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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1880
Page
2
The piece presents Fannie B. Edgerton of Logansport Journal reflecting on the Jock she could not disguise and fame. It contrasts simple violet verses with rose grandeur, urging inward garden thoughts, memories, and hope amid unkindness and fading fortune.
Mrs Meredith frets over a planned Philadelphia cousin while a new maid arrives. The hoped for guest proves to be Martha Meredith, mistaken for a kitchen hand, prompting comic scenes of family tension and a happy culinary future. The household ends with a shared meal and plans to hire the new maid for dining room service.
A London Daily News notice reviews a new Reeves and Turner volume collecting Thomas Griffiths Wainewright’s essays and criticisms. It notes his social ascent sixty years ago, links him to Varney and a Dickens tale, and highlights his pronounced ego and dandy airs alongside blunt evidence of his heartlessness.
LaFayette Courier notes Republican leaders including A. C. Streight Morton Hunter Shackelford and others occupy rooms at the Grand Hotel Indianapolis as campaign headquarters through October. The hotel boasts refined dining, chandeliers lace curtains, and a top staff. the Grand is praised as a premier sight and stay for state political activity.
Instructions for growing tube roses from bulbs with advice on varieties, timing, soil, and indoor warming. Warns that agents selling tube roses are frauds. Gives steps for pot and garden cultivation, watering, staking, and temperature ranges to achieve early blooms. Signed W. J. Kipp.
Leadville's wealth and rapid growth are described as transformative with water works, gas works, banks and rail routes fueling a boom. The piece cites 1879 mining output of 12,032,808 from Leadville and predicts 1880 production at $30,000,000, plus massive prospects in Gunnison and Cripple Creek districts and related mining camps. It notes army-like influx of prospectors as spring opens trails to the mountains.
In a recent interview Redpath recounts Mark Twain’s east lectures and a staged wedding ruse. Twain, reportedly worth around 20 to 25 thousand dollars, is shown a lavish groom’s suite and carriage as his in-law father welcomes him at a Buffalo mansion, revealing a elaborate hoax by the couple’s parents.
From The Telegram an essay by Mr Bali argues the fabled she wolf teaching Romulus and Remus may have a factual basis. He cites a case of two youths in India as supporting evidence for the ancient tale.
In a Wales journey, Pere Alexandre challenges a Cardiff amateur in Carnarvon. A sixteen year old gives odds and defeats the master as Master Polly the parrot and Master Puss the cat interfere, with miso missteps and a missing rook deciding the outcome.
A miscellany of jokes and vignettes from a bygone era includes sailors’ ramblings about rum cargoes and missionaries, comical exchanges between children and parents, moral quips, and a mix of light satire. Notable bits cover a waxed joke, a brick-yard tale, and playful observations on manners and education.
A New York Times account recalls Peter the Great quelling the Streltsy revolt with brutal punishment. He beheaded rebels, and when twelve heads were struck, the thirteenth, a soldier nicknamed Eagle, asked for an audience and was spared and promoted by the Czar. French writers romanticize a possible royal paternity, but ages contradict the tale.
Heirs of Stephen Girard fail again to recover a portion of the fund left for Girard College. The will left 2,000,000 outright with a provision for a matching amount if needed, but the $2,000,000 suffices for the college’s maintenance and the remainder was used by Philadelphia for public purposes.
An English cleric in Texas seeking rest encounters a barber shop gun on the wall. He receives a boastful warning from the barber about a loaded six shooter in the owner’s goat tail pocket guarded by a sharp retort. The second tale hints at an Englishman planning a visit to Arkansas and a revolver threat over a three month stay.
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