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Newspaper
Sullivan Times
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1886
Page
1
Mrs Presty and Mrs Linley confront a forwarded letter from Herbert Linley with a proposal for Kitty’s custody while Randal’s influence looms. The daughter rejects parting from her child. a lawyer, Lt. Sarrazin, arrives in Cumberland to navigate escalating tensions and pending decisions.
Accounts from press and doctors race over ex president Arthur health. The article recalls his early life from Fairfield to Union College and law career, highlighting anti slavery cases that shaped his reputation and path to public life.
The article recalls James A. Garfield era politics and Roscoe Conkling rivalry with use of Arthur as adjutant and post-president trials. It highlights his Albany lobbying, strained family life, and belief that he was misunderstood while his later years in Lexington Avenue reflect decline in health and obscurity. It also mentions Nellie and Allan Arthur as part of the family portrait. A second item profiles Dr. de Bousset's steel balloon for air navigation using a vacuum cylinder and electric motors, aiming to lift a passenger car and reach 45 to 60 mph at 8000 feet.
The article discusses a proposed vacuum cylinder balloon system to lift an aeroplane with a car and crew, including pressure margins and airtight joint concerns. It also covers Colorado’s planned capitol in Denver, detailing design contests, prize winners, building dimensions, materials, and a planned completion in 1800, plus reflections on a strike’s end and its social impact.
The piece argues unions call for tighter immigration limits as riots in Chicago and Milwaukee unfold. It singles out foreigners as instigators of violence, warns of “native and foreign-born” workers uniting against immigrants, and explores practical ways to detect and tax arrivals, ending with a question about an $800 immigrant tax.
An old advertisement promises tepid liver relief and a neuralgia cure. It recommends Simmons Liver Regulator with dosages after meals and claims daily bowel action and complete cure, then mentions Gilmore's neuralgia cure as a positive option, sold by Marlow & Robbins.
An 19th century advertisement laments a man’s death after failed remedies and urges using Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. It claims the medicine can subdue coughs, labored breathing, night sweats and spitting blood, restore strength, and halt consumption’s progress. Ends with note to pay subscription.
Ex-Judge David Davis once weighed over 300 pounds and rose from Bloomington Illinois to be a US Supreme Court justice and Illinois senator. Born 1815 on Maryland's eastern shore, he studied at Kenyon and helped shape Illinois politics before serving from 1862 to 1877 on the high court and later as senator and senate president. He died after decades in public life, leaving a proud juristic and political legacy.
A Californian merchant James Lick left an immense fortune to public charities and to build an astronomical observatory for the University of California. The Mount Hamilton site, land grants, and a telescope of thirty six inches are described as the greatest such project, with construction near completion and plans to surpass foreign observatories.
A fragmented OCR style excerpt discusses Panurge and Pantagruel amid modern English "monomaniacs" and social questions such as education land reform and voting rights. It cites Chicago News and the New York Herald discussing land reform and public domain concerns.
Dr W R Harper newly elected president of Chicago University is profiled with academic stature and clear intellect. He considered a Yale College offer before trustees unanimously chose him, promising vigorous talent and strong financial support to the institution.
John J. O Neill of St. Louis is described as a valiant Workingman champion and chairman of the Labor Committee in the House. The profile notes his early life as a St. Louis boy, Civil War service, and ascent from Missouri Legislature to Congress in 1878 and later leadership of the labor panel.
Reverend Beavers reports White Wine of Ter Syrup as an excellent throat remedy. Crowder Reed sell the product and Gilmore's Aromatic Wine is advertised as a cure for ague and malaria by Marlow and Robbins.
The St Louis Jockey Club plans a Queen Anne style clubhouse costing 50000 dollars. It faces the racetrack with two broad piazzas and offers parlors dining rooms a restaurant billiards bowling gymnasium and family friendly features.
A Minnesota resident reports bizarre tornado imagery such as buildings sucked skyward and scattered in fragments. A Rochester area farmer found an intact marble top table in a field, and another found an unaccounted large sheep. He also described a boarded wheat straw driven through the board.
A letter from Rev. Wm. Stevenson of Kingsville Missouri recommends White Wine of Tar Syrup as an excellent medicine. The ad notes sale by Crowder and Reed and includes another testimonial from John H. Yates of Batavia New York praising Aromatic Wine with claims of health benefits. It lists Marlow and Robbins as sellers.
Local notices advertise lawyers including H blue and Hultz practicing in Sullivan Indiana with offices on Westside and over Marlow Robbing drug store. Gilver Chaney Joshua Beasley Chaney Beasley Ab Attorneys-At-Law offer abstracting titles correcting titles making conveyances and money loans from the Recorder's Office in the Court House. Williams adds contact line.
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