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Newspaper
Sullivan Times
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1886
Page
1
A poem recalls two hearts drawn together by chance and deeper bond than weather. The text also includes reflections on education and destiny by George Sand and a brief advertisement for Dr. J. H. McLean's Strengthening Cordial at a local drugstore.
A joint convention of coal operators and miners met in Sullivan Indiana on November 26 1886. Chairman John Crosby led discussions on grievances and new labor resolutions with a 2-man committee Ed Hancock and Tom Sharp drafting proposals.
A critique argues that learning imposed in youth and rigid systems burden individuals. It blames both educational methods and social norms, noting parents perpetuate harm by enforcing rigid rules, while urging emancipation for lasting personal and societal progress.
The article reflects on the futility of vanity after wars and battles and cites Packingtown near Chicago where striker conflicts left over two million dollars wasted and harmed worker relations. It notes the question what good came of it at last and warns of lasting social and labor damage. The piece closes with an unrelated local medical advertisement.
The piece critiques reported cases of prayer cures, recounting a boy’s supposed recovery after a dream dictated medicine and thunder signals. It argues such cures are often unverified, sensational, and fraudulent, while noting genuine prayer remains a personal religious act without proven medical efficacy.
The passage argues women earn less because early in their development there are few job sectors they have made their own. Women enter the most congenial, household adjacent fields, which require little preparation, driving a glut in the labor market and suppressing wages as many accept lower pay just to have work.
The excerpt discusses McLennan's studies on kinship through women and its impact on social structure and origins of genres within nations. It notes the importance of his work, differences from other theories, and how initial complexities reveal useful insights upon rereading. Also contains a pushy advertising blurb for Dr Jones' Red Clover Tonic with claimed cures and a price of fifty cents.
The piece cites Louis Robert as the inventor of continuous paper with Bryan Donkin, noting 1799 French rewards and letters patent. It then references Louis Jobert on left handedness, citing Pendjab and South African tribes, criminal stats, and concludes with an ad for Grigg's Glycerine Salve sold by S A White.
Throat and lung complaints are described as worsening without treatment. The ad touts Dr Bigelow's Positive Cure as the safe speedy remedy for coughs colds and throat and lung diseases. Sold by A White at fifty cents and one dollar and is claimed pleasant for children.
The Pittsburgh Times projects 1887 will outpace 1886 if strikes do not resume. The East faces tighter cotton goods markets, the South sees big mineral land and manufacturing investments, and rail developments. The West foresees ample crops and high immigration, with broad industrial peace boosting comfort and competence.
A playful list of puns prompts a speaker to seek different trades for common words. Each line ties a profession to an unexpected object or outcome, highlighting language tricks and playful misdirection.
Reports describe hypnotic individuals who seem to see through objects and identify page numbers or chapter titles from a distance. Burgson tested a group of boys and found at least one could correctly name a page title when a book was opened with the cover away.
A southern man testifies he fathered 165 children prompting harsh views on excessive progeny. The piece contrasts valued large families with concerns over overpopulation. Also promotes Shiloh's Cure for coughs available from J. W. Hughes and T. S. Bedwell in Dugger.
A quip defines a sleeper and a sleeper's maneuvers over the sleeper in a playful paradox. The piece jabs at Christian business success via advertising and rebrands domestic workers as housekeepers. It notes Shiloh's Plaster and lists local sellers, then glances at methods to counter slander.
The notice lists commodity prices from hay to geese per pound or per unit and includes a medical remedy advert for Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy with a 50 cent price. It then advertises real estate offerings from Rincs & Berry and loan funds of Chaney & Beasley offering $100,000 at six percent.
Sullivan Circuit Court indepth notice to Volney Jennings in a divorce action filed by Sarah M. Jennings. The document orders appearance by January 19, 1887 term, at Sullivan Court House, failing which case proceeds in absence.
Mrs. A. M. Knotts announces an exclusive millinery house at two doors west of the National Bank offering a full fall and winter line. Cash buyers are promised cheaper prices and prompt, attentive service with latest novelties and styles.
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