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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1880
Page
4
President Hayer delivers inaugural address emphasizing party service and dedication to the nation. He urges unity within the Sullivan Union and calls on members to prioritize public service over partisan aims.
The remarks criticize Governor Blackpurx as a tool for flooding Indiana with convicts and accuse a listed man of planning to spread smallpox via contaminated clothing to northern cities. The source portrays this as a dangerous, partisan insinuation about leadership and dirty political work.
John Payne asserts that a Black person can live in the North if they vote Democratic. He contends Democratic papers would hail the exodus as grand and glorious if all did so.
The piece portrays Kentucky’s prison system as undersized for its inmate population and suggests Indiana could be used as an expansive detention venue by the governing party.
A Fukuiron cyclone swept the north part of Indianapolis last Thursday night. Homes, trees, fences, and smoke-stacks were leveled as the gale roared. Several people were severely injured but no fatalities reported. Property damage is put at about $100,000.
Local supporters of Hugh J Jewett president of the New York Lake Erie and Western railroad circulate high sounding eulogies to drum up a nationwide boom for his Democratic presidential bid. The editor notes a few copies arriving from unknown sources urging aid to the Jewett boon.
A historical editorial blames the Democratic Party for an extra congressional session that cost 450000 in printing and led to mass unemployment. It claims funds were not provided to cover the costs and criticizes policy as causing the government printer to face punishment while a thousand families lose homes.
A political editorial urges Republicans to unite across townships and county tickets, arguing the party saved the nation in 1861 65 and now faces the Democrats as a common enemy. It calls for total support of Republican tickets, no side issues, and a solid front to secure victory.
Republicans Capt Patten and Capt Parker are described as costly whistlers for the Democratic campaign. Both captains hold multiple offices and are urged to yield in contests for township posts. Rev Dr Henderson of Terre Haute will lecture on The Art of Living at the Presbyterian church Thursday night.
A veteran recalls being captured near Spring Hill Tennessee seventeen years ago on March dth with 2200 blue coats. General Coburn led a brigade against 18000 Confederate forces under Van Dorn near a stone wall. After heavy fighting the brigade surrendered, endured a brutal march to Libby Prison and eventual exchange before returning home with the 85th Indiana.
The speaker declares the Republican ranks are united and powerful with issues clear across the Union. A scandal free standard bearer is needed, as public sentiment coalesces before the convention to ratify the people’s choice for a strong national leader.
A lengthy letter argues that Democrats previously used cattle as a racial metaphor for Black people and condemns lingering anti Negro sentiment in the party. The piece then reports on public schools, exams, performances, and local personalities including Prof. Allen Miss Emma Gainy and others amid a mixed town update.
The Shaiburn Silver Band adopted resolutions Jan 23 honoring their departed brother and leader C P Riggs Jr. They express gratitude for his liberality and patience, pledge to remember him, and extend sympathy to his family, with copies to the family, minutes, and the Sullivan Democrat and Union.
An 19th century advertisement extols AYERs SARSAPARILLA as a superior vegetable tonic purifying the blood. It claims cures for scrofula boils pimples eruptions and various skin and blood disorders with added benefits for liver complaints female weakness and vitality. Promoted by dealer networks including Geo F Hughes and Pine Tar av Crowder Leed's.
The article reports Governor Blackburn of Kentucky pardoning seventy to eighty convicts, with eighteen men arriving at Greencastle on railroad passes to vote Democratic tickets. It notes others at Crawfordsville and alleges a scheme to import Kentuckians for labor and votes, urging Voorhees to launch an investigation.
Mrs Matilda Brewer wife of Rev L D Brewer died of pneumonia on the 6th and burial was on the 7th at Bethel. Miss Sallie Mattox died Feb 21 of scarlet fever at 16. Grange hall moves announced and musicians praised. Local teachers Paxton Coffey and Affair retire with honor. Rev J W Buck preached. Dr McDowell adds a Jersey cow. Miss Jennie Williams and Aliks Powell teaching classes. Leap year party at John Howards with partners drawn. Pleasantville band led by Prof A C Miller. Republican convention at Baker Hines shop with Edmands nominated township trustee Trent assessor Allsman Mayfield constables. Y M C A meeting next Wednesday. Franklin society officers elected. Preaching at M E church next Sunday. Ida Gray of Palestine visiting Merom.
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