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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1880
Page
8
In this New York letter from August 1880 Balbo the Italian and Tanner face execution and near death after long delays. The piece notes morbid souvenirs offered to Balbo and Tanner, criticizes unscrupulous undertakers, and touches on Edison pursuing flying machines amid wartime reminiscences.
In 1880 letters, Hon. Albert G. Porter invites Hon. Franklin Landers to joint political discussions. Landers accepts and directs the Democratic State Central Committee to arrange preliminaries. The plan calls for thirteen debates, one in each Congressional district, with times and places chosen by both sides.
A discussion notes an electric motor for use on elevated and horse car tracks, stalled by Cyrus Field’s nephew who has similar gear in official testing. If practical, it could outpace steam by reducing noise and oil or mud on passersby. The piece also mentions Battery tree baths attracting thousands of women daily and a test involving damp lips and repeaters.
Virginia added 374 837 residents since 1870, nearly matching the sum of its prior seventy years, while North Carolina reports 318 150 growth in the last decade. Kentucky adds 413 320. Louisiana 198 085 since 1870, with regional notes from Chicago Scatter Ocean.
The Burlington Hawkeye urges the so called young Republicans and young scratchers to stop opposing and help elect someone. It notes their past failures over the last three or four years and asks them to turn in now for a constructive role in an election.
The piece contrasts Hancock as aristocratic and militaristic with Garfield as self made and people oriented. It attacks Hancock as distant from the public and tied to southern supporters, while praising Garfield as a defender of liberty, Union, and equal protection for all citizens.
Jeffersonville August 10 the West-end Garfield club held a meeting at its headquarters with strong enthusiasm. Jett Davis, lifelong Democrat, joined the rolls saying he left the Democratic camp to back the Republican party as the country’s friend and defender of workers. The crowd cheered for Jo Davis as the meeting closed. An elderly voter remarked the Democrats face tough odds and warned the party has ruined things, while noting the party’s argument now faces a late stumble.
Take the quantity of green cucumbers you desire and soak five days in strong brine. Remove and place in a tub, cover with hot vinegar and add whole black pepper and mustard seeds if desired. Let stand one day, drain, boil, and reapply vinegar. Repeat boiling and pouring, then separate by size and cover with cold vinegar. Keep under a small weight. Good vinegar yields good pickles.
The National View, a Greenback paper from Washington City, denounces Landers as a target of their anti soft money campaign. It warns Democrats and reform Republicans against trusting similar candidates and recalls Wade Hampton’s Staunton, Virginia speech urging loyalty to the Democratic ticket.
A rambling Virginia church meeting sermon-like piece questions voters on political alignment with Civil War imagery. A renegade member doggedly taunts the crowd while references to Hancock, Judas, Davis, and Grant pepper the firebrand rhetoric. It closes with a Lincoln Garfield quip about work and education.
The notice claims Gen Grant could win a third term if he accepts the post while arguing Kendall's Spavin Cure is the superior treatment for spavin sprains and lameness in horses. It urges readers to investigate and read the advertisement for the cure.
By Universal Accord the Carsartic purgatives are presented as the best family purgatives from long chemical research. Claimed as purely vegetable and safe for children and weakened constitutions, they maintain digestive health and system balance. Sold by all dealers.
Advertisement claims Dr Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry cures consumption after doctors said no hope. Promises quick relief for coughs and colds. Concludes with reference to Crowder and Reed's for school books.
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