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Newspaper
Sullivan Times
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1885
Page
4
The town lists officials including Clerk and Treasurer W. 2B. Stark and Marshal J.T. Beasley along with Attorney R. H. Crowder and Trustees for multiple wards such as R.M. Dear Hugh Moore Win MceCammon Jefferson Abell.
Condensed timetable taking effect Sunday May 11 1885 shows trains at 5 13 AM 3 and 6 36 PM with station times 10 25 Vincennes and other unreadable entries.
Readable bits show a sequence of times and codes such as 7:20am 10:33am 9:10pm 11:34pm 12:05am 5:30am 6:41am with unclear context. The piece lists multiple timestamps and cryptic markers like TA7ap and a9 50am, offering little cohesive event detail.
A poetic meditation by Nicholas about the night sea and rivers. White ships drift noiselessly beneath a quiet sky as stars, winds, and wandering fancies drift from shore to shore.
A brief exhortation urges precise cutting toward an ideal model. It emphasizes seeking God in form and shaping lines as if revealing a statue hidden in stone in the current moment.
David Swing argues that as population grows the productive land must be reserved for farms and infrastructure. He says poverty is avoidable if millions shift from clerical and urban trades to farming, noting Virginia’s eight million cultivable acres and the need to grow bread and clothes from the soil. He recalls past abundance when money mattered less than harvests and urges a long term move to agricultural self sufficiency.
Yarrow engineers devise a two pole system with 50 ft rods and vertical iron parts that trigger a whistle when a rock or sandbank is touched. Each pole projects from opposite sides of the boat and the attached wires feed the whistle, signaling the bank’s location and aiding steering.
A fragment describes a proposed club for highly educated women on Fifth Avenue planning a library and tea service, with copies of The Suit and magazines. It questions whether members will smoke, arguing if it is proper for men it should be for women, and frames the club as a space of liberty with optional tobacco use.
List of inventors and locations for granted patents including car coupling, steam engine governor, folding cradle, tubular well valve, and other mechanical devices across Indiana Michigan and Illinois. Includes a moral quote section about love and its power.
Mgr John P Daly of Gillisionville DC testifies to the efficacy of Brown's Iron Bitters in dyspepsia fever age and general debility. He attains satisfactory results from the medicine and urges others with run down systems to use Brown's Iron Bitters.
Describes the Promontory near the Lake of Tiberias with ruins of a basalt synagogue identified by Sir Charles Wilson as Capernaum. Notes miracles and teachings attributed to Jesus there and outlines remaining architectural details and nearby Chorazin ruins. Includes reflections on other Christian holy sites and local geography.
The Times correspondent reports on railway construction in Sudan with cavalry scouts, infantry, coolies laying sleepers, and navvies driving spikes as ballasting teams follow. The scene shows a full convoy of military and labor forces advancing as rails are laid across the desert.
An offer states that The Times will be sent for one year to any responsible person for one dollar. The recipient has until January 1, 1886, to read seven months of the paper before payment is due.
We will settle with all in arrears on subscription to THE SULLIVAN TIMES at one dollar to come in with last receipt or copy received before the fire and let us see how we stand.
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