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Newspaper
Sullivan Times
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1884
Page
4
The text provides a sequence of odd time fragments and numbers like 9 10pm 84am 12 65am 3 26am 3 35am 4 39am 5 2am 6 25am 6 Adam 30am. No coherent event, person, or organization emerges to summarize.
The Democratic platform argues for balance between federal and state power, frequent administration changes, and reform of the Republican party. It criticizes corruption, calls for tax reduction, tariff revision, and preservation of public lands for settlers while maintaining essential federal revenue from customs.
The document denounces tariffs favoring luxury imports while demanding Federal taxation for public needs and wartime relief. It calls for honest money, civil service reform, free education, labor rights, homesteads, and limiting foreign labor while promoting American policy and national sovereignty. It honors Samuel J. Tilden and laments aging leadership.
If your lungs are weak or a cold causes distress you will breathe easier and cough less by using Dr Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry. It strengthens the pulmonary organs and makes you feel better. Ask your druggist for it.
Market list shows prices for hay wheat flour beef cattle hogs sheep corn butter eggs hens roasters turkeys feathers ducks geese and dried fruits. Notable figures include corn at 80 cents per bushel butter 12 to 13 cents per lb and ducks at 2 dollars per dozen.
The market shows steady cattle and hog values with steers rated choice to fancy at 6.20 to 6.40 and medium to fair 5.00 to 5.50. Hog sales range from 5.25 to 5.60 for heavy and 5.00 to 5.65 for next tier. Butter prices remain steady with creamery at 17 to 17.5 cents and dairy at 15 to 16 cents per pound.
Fragmentary OCR notes show a dated page with numbers and abbreviations, including Conn and Ostg 083e, a mention of quiet mixed western spot, and figures like 49 and 631. readable elements hint at a newspaper listing or sports/spot section but lack coherent narrative.
Wurat-Lower quotes for July grain prices with AU 827504 and Ste. Corn-Firm levels at 583 cents for No. 2 oats. Ayr-Strong lists 62 cents for No. 1 oats. Barnes-Lower shows 521 cents for No. 2 oats.
Frourn Fair demand cited with prices for family flour at 4.00 to 4.50 and firm offerings for corn and oats. Rye steady at 66 cents, pork at 16.25, lard 6.95 to 7.00, bulk meats 5.25, bacon 9.40 to 9.50.
In St Louis market notes, hogs and pork prices show mixed movement with July and August futures quoted. bacon and dry salted meats hold steady while lard trade rises slightly. Grain and other commodities feature price shifts, with soybeans and oats listed alongside pork cuts and provisions.
Fragmentary OCR shows several color coded items and dates with Western and RyYE references. Mentions include Winter Red Spot oiling and mixed spots with entries in August and July 9636 and 6017 6137. Uncertain due to garbled text and inconsistent spellings.
Wool prices listed for regions including Ohio Pennsylvania and Kentucky with combing delaine and pulled grades and a Bible quote. The ad promotes Wilder's Stomach Bitters as the preferred tonic.
Certified decree from Sullivan Circuit Court directs sale of rent and credits for seven years of multiple parcels in Sullivan County Indiana on August 16 1884 at the Court House door. If funds fall short the fee simple of the described real estate may be offered for sale. Sheriff James L Berry and attorneys for the premises provide details with all usual costs. A stray line advertising venereal cures appears at the end.
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