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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1880
Page
7
A mother watches her baby go to school and faces the ache of separation. She imagines a future when all children depart, leaving an empty home and the weary quiet that follows. She tidies abandoned garments and contemplates how to cope with ongoing loneliness.
A newly wed couple on a winter journey seek shelter in a remote cottage. A cellar of grim concealment hides a dead man and a terrified widow seeks to profit, unleashing a night of horror and a wife driven to near madness.
The Boston Post discusses Professor Proctor's theory that the great pyramid served astronomical observation. It notes how he argues from adaptation and imagination, suggesting the pyramid matched primitive astronomy if Egypt lacked modern tools. A sequence of unrelated items follows: a girl’s fire incident, a Michigan wheat yield claim, and a grim humor line about drowning a cat.
Louisville Courier Journal recounts Colonel Johnston’s interview with General Lee after the Civil War. Lee urged Confederates to stay with their people, trust Grant, and rebuild the South, contrasting with Halleck’s oath policy and possible arrest.
A Louisville sister Mary Funk left the convent after plans to marry, entering matrimony with Hillerbrand. Once praised for piety and service, she chose love over vows, leaving the convent life for the Brownsboro road area. The community notes the unusual and remarkable nature of her departure.
A German family on Elm River endured a brutal blizzard as a mother went into labor in a new house while two boys froze in a dry goods box. The father died after attempting to move the box, and the infant perished. the mother survived with frost marks.
An 1778 journey record by William Ellery and Francis Dana describes harsh winter travel and squalid lodgings. The excerpt notes snow squalls and a theft of Dana's servant’s surtout, plus a filthy tavern, costly meals, and a charge of thirty sixpence for lodging and hay.
Dr. T. S. Lambert of New York argued heat is essential to restore normal body temperature and called for a windpipe incision to aid artificial respiration in choking, hanging, and drowning cases. He advised poultry keepers to heat houses, provide water, kerosene perches, clean nests, dust nests with sulphur, offer dust baths, and give varied green and sweet foods for winter layers.
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