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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1882
Page
8
The fragment mentions trains and freight services including Chicago Express, Day Express, and Washville Express. It references through freight routes and local freight, with times around 1:00 pm and 9:00 pm noting going south and through traffic.
Advertisement rates detailed per square and column length for one to twelve months. It lists column widths including quarter column and one column and notes pricing per insertion and time period with measurements valuing one inch as one square.
F. H. Drake, Detroit, suffered a severe skin disease that affected hands head and face. After failed medical treatment he used Cuticura Readvent internally and Cuticura externally. he was cured and remains well today. The ad promotes lamps and fixtures at Mayfield & Co and other wares at Wilkey Brea.
In Ricamono Virginia the Legislature reports unable to trace $91,000 in missing coupons from the Second Auditor's office while alleging the predecessor of the current official bears responsibility. The Assistant Treasurer of Richmond paid over $63,000 with his cancellation stamp, and the Treasurer's books are nine years behind and in disarray. A testimonial from Lyman Seeds of Dunkirk New York touts Brown's Iron Bitters as curing health complications.
John M. Walton a wealthy farmer near St Paul was fatally shot about six o clock Monday evening while reading papers at his home authorities said Walton died at the scene and a search for a suspected assailant was underway local officials described the incident as a hard to solve shooting near the Walton residence
The piece urges farmers to stockpile firewood during winter for better seasoning and drier storage, with shed protection. It also promotes winter socializing with fellow farmers at institutes and clubs to compare plans, discuss markets, and study the profession during long evenings.
A Rhinebeck drummer visits an East Market Street auction store and asks for a Cincinnati search warrant. The bemused proprietor points to a tenth comb as the best search warrant, and the drummer departs, colors rising with embarrassment.
A medical note asserts poverty of blood causes anemia and related ills such as scrofulous swellings debility and loss of flesh. It promotes Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a nutritive blood tonic richer than cod liver oil and safe in all conditions, sold by druggists.
An essay argues that courage and grit largely determine life span, noting that some valid individuals could recover if they will to live. It references Dr. Beard and Pierce’s pellets, then ends with a quip about a printing office joke and a towel on a doorknob.
Indiana counts 2252 women in farming, 52 bartenders, 66 authorities, 582 running boarding houses, 107 selling books, and other vocations open to women noted in the census figures.
The State Board of Health notes limited smallpox in Illinois with 37 outbreaks and two thirds under control. Vaccination is urged for all, especially children, to reduce fear and end the scourge. Also reported: a mare theft near Palestine tracked to Luke then arrested in Robinson. advice on plant pot sizes for foliage and flowers. Rep candidate chatter in the upcoming convention. and a teacher license revocation for pupil abuse citing the need for proper punishment.
The Sullivan Times enthusiastically endorses Capt. J. B. Patten of Sullivan Greene and Knox County, urging three cheers for Patten in a Greene county Democrat context. The passage signals strong local support and a call to rally behind the candidate.
2400 acres of good plow land in Butler County Kansas offered for Sullivan County property. Land near schools churches railroads and markets in a thickly settled area. Butler County touted as the state’s largest organized and best agricultural county. Details and pricing through Tony Dodds with W G Youxa. Also mentions Burlington Route travel inducements advertised elsewhere.
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