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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1890
Page
1
A fragmented verse reflecting on love and judgment. It contrasts loving the sinner with loathing the sin and muses on how understanding others’ trials might temper harsh judgments. The text reads like a reflective, imperfect poem fragment.
Franklin William Lee, famed for one mishap after another, pursues marriage to gain a fortune. After a string of blunders at boating trips, dances, and proposals, he finally declares his love to Anastasia Brooks, accidentally creating a scene that ends with a hopeful embrace and a shift from misfortune to romance.
A long excerpt discusses Corsican vendetta culture with killings in Ajaccio Bocognano and Italian workers, noting murder rates and social codes, then shifts to humorous anecdotes about absent mindedness including a Maine ordination mishap and a clergyman losing his sermon. It also covers paper making advances and a Black Swan note.
A survey of recent industrial and scientific notions from Britain and beyond. Topics include hydraulic steel seaworthy boats, kerosene scale removal in boilers, brine freezing for sinking shafts, malaria via drinking water, compound locomotives saving fuel, cancer notes from swampy water, a new bronze alloy, Arctic exploration, a spark apparatus, and light humorous sketches from various papers.
A lively Minnesota reception featured parlor games led by the city attorney and judges. Auction rounds used small slips as money, with prizes including a cradle and a miniature skeleton. The piece also recounts a stove pipe hat guessing game and moral reflections on keeping temper, plus a note on Blooming Grove Park in Pennsylvania as a large game and fish preserve.
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