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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1881
Page
5
A collage of assorted items from a late 19th century periodical notes diverse topics. It references a comet labeled UC, numbers on government bonds, income estimates for General Grant, and various economic and transport tidbits. It includes brief mentions of wheat shipments, New York cattle transport, and several legal/biographical snippets.
Reports say wheat prices are twenty five percent higher than last year to balance a similar crop shortfall. Observers warn of extravagance and speculation harming the economy while public figures and newspapers discuss U S ministers, political shifts, and looming financial strains.
The census shows fifty nine life insurance companies in the United States at 1879 close, thirteen in New York City. Total capital 14.92 million, assets 419 million, policyholders 365.57 million, 725 418 policies involving 1.56 billion. A decline from 1870. improvements since 1879.
Sunstruck individual claimed he was commissioned to assassinate Mr. Pillbury in a manner likened to Guiteau. He repeatedly announced the plan and was examined by the lunacy commission yesterday and committed to St. Peter's insane asylum. Police found his house to be a modified arsenal.
In Birmingham England the silver medal for best cheese was awarded to Mr Jubal Webb famed as the sheene Jivad for his tireless efforts to obtain premier American cheese. The winning cheese is described as the largest ever made, weighing three-supply of a toc and costly from Tossa.
Germany reports 1877 postal data with more than four thousand million letters worldwide, Europe contributing 3.056 billion and the Americas 0.76 billion. Global population assumed 1.3 to 1.4 billion, averaging three letters per person. Telegraphs show about 38,000 stations and 110 to 111 million messengers annually, averaging 305 thousand messages daily. An internal machine shipped from this country to England was seized at sea.
A detailed description explains zinc enclosures housing clockwork timers designed to ignite detonators. The devices, found aboard a steam vessel en route from Boston to Liverpool, appear crafted to damage public buildings as part of a Fenian program, though no intent to explode at sea is evident.
Statistics presented before the Congress of Brewers in Versailles reveal Europe hosts about 40 000 breweries producing nearly 2 250 000 000 gallons of malt liquors annually. Great Britain accounts for 785 017 602 gallons, with Prussia Bavaria and Austria also large producers. Per head beer consumption varies, Bavaria about 1 gallon per week, Germany excluding Bavaria 1 to 2 pints, Scotland and Wales favor whisky, Austria and France show lower beer use.
A 15 year old girl Kate Shelly stayed at home as the Ogden Reporter recalls her dash to warn an approaching express train after a deadly crash. She crossed a 400 foot bridge over the Des Moines river in a gale to reach Moingona or Boone telegraph offices and save lives.
A heroic young woman crawls over a dangerous bridge to warn of an incoming express. She shields bystanders as the deadly river swallows part of the scene leaving her bloodstained dress yet she reaches safety. Telegraph lines mobilize to prevent a greater catastrophe.
A letter from a eastern city leader asks 100 top officials about where their early years were spent and what work they did. Of 88 responses 12 grew up in cities 12 in villages and 4 in farm surroundings. many farm boys say hard work and school time shaped them.
A man fears dental pain after declaring he lacks grit to endure a tooth pull. A challenge prompts a $5 bet as spectators watch the dentist attempt the procedure, only for the patient to retreat in mock bravado. The episode is framed with aphorisms from the Quarters.
An English writer notes 40 000 Americans abroad and broad odds of public humor in London. Jests on Tennyson and Glatstone mix with a prophetic Benr and Jewish emancipation talk. A clumsy elephant at the London Zoo swallows buns from a hat, prompting British amusement.
A profile of William Wilson Corcoran known as a leading American philanthropist. He has given away substantial sums to causes and institutions in Washington and beyond including the Corcoran Gallery of Art the Capitol grounds and University of Virginia. Corcoran is described as old and frail with a loyal trustee handling much of his affairs.
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