07 Feb 1877
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Newspaper
Greensburg Standard
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1877
Page
1
A playful verse describes a valentine lesson where math and meals mingle. The speaker promises lemon drops on twigs peanuts on stalks and mince pies at every stile with raisins and figs marching in line, weaving schoolwork and treats.
The boy emigrants trekking from Salt Lake Valley face a harsh frontier journey to California. They dodge alkali plains, endure a Sunday trek, and survive a devastating cloudburst in a narrow canyon that washes away wagons and cattle. Horse thief chatter, game leg prints, and ties to family moments color the perilous trek. Rose loses cattle, Old Jim is recovered, and the group presses on toward the plains.
In Blest be the Tie Forest Hill January 27 1877 two extended meetings at Wesley Chapel near Sardinia and in Forest Hill bore fruit. Presbyterians surprised Rev G D Parker at the parsonage with dinner a gifted buggy funds for his library and a gift for his family. The Sardinia church joined Union Church in the donation.
Advice from Scribner February on allowing early exploration and physical education for babies. Let him climb, tumble, and feed himself to build strength and independence. Encourage safe risk taking, tolerate a mess, and gradually teach self care while guarding against real danger.
The veteran gambler objects to life insurance saying he dislikes a game where he must die to win. He notes men instinctively dislike a contract where death is a necessary incident to add value to their estate.
The bill authorizing towns to discard certain territory and requiring gravel road company directors to file annual statements for wild game protection passed. The measure authorizing county commissioners to build gravel roads failed to pass.
A Lafayette child performed a daring feat by dragging a sled with valuables beneath a moving train during a coast, an extraordinary stunt witnessed a few days ago.
Davenport Gazette details corn stocks at eight railroad stations totaling 754000 bushels. Avoca and Atlantic cribs stretch a mile and a quarter, with two thirds of 1876 crop still held by farmers, suggesting harvests sufficient to meet regional needs.
Mr Madison May near Sardinia reports hog cholera losses of 18 to 20 this year after 75 hogs died last year. Subscriptions to the Plain Dealer are rising as country friends welcome the change. Weather item notes five calm days since Tuesday with bright sunshine and gentle air despite earlier storms.
Madison Courier reports Bill Jones alias Gunsmith Bill in Wayne county Indiana jail charged as the attempted assassin of Prosecuting Attorney Scobey of Rushville. He was believed a Rash County prominent citizen, though Scobey was named as a local resident of Madison.
Ed P Ferris has been appointed county attorney by the Ripley County Commissioners. He succeeds the previous holder and will serve in the legal and advisory role for county government.
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