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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1880
Page
2
The note discusses rapid land pre-emption and homestead uptake through June 30 1880 with 1 455 724 acres claimed, over 6 000 000 acres under the act, and links Indiana's presidential election timing to the state vote, noting the election falls on November 2 following the October results.
The Bradford era reports that Jessie Hill eight and Carrie Beers six died after a kerosene explosion ignited their clothing while they played at home. Both children burned severely and died within half an hour of each other. Neighbors intervened but rescue failed. Their last words were “Wait for me, Jessie, I am coming.”
Sept 17 Martinsville Ixp A manhunt surrounds Ed B Riley Martinsville town treasurer missing since Sept 16 prompting an inquiry into his accounts The town faces a defalcation of 1151 with 2233 due from his collections and a 1152 bank balance The former promising official faced dissipation and bond actions before vanishing leaving no clue to his whereabouts
A husband fled ten days ago, eluding pursuit as authorities seek avenging justice. His wife, described as estimable, has broad community sympathy. He left behind a young son about eighteen months old.
A Coast Survey worker's rat collar tale sparks curiosity about animal ingenuity. A bone ring formed a neck collar. the rat could not escape, and the creature wore it until death. Senior anecdotes follow, including centenarian Betsy Roath, wedding rites, and peculiar local curios.
William Riper of Buffalo, New York, writes that after shipwreck exposure caused a chronic leg abscess and a decade of disability, he spent hundreds without relief. He credits the Golden Medical Discovery, taking one bottle after another, with a complete cure in under three months and being able to place his heel on the ground again.
A newspaper advertiser promises a full sized handsome watch with stem winder of American manufacture for five dollars mailed prepaid and registered. Send money in a registered letter or postal order with your name and post office, referencing the publisher of the paper.
A picnic at Sugar Grove ends in tragedy as a 300 pound rock dislodged by two boys tumbles down a cliff. It strikes a horse in the amphitheatre, killing it and continuing into the river. The account notes a later health ad for Ayer's Ague Cure.
Indications point to one of the state’s best fairs, starting next week, with Indianapolis merchants stocking new goods for country customers. L. 8. Ayres & Co. promotes a vast dry goods assortment and dressmaking services. A. L. Wright & Co. highlights carpets direct from manufacturers. Fairbanks & Co. showcases scales to wind mills. Merrill, Hubbard & Co. invites fair visitors to a new stock of books and paper. Also featured are Dietrich’s & Walker’s millinery, China Hall, J. C. Maag & Co. footwear, R. Crouch’s timber and agricultural exhibits, Becker’s restaurant, Indiana Purchasing Agency, and a milk cow for sale.
A scramble of items reports a missing bride on her wedding day in Springfield, Illinois, elopement and property release tales, a jilted engagement with U S Grant Jr, and various patent medicine pitches. A steam boat boiler explosion injures no one seriously after a crash that wrecked the Jerome.
A compilation lists Rev. E. F. L. Gauss of Galena Ills praising Day's Kidney Pad as a cure for kidney disease. Also noted are a remarkable death in St Louis of Mary Ann Dean at 37 with 21 children, piano dealer Chas Loehner in Indianapolis, Liver Pills claims, a Detroit family aided by gold gifts after the Marine City fire, a baby cured by Hop Bitters, Dr Lindsey's Blood Searcher claims, a Texas clergyman to be penitentiary chaplain, and ads for Loehner instruments and various tonics and real estate in Indiana.
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