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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1881
Page
5
The Evansville and Terre Haute Railway lists train times with northbound and southbound express, freight, and passenger services. Morning departures include 9:48 a.m. express and 1:35 p.m. express, while evening freight runs appear around 7:49 p.m. and 8:05 p.m.
Wohey Chambers leads marshal efforts as Knights of Pythixas donate to Ladies Aid. Odd Fellows drill in new uniforms while rumors and small town gossip swirl about Will Crowley and Will Starks. The S E and S E Railroad restoration stalls, January revenue tops six thousand, and Charley Crowley visits Indianapolis with hospital managers watching closely.
A mixed column covers mill plans, lecturing trips by Theron P. Keator, ship clerks, and attendance at Danville Illinois. It notes Valentines mailed, local politics, and theater at Terre Haute with Charlotte Thompson. Also reported are uncollected letters, delinquent tax sales, and the arrest warrant for James Houpt.
Walk Dooley returned home drunk and after a quarrel with elder brother Jim, hurled a brick striking him on the head. Jim collapsed and lay in a critical condition for hours, though later recovered briefly.
Live Hogs Firm five dollars and twenty five to seventy cents per hundredweight. Receipts three thousand nine hundred head with shipments one thousand one hundred. Cattle three twenty five to five sixty. Sheep eighty three to fifty.
On January 15 in Louisville hog buyers posted firm bids from 4.60 to 5.00 per hundredweight. Receipts totaled 1 360 head as sellers moved hogs to market.
Wheat 85 to 90 cents a bushel. Corn 45 cents. Hay 950 dollars per ton. Hogs 3.75 to 4.25 dollars. Sheep 2 to 3 cents per pound. Cattle 250 to 325 dollars. Eggs 15 cents per dozen. Chickens young 6 cents per pound. Turkeys 5 cents per pound. Butter 15 cents. Old hens 250 per dozen.
Readable items include canned goods dried fruit currants basins and pet food at Mason's with price note 2 cents.
Private donations and penny-box collections are recognized with heartfelt thanks. The report lists fifteen assisted families and the Aid Society’s spending on groceries dry goods clothing shoes coal medicines and services for sick care and medical needs as part of charitable support.
The fragment lists Mrs T K Sherman as president and M De Burr as secretary, with total for the group noted as 0.2.000.
Advertisements claim matt bitters contain malt hops calisaya and iron and are valued by doctors and Indy customers. The copy touts a large bottle as the best medicine and blood purifier and marks it a sure cure for chills and liver diseases.
A reader signed Tax Payer urges careful review of a piece on Terre Haute State Normal funding. The writer notes city lobby for a larger legislature appropriation, arguing Terre Haute uses part of the building for city schools and pays little for the privilege, including upkeep.
Two spans of the narrow gauge bridge over the Wabash were carried downstream by last week’s flood and ice gorge. One span lodged half a mile below and was cable recovered. the other ended 14 miles away. The draw span remains on its pier. Estimated damage ranges from 2000 to 6000 dollars with uncertainty about submerged structures.
The Terre Haute Express reports demands for a State Normal School appropriation of 26000 while detailing the 1867 site act and Ten years of state funding. It questions Terre Haute’s use of the building for a city school and whether lavish state support is warranted versus other towns on the Wabash. Tax Payer.
The text attacks parents who permit children to grow with scrofulous humors, claiming such individuals are branded with a loathsome disease and would be drawn to Cathura Remedies.
Notice of sale by the executor of John Brewer deceased under Sullivan Circuit Court order. Auctions on March 12 in Sullivan town lots 114 127 130 part of Graysville property described with tract sizes and boundaries. Terms: one third cash balance in six and twelve months with interest 6 percent, note security and personal surety required.
State of Indiana Sullivan County set issue in Sullivan Circuit Court for a September term. The case involves The Life Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn.
For thirty years Wistar's Balsam of wild Cherry has been kept for sale by druggists generally. There has not been a single complaint and it is acknowledged as the best remedy for coughs colds consumption bronchitis asthma and all lung diseases. Aug 25 80 ly.
Bargains advertised as the best in New Lebanon and surrounding country. The notice mentions Thomas Burton as executor of John Brewer’s will, petition to sell the estate, and a hearing at the Sullivan Circuit Court. Dates and exact terms are obscured but the gist concerns a probate sale.
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