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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1890
Page
1
Clara J. Denton writes to U S Senate pages lamenting hot summer woes and the open screen door scene. She imagines an automatic door that stays open five seconds to reveal the humor of youth in the chamber and mocks the pages about age and ambition.
A reflective look at Senate pages and staff who keep the Capitol functioning. It notes how pages, under Alonzo H. Showrt and Washington Bassett, form a quiet backbone guiding ceremonies, precedence, and daily routines for decades, ensuring continuity even amid political strife and aging traditions.
The interview centers on Captain Bassett who keeps memoranda of historic speeches and events. The young Senate pages, including Warner Moody and Fred Kappeler, are described with humorous detail, noting their age, looks, and roles as assistants to senators while humorously reflecting on pages’ life in the chamber.
The article recalls playful Senate pages who mock their patrons and interviews with officials, noting nicknames, petty rivalries, and the fun of serving on the majority side. It also explains a London ceremony granting the freedom of the city with pomp, seals, and famed recipients.
A violent mutiny at Bicetre Lunatic Asylum saw lunatics led by Joly seize rooms, break furniture, and threaten keepers. Governor Pinon resisted demands, roses and earth pot hurled, troops then arrived with bayonets. Four keepers wounded, about twenty pounds in notes destroyed.
A Detroit Free Press item reports a conversation about creating diverse given names from common roots. An inventor muses on reshaping Edgerson and Edwin lineages into Edger, Edna, Dane, Wendl, Winde, and many variants, arguing that vowel shifts and letter swaps could fuel novelist character pools and family naming themes.
A period piece urges travelers to seek out unsung European quarters and pension lodging to observe domestic life and save money. It praises second class travel and immersion with locals for better digestion and mood, citing cautions about hotel comfort and the value of real travel experience.
A humor filled page recounts a door to door inquiry for a man with a hare lip and wooden leg named John ending in a speaker’s awkward exit. It trails into miscellany including census oddities, witty anecdotes, storms, and clever rat extermination methods using water traps and shared meals to lure and drown rats.
A humane tale notes how self centered play harms a mother and siblings. Freddy learns that true joy comes from helping others, guided by Aunt Grace and a caregiver, as he discovers seeds of generosity and responsibility beyond mere self savoring.
Sydney Dayre relates a child’s mischief about hiding peanuts for self advantage. Uncle Jack gives peanuts, leading to a ruined jacket and missing peanuts. A lesson concludes that selfishness costs a boy his circus outing and leaves two peanut shell patches on his bear jacket.
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