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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1881
Page
2
A sweeping, untethered list of notes reports debt states in Iowa free of debt, secret trials in Russia, Garfield politics, and proposed name changes for Council Bluffs. It cites New York bonds, Michigan relief funds, world mining figures, and public figures' life insurances.
The report notes a bill to legalize marriage with a deceased wife's sister awaiting final approval after prior passage in the House and rejection in the Senate. It cites ongoing agitation and predicts eventual passage. Also covered are Canada’s year ending Oct 31 trade surplus of 217,887,358 and gold bullion imports dominating exports by 969,931,188.
A New York syndicate seeks a 2000 acre tract between the Big Calumut River and Lake Michigan. The parcel runs two miles along the river and two miles on the lake with eight to ten feet rise, covered in pines. The lake shore beach is described as the finest near Chicago, ideal for a lake shore drive and seaside resort.
Jacob LORILLARD proposes a fast, luxury steamship service between New York and Milford Haven Wales. Each ship would carry 500 passengers with no freight, aiming to launch in 1883, and claiming profits would rely on freight despite a passenger focus.
A heated proclamation describes a treasonable and disloyal threat, urging immediate action to prevent bloodshed and condemning perceived demoralizing church practices. The speaker asserts the object’s illegitimacy and vows swift measures to neutralize it.
The statement shows total circulating currency at 1 383 401 872 with breakdowns in gold, silver, Treasury notes, and National bank bills. It notes a 16 month rise in coin and a year rise in paper currency and cites a Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision reversing Dearmit's malicious arrest suit, with an officer performing duties being defended as proper. It also critiques Ohio school methods for overemphasizing arithmetic and urges focusing on reading, literature, and composition.
Danford the Kansas banker avoids lynching by paying a small share of his stolen funds. A Detroit ruffian killed an old man by stamping his head. Pacific Bank directors plan to reopen with new officers. The Naval Advisory Board urges thirty eight ships costing about 330 million dollars. Chicago Jews organize refugee relief raising 2252 dollars. A Texas mail coach robber receives a hefty return of valuables. In Philadelphia a Star Route case verdict fines Wiley Funk and Black Arbuckle. Folger backs tariff equalization commission. Minneapolis fire destroys 20000 bushels of wheat and reduces milling capacity. Four lives believed lost. Two Mississippi men confess and are mob-hanged. Silvester Wilson jailed for scalping tickets.
The report notes political shifts in Washington including resignations and removals at the Treasury and among officials. A mob raid in Oxford ends in hangings tied to a murder, and new details emerge about Garfield bills and naval funding.
A report notes an internals device found near Montreal's courthouse and an attempted explosion at the same site. Other items include Capetown contract failures, Garfield monument fundraising in Paris, and rents resisted by Irish tenants. The piece also mentions Pope Leo XIII’s canonization moves and anti Jewish agitation in St. Petersburg.
A young girl writes a sixteen stanza poem on grief and heartbreak about John McCoy leaving Harriet. Discolored spots on the paper and jokes aside, experts note tears or juice stains from fruit. The piece ends with the hopeful note that the poem will be exhibited at the next world’s fair.
Fungus growing on decaying North Island trees, especially Taranaki, is a curious export to China. From 1872 to last year its value rose from £1,927 for 58 tons to £6,225, with 220 tons exported in 1877. Europeans dislike it, Maoris and Chinese taste it. dried fungus is bagged and shipped via Sydney or San Francisco.
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