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Newspaper
Sullivan Times
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1884
Page
4
A fragment lists individuals such as J. B. Harper Barker Bede Johnson Jackson Hinkle J. D. Baldridge and Robert Cummins as seen in a Farmersburg town notice with partial legible names and unclear roles.
The notice lists train numbers for the E and U H R R with classes first and second, times for southbound trains 3:59 PM 4:58 AM 11:36 AM 8:10 AM 1:10 PM 11:02 PM, and northbound trains 9:14 AM 2:05 PM 3:56 PM with daily operation for trains 1 3 4 8 19 20 and daily except Sundays for all others.
Time table shows trains from Evansville to Terre Haute with stops at Fort Branch Princeton Vincennes Sullivan Mt. Vernon and Chicago service notes indicate daily trains 6 and 1 with Parlor cars Evansville-Indianapolis and 8 and 4 with Sleeping Cars Evansville-Chicago. Revisions effective November 19 1882.
Daily service with only Sunday exceptions. Schedule lists numerous times and stations for an excursion or passenger train pattern, including connections to Vernon Alam and Seymour. Noted is the Was Parlor Cars to St. Louis Day Express without change.
A speaker questions the bearer of a somber emblem asking who inspires the grief. Is it a mother crossing a sea, a fading father, a brother, or a slain partner, with no one left to console him or share his heartache.
A physician notes a senator delivering a precise constitutional argument yet relies on cocktails to fuel his intellect. The exchange reveals a medical diagnosis of anaemia or noseryremia as the doctor recalls their London meeting. The scene ends with the senator’s speech continuing to the third cocktail.
An item cites a Baltimore man who killed himself after his wife would not support him, with a remark on lazy women. It also advertises Ayer’s Sarsaparilla as a strong blood purifier claimed to be best and cheapest.
On a stormy night the Albany bound express halted when the engineer sensed danger from unspiked rails. Engineer John Donohoe credits his sudden stop to instinct and later to Warner's Tippecanoe, which he says cured decades of chronic illness. A second piece discusses the Lady Bug and its damage to fruit, urging farmers to note its eggs and a related pest lifecycle. Tos. J. Ropprys.
A Ohio inventor builds a full size iron hen that cackles and appears lifelike to fool hawks. It traps attackers with a rotating buzz saw, then closes and cackles again. One winding powers three massacres if not clogged with blood and feathers. The tale appears in the Scientific American.
An 19th century note cites a cold remedy made from onions sugar and honey with water boiled then bottled and dosed at attack. It also advertises Wilder's Stomach Bitters as a tonic for delicate females curing constipation and headaches.
A Wisconsin style patent roundup credits Indiana residents for new devices including a wire stretcher shaft coupling coffin condition power track rail attachment water wheel carpet stretcher switch stand wrenching frog retort for ammonia ice making apparatus skeleton arch for wires friction clutch car coupling and more. Also notes Paris Debats Parisian feuilleton on oil calming seas and a sun powered clock in Brussels. A bone dry quip about telegraphy ends.
Surnivan Inc lists hay at 39.90 per ton and wheat 1.00 per bushel. Flour best family 35.60 per barrel. Cattle and hog rates shown by weight and fat content. Ducks 32.00 per dozen, geese 3.00 per dozen. Corn 0.50 per bushel. Butter 0.15 per lb, eggs 0.10 per dozen. Various prices for dried fruit, poultry, and other staples. livestock quotes include steers and hogs with ranges. NY May wheat futures quoted with slight increases, Milwaukee and Chicago grain and livestock prices noted.
Cincinnati sources report firm pork provisions at 17.50 with lard steady near 8.10 to 8.15 and bulk meats totals around 6 874 to 8 3714. St Louis notes higher wheat values with May red 126 113 and June at 1. May and June corn shifts accompany mixed rye and oats futures.
The fragmentary OCR shows mixed references to Western lower, Winter Red Spot, May quantities, prices like 1.02061.05, and entries such as Conn Western lower, Mixed Spot, June, Goa Glge, and Rye Lighter. It resembles a busy grain or seed market listing with several confusing abbreviations and values.
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