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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1880
Page
8
The notice lists Mason & Hamlin and Woods organs for sale by Geo F Hughes and promotes Crowder Reed brushes. It urges shoppers to compare prices to save money, naming Wiskey and Adlen as the county’s low price grocery leaders for the season.
The Sullivan Union announces Sherman and Co of Marshall, Missouri seek an agent in this county with salary of 100 per month plus expenses. Address as above. Also a timetable lists Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad trains with north and south schedules and freight runs.
Office opens seven A M and closes seven P M. North mail closes at 1 15 P M and south mail at 3 54 P M. Mail arrives from north at 7 13 A M and 4 13 P M. Mail arrives from south at 1 50 P M. No mail goes south from the Ri26 cleck train.
An advertisement claims a universal cure for pain through VanFosen's Magic Oil marketed by T. D. Wax Fossey of Sullivan Indiana. It urges readers to seek relief and mention of a first class organ being sold by Geo. F. Hughe.
The True Cape God ed by WH Cranberry and the Old Colony Nurseries offer a wide range of new and imported strawberry varieties. The 100 variety collection won a first premium at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society show in Boston. Catalogues, bulbs, fruit trees, seeds and plants advertised with mail prepaid options and wholesale terms. Agents sought for Plymouth, Massachusetts. Established 1842.
Three Chicago saloon keepers were found guilty of selling liquor to minors. The judge delivered a scathing critique of licensure, noting legality does not excuse harm to families, children, and communities. They were sentenced to ten days in jail and a seventy five dollar fine plus costs.
There are indications in Congress of a strong desire to end the National bank system. Some members seem to prefer the chaotic era of wildcat banking, when the aim was to memorize counterfeit detector rules and dodge losses on each paper dollar.
A humorous tip advises that staying at a married friend's house with a crying baby can ruin a man’s bachelor status. It claims Hop Bitters soothes cross infants and leaves them smiling, ending with a cautioned memory for young men to heed.
The undersigned announces a new meat market on the north side of the square one door west of Al Baker's old stand in Sulivan and vicinity. He promotes the finest meats at the lowest prices and invites customers to call. February 4. S. R. Ross.
We seek horses and mules for eastern and southern markets. Buy morys aged three to ten years. prefer fat, but will take sound animals otherwise. Horses wanted fat, four to ten years old. Acceptable at any time at the stable of Russell & Glass in Sullivan Indiana Hanns & Gigs.
A poem in the Cincinnati Gazette recalls Civil War era strife and ruminates on politics and race. The speaker fears a Black voter will decide the fate of Indiana and the South, ending the era with a chilling refrain of Nevermore.
Poignant verse from Angelica New York urging divine intervention to save a poor orphan boy from liquor. A grieving mother pleads for mercy as a rum seller harms the child, invoking heavenly protection and moral recompense for the wrongdoing.
The piece notes doctor visit fees estimated at $3.00 per visit and over $1,000 yearly for daily attendance for the bedridden. It suggests Hop Bitters could prevent sickness and save costs. Also mentions Horsographs at the office and Geo F Hughes as Mason & Hamlin Organ agent.
The Sullivan Circuit Court appointed commissioner W S Marte to sell a described portion of the southeast quarter of section 19 township 8 north range 10 west in Sullivan County Indiana. The sale will be held Wednesday February 18 1880 on the premises from 9 am to 4 pm. Terms will be announced on sale day.
A 1879 Indiana session approved amendments to widen voting rights for citizens and foreign-born residents, strike racial limits, standardize election timing, remove white clause, adjust compensation rules, and expand judiciary powers with debt limits for municipalities. The measures await ratification by voters in April 1880.
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