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Newspaper
Sullivan Times
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1884
Page
3
Dr Young of Carlisle visits Sullivan. Ed Jennings of Maroon Illinois in Sullivan. Various residents travel for business and legal matters. Wholesale shoe deals and canned goods offered by local merchants. A new church meeting starts February 22 1884. Births, marriages, arrests, and a long obituary note conclude the community update.
For sale a good paying drug store with invoicing about 2500 and no dead stock. Also available a nearly new two story seven room residence in a convenient town part with cellar cistern other conveniences, outbuildings, shade trees, and a large lot. Call on or address W C Shattuck Sullivan Indians.
Col W I Mc Clain and staff will be in Sullivan on Monday evening February 25 to institute a G A R post with charter members costing one dollar and two dollars thereafter. Enrolling officer Jas DeCamp offers further details. over sixty members on the roll. Mose Wilkey reports sale of his grocery firm to Jas L Allen and Wesley Wilkey, with alterations and stock expansion planned. Nelson Wilkey touts cheap boots and shoes and a large incoming stock from Cincinnati and a wholesale house. weather and river reports recall a trip to Evansville and Marietta Ohio with remarks on flood losses and resilience. a public notice explains Standard Fire Insurance Company reinsured in Phenix of Brooklyn. holders may re-write policies with Phenix, listing several named policyholders.
Pittsburg blaze consumes Thos. Scott’s store and Dr J S Winkle’s medical books and instruments. Scott’s property was insured, Winkle’s not. Fire blamed on defective flue. Standard Fire Office via Stewart & Sons reinsured in Phenix of Brooklyn. Fred Briggs authorized to transfer policies. Holders urged to contact Briggs for new coverage.
The Dia Bootz bronze statue described as the largest in the world stands in Kamakuna Japan. The 1252 image was forged under Shogun Minamoto no Goritomo by Ohno Goroyemon in Kadzusa province, measuring about fifty feet tall with a ninety six foot girth and monumental facial and knee dimensions. Wr. Davis notes a second portrait mentions the need for an experienced Prosecuting Attorney and endorses John T. Beasley as a qualified candidate for Greene County.
A letter from "Farmer" attacks Cobb’s record and salary while praising Humpphreys and criticizing anti monopoly stances. The exchange warns against professional politicians and urges Sullivan County voters to back Andy Humphreys for Congress, citing land policy and rural interests.
The Chicago Installment Book Co. at 103 State Street offers Webster's Unabridged Dictionary subscription edition of 1883 and many other standard works including Dickens, Shakespeare, and Chambers. Agent Mr. Mendenhall at the National House takes orders with monthly payments.
The Sullivan Circuit Court orders two executions to sell the rents and profits of real estate in Sullivan County Indiana. The sale, for up to seven years, will be held Saturday March 15 1884 from 10 am to 4 pm at the Sullivan County Court House door. purchasers must follow the court orders in the auction of the property.
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