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Newspaper
Sullivan Times
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1884
Page
4
New schedule effective June 8 1884 lists trains between Evansville and Chicago with sleeping cars and through coaches to Indianapolis. Daily and Sunday services detailed for trains 1 4 9 10 5 6 7 and 3 1 2 with varying frequencies and exceptions. G J Grammar general passenger agent signs the notice.
Olver Kellys jewelry store advertises legal services from an attorney at law in Sullivan Indiana located at No 4 West side.
A cryptic OCR fragment notes a legal time or station related to a case with an attorney entry and a specific time given as 6 50am. The readability is low and key details are unclear.
A meditation on seeking true good over riches and power. The speaker asks the gods for guidance to receive blessings that benefit the whole and oneself, rejecting wealth and status as goals. The lines acknowledge human folly and seek divine wisdom to discern what is genuinely best.
A lively reader essay on dogs, their traits and behavior, with tall tales from Uncle Ben and Bill Thompson. It covers dogs as companions, guard roles, breeds like New Found Land and English bulldog, and humor about talking dogs and war era quirks.
The ad extols Hair Vigor as harmless effective and indispensable for the toilet. It claims to add luxuriance to scanty hair and restore the hue of youth to withered locks. A humorous note then contrasts love and law with attachment and declaration order.
Sullivan Indiana town ordinance regulates licenses to sell or barter spirituous vinous and malt liquors in quantities less than a quart. It sets fees of one hundred dollars for liquor sales by the Clerk and fifty dollars for vinous or malt licenses, with annual terms and penalties for violations. An emergency clause declares immediate effect.
Prices listed for commodities including wheat flour beef cattle hogs and lambs corn butter eggs and poultry. Rates shown per unit with varying figures and decimals and ranges in cents and dollars. Feeds and produce like dried fruit are included with per unit costs.
Cattle market steady with quotes for steers and mixed grades. Hogs firm with heavy and light sale ranges. butter prices steady with creamery and dairy classes. Provisions and lard show mixed June to August figures. June prices cited for various items.
Miscellaneous market figures list per month including June July and August with prices and percentages. Mentions Conn Quien Mixed Western Spot and values such as 58 and 63 for quoted items.
Wirar-tligher lists June 8c July 9c August 023g¢ corn-firi at 55e for No a. Dire Finn No 2 White 62c¢ Ayr-Strone 638e for No 1. Barn Lucy-Higher at 5917¢ for No 2.
Quotations show mixed commodities with pork and lard firm at highs, bacon and bulk meats listed. Rye remains steady while strong demand descriptions appear for certain items. Prices given in old currency units reflect a fluctuating market sentiment.
St Louis market brief reports mixed wheat and hog prices with No 2 Red Jime bids at about $1.03 to $1.68 per bushel, July and August quotes shown. Beef and pork provisions listed with Dry Salt Meats steady around $6.50, Bacon around $9.50 to $9.75, Lard at $8.10, and hogs higher on some contracts.
The text lists price data for Worat-Western and Corns-Western items with months June July and various numbers, indicating spot and futures movements. It mentions Corns-Western higher and other brand lines with mixed values and small changes, reflecting a fluctuating market brief.
In Boston the report lists Wool-Dull from Ohio and Pennsylvania at 34 and 38 cents, Michigan fleeces at 82 and 33, washed wools 17 and 21, California spring 17 and 10, and pulled wool at 80 cents per unit.
Acres located 3 miles northwest of Pleasantville owned by A J Whitlock offered for loan with trade for town property as negotiation details.
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