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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1880
Page
6
Poetic fragment describing night scenes of life and death, two souls freed to rise toward the blue, a wind voice urging them to tell the name of Jesus and save dying souls, with a final cry of Heaven as a blessing from the speaker. Spectator.
Aunt Becky and Uncle John live in a bucolic village with their niece Tilsie Vance visiting from town. Peter Stradsparker, a young lawyer and Uncle John’s former confidant, arrives, sparking romance as Tilsie’s playful missteps lead to a quick bond with Peter.
The Watchman argues that a Christian college must maintain daily prayers as part of its identity. If the institution becomes secular in spirit, the daily prayer tradition loses meaning, and keeping it becomes of little consequence. The piece frames prayer as essential to the college’s atmosphere and work.
A Norristown Herald correspondent asks for preservation tips. The reply proclaims Dutch cheese is not sold until used and may be aged to enhance flavor, suggesting the only real safeguard is to stop its manufacture.
A Colorado Springs Gazette report describes a newly discovered crater near Pike's Peak with signs of volcanic activity first noted October 29. Sergeant O Keeffe and F J Jones investigated, finding heat and ash, with eruptions on November 7. Rumors of rich silver rock and plans for a San Francisco backed expedition to Alaska emerge as prospectors seek large ore yields and a future El Dorado.
A whaling voyage returns to port with a tale of a river expedition to an Alaskan coast, where an extinct-eruption crater reveals ironlike rocks. The captain reports extraordinary discovery and potential riches for a score or more people, based on the unbroken metal in the crater.
The article compares William H Vanderbilt's wealth to the U.S. public debt using large-scale estimates. It imagines silver dollars stacked, weighed, and transported in multiple ways to convey the enormity of both personal wealth and national debt, highlighting the vast difference between the two.
A group of printers recall encounters with famed editors and publishers like Sam Bowles and Greeley. They discuss favors, social exchanges, and lively visits to editors such as George D Prentice, noting the colorful culture of 19th century journalism.
In Boston a Dickens lecture scene is recalled with a printer’s mischief. A French printer set Hugo’s sonnet from manuscript, another hid Mary’s Little Lamb quotation inside an abolition piece, and Dickens himself helped edit proofs late at the Tremont House, calling the editor Charlie after a night of literary lore.
A peripatetic preacher in Glenbrook Utah or Missouri visits the lake town and preaches on Jonah and the whale. He offers a $100 bet that he can prove every word of the Bible tale. The hat is passed but returns empty as townsfolk doubt his wager and his wealth.
A Liverpool case features a young woman fined five shillings for refusing to keep to the right on a descent to the landing stage. The piece speculates on superstitions and contrasts leftward travel with rightward instruction, noting the broader implications if rules reversed or imposed in foreign towns.
Attorneys at law offices located over Sullivan County Bank in Sullivan Indiana.
Attorneys at Law. Office over Young's store Sullivan Ind. po T. GUNN. Attorney at Shaw. Real Estate and Insurance Agent. Office No. 7 South Side Sullivan Ind.
Noulson and Coulson Attorneys at Law Sullivan Indiana. Office upstairs in bank building. Prompt attention paid to collections.
Buff and Patten law firm and T Hays are listed with office locations on the public square and nearby north side of the square over McCammon's Store and northeast corner of the square.
P H B Lue attorney at law Sullivan Indiaing special attention given to collection office number 7 commercial row upstairs
M G Buff attorney at law announces office in Terre Haute Indiana on Maine Street between 5th and 6th streets. Will attend all Sullivan County courts and give undivided attention to professional business.
Dr F Buff physician and surgeon maintains an office over Kelly’s Jewelry Store in Sullivan Indiana. He attends calls promptly day and night and offers special attention to chronic ailments and diseases of females.
R Cavins M D physician and surgeon operates from an office above Humphrey's Grocery on the north side of the public square in Sullivan Indiana.
Photographer and dealer in frames supplying all sizes and styles. Photographs ambrotypes gems and all styles of pictures taken in clear or cloudy weather. Special attention to copying and enlarging old pictures. New rooms over Curry and Duttons grocery store north side square Sullivan Indiana.
General fire life and accident insurance agent operates an office over the post office in Sullivan Indiana offering coverage options and local service to residents and businesses.
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