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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1880
Page
6
A New York Clipper excerpt extols the spring circus as a magical, jolly spectacle. It describes posters, gilded chariots, music, and dazzling acts that enchant children who would trade wealth for clown renown. The piece contrasts youthful delight with adult weariness, praising the sawdust ring as a timeless source of happiness.
Flora Montagu cuts her hair to fund Lizzy’s hardships after a coercive landlord threat. Lizzy’s cousin Clarence Gilroy confesses affection, while Flora’s sacrifice secures a marriage prospect for Lizzy and a future home for both couples.
The article argues agriculture is evolving from surface cultivation to a scientific, integrated profession. It urges farmers to blend science and business, adapt to welfare-driven progress, and anticipate widespread land settlement as industry expands. It predicts industrial leaders will emerge among farmers.
Barbajo, a noted opera manager, argued over a piano pitch with a vacalist and carpenters. He promised a lower pitch before the next rehearsal. The instrument remained too high even after adjustments, sparking a clash and a demand to shorten the piano legs further.
The Frenels extraction physician Dr Borne leaves his property to Lausanne University with a condition that revenue accrues for one hundred years and then funds the translation of his manuscript Work Maxims and Aphorismus into all known languages and a copy be supplied to the world’s lybrary.
A large petrified human body with tomahawk in hand is presented as a vanished Native American chief. Hampton and Walker transported the specimen to the Smithsonian for temporary display before a planned National Museum transfer. Scientists call petrifaction of human flesh a debated rarity, weighing about 2000 pounds and preserved in lifelike agony.
Two men digging on John Hampton and Samuel R Walker’s land near Bladensburgia unearthed a six foot three inch petrified Indian figure. The stone-like body, found beneath earth, was washed clean revealing a life-sized statue resembling a human.
A writer argues that Americans have a natural advantage in articulation due to vocal structure, while English speakers show stricter consonant clarity. The piece contrasts syllable stress, vowel treatment, and foreign language pronunciation, noting Americans are easier for foreigners to understand despite American growling.
A New York Times analysis notes women more often die by self harm from love disappointment and men from money loss. It cites Henry Schafer, a Los Angeles florist, who killed himself after indebting himself for friends. It laments benevolent men ruined by endorsements and urges avoiding accommodation indorsements.
A collage of short quips and anecdotes from a past readership. Jests about doctors fees pastors and pretenders, childlike mispronunciations, humorous exchanges, and rustic anecdotes mingle with moralizing vignettes and a Brooklyn Eagle voice.
Clarencé E Ward climbed a church steeple in Syracuse engaged in repairs and performed daring feats atop the spire. He stood on the pinnacle without aid then kicked away and dropped twenty feet or more before grabbing the rope to slow. He hung by toes and finally slid out a window. the crowd watched the risky exhibition.
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