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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1880
Page
5
Local items note Agnes Wallace and Villa Combination staging Uncle Tom's Cabin Saturday afternoon with ten cent admission. Telegraphed trains on the Evansville and Terre Haute line list south and north departures, while reports mention new bets on organ sales and a growing abstract business partnership.
Mattoon Illinois February 3 The Royal Templars of Temperance organized the Grand Council of Illinois in the Knights of Honor hall with nearly sixty delegates. Supreme Councillor C K Porter presides. First Illinois council formed June last year now forty four councils statewide. Members receive 2000 insurance for men 1000 for women with three dollar assessments to date.
An advertisement from Sherman & Co of Marshall Michigan seeks a county agent for immediate hire with a salary of 100 dollars per month plus expenses. Applicants are instructed to send specifics to the address provided in the notice from November 1873.
Obituary for 17 year old Ditta A Hughes daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Hughes who died February 5 1880 after a four week illness. The piece recalls her patience faith and prayers for friends and schoolmates and quotes hymns she sang. It honors her kindness to teachers and siblings and bids farewell to those left behind.
Sullivan county Republicans meet at the Court House on February 14 1880 to select central committees elect officers appoint delegates and nominate a county ticket. Also notices praise for Agnes Wallace Villa Company at Celia Logan's Maple Cottage and a review of performances and cast.
List of uncalled letters in Sullivan Indiana up to Feb 7 1880 includes gents and ladies names. Postmaster A Haya notes callers should say advertised and provide name and date. Ends with reminder to Stewart's for groceries.
Edgar G North, a photographer from our town, married Miss Sue Cosby then vanished with her gold watch and Johnson's camera instrument. Police traced him to St Louis and Edwardsville, recovering part of the instrument. loss total around 60 to 70 dollars. Local residents urge swift justice and warn others to beware strangers.
The State of Indians Sullivan County notice states Commissioner W. S. Marie to sell at public auction on Wednesday February 18 1880 part of the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter section 19 township 8 north range 10 west in Sullivan County Indiana. The land description begins at the northeast corner of the second lot by the Sullivan and Graysville road and runs west 15 rods to a rock then east 4 rods 14 feet then south 3 rods 6 inches then east to the road then south to the beginning. Sale hours 9 a m to 4 p m. Terms announced day of sale.
Administrator of the estate of John A. McKee will privately sell on or after February 28, 1880, in Sullivan County Indiana the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter and the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 21 township 8 north range 9 west, per Sullivan Circuit Court order. Payment: one third cash, one third in six months, one third in twelve months with a note secured by approved security. William T. Murdock, Administrator. January 28, 4t.
The column mocks quack nostrums and promotes Hop Bitters as a cure for general dilapidation and comic diseases. It references a saved Isaac from a tripod fever and notes public school suspensions fueling complaints about custodes and school management.
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