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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1881
Page
5
The piece notes intense public concern over the President’s condition with headlines changing from worse to better, reflecting prayers for speedy recovery. It also lists local items: a hog pound, sales at the Arcade, new twins, pulpit exchanges, Teegarden buggies, harvest notes, and brief notices about residents and commerce in Sullivan County.
Bankers report cash payouts on wheat checks equal or exceed last year's levels. Dr W E Drisecol and Dr Joseph Morgan, from Bedford, were in town for Sunday and Monday. Morgan aims to buy Dr Collier’s dental office. Flora Jenkins, wife of Dr Richard Jenkins of consumption, dies at Carlisle. she was a Carlisle native and related to local families.
The notice advertises corn for sale with applications directed to John T. Gunn in Sullivan. A separate readable section reprints a Chicago traveler’s letter condemning the town for allowing a livery stable manure pile near the hotel dining hall, arguing it endangers the hotel’s reputation and public health.
Through the Kingsley Chapel on Thursday night members and friends of Prosperity Lodge of Good Templars invite all to attend an ice cream festival. The Methodist district conference convened with Rev T H Willis leading the opening discourse and several ministers present as discussions on church work continue.
Public notice lists uncalled for mail and names residents including Columbus Borders John Kelley G W Kelley Joe Levi Ellette M J Milan A D Durn John Parson B M Rowland and ladies Nancy Mason Nancy C Sherman. Also a lecture by Geo P Brown at Indiana State Normal School and a call from Oscar Shryer to raise 60 dollars to connect Bloomfield to Worthington by telegraph and telephone.
This column lists residents and visitors in town, noting who is sick or recovering, who arrives or departs, and where they are from or going next. It mentions Clark Young at the springs Will Griffin and Jim Price in town Henry Harris changing barber Mrs. Collier ill Tressa Price on sick list Osborne the photographer left and many more residents and travelers.
A Traverine Man complains of a decaying mass in the stable yard by the Sheeks House that emits a deadly, constant stink. He says hotel and rail life exposes travelers to sickness and urges authorities to act, claiming landlords and officers ignore the nuisance and damage the town’s reputation.
A Lexington special reports four well mounted men seen on the Illinois north bank early Thursday, suspected as Chicago Rock Island train robbers crossing south. One man stole a government yawl, swam the river with his pistol laden boat, while others rode off with the roer's horse. The yawl was later found tied on the north bank. The item includes other brief notes on an electric prison punishment in Ohio, a Baltimore editor's death, and a moral reflection.
A short excerpt discusses a gambler Edgeworth who vows to quit gambling after winning with his wife’s diamond earrings, then bets again on sticks. a barber's shave and a drink follow the vow, illustrating how fortune unmasks character. The piece also quotes a saying about loyalty and friendship.
The clipping shows livestock quotes with hog and wheat prices and a few service ads. It references freight and packing terms and promotes insurance and organ sales by Fred Briggs and Geo F Hughes.
An advertisement extols Ayer s Cathartic Pills as the leading purgative for family use praised for being purely vegetable and safe for children and weak constitutions. It touts extensive physician usage and urges buying from Wilkey Bros, Crowder & Reed, and related merchants, with assorted claims and testimonials.
Advertisement style text lists various goods and prices including imitation gold and watches. Mentions Wilkey Bros offerings, Thompson Co 102 Nassau St New York, Burlington Route traveler inducements, millinery stock for sale at cost, Dr Sanford Radical Cure for colds, Cutiura Remedies testimonial, and 4 acres of land for sale near Sullivan Indiana with price and terms.
200 acre farm near New Lebanon Indiana with 160 acres cultivated and remaining woodland pasture. Price 80 dollars per acre on five years with 8 percent interest. Or trade for 3000 dollars stock of merchandise with time on balance. Toney Corps New Lebanon Indiana.
Good Words from Druggists tout Malt Bitters as the best bitter, promoting sleep and calming nervousness. They claim it aids liver and kidney health, fights chills, helps consumptives gain flesh, and suits nursing mothers. salesmen endorse it as unrivaled in town.
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