18 May 1892
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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1892
Page
1
A fragment from Rose Hawthorne Lathrop in Scribner's laments fallen soldiers and the toll of war. The poem depicts mournful funeral rites, silent marble memorials, and youths struck down, contrasting laughter with grief on a somber day.
A well known city gentleman moved into a house once occupied by a paper subscriber. The carrier kept leaving daily papers for a year after the move. The collector demanded payment. the resident refused, saying he did not subscribe and urged the carrier to stop. The man then produced a stack of unread papers as proof, and the collector hauled away a year’s accumulation without payment.
Mrs. John Towle of Strongville recalls a perilous trek when wolves attacked a deer she paddled alongside on Pine River. She struck wolves, aided by a stunned deer, then battled to bring the animal to shore before a bear appeared next morning. The tale unfolds at her log cabin near Rudyard, Michigan, shared by the Sault Ste. Marie correspondent.
Mrs. Anna Kimball rides into a herd of 6000 cattle near Salt Fork Arkansas to rescue a fallen herder, leaping ahead to lift him from danger and earning a watch from the cowboys. Miss Millard defeats landjumpers near the Kansas Nebraska line, firing at intruders, fighting a prairie fire, and aiding a wounded man, later retaining her claim.
A Chicago Globe excerpt advises young men to prioritize thoughtful, generous behavior over expensive showy gifts. It urges studying girls' tastes, planning social acts, pooling resources with friends, and using time and wit over money to win respect and affection.
Bowdoin College Professor Chapman shared a tale at an alumni dinner about a Portland girl who, after a admonition to seek forgiveness, returns downstairs and reports that God said she had not done worse than many other girls named Elsie Murray.
The late Reverend Thomas Hill and his wife recall a morning when their precocious child under four years old mused on thinking versus acting. The child notes that thinking is easier for a person, whereas with a dog the action comes more readily, a moment cited in Boston Traveller as an anecdote from Hill’s life.
The Maine Central treasurer Mr Linscott deposited large sums personally using a loaf like bundle wrapped in a newspaper as he rode the streetcar. The conductor asked why he carried the bread every day and the loaf’s value was likely near fifty thousand dollars per the Lewiston Journal.
A fragmentary exchange recalls a gentle refusal and a motherly weather chat during a marriage proposal. The clipping notes the Duke of Devonshire owning no land in Devonshire county, while his vast estates exceed 198000 acres across fourteen counties.
An old man named Taylor from Chicago seeks payment for services offered to Lincoln era figures. Colonel de Arnaud pressing for 50000 dollars claiming credit for guiding Grant in Paducah. Washington letter notes rapid Paris Berlin mass mail and tube transit. Parisian Moissan isolates fluorine gas. Haly at Colombo museum cites carbolized oil as preservative for fish colors. The text hints at many unknowns in the animal kingdom.
The article explains telling time at night by the Dipper’s pointers. It notes to observe at a fixed hour and judge the hour by eye as the pointers' position shifts with Earth's rotation.
A collage of brief notes spans humor from slips on peels to a wolf child tale, plus studies of teeth endurance, ancient coins under Swiss ice, a theater gallant dichotomy, a timelock mail box, and a geologist’s note on glacier age.
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