30 Apr 1885
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Newspaper
Sullivan Times
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1885
Page
1
Editor and proprietor announces office location and mail rates. In county residents who pay in advance may obtain The Times for one dollar per year, while nonresidents or nonpaying subscribers pay higher rates: two years for one dollar and fifty cents, six months for eighty cents, and four months for fifty cents.
Mona confronts Rodney over marriage as she voices disdain for unequal matches and his temper explodes. Rodney storms off then returns to the farm as Mona imitates a lively mood and awaits his surrender while Bridget jokes at the dairy door.
Mona and Geoffrey Rodney confront love, deception, and a yearlong hesitation as they cling to their bond. Mona fears her mother’s disapproval while Rodney presses for marriage now, only to yield to Mona’s insistence on a twelve month wait. The pair reconcile amid tender entreaties and sly humor.
Geoffrey and Mona face a hidden will dispute, a missing will and a perilous ambush. Rodney thwarts two attackers after a gunfight leaving Mona nursing Geoffrey’s arm as the pair seek safety at the farm. Mona shows calm courage and vows to aid Rod in pursuing justice.
In the hall Mona reveals Tim Ryan’s danger after a violent incident. Old Brian Scully and Biddy react with shock and attempt to support the wounded Rodney and Mona. Mona contemplates aiding her English lover while blushing and weighing the risk, as the group discusses what to do next.
Practical hay making guidance covers mowers maintenance timing dew conditions in cocks of about three hundred pounds capped for protection and staged removal to a dry sheltered barn roof. It urges top dressing fields after harvest and warns against turning cows onto new hay. The piece ends with a Russian traveler’s note predicting Tibet becoming a second California if gold washing spreads, implying rapid civilizing changes for rulers in Asia.
The text argues farmers gain by breeding horses each year. It compares costs and values of colts and cows, noting young colts rise from seventy five to three hundred dollars with good thoroughbred sires. It extols thoroughbred blood for strength, vigor, and speed, likening it to steel in machinery.
A Brooklyn chemist Ot to Grothe certifies a new vegetable remedy for coughs and colds may replace dangerous preparations containing morphia and opium. The notice appears amid a mix of domestic decor and distant notes on clam shells and tool temperaments.
A mix of home gardening tips on planting trees and mulching, then brief snippets from multiple newspapers: malaria linked to river water in Sacramento tea, a Deptford clergyman’s will case, Wagner studies and a Wagner Society, a Texas wren’s dawn song, and global speculation trends. Also notes on American urban temptations and Ohio Assembly criticism.
Recent statistics compare Prussia debt 269.17 marks per person with Austria 289.47 Belgium 299.47 Italy 321.05 Holland 408.23 Great Britain 423.54 and France 540.42 marks. The measure misleads as debt burden depends on people’s plight, not amount.
The Boston Globe notes 79 percent of Russian soldiers cannot read or write and links this to empire wide illiteracy. It criticizes Czarist opposition to free schools while praising soldiers for general political restraint. The New York News adds comments on partisan behavior in society.
A compilation of editorials and anecdotes surveys views on vivisection art and religion. Notable notes include the university must avoid fixed opinions on vivisection, praise for American art progress, a jest on Old Testament revisions, respect for South Carolina Supreme Court’s weight, clock specifics in Chicago, and a quip on neutrality in family quarrels.
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