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Newspaper
Sullivan Times
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1884
Page
4
Money joined on improved farms at reasonable rates with suns at $800 and upwards. Insurance in first class companies at desirable rates. DeFlin Over Sol Goodiman's Clothing store.
In Cass township and nearby areas there are multiple farms offered with details on size 1539 and 120 acres, 9 acres near Sullivan, 163 acres in Jackson Township near Pittsburg, 85 acres under cultivation with timber and a good house, 70 acres cultivated, and 8 acres in Gill Township. Owner identified as A. J. Pigg with trade interest for Sullivan town property.
A 120 acre well improved farm near Pittsbury, known as Baldridge farm, is offered for sale at a rare bargain. Interested buyers should contact Begley and Williams, attorneys, Sullivan.
Court terms in Sullivan County set for March May October and December with five weeks per term. County officers listed include Auditor David Crawley Treasurer James L. Berry Recorder John L. Kaufman and others. town and ward trustees named for Sullivan.
Early morning eastbound run departs at 5 30 a m and arrives by 3 35 p m. Return westward to River departs at 3 35 p m and arrives back at 4 40 p m.
Trains going south and north listed with class designations and times. Trains 1 3 4 6 19 20 operate daily, others daily except Sundays.
Train times list departures and arrivals among Evansville Sullivan Vincennes Princeton Fort Branch Mount Carmel and Chicago with various stops and approximate daily schedules. The fragmentary timetable shows morning and afternoon departures and several connection points across Indiana and Illinois.
Timetable shows multiple stops including Mt Vernon Evansville Ft Branch Wadesville Owensville Poseyville Cynthiana with arrival times ranging from 5:40 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. Sparks train numbers indicate daily service with parlor cars between Evansville and Indianapolis and sleeping cars between Evansville and Chicago. Nos 2 5 7 8 operate daily except Sundays.
A fragmented timetable lists train stops and times for multiple stations including Sandoval Flora Olney Vine Street Mitchell Seymour Vernon and Cine n tit with morning and afternoon departures and various delays. The piece suggests a historical transit schedule with irregular punctuation and incomplete data.
OCR fragment lists multiple stations and irregular times including Vernon Seymour Mitchell Vine Olney Sandoval and St Louis with various AM PM stamps and mixed punctuation suggesting a bus or train schedule cross reference. It reads like a garbled travel timetable with many incomplete entries and unclear dates.
A fragment from News Journal sings of Sirens Circe and Lorchi as old tales fade before the dainty dimple on her cheek. It imagines knights and troubadours rivaling her charm with lances and silver lutes in tribute.
A vivid poem-like scene describes a presidential boom soaring with airy pinions and lilied bloom, reaching starry heights before vanishing like a comet to allow other booms a chance.
A Brooklyn meeting of about seventy five Protestant ministers from all but the Episcopal church plans Lent services. The piece notes growing conformity to Catholic practices in architecture liturgy and decor, and hints at unity against common threats from infidels and peril bringing Protestants and Catholics closer.
Bob Burdette jokes about a friend's play aiming for immortal fame and a fortune containing a long list of currencies and riches from many nations, ending with everything except trade dollars.
The advertisement urges readers to purchase one bottle of Ayers Sarsaparilla for one dollar claiming it will banish extreme weariness and restore energy and vitality. The claim emphasizes incalculable benefit from the tonic.
A Texas native likens fence cutting to a protest against vast private fencing of public and school lands. He describes the impact on nesters, small farms, and roads, imagining Paris and New York stockholders own vast fenced counties and control water holes and trails amid rapid population growth and settlement in the Southwest.
A Portland Maine columnist describes a spider sailed on a chip to shore as a proof of boatmanship and reflects on fruit improvement, citing Lawton blackberries raspberries and nuts. The piece adds a Western report that many prairie sheep-husbands left the business after poor results and returning east.
The Ohio and Mississippi Railway offers round trip tickets to Jacksonville Savannah Charleston Thomasville and main South points at reduced excursion rates. Tickets are valid fifteen days after sale for outbound and may be used for return any time before June 1 1884. Inquire O M agents for rates and routes.
Varlton Hawkins offers sale of 100 acres of his 328 acre farm on the north side 44 miles northeast of town with 90 acres improved or the entire 328 acre farm. He will also sell 44 acres of town property in the north part of Sullivan. For details address or contact Tarvron Hawking Lomards of Sullivan Ind.
Some druggists report only Dr Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry available for coughs and colds, proving intelligent people seek the best remedy and will not accept substitutes.
Prices listed for many commodities including hay wheat flour beef cattle hogs sheep corn butter eggs hens roosters turkeys feathers ducks geese dried peaches apples potatoes and dairy specs. Markets show steady to firm trends with ranges for pork steers hogs and dairy products and regional quotations for corn oats and oats futures.
Market notes show Blaney price references in Milwaukee, with April values around 91 and 96 for various barley and grain lots. The report tracks barley at 62 cents for No 1 and 53 to 7e for other lots, noting wholesale figures and adjustments.
City wholesale index shows pork steady at 10.75, lard firm around 9.10, bacon near 8.01, bulk meats about 7.12, with other items at stable levels. Trade notes firm inquiries and routine price levels across meat products in Cincinnati markets.
Markets show lower hogs and pork higher demand in caustic notes. Beef cuts steady with bacon rising to around 4.80 to 10.00 and lard soft. Grain signals mixed with rye quiet, oats March to May. Provistions include higher pork and steady dry salt meats amidst overall price shifts.
Fragmented OCR text lists mixed commodity terms including Western Western No 2 winter Red Spot March prices and April items. Mentions Boston Ohio Pennsylvania Michigan California food spring and various price fragments. No coherent event or clear entities to verify.
The notice lists voting for local officers in multiple townships. Jackson Township to elect one trustee two justices of the peace and two constables. Curry Fairbank Turman Hamilton Jefferson Sladdon Gill townships each have specified posts. Each round district to elect one supervisor. Seal.
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