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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1881
Page
2
A chaotic scene unfolds as a horse named Kickey bolts a buggy tearing the road and a crowd pleads for help. A narrator recalls trusting a deacon who turned out deceitful, revealing a broader fear of honesty in everyday trades.
Ezra Newton and his wife Elizabeth navigate rising costs and frugal living. She cuts cash purchases, negotiates with traders, and saves consistently, eventually buying a corner house with cash while Ezra discovers her secret savings and investment.
Mrs. Newton asserts she saved the money for the house, insisting the price reflects her decade of careful management. Her husband, upon inspecting the house, concedes that the smart savings justify the purchase.
A poor seamstress with an eleven month old baby was arraigned for theft in Paris. She claimed the coins were taken by her infant and offered to return them. The court doubted her tale until a reenactment showed the baby grabbing three gold coins, leading to her acquittal.
In Des Moines the governor Grimes arrived at a prominent hotel. A flashy young aspirant sought an audience, used a rude tone to a porter, and slipped a 25 cent note to the man as a tip. The impostor then pressed for a personal interview with Grimes, claiming a chance to serve the state, while another scene recounts a Westward bound clerk denying a pass to Buffalo after exposing an attempted theft related to a passenger transfer scandal. Eugene Hale elected Senator in Augusta.
In 1859 Bucharest hosts the Harsterg Menagerie with Herma Dalstrom a Swedish lion tamer of striking beauty. A palace of passion unfolds as Prince Maniaska pursues her, the tamer拒 refuses him, and a deadly plot culminates when Herma lures him into the lions den and the beasts kill him. Herma vanishes into the winter, never seen again.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing on a bill related to awards by the Postmaster General. An argument between opposing counsel required the chairman to intervene and threaten dismissal to restore order, with the hearing adjourned until Thursday.
Advertisements from Sullivan Indiana announce attorneys at law with offices on Main and Commercial rows, physicians and surgeons offering prompt night and day calls, a real estate and insurance agent, and a photographer dealer in frames and portraits with services for copying and enlarging old pictures at various downtown locations.
Local notices advertise General Life and Accident Insurance agents in Sullivan Indiana. Offices are located over the post office with representatives within reach for residents seeking coverage.
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