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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1880
Page
2
A playful verse personifies Winter and its harshness. The speaker greets Winter’s arrival with imagery of frost and storm, referencing Boreas and the Solstice as companions in a long shared seasonal journey. The poem imagines penalizing the miser with cold and demand for a donation.
Atlanta residents read of Deputy Marshal Fitzsimmons and 15 officers in Towns County as they raid a moonshine operation led by Berrany. After a night chase through defiles and woods, Berrany is captured then released amid mounting resistance from armed mountaineers. Deputy Shepherd was wounded in a separate clash in Rathbun County.
Report notes a fire at a hospital caused by Ben Husselton known as Uncle Ben. He describes vengeful intent and threats, with naphtha details and an explosion in the cellar cited by firemen. County Attorney Davis disputes a coroner inquest mandate amid Pioneer Press commentary.
Ben Husselton admits nothing and seeks to place blame for the cremation of patients while claiming responsibility for a hospital fire. He asserts roots in Worthington Minnesota and asserts a brother remains there. He is described as a maniac.
A Victorian-era column contrasts Isabella Bird’s Pacific Island descriptions with a salon feature detailing a beauty bazaar experience. The article blends travel notice of the Ainu in Yezo with procedural makeup steps, prices, and stylistic tips as women attend the opening and growing crowds flock to see transformations.
New York Sun profiles L Shaw’s beautifying bazaar a premier Fourteenth Street hair and cosmetic salon. The two story shop features fronts filled with cosmetics hair goods and ornaments with a second floor salon off limits to men a gilded luxury space for hairdressing and makeup described in lavish detail including canaries and ornate furnishings.
The 1850 French law governs prison discipline for young vagabonds with a seven year renewal Board of Surveillance guiding juvenile custody. Most facilities are run by churches or religious orders with harsh conditions. Nuns at the Good Shepherd manage many houses and profit from labor, with limited education and brutal routines for girls and boys.
The excerpt presents two strategic imperatives attributed to Peter the Great. It outlines plans to pressure Versailles and Vienna after swift military dominance in Europe and the Black Sea, then to exploit rivalries to conquer Germany and France and ultimately subdue Europe under Russia.
A camel in an African oil mill is beaten by its driver and plans revenge after months of quiet obedience. One moonlit night the camel attacks a pile of clothes and a thrown figure, believing revenge complete, but the driver awakens. The animal dies of shock after realizing its error.
A London correspondent suggests a urban renewal plan where a central fan and horizontal flue exhaust smoke into a furnace destroying pollutants. The system could power electric lighting and heat many workers' houses, with a smokeless coal fed furnace and engine to distribute energy and services.
Charles Porter, of Michigan descent, admitted stealing a horse and buggy from ZwepH HoLerneswortth in Indiana. He confessed selling the buggy in Columbus and locating the horse. Porter, a former bookkeeper from a once good family, sentenced to two years after surrendering himself.
A dormant calla bulb should be planted with the point just above the surface. The depth is not crucial since it adapts well as long as a constant water supply is maintained.
Attorneys Bess and Massie of Sullivan Indiana operate from offices over Sullivan County Bank in Sullivan.
Sullivan Indiana mentions a law office located above Young's store with attorney presence noted in the brief.
Joes T. Gunn is an attorney at law practicing real estate and insurance in Sullivan Indiana. His office is located on the south side, number seven.
QCOULSON and COULSON attorneys at law based in Sullivan Indiana announce prompt attention for collections and legal matters. Office upstairs in bank building.
Buff and Patten, attorneys at law, operate from the north side of the square above McCammion's Store, offering legal services.
A brief legal notice identifies an attorney at law located at the northeast corner of Public Square.
Attorney P H Blue of Sullivan Indiana advertises special attention to collections from office 7 Commercial Row upstairs.
Attorney at Law M C Buff announces office at 107 Maine Street Terre Haute Indiana on the south side between 7th and Sih. Will attend all courts in Sullivan and gives undivided attention to professional business.
B. Buf M D Whysteian and Surgeon operate a medical office above Kelly's Jewelry Store in Sullivan Indiana. They attend calls promptly day and night and provide special attention to chronic ailments and diseases of females.
RW Cavins M D physician and surgeon operates from an office over Humphreys Grocery on the north side of the public square in Sullivan Indiana.
Johnson offers photographs ambrotypes gems and all styles of pictures. Specializes in enlarging old pictures and cousins. Located near Carry and Cates eravery store Worth side Square Mullivau Lue dinna with portrait services in clear or cloudy weather.
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