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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1881
Page
2
The piece essays on religious virtue and hypocrisy with dialect musings. It contrasts piety and worldly temptations while satirizing preachers and lay believers in a parable like sermon. The narrator notes notable contrasts between sin and piety and uses rural imagery to critique spiritual posturing.
In Paris, livery stable Darley rents a single horse drawn coupe to both Moncieur de Merisi and Madame de Belroy. Each plans a quiet, daily schedule for May, paying 700 francs monthly, until Merisi discovers a shared ride and evidence of overlapping use.
In Paris, Merisi tracks Madame de Belroy, a grieving widow, discovering through a notebook and repeated mass visits a hidden suitor named Julius. He pursues her, learns the widow hosts a child guardianed by a saintly image, and confronts jealousy as the boy greets him and seals a fragile engagement.
A man carried a vow of unwavering faith in a beloved, willing to die rather than reveal doubt. The woman remains unaware of his hidden pledge and the depth of his ardor.
A tall one eyed woman demands to see Congress in the House of Representatives. Guards explain access is limited to members and staff. She leaves after being told the Bucks County Congress met in the patent office amid threats to push a mortgage bill and ridicule of officials.
A lecture by Prof. Huxley in England estimates vast fish fecundity with herrings numbering in the billions yearly and blue fish consuming enormous shares. He cites 1879 codling and hake catches and questions the sea’s exhaustibility, noting white bait as immature herrings.
Seth Green recounts a wasp tactic observed near a spider nest. The wasp feigns quiet presence near the entrance, probes with a slender leg, then stings the guarding spider, quickly killing it. The wasp repeats the method to gain entry and slaughter the young spiders inside.
The sermon on biblical revision during a New York address drew ire over the 1881 revision. Talmage criticized removing parts of scripture and questioned the translators while a crowd applauded and a lighthearted street scene interrupted the report.
A Macon Telegraph reporter visits Masonic Hall to see Mlle Christine Millie born in 1850 in North Carolina. The two girls joined as one are cheerful and cultivated, speak multiple languages, sing, and dance with grace. The item contrasts the unusual with a warm, humorous dialogue about weather and travel.
The author argues wheat yields lag behind English crops because England uses sheep to manure fields. He describes a folding method where sheep graze on downs after evening housing, returning to folds by dusk. The land benefits from concentrated manure and hoof traffic, equating a sheep's nightly impact to significant per-acre value.
In the Indianapolis Journal opinion piece the author contrasts factions in New York and Albany with the grieving mother of the President. The write describes the President as “her baby” and reflects on maternal love as a universal, enduring bond beyond honors or titles. It emphasizes reverence and shared grief felt by the nation.
In Oswego Nebraska the Palladium reports Truck the hook and ladder dog saved precious time during a fire. While firefighters stood at the corner, Truck barked loudly and led them to the alarm by carrying his lamp and guiding the team between the truck and horses. His alertness impressed the unit.
Items range from cockroaches used as bait for black bass to London fairs clearing 35 000 daily while reports cover San Diego smoking bans on youths and a Wheaton Illinois church appointing a woman pastor. Additional notes include nobility marriages and European theatre interest.
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