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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1881
Page
2
Grace, a vain wife, defies Ernest by attending Mrs Blessington’s dinner when forbidden. He confronts her coldly revealing mistrust. After a marital rift, Grace flees by train where a desperate fall threatens her life until Ernest stops the hearse of fate and saves her.
A domestic scene unfolds as Grace, torn by guilt, seeks forgiveness from her husband. She sobs out her plea while reflecting on respect and love, recognizing the frailty of control and the need for mutual courtesy in their strained relationship.
A Cincinnati Enquirer correspondent recounts Boston Corbett's troubled post Booth murder years. He is shunned by officers and government, robbed of reward money, dismissed from service, and forced to move constantly while receiving threatening letters signed by Booth. Corbett remains haunted and worried by assassination risk.
A fragmentary historical text outlines processes from horse hair usage to chemical byproducts. It describes hair removal for cushions, skinning, hooves for combs, and a sequence of cooking and extracting compounds. It mentions animal oil, various salts, phosphites, and dyes linked to industrial uses.
A Virginia experiment shows telegraph signals transmitted without wires at measurable heights using two copper rods. Messages traveled between ends via a distant ground circuit and Morse code, suggesting a potential global telegraph future and major cost reduction.
In Paris under the Empire the eccentric Duke of Brunswick, famed as The Walking Jewelry Shop, died recently. Known for diamonds and a habit of drastic appearance changes, he reportedly wore thirty-one wigs to alter his look, shaving and varying hair length by day.
A tale recounts a duke famed for vanity who shaves his head and loses a siesta to a comical mishap. After a long day at a Paris cafe and a stroll in the Jardin des Acclamatation July heat, an ostrich rests its head upon his bald crown, mistaken for an egg in a humorous misadventure.
An eight year old enters a Quincy druggist and asks for a rub to harden skin like leather. The clerk explains oil of tannin can harden skin. The boy plans to counterfeit old women’s slips with leather but is caught in a street encounter, singing as he leaves.
A vivid early piece describes lambs born high in the Sierra during May and June. Ewes and their young dwell on sunlit rock hollows at twelve to thirteen thousand feet, sheltered from winds as they grow strong under maternal care in a stark, clouded cradle.
Dr Hammond argues that women are more harmed by tobacco than men, noting neuralgia, headaches, dyspepsia, heart palpitations, and dental decay. He says tobacco worsens a woman’s health and even the smell of tobacco on a woman is more offensive than on a man.
An assortment of attorney advertisements from Sullivan Indiana outlines law office locations and services. Providers highlight real estate, collections, and general legal work with offices on Southside and Northside corners near Public Square and Maine Street.
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