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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1881
Page
6
A reflective meditation on longing as a shaping force in life. The poem contemplates how desire elevates the soul toward transcendence, while everyday struggles dull urgency. It contrasts striving with contentment and hints at moral growth through action and aspiration.
In a stormy夜 tale from Sequasset, Luke Ruddilove pleads for a dollar from Mrs. Pratter. She offers aid and sends him to hope, changing his fate as he swears to reform and honor the gift. The dollar becomes a symbol guiding Luke toward sobriety and a better life, while the Praters confront their own judgments.
The Indianapolis Journal recounts Annie Bernice a doomed daughter of wealth who fell from grace and died after a brutal assault in Louisville. A reporter described a squalid room where she and six others lived under filth and stench in a crowded lodging fronting Market Street.
The piece describes crowded streets and squalor with sick and impoverished residents. It references murders, abusive scenes, and a physician’s grim demonstrations, illustrating a city of grime, fear, and social decay blamed on poverty and vice.
A New York Sun dispatch from an international panel discusses torture by electric shocks as a proposed method for criminals. It describes British and American ideas, including an English method using a battery to cause indescribable pain without wounds, and a design involving iron brackets with wet sponges to shock the body.
A fragmented column laments official lifestyles amid critiques of secretaries like Seburz and Chandler. It recalls Grant era hospitality, contrasts with today, and questions how ministers spend their official incomes and comforts in Washington society.
A whimsical 19th century tale recalls Zach Chandler summoned to a Cabinet dinner to resolve a tense pension with Britain. Mr Fish presents the dispute to the Michigan senator who retorts in blunt diplomacy, urging the Queen to “go to the devil” in polished terms.
Attorneys at law offices listed in Sullivan and Terre Haute with names and addresses. R G Gunn and others offer real estate and insurance services. One office on Maine Street and another on North Side Crowder Block provide legal representation and court attendance in Sullivan and surrounding areas.
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