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Newspaper
Sullivan Times
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1884
Page
1
J C Bartlett announces pricing for The Times with a one dollar annual rate for county mail recipients paid in advance. Non county subscribers or those not paying in advance face one dollar fifty per year eighty cents for six months and fifty cents for four months.
A surgeon-like excerpt from Grover Cleveland’s private missive to his brother is quoted by Rev Dr Kingsley Turner in a NY Independent letter, dated November 7 188, describing Cleveland’s dawn as governor and his resolve to serve one term while maintaining honesty and duty, amid concerns over public morality and private gain.
Harper's Weekly weighs the Mulligan letters and the personal character of Grover Cleveland. It argues a past offense may be acceptable for high office if public trust remains intact while condemning attacks that conflate private immorality with official corruption.
The piece mocks Blaine’s libel suit efforts while listing past accusations from Chicago Tribune St Louis Globe Democrat Cincinnati Gazette and Cincinnati Commercial. It portrays his campaigns against newspapers as bravely noble and questions glory of court battles against major outlets.
In Little Falls Minnesota a mail carrier N Gavel replies to a fundraising letter from the Republican National Committee. He denounces the party as corrupt and refuses to contribute, declaring himself a Democrat and criticizing the G O P and its alleged misrule.
A June 14 1876 belief in Blaine’s nomination faltered as Ohio figures known as the “dudes and pharisees” rallied around an opposing candidate Slaves. The Chicago Blaine organ warned the platform would be Blaine’s personal one from his stock books and letters, accusing machine politicians of risking party ruin.
Detroit Evening News reports President Joy tried to influence congressional committee appointments in favor of a railroad. Blaine, Speaker, refused. A confidential intermediary revealed Blaine owned $25,000 in railroad bonds and could not afford them. Joy offered to buy them but declined.
Rumors of Blaine's trip to New York for a personal interview with Roscoe Conkling and efforts to placate him are denied by Blaine supporters. Conkling replies he is out of politics and does not wish to be drawn into the current canvass.
The piece notes Blaine faces a shaky path without Roscoe Conkling’s backing and urges locating other Republican leaders such as Arthur Edmands Folger to shore up the ticket. It warns of a broad revolt among party figures beyond the usual factions, marking a tense moment in 1884 politics.
Washington correspondent reports Republican nerves fray as Blaine’s strength wavers and independent support grows. He notes failed enthusiasm from Blaine’s letter, weak campaign funds, and mistrust of Wall Street and contract politics amid mixed press approval.
The Civil Service Commission reports progress after thirteen months with over 6,500 examinations. About 1,300 placed in positions, including 1,700 for executive departments and 3,800 for post offices and customs offices.
A French hamlet Les Omergues reports cholera killing forty two in two days. The Tsung Li Yamen vows China will resist further French aggression. Liuung Chang faces impeachment for transferring the Chinese fleet to an American firm, with execution likely unless France intervenes. The British parliament prorogued. queen’s speech notes resumed Mexico relations and a treaty of commerce. Observations claim Irish agrarian crime fallen and people prospering. The Duke of Wellington dies in London at 77. His heir is Lieut. Col. Henry Wellesley. Marshal Serrano, long a Spanish political figure, is reported dying at Biarritz.
A reader cautions against patent medicines like Dr Guysett Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla and Ayer’s Ague Cure. The North American Review’s September issue is praised for pieces by Spalding on morality as basis of government, Durst on Chinese exclusion, tariff critiques by Wells, Sumner and others, plus Stanton on liberal divorce laws and Winchell on our remote ancestry.
Testimony from users suffering ill health attributes improved blood quality to Dr Guysett s Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla. The remedy is praised for beautifying the complexion curing sores pimples and skin diseases relieving aches stiff joints rheumatism and boosting endurance and overall strength. It claims no equal.
Advertising blurb for Shiloh's Vitalizer by W. H. Burks claiming relief from constipation loss of appetite dizziness and all symptoms of dyspepsia priced at 10 and 75 cents per bottle.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla is endorsed by leading medical authorities as the specific cure for erysipelas. The ad promotes its curative claims and cites expert approval.
Catarrh cure claims health and sweet breath with Shilohs Catarrh Remedy. Price five shillings? or 50 cents noted. Nasal Injector offered free. Advertising copy attributes to W. Il Burks.
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