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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1880
Page
7
At dawn the fleet lies stretched for miles with trim vessels awaiting day on the deep. The sails resemble white lilies on the sea as evening fades the cape’s rim. Then dark waves reveal ghost ships marching in shadowy light.
In a storm bound village Lucy Ashley tends to her husband Dr. Robert Ashley and ailing child while a moral struggle with forgiveness unfolds. A distant wanderer seeks refuge, and years pass with family bonds strengthening as memory and duty entwine with science lessons and reflections.
A discussion on how major scientific discoveries often arise from simple, improvised experiments using common objects. Highlighting Faraday and other greats, the piece notes that basic tools and everyday materials can illustrate and explain wide areas of natural philosophy without costly apparatus.
The Polaris expedition ends in disaster as ice drives the ship home. Nine teen crewmen drift six months on an Arctic floe, scarce rations and occasional hunting keeping them alive until rescue by the Tigress near Labrador. They were driven from Baffin Bay to the open ocean near Liverpool latitude.
The passage notes threats against Democrats opposing government and land confiscation, linking Hancock's 1867 New Orleans mission to Reconstruction acts. It alleges rebellion in Louisiana and Texas, claims Congress voided local governments, and accuses Hancock of issuing order No 40 opposing federal law.
William Grossman once a penniless tramp in eastern Pennsylvania now spends sums from a German inheritance. He, known as the Prince of Middletown, has bought horses, settled in Longswamp, and lavished wealth on his bride Susan Hilbert. His tale follows wandering life, romance, and a dramatic royal-like return to domestic bliss.
Susan and her husband are back together in marriage and living in a new home. Grossman, described as a prince by the bride, spends lavishly while she urges prudent budgeting with a rainy day motto guiding financial choices.
A three year old boy in a Hollscher family on Pearl Street near Market inserted a brass screw into his nostril. The screw was pushed deeper by a servant during attempts to remove it, eluding retrieval until Dr Laine surgically explored the nose. Believed to reach the brain, the child lingered three days before doctors realized the screw had passed into the mouth and was swallowed. Castor oil aided recovery. the child began to improve afterward.
A Detroit reader recalls a man with a grip-sack bargaining at a Jefferson avenue fruit stand over peaches priced twenty cents a dozen. The seller offers fifteen cents a dozen after a humorous exchange about church affiliations and the man proclaims himself a hard-baked old sinner. The piece then shifts to a scientific note on Indian elephants, citing Mr. Sanderson on elephant migration, swimming, captivity, and hunting in Bengal and the Garo Hills.
Mrs. Walbridge, after years of distance and fortune in Michigan real estate, found her long absent husband Samuel Walbridge in Antioch. She then revealed her savings from his remittances, and the couple departed for their eastern home to resume life together.
The article argues elephants may live 150 to 200 years and discusses beliefs among tribes that wild elephants never die. It notes elephants’ height estimation from forefoot girth and suggests no observed elephant remains in Mr. Sanderson’s long jungle travels.
An Indian missionary describes rigid caste practices in high caste homes, where young girls are married by age ten and placed in coffin-like bundles. Widows endure starvation, fasting, and social exile, with a dying child denied water due to caste purity rules.
An English paper notes England's express trains average fifty miles per hour, faster than Belgium France and Switzerland. It also cites a French statistician claiming the risk from rail travel is exaggerated and one would not die in a railroad accident until age 960 if continually traveling.
The article notes green will be emphasized this fall, used with new copper colors for strong contrast. It highlights pairing green with copper tones to create visual prominence and modern contrast in design showcases.
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