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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1881
Page
8
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The Fourteenth Judicial Circuit comprises Sullivan and Vigo counties with Judge Perry presiding and Clinton Blue as prosecuting attorney. Regular terms are the second Monday in January, first Monday in April, third Monday in June, and fifth Monday in October. County officers include Clark of Circuit Court F J Mann auditor David Crawley treasurer Dan P Riggs sheriff J J Berry recorder J N Fordyce and commissioners Jackson Rich J J Snyder John L Kaufman. Coroner John Waggoner school superintendent Jas A Marlow and various school trustees for Jackson Township Curry Fairbank Turmup B Hamilton Cass Jefferson Haddon Sullivan Town Merom Carisie with C P Gwin R L Jenkins B D Denisen.
A column from the Indiana Woman Suffrage Association lists state officers and central committee members. Names include Dr. Mary F. Thomas president Rich mod, Miss Mary D. Taylor treasurer Crawfordsville, Mrs. May Wright Sewell Indianapolis, and others across districts with several offices not filled. A joint resolution proposes amending section 2 of article 2 to grant voting rights to certain citizens and foreign-born residents meeting residency and naturalization conditions.
Mrs Matilda Joslyn Gage donated about 400 back numbers of the National Citizen and about 20 tracts titled Mr Parkman and the Woman Question by Eliza Burt Gamble to the Woman Suffrage State Central Committee. Indiana groups seeking copies of the tract or National Citizen or Woman's Journal for missionary use should contact Corresponding Secretary F M Adkinson Indianapolis in closing postage.
Mrs Z G W Jlace argues that intemperance and indolence harm the Republic and that bringing women into government will improve results. She claims moral strength rests with women and condemns men's control in justice and prisons, urging female leadership to guide the nation.
Mary B. Clay argues for women to hold equal authority in all institutions and public life. She contends women’s virtue and reform efforts are essential as men bear the burdens of taxation and punishment, claiming women deserve greater state benefits.
Dr. Mary F. Thomas argues that a woman’s role as mother is sacred and needs freedom from burdens that hinder child training. She questions paternal voting on behalf of women and asserts true republican government rests on individual sovereignty and personal political voice.
Mar E. Haggart argues that women’s reforms and social work are hampered without legislative power. Across the land thoughtful women see evils rise when one sex holds rights and privileges from the other, making ballot access a sharpened need to crystallize women’s wishes into law.
Brief ad style narrative recalls a Washington man buying coffee-sacks for his daughter who wants them as makeshift gloves. The tone blends promotional claims with rustic humor as a shopkeeper and customers exchange quips about remedies and manners in a fragmentary local-page scene.
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