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Newspaper
Sullivan Times
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1885
Page
4
Edward Akin, R. L. Jenkins, Charles Gwin, J. B. Harper, C. H. Barker, Bede Johnson, Town of Farmersburg official Jackson Hinkle, J. D. Baldridge, Robert Cummins appear in a town notices context. No further event details are provided in the fragment.
Time card dated Sunday November 28 1884 issued by J Mackey superintendent and J O Heddin master of transportation for the Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad.
Aged, trusted line touts safety and quick service with emphasis on comfort while moving passengers. The railway markets itself as the superior choice for travel, highlighting reliability and efficiency in its offerings.
A quiet poem vignette describes cows and sheep under a straw-stack shed. A shepherd dog rests while smoke curls from cottages and windows glow softly. The verse contrasts cold outdoor with warm indoor cheer as night yields to day.
Special correspondence from New Orleans describes travel to the Exposition aboard the Heroine, the famed blockade runner, and notes on the improved Main Building exhibits. It highlights government pavilions in Mississippi and Louisiana, including a cotton pavilion, a miniature Cock Robin funeral, and upcoming peak attendance as the exposition nears May 31.
A Michigan Tile and Drainage Association talk extols road drainage as a financial and public health boon. A Flint alderman recounts adding tile drains and basins to relieve chronic flooding, noting widespread adoption and far higher land value from proper underdraining.
At a February 8 1884 Des Moines Iowa drainage convention J L Clarkson urged farm drainage to warm soil boost crops reduce malaria and disease in livestock. Prof Knapp cited 100 tons additional plant matter per acre from one inch drainage. An invalid from Lapeer credits Dr Guysett's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla with curing boils fatigue and restoring sleep and energy.
The Baltimore Manufacturers' Record details 1,565 new manufacturing and mining enterprises across fourteen Southern States, excluding Missouri, with capital totaling $105,269,500. Investors mainly from other regions drive this rapid expansion, signaling national economic homogenization.
Reports on Dr Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry as preferred cough remedy. Connecticut oyster industry growth with steamer fleet expansion and shipper volumes. Shiloh's Vitalizer advertised for digestion and dizziness. Fattening horses boosts value via steady feeding. An expert baseball stunt failed to catch a ball from the Washington Monument. Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy offered with nasal injector.
The N Y Sun argues national banks are expendable as fears rise over their extinction. It contends circulating notes are not essential, coins suffice, and bonds should be redeemed in legal tender. It notes profitable banks exist without note issuance and urges Congress to stop creating bonds for national banks.
Dr. P. H. Carpenter of Eton College cites Greenland fossils to illustrate reading earth’s history from remains. Fossils show four climates warmer than today, with oak, maple indicating past temperate conditions and coal signaling earlier tropical warmth. Sea creatures on land imply Greenland once lay under shallow seas and coral at deeper levels marks warmer waters.
Lieut Charles W McKim of Portland Kentucky says twenty years of rheumatism worsened with bad weather. He tried St Jacobs Oil and reports rapid relief, able to stand in about half an hour and no longer suffers pain.
The week ending January 20 1885 lists grants including Jno U Phillips Sullivan French and others for inventions like a hot water radiator window screen roller carriage spring roller skate and elevator gate. The page also promotes Shiloh cures for dyspepsia cough and consumption and notes Prussian gate visitor statistics from November 1790.
Market news reports prices for wheat corn barley oats and dairy products. Cattle and hog markets show steady to firm trends with ranges for steers and dairy products listed, including creamery and dairy milk prices. The text mixes multiple commodities and inconsistent OCR artifacts.
Obscure OCR snippet presents no coherent events, names, or locations to summarize into a factual headline and card. The readable parts do not form a identifiable story or public notice.
Fragmentary text from a Waray page shows mixed numbers and abbreviations. Possible references to firm numbers and prices appear, but no coherent events, entities, or dates emerge to form a clear news item or action.
Cincinnati market notes show varied prices for meats and provisions withalk fluctuation. Pork products such as bacon and lard are listed with per pound or per unit figures, while bulk meats and other goods appear with cents and dollar amounts.
Market notes list values for pork products and meats with January and February figures. Prices show Provisions Pork at 12.87 per unit, Dry Salt Meats quiet around 6.20 to 6.85, Bacon steady near 12.75, and Lard rising to about 6.75. Also mentions oats and quiet grain movement among several small sellers.
Fragmentary OCR from Baltimore listing names and codes for western events and January February entries. No clear individuals teams or outcomes.
Trade inquiries show steady demand for wool focused on Ohio and Pennsylvania offerings. Michigan fleece readings appear mixed as buyers seek better quality amid cautious pricing.
A vague advertisement from Stisson & Co. of Portland Maine claims that working people can earn 30 to 5 easily with no capital by mailing 10 et x eens postage to receive a free sample box. It promises full details by mail and even offers $1 to cover the trouble.
Sullivan County Indiana probate notice announces public auction of two thirds of six parcels from the Clater v Shepherd estate. Parcels include locations in townships six north ranges nine ten west with 115 and 93 acres plus several fractional and quarter sections. Mortgage interests by Etna Life Insurance and Rose Polytechnic Institute noted. Auction January 7 1885 at 1 pm at Sullivan courthouse with payments split in three installments.
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