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Newspaper
Sullivan Times
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1884
Page
1
A fragmentary verse image depicts a figure burdened by official fraud and Mulligan letters, yet uplifted by his betters despite the weight. The lines evoke a moral tension between guilt and perceived superiority.
A humorous tale from The Argonaut about a good natured man who courted a girl with highbrow reading and formal vows only to face social pressure. After a romantic reading session ends with a firm demand to end visits, he flees the scene and escapes social peril, whispering saved.
A merchant recalls his first major customer a lady in a coupe with cashmere and silks. Four hours of exam in a crowded shop left other patrons complaining and a rival gaining trade. The tale ends with the narrator blaming the shopper and longing for a poem titled The Boy She Left Behind.
A humorous remark about reforming American public discourse. The speaker contrasts a Frenchman attempting to teach a donkey to talk with a desire for a man who would teach donkeys not to talk, implying a critique of ongoing chatter or argument.
A tale from a couple's early married life compares marriage ideals with daily trust. The Lion urges a cautious purge of a suspicious acquaintance while recounting fashion prejudices and a scandal teased by public gossip sourced from a press dispatch.
The Ohio and Mississippi Railway offers four daily express trains from St. Louis to Cincinnati and two to Louisville to handle growing passenger traffic. Sleeping cars run twice daily between St. Louis and New York, with New York reached in about 37 hours. The line covers 341 miles in ten hours with stops, boasting a smooth road bed and a model, ever-improving service.
In a neat kettle already warm place fresh water and bring to a quick boil. Remove promptly for tea or coffee to avoid steaming away minerals. Letting water boil long leaves lime iron and dregs that can make people sick.
Nervous, dyspeptic individuals urged to abandon bitters and fake cures and use Dr Guysett's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla. The ad claims blood purification and strengthened urinary and digestive systems. Also a joke line: burglar says I’m at your service, madam.
A moral urging to children to complete tasks, work steadily, and combine genius with persistent effort. It argues against shallow knowledge and champions continuous practice, citing biographies of successful people as lessons to emulate and read.
The week’s grants include roller-skate by Anderson and Conner of South Bend Richmond and others, with patent owners listed from Indiana and neighboring states. An advertising puff touts Dr Guysett s Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla as a cure all, followed by a farmer’s wife anecdote about cabbage worm control using dust and sawdust for healthier crops.
An elderly Black speaker in Weldon North Carolina said a man carrying a gallon of whiskey and half a pound of meat home proves temperance lessons. He argued daily life shows the same balance of misery and comfort.
The French divorce act becomes law, with about three thousand suits filed under it. Britain negotiates a treaty with Abyssinia to abolish slavery. In London, Mrs. Weldon wins £1000 against Dr Sempley over a forged mental health certificate. Paris Figaro urges France to distance from England and ally with Germany. Reports of the Laxham and Dijon collision at sea say 150 died, passengers fought for space on a sinking Dijon. Stanley arrives in England claiming Congo trading stations and routes may be practical for Gordon and Uganda. The North Sea tale describes the Loch Garry rescue effort and Bear class ships forcing a passage through ice with a $25,000 reward linked to Greely’s fate.
Health officers in Marseille report about eleven hundred cholera deaths with nationality breakdowns. Army troops struggle with sanitation as guards clamp down on diet and ban melons. Plague fears spread to Paris Arles Aix and Italian towns as refugees arrive and quarantine tightens.
Strikers report only 175 bricklayers unemployed after offers to workers from three builders while employers claim higher jobless totals. In Troy New York a rail maker notes West steel rails at 28 to 30 per ton with iron costs over 15. Refits are small and rail mills could accept March orders at 20 but hesitate. England’s rails cost 40 with a 17 tariff leaving 28 for manufacture. Iron industry hopes and prices rising hint at a coming boom after Western mills run short on time.
The patent remedy claims soothing influence on the scalp and dandruff relief. It says it restores faded or gray hair to dark color, stimulates growth, and leaves hair soft glossy and silken for a grateful appearance.
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