Local Furnishings Stock Tallies Largest Market Offering
A bold advertiser touts the largest stock of furnishing goods ever brought to the market. The assortment includes underwear mittens gloves and related wearables.
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Newspaper
Sullivan Times
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1884
Page
2
A bold advertiser touts the largest stock of furnishing goods ever brought to the market. The assortment includes underwear mittens gloves and related wearables.
Gray leads over Calkins by mops Tub while Cleveland tops New York by 3s 1,258. Evarts meddles in counts as Cobb’s majorities are listed for Daviess Du Bois Knox and others, totaling 4479 with Reily 781 in Greene and Lawrence. Call to oust federal officers and denounce Conkling as Garfield’s killer is invoked.
The N Y Sun notes Rev Samuel D Burchard used a slur against Blaine and Cleveland before the election to sway votes. Blaine telegraphed to press for a fair count amid disputed results, claiming fraud in New York State and urging an honest tally.
A reform era political sabotage tale details a New York office chief manipulating returns to favor Blaine, using precinct averages to claim 11 thousand plurality. The plot unraveled after midnight, with Gould and Vanderbilt later sending congratulations from different capitals.
The piece lists elected governors by state including Colorado Connecticut Florida Indiana Michigan Missouri Nebraska New York New Hampshire North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Texas Wisconsin. It notes Sheriff Jas L Berry leaving office and Sheriff elect L H Willis taking over Tuesday Nov 18. It discusses party control shifts and calls for tariff reform and abolition of Internal Revenue.
Saturday evening featured horns steam whistles torch-lights fireworks music and singing. Senator Voorhees spoke followed by J C Briggs GC F Taylor C S Barrett and Noah Crawford. The crowd enjoyed the event and no one complained, eager to repeat the gathering.
New York reporters summarize the post election canvass with 33 counties counted showing a Democratic lead of 1,880, a net Blaine loss of four votes, and expectations that remaining counties will largely confirm current tallies. Officials discuss procedures for county boards and the supreme court to correct errors, with counting in New York City to begin and proceed city by city, day by day, until all 36 electors are counted.
An old advertisement promises a free year of a domestic journal to any woman who immediately sends ten married names from the same address and twelve stamps for postage. The periodical covers fashions money work decorating cooking and housekeeping with a regular price of one dollar.
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