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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1881
Page
3
Fragmentary verse recalling a past love. The speaker questions why the beloved remains appealing while memories fade. The poem contrasts shared sea views and sunset hues with the cold, distant present, lamenting lost intimacy and untapped feelings.
A provocative letter to the British Prime Minister critiques England's wages system and royal expenditures. It contrasts Queen and royal costs with laborers' pay, cites consular wage data from 1878, laments long work weeks, and warns that high living costs and alcohol use undermine workers. It urges reducing royal wages to relieve poverty and calls for education and reform.
In 1880 an old Connecticut town reels after a widower seeks a church burial for his wife. Parson One demands payment and faces opposition from the bereaved father in law. A second clergyman is summoned, and the first pastor stages a lengthy rebuke. The incident ends with the widower returning home while the parson proclaims his right to be paid.
A long obituary recalling Mrs. Jane Hy. Lone of Galveston, widow of Jamieson Lone, who aided Texas patriots during the fight for independence. The narrative threads her life from early Texas struggles at Goliad to her residence near Galveston, her family ties, and the haunting tragedy of her lineage and local memory.
The article urges nightly and morning foot baths with borax, frequent hosiery changes, and post exercise washing. It recommends healing oil on ankles and calves, replacing worn socks at dusk, and weekly nail care after softening. It warns against drying soaps and favors Castile or olive oil soaps.
A Moline Plow Company debtor Chapman fled after owing a large sum and was tracked to Wellington. Papers showed he used multiple aliases and marriages, with links to a murder wanted in Illinois. Brothers and associates were implicated in defrauding creditors and a dramatic suicide followed discovery.
The article surveys historical oath forms from Abrahamic and other traditions, noting sacred acts such as placing a hand under a thigh and witnesses’ roles. It cites biblical precedents, Egyptian practices, and diverse customs including music and head coverings as parts of oath rituals. It argues these forms shaped social law and moral authority in their times.
Treasury circular lists revised foreign coin values effective January 1. It records the florin of Austria at 40.7 cents, Bolivian boliviano at 3.6 dollars, milreis at 0.546 dollars, and others including Ecuadorian peso, Indian rupee, Japanese Ginage silver standard, and several Latin American currencies with updated rates. The note also mentions the pound and penny fixed under the new monetary unit system.
Grim mood grips the Russian cloth industry as a cotton manufacturer suddenly dismisses 1,500 workers. Widespread poverty follows crop failures leaving people unable to buy cotton cloth.
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