08 Feb 1884
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Newspaper
Greensburg Standard
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1884
Page
1
The Greensburg shop thanks patrons for 1883 trade and outlines plans for 1884. Expansion includes machinery and facilities for furniture making, new designs for chamber sets, tables, and washstands, and an upholstery department reputed to exceed prior quality. Jobbers' prices enable low parlor goods at assured quality with ample stock.
Revised and enlarged. Horses cattle sheep swine poultry their history breeds diseases and remedies. How to make the farm pay prospect for lead iron coal gold silver and tests. Beekeepers guide curing storing cooking household economy laws business home doctor and 10000 recipes. Illustrated with 500 engravings. Twenty books in one. Endorsed by all. Price 3.50 agents outfit 75 cents outfit and sample copy 350. Write at once agency for circulars and terms Sun Publishing Co 210 212 Pike st Louis Mo.
Passenger trains Nos 8 and 29 were removed from service. Express and accommodation notices show times and numbers for routes, with several lines indicating arrival and departure times in the midwest region. North and south segments reference Greeneburg area changes and altered service patterns, with No 4 mail and No 3 accommodation listings present.
Cincinnati Indianapolis St Louis Chicago road in says management cut expenses across departments. About 10 percent of shop workers were discharged and several train crews released. Clerical staff to be reduced to the lowest practical number. Company aims to rehire when business improves, prioritizing single men or those with no dependents to ease hardship.
Special thirty day sale offers wholesale price beds for resale in Indiana Illinois and Kentucky. Beds are guaranteed perfect and labeled No 16 and No 164. Limited extension tables also available. Undertaking goods offered at low cost with Milton Siling and staff ready to assist. 25 years in embalming and funeral service.
Reading the probate docket was the first business transacted on Monday. The divorce case of Anna North versus Wim North was dismissed on Tuesday. A jury drawn for the Block case, with twenty names, was held Wednesday morning. Court adjourned Tuesday afternoon until this morning to allow Judge Bonner to travel to Richmond for a water-works injunction case. The Block case change of venue was granted by Judge Bonner on Monday. The case will be heard before Judge Heller of Indianapolis, with hearings set for Tuesday. Joshua Walton against Dickerson and White to recover the trotting mare Blanche W. will likely wait until next term. Adams and Michen er of Rustiville for the plaintiff, Col. Seubey for the defense.
The piece argues the Democratic majority in Congress is flashy in the land forfeiture fight, aided by Huntington links in Washington. It criticizes Cobb for targeting roads with forfeited grants, noting sectional bias, and says a single bill could settle the issue but party bluster will fail. It warns of hostility and wasted effort harming public interests.
Mary Hamilton wife of Robert M Hamilton died at 4:30 pm Saturday after a long illness of consumption at their home four miles northeast of the city in her 72nd year. Funeral at 10 am Monday at the residence conducted by Rev A T Rankin. She leaves four living children and was a member of Kingston Presbyterian Church. Bellwether epitaph: a Christian wife mother neighbor.
William H. Moulton born March 23 1862 son of Nathan RB and Temperance A Moulton died January 381st 1884 aged 21 years 10 months 8 days buried Rossburg February 1 funeral by Rev J G Chatve. The obituary praises his integrity and duty as a friend son and citizen and urges others to find comfort in memory and faith.
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