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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1880
Page
3
The letter argues that fixed stares and crude remarks toward attractive women abroad are uncivilized. It recounts experiences in Germany and Italy where the writer and his wife faced persistent staring and gossip from Christians, condemning the behavior as barbaric.
A New York Letter notes Alden has written the Times sixth column for eight years earning 4000 dollars annually. He favors daily satire and shock value, twisting absurd stories to provoke laughs, often alienating readers and religious groups, yet attracting attention and subscribers for the newspaper.
A Hartford gentleman could not attend his church pew sale and sent two friends to bid. They unknowingly bid against each other, pushing the final price to eighty eight dollars before one realized the double effort. The pew was purchased for the church.
The New York Times reports on Mr. Beecher in a Friday evening talk dismissing external judgments. He asserts Christ knows his inner flaws fully and that despite troubles, his core character remains unshaken.
The Gowanda Enterprise reports J Taylor Kay of Owen's College arguing against banning novels from public libraries. The piece defends fiction as beneficial when properly regulated and urges parental guidance for youth reading to cultivate culture and critical thought.
A Michigan wife travels to California to reunite with her long-absent husband Samuel Walbridge. She discovers he is alive in Antioch, reveals Michigan property from his funds, and the couple returns to San Francisco. The clipping also notes a Paris- or Philadelphia-area census claim, a actor’s Passion Play photo controversy, a Lebanon Missouri killer, and two Iowa boys killed by a ramrod.
An 1879 letter praises Dr. Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery and Pellets for fever ague liver issues and coughs. A Uniontown wager claims fifty one ears of corn eaten with whiskey to finish a meal. The piece warns against trivializing blood disease and promotes tonic remedies.
Advertisement text promotes Hop Bitters and Prickly Ash Bitters as cures to regulate bowels, purify blood, aid digestion, and tone the system. Mentions liver health and malaria defense, touts Dundas Dick Co products Seidlitz Powders and Soft Capsules, notes Allen's Drug Store as seller. Also reports vote on cruelty to animals and Catholic conversion for James P. Voorhees.
In Whetstone's drug store a group of young men tested a lung meter. An Amish youth, trying while unwell, blew past 240 to a peak of 362, drawing cheers and a rebuke for prideful display. He left cautious, saying he hoped to try again when feeling brighter.
The string lists heights of prominent structures led by Cologne Cathedral spire at 524 feet 11 inches and Rouen cathedral spire at 482 feet, followed by Hamburg St Nicholas tower 473 feet and St Peter’s Rome 469 feet 2 inches. Additional entries include Strasburg 465 feet 11 inches and Cheops Pyramid at 449 feet 5 inches.
A compilation of zingers and anecdotes on critics writers and public figures includes remarks on critics, an orator’s honesty, John B. Gough on temperance, a printer's error about a martyr, a Berlin grocer on advertising, and a quip about sitting on a lap. It also covers John Harvard’s founding and a failed request for biographical lines.
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