15 Jan 1882
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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1882
Page
1
New York readers hear calls for better water pressure and fire safety after the old World building blaze. The piece lauds brave rescuers, notes saltwater access and sewerage limits, and criticizes the city’s aqueduct and street cleaning while praising efforts by Walton and others amid a bustling city scene.
The southbound freight on the Wabash derailed at Bird Station Thursday evening. Four cars were ditched and five more were thrown across the track. No lives were lost and the line was not cleared for 24 hours. Defective ties are blamed for rail spreading.
The article explains that in-growing toenails stem from flesh pressing on the nail and causing infection. It recommends treating by pinching the adjacent toe flesh away from the nail, then binding together with adhesive strips and reapplying plaster as needed until the flesh returns to place.
A physician writes to The Journal of Health praising Brown's Iron fitters claiming no other remedy is as harmless and effective. He asserts it aids general ill health and chronic diseases of pulmonary digestive and urinary organs and that its mild action prevents relapse or cravings after stopping use.
In Danville a man named Frederick Kester was hanged for murdering his wife. He claimed innocence, but evidence was circumstantial and the trial deemed fair. Days later the murdered woman's father confessed to the crime, admitting he killed his daughter to lure Kester to the scaffold, proving two murders by one hand.
Fragmented OCR note mentions a new remedy for coughs and colds offered at a drugstore. It references ongoing audience disruption and a clergyman exhausted by coughing during a reading. No clear dates or names.
In Vincennes News the attorney Deren Hise of Salrax is favorably mentioned as a leading aspirant for the Knox Sullivan and Keens representativeship. No other candidates appear to be in contention.
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