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Newspaper
Sullivan Times
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1884
Page
1
The Times lists annual and short term subscription prices. In county mail recipients pay one dollar a year in advance, others pay one dollar fifty cents a year. Shorter terms are eighty cents for six months and fifty cents for four months.
Matilda Louis becomes the village school mistress at seventeen. A pupil shoots her with a peas loaded pistol, leaving her blind. Ten years later she sings across Europe after finding love with Fred Harland whom she finally marries. Her loss turns to fame as she captivates audiences despite blindness.
The article reflects on restless pioneer advancement from Minnesota to the West as a social force driving growth and settlement. It notes the frontiersmen who push onward, the role of early settlers, and cites American Agriculturist as praising the advance guard for Western civilization. It ends with a medical pitch for Dr Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry as a lung remedy.
The Cleveland fighter Melvine Thompson impresses sporting men with his size and strength. Macon of the Cincinnati Enquirer hails him as a top physical specimen and a potential star in wrestling.
An overseas invention offers infant automatons for travelling ladies to quiet fear cries in transit. Prices range from 10s for second class to £2 for third class with high pitched distress, and up to £263 for a “prompt repeater” model. The devices claim to imitate continuous crying and can be started or stopped instantly unlike real babies.
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