker
Bainbridge
Nannie Craig
Will of Jesse Meharry Faces Heirship Battle in Court
LaFayette reports the late Jesse Meharry's will may trigger heavy litigation over an adopted daughter claimed as a full heiress under a contract-like arrangement. The rumor cites a written agreement and prior bequests to Asbury University and others, while executors proceed with sale of personal property and estate distribution unless legally restrained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaFayette
Jesse Meharry
Ensminger
Deceared
Asbury University
Luton
Danville Horses Purchase and Local Transients Listed
Pay Black and Bro, to buy horses at Danville next Saturday. Rev A A Gee of the M E Church on the superannuated list. Asbury boys train ponies for Greek and Latin Circuits. Farmers adopt bone dust and land plaster. $1.25 for Tue Stan balance to Dec 31 1882. Indianapolis migrants from Putnam County named. A long census-like list of Greencastle natives now in Indianapolis trades and professions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pay Black & Bro
Danville, Ltd
A.A. Gee
M. FE. Church
The
Indianapolis Review
Indianapolis
Putnam County
W.W. Lyon
Greencastle
Wm. M. Smythe
Grand Fe
A. M
Wm. J. Kercheval
Indianapolis Journal
W. H. Allen
John 8. Berryhill
John LD. Hutchings
D. Hutchings
John Rh. Rankin
Pirates
Orville Rankin
G. H. Voss
Weller 3. Smith
Jay Voss
Cwner
D. K. Partlow
H.C. Allen
Albert
Various Indiana state cases disposed last week
The docket lists numerous judgments and dispositions. Pleas of guilty and fines of five dollars or less appear for concealed weapons and trespass. Several cases, including illegal voting and grand larceny, were nol pressed or quashed. Foreclosures and quiet title actions proceeded, with default judgments and costs awarded. divorced or dismissed actions noted. An obituary note records Etta Tyler’s birth.
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Newton Stewart
George L. Wilson
James J. Darnall
Ilegal
Julian E. Darnall
Ulegal
Marion D. Darnall
Andrew Bryant
Columbus Coffman
Geo. Gardner
Temple Taylor
Geo Gardner
George Gardner
Nol
Martin L. Mullinix
John Long
Francis M. Mason
Annie L
Mason
John W. Herod
Admr. &c
James Coverdill
John F. Tucker
William S. Mulhorn
James S. Nuttvs
James R Huffman
Adison D. Algood
Samuel Crosby
Josiah R. Ernhart
Warren Greenwell
Clay C.C
Chas Ey
Matson
Phasnix Mutual Life Ins. Co
Josie N. Ritter
George W. Ritter
Benjamin F Ellsberry
Mary A. Ellsberry
State of
Indiana
Jas
A. Edwards
Auditor &E
Alfred Trader
Albert Farmer
Moses D. Bridges
Abnerry
Abner Fry
Geo. Shoptaugh &Ec
William Cox
Sarah A. Reeves
Elizabeth McClannahan
James Ijendricks
Andrew J. Brown
Charley
David H. Cassity
State
Joseph Taylor
Benjamin T
Fisher
Martha A. Scott
Jon. Birch
Joseph J. Crews
Religious and Educational Notices Across Denominations
The report surveys Baptist milestones in Woodburn Mass Ogden Utah and Little Falls N Y. It notes Yale graduates entering ministry few in number, Moody and Sankey meetings in San Francisco, and a Chinese funeral in Boston with hymns in Chinese. It cites low German women teacher salaries and pension rules, plus funds for a theological professorship in Methodist Protestant colleges.
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Baptist
Woodburn
Mass
Utah
Ogden
Dwight Spencer
Yale
Friends of England
Great Ayton
Moody and Sankey
San Francisco
Baptist Church of
Little Falls
N. Y
Bellamy
Boston
China
Germany
Methodist Protestant Church
Dollar Or Diamonds In A Shifting Domestic Dream
In a late novel excerpt Arthur Ainsleigh and his wife Ethel confront mounting discord. A quarrel over stockings reveals strain, jealousy, and fragile love. After tears are shed she accepts a dollar, and two days later he spends 16.40 on a billiards bill, all set against a fading ideal of married happiness. The scene unfolds with mansionlike imagery and intimate tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Ainsleigh
Europe
Ethel Quirk
Ethel
Arthur
Arhur
Chicago Tribune
Deep Sea Soundings Report From Alaskan Steamer Alaska
Moreng George J Belknap commanding the United States steamer Alaska reports from Callao Bay with detailed results of soundings over a 112 mile run off shore. At 102 miles depth reached 368 fathoms near four miles, deepest water yet found in the South Pacific. A westward move yielded 3168 fathoms. Specimen cylinder brought up clay and greenish sand. bottom temperature at the deepest point was 31.2F.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moreng
George J. Belknap
United States
Alaska
Navy Department
Callao Bay
South Pacific
North
A German Girl Becomes Lewiston Bride In Maine
A handsome German girl traveled four thousand miles from Hamburg to Lewiston Maine and sealed marriage with a German American last Thursday evening. The couple are described as very happy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
Maine
Hamburg
Germany
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Sanday
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99 Cent
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Columbus
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Court House Yard
Samuel Albin
Hill
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Asbury
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Crawfordsville Fair
J.T. Darnall
Will E. Stevenson
I. Hawkins
South Indiana Street
Tue Soar
Lafe Thornton
C S. Hammond
Gex
Billy Pierce
Brandon
Ned Fierce
Will
Putnam Circuit Court
Thrush
Etta
Tyler
Religious and Educational
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Platt
Swayne
Ensign’s Mountain
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Great Bend
Kan
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Hartford Courant
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Ofice
Springfield
Ellen W. Olney
Rose
Ellen W Olney
Liutenant
Frederick Sechwatka
U.S. A
Theo Ries
Schwatk
Jeannette
Mildred
Geo. M. Towle
Ernest Ingersoll
T. S. Collier
D. C. Gilman
Bb. F. de Costa
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Rebecca Harding Davis
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Saki Waknamatz
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Kiyou
Constan Ct
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Atlante
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Derman C. Wood
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Jerry Tonle
Murray St
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Express
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Troda
Reine Y la
Harris Remedy
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St.louis
GREAT
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London
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Ndianapolis
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America
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Harris Bamaby
Joe Oes Sseres
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