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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1880
Page
2
A fragmentary poem expresses ardent longing as the speaker asks the wind moon and stars to carry a message of deep constant love to a beloved Brent across sea and shore. The verse invokes night firms and natural elements to convey enduring devotion.
Bessie Glent learns of a threatening letter to her father and travels alone through a forest road to Boltons. A masked robber attacks, but her hatchet fells him. she brings back the money and aids the investigation. Oscar confesses a debt of honor and dies.
Dr Phene of the British Association reports on ancient customs from the Pyrenees and Brittany. He notes stone circle graves with urns and serpentine crosses, Welsh and Brittany tally traditions, and a dragon emblem widely seen in Spain and France. He observes religious meanings behind Tarasque dances and local fire rituals with serpentine flame formations.
A Utica Observer letter argues slavery has revived in Egypt, Arabia, and surrounding Ottoman regions after a temporary halt. It claims buyers among governing classes and prominent households sustain slave networks, with caravans traveling days across deserts to bring in slaves and luxury goods, reflecting entrenched social complicity.
Brown From His Saddle reports Jack Gridley and Alexander Gridley with two East brothers and John Karcher rode into Calistoga canyon for a hunt. A sudden cyclone toppled riders and hurled Abram Cridsey about twenty to thirty feet onto rocks, leaving him insensible for half an hour with injuries. The boy was struck by a stone. the party returned to Napa by rail since he could not be moved by wagon.
The home of William Hamlin, located two miles up the Wabash River from Lygansport, was destroyed by fire on Saturday. No injuries reported. Firefighters fought the flames but the structure was a total loss.
In Boston Herald interview Archibald Forbes lauds Frank D. Millet as a premier war correspondent and praises his battlefield notes method. He argues Forbes transformed war reporting into a professional craft, stressing risk, independence, and precise, present-tense dispatches.
An anecdote from a London gathering shows Sir Edwin Landseer drawing with both hands, one outlining a stag head and the other a horse head, astonishing onlookers with his dexterity. The scene highlights his famed draughtsmanship and its playful demonstration among distinguished guests.
A London Telegraph editorial praises locomotive engineers for safeguarding hundreds of lives. It compares passenger trust to the quiet vigilance of engineers and signalmen who steer trains, switch lamps, and guard against dangers on every journey.
The New York Observer outlines two classification terms in African ivory markets live and dead with prices skewed by traders. Scrivelers are tusks under twenty pounds cheaper and the terms live and dead extend to both tusks and pieces found by natives near elephant locales about twenty miles above Kangwe Mission in the O g zone.
A satirical piece from the New Orleans Times lampoons the rise of a so called scientific method of kissing. It mocks the shift from vigorous neck embraces to a restrained graceful approach praising its supposed novelty while lamenting loss of warmth and spontaneity.
The original 12 by 29 foot Star Spangled Banner flag, once atop Fort McHenry, is described with its 15 stars and stripes arrangement and the flag’s links to Mary Pickersgill and Mary Young. It notes 400 yards of bunting and preservation efforts amid celebrations in Baltimore.
A culinary note describes Potato Duchesse made by boiling six potatoes, sieving, mixing with one gill of cream and egg yolks, seasoning with pepper salt and nutmeg plus parsley, shaping into balls, then flattening and flouring before sautéing in butter until both sides color.
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