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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1887
Page
2
A fragmented dialogue showcases a woman's insistence on her own choices and a man’s jealousy. The speaker dismisses grammar, references vespers and daily routines, and questions what a marriage would mean, all set in a rural, dialect-rich voice.
A crowded Victorian Christmas gathering in Paradise row blends tales of pride and poverty. Honor, Aunt Margaret, Sally, and the Brysons host neighbors, lodgers, and a poor tailor family, revealing lives shaped by class, generosity, and quiet heroism amid festive scenes.
A New York letter in this era features miniature likenesses pasted at the bottom of letters as a vanity custom. Photographers report strong demand among young people for stamp-sized portraits, sometimes colored, applied to signatures. Prices and time rise with the level of detail. Nearby Bantam Lake yields arrowheads and bones, suggesting a large ancient battle. graves indicate a chief or warrior buried with many weapons.
A Lynchburg factory plan introduces a stained-glass shop. Bamboo pulp is praised as a new paper material. Jamaica invites a $500 prize for a practical tropical agriculture textbook. Reports discuss temperature effects on smallpox mortality, saccharine sugar substitutes, and global locomotive production.
A collage of brief humorous sayings from various sources pokes fun at work, aging, manners, and social foibles. It features quips about toothache, brains shrinking with age, lies, bribes, holes and ears, boasting wagers, salt formations, health resorts, love denial, art critiques, and advice to shy from overindulgent talent.
In this column of the Women’s Department mentions Miss Duarterrk M. Yous writing on Hannah More, Mrs. Saran J. Hare securing Thanksgiving observance, and profiles of Stevenson’s wife, Miss Swayer, and Miss Lazarus. It notes Miss Lazarus as a Jewish poet, Esta Lazarus, and references New York figures like Miss Many L. Saysoun, with discussion of women’s education, work, and suffrage. Also cites opinions on women as typewriters and a glimpse of cultural figures and debates.
A Stockton speaker in the California State Grange argues for woman suffrage, appealing to national unity and maternal influence while urging equal political power at home. The piece cites examples of women securing land, taxation experiences, and critiques arguments against higher education for women, noting symbolic ribbons adopted by suffragists.
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