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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1892
Page
4
Fragmentary poetic lines describe a welcome to a king with imagery of blossoms, birds, and nature. It evokes reverent crowds and trembling trees as the monarch approaches, inviting praise and ceremonial homage. The text is incomplete and lyrical in tone.
In a grim tenement attic a thirteen year old girl named Glory endures a hard bed and neglect. Miss Gay funds care at a hospital where Glory gains strength, a lily blooms as a miracle, and Easter hope returns as Glory learns to walk again and looks toward a home with Maggie.
A Harper's Bazaar inspired meditation on Easter, contrasting happiness with blessedness. It speaks of loss, memory, and the solace of faith, urging calm and hope in the face of grief while celebrating Easter's promise of life everlasting.
An article discusses a Wisconsin experiment station silo built from a circle frame of 2 by 4 studs with a double 6 inch board lining and tar paper. It suggests economical improvements for storage barns, detailing foundation, cladding, roof, openings, and ventilation, with costs estimated at 1 to 2.5 dollars per ton capacity.
A Boston Courier verse extols the spring girl as fresher than winter or summer, urging churchgoing on Easter and praising her bonnet and fine dress. The piece then shifts to distant France noting Easter egg rituals in villages and royal palaces.
A compilation of practical farming facts including inexpensive poultry housing, feeding cooks for hogs, apple storage in grass land, overcheck rein effects on horses, cow milk yield from stable rations, and the value of sheep for weed control and soil improvement.
A collage of practical home hints from 19th century periodicals including sugar cookie ratios, flea control with fly paper, orange jelly method using beaten egg whites, turpentine uses for pests burns and stains, curved fish curry with cream, floor wax polish from Decorator and Furnisher, rice croquettes with fowl stuffing, and orange marmalade with sour oranges.
A vivid vignette describes refuge at Lenzing a prosperous peasant’s farm house with a baronial hall like space for fifty. Cows and horses share clean quarters while two maidens mind the animals and a veranda hosts a rustic gathering. Colts and a watchdog interact as the farmer suits the animals’ welfare with manure near the window deemed wholesome.
The article extols a global wave of reformist thoughts driven by discoverers and inventors rather than war. It contrasts early travel by stagecoach with modern desires for grander, faster communication and elevated welfare. The piece cites speeches in Senate praise yet questions the true scope of progress.
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