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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1880
Page
3
A verse sketch shows two long separated acquaintances meeting after twenty years. They part with a handshake and smiles, exchange small talk about ordinary life, she wears a Gainsborough hat and is in black as a wife, while their calm reunion lacks any dramatic heartbeat.
Orphans Marta Leonora and Joseph face a debt from Carrara as their vineyard is threatened. A generous English painter offers to buy the group a portrait and pays off the debt, saving the vine land and enabling the siblings to stay together with renewed hope.
Ornithologist Whilant E. Sanders reports on insectivorous birds and their dietary habits. Warblers and fly catchers feed largely on insects, nighthawks and swallows catch moths, bluebirds target insects, woodpeckers eat on trees, and thrushes above all consume fruit or insects depending on availability. He notes some species are beneficial to farmers while others damage fruit crops.
A 42 inch tall Mrs. Burnell, wife of a dwarf, underwent a Cesarean section on September 22 in Philadelphia after doctors determined natural birth was impossible due to pelvic deformity. Dr. Richards led a team of about a dozen as the infant was delivered and mother treated with ether. The child survived and was reportedly vigorous. the mother remained unconscious but stable, with recovery expected barring peritonitis.
The article explains the pyramids as tombs of early kings aligned to the cardinal points. It lists three pyramids with heights and bases: Khufu 450.75 ft high and 746 ft broad, Khafra 447.5 ft high and 690.75 ft broad, Menkara 203 ft high and 3852.78 ft broad, and details steps from a stepped kernel to outer casing and final glass-like polish. It notes over seventy pyramids once stood and argues proportions tied to reign lengths, if names and builders were preserved.
The London Medical Record reports Dr. Farrar estimates at least a half ton of pure gold, worth $500000, is annually packed into U S teeth. At this rate all circulating gold would be buried in 300 years. He also estimates three million artificial teeth are supplied yearly and only one in eight people has sound teeth.
A Syracuse Courier piece surveys social stratification among inmates at Auburn Prison, noting hierarchies among convicts from forgers and murderers to highwaymen and rapists. It recounts interactions with William C. Gilman, literacy, access to newspapers, and illicit practices like a former distillery, bartering, and secret possessions within the guards’ reach.
The article profiles inmates and staff at Canastota Prison, noting the waiter and shop roles used to gain favors. It highlights influential convicts like Stone the fire-bug and Dan Kelly the escaped robber, plus pervasive gambling, money-schemes, and underground letter traffic shaping life behind bars.
In Czernowitz Bu kovina Irene Gabor, an elderly woman, is tried for casting magi cal spells on a pork butcher and wife. She used sight of hand tricks to foretell doom, produced a wax ball that became a demon sign, and caused a red water illusion with a flying pigeon. She took a shop's fe e as payment and prophesied the butcher would die within two months, leading to her arrest and a long prison sentence.
Mr J Enthoffer of the United States Coast Survey donated a rat specimen to the Smithsonian Institution. The animal wore a bone ring like a yellow collar, likely formed when a young rat gnawed through a bone and slid its head through. The ring tightened as the rat grew, serving as a strange badge of its foraging instinct.
Two elderly men discussed politics in a heated street confrontation. They recalled past campaigns without rancor, praised Hancock and condemned Garfield, trading insults before bystanders intervened as they argued over wartime service and political loyalties.
A historical note on cats in society and culture. It recalls medieval Europe burning cats as satanic agents, cites Louis XV and Paris St John’s Day rituals, and contrasts with cat veneration in Egypt and the East. It highlights Richelieu Montaigne Colbert Fontenelle Perrault and the Puss in Boots tale as examples of feline influence.
The Presidential party reached Yreka from Redding and held a civic reception. A band led a procession to town, an illuminated arch spanned Main street, and buildings were decorated with flags. General Sherman briefly spoke after the delay to avoid Sunday speeches.
The Right Rev Bishop Hennesse of Dubuque departs for Rome on the first of October. Before he leaves a collection will be taken up in all churches of the diocese to present to the pope.
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