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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1881
Page
5
The article notes Sullivan county plans a five week dog collar law starting July with death penalty for noncompliance. It mentions Dr Crawley selling cheap medicines and eye operations, a proposed telephone club line for local businesses, and a long roster of local names and town news including residents traveling, appointments, and visits.
Local retailer Crow der and Seed s advertises a large stock of wallpaper for home decorating. Items include various patterns and colors suitable for rooms, halls and stairways. Savings and promotions are highlighted to attract buyers.
A special communication of Sullivan lodges is scheduled for next Tuesday night with work in several degrees. Adequate night rites and orderly procedures are expected as members prepare for the chepter ceremony.
A partial readable OCR shows a city game report with team names and players garbled by errors. The text mentions a match date or event, but most specifics are unreadable leaving only hints of teams and locations.
A board of trustees considers removing clerks and marshals from tax collection and assigning duties to the county treasurer. The measure aims to streamline finance though some members question the impact on local administration.
In readings from the town meeting the board accepted bonds and selected J. J. Patten as town attorney for the coming year. The session adjourned to meet again Wednesday night as committee reports and appointments were discussed.
Sullivan May 11 market notes show wheat at 1.00, corn 0.50, hay 1200 per ton, hogs 4.50 to 5.00, sheep 8.00 to 460, cattle 600 to 60, eggs per dozen 0.0 cents, butter 0.26, wool 0.23 to 0.25, feathers 0.0, Cincinnati May 11 loss 4.0 80.90, receipts 1,000, lead shipments 660 head, corn 47 45, hogs 4.65 to 6.59.
A terse market note records receipts at 592 head and steady livestock prices. Wheat prices quoted at 116 to 1.12, indicating a steady grain market and limited price movement.
May 1 report shows receipts at 1,250 head and shipments around 1,100 head for cattle. Prices listed include cattle at 5.25 to 5.50 per hundredweight. Wheat quoted near 1.10 to 1.50 per bushel with limited activity.
The column lists assorted items including illnesses in several households with pneumonia and convalescence, a mosquito bill in discussion, family visits between Mrs. Gettinger and granddaughter, travel to Wineis and Terre Haute, fruit tree observations about peach trees and blackberry bushes, a New York physician diagnosing a William Tull with a long tape worm, and Mr. George Sumner returning from Greene County after his brother’s illness.
A damaged OCR passage discusses harvesters and binders with numbers like 89250 and references to McCormic machines. Mentions repairs, expenses, and belief the machines are nearing perfection. Names such as DALRYMELE appear in fragmented form amid a commerce focused note.
Daley McLe in Sullivan Indiana praises a Twine Binder used for eight consecutive harvest days in a gang of fifteen wire binders under his supervision. He says the machine performed as well as the best wire binders and notes it is for sale by Geo C Youngman of Sullivan and agents for Nicholls Shepard & Co Vibrator Thresher.
The note warns inventors that many patents fail from neglect of precaution and recommends consulting attorney Foster of 509 7th St Washington DC who has represented before the Patent Office this year. He cites officials of Office Brrean and local banks as references and invites inquiries for details.
A noisy string of shop notices highlights grocers and suppliers in Sullivan County offering berries, fruits, vegetables, oysters, seeds, and household goods. It promotes low prices, organ sales, fabrics, wallpaper, shoes, and insurance from firms such as Eaton Miles Wilkey Allen Crowder Tom Reids and Fred Briggs.
Mia and Eliza Young are described wearing stylish nobby shoes bought from Eaton & Miles at No 8 Commercial Row. The note highlights fashionable footwear associated with Brigham Young's household.
The Masonic Fraternity in this place offers their lodge property and grounds on West Washington and Jackson streets for sale at a rare bargain. The sale provides a unique opportunity for a buyer with funds. Trustees or any members can be contacted for details.
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