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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1892
Page
4
InStapleton a young lawyer Frank Blair courts Maggie while Miss Alice Hall, a music teacher, arrives as a new boarder. Maggie grows wary of Frank as he praises trust yet pursues visits with Miss Hall, sparking jealousy amid their fragile happiness.
A narrator recalls a storm of jealousy sparked by a rival teacher Lizzie. After a fateful moment the mitten signals danger and the narrator rushes to alert Alice Hall. In a confession, he reveals how rescuing Alice from infection and revealing a hidden marriage to Robert’s wife mends his jealousy and seals a change of heart.
A collage of Colorado poker lore recounts dramatic hands and big stakes from 1870s Denver to Leadville and Santa Fe. Stories span bank blocks on Blake Street, a high stake block sale, a Leadville mine tied to a poker pot, a July 1881 Denver game with governors and politicians, and a New Mexico cattle train where five steer bets and matches marked the pot.
A three inch display advertisement invites readers to identify the single repeated word in the ad and send the word to The Crescent Serene house, The Dr Harter Co New York. Respondents receive a book or lithographs and a sample free.
The article outlines designs for small to mid size farmstead landscaping with three acres of house barn and kitchen garden. It emphasizes a front lawn circular beds evergreen screens and a curved driveway island to separate manure traffic from visitors and suggests lawn mowing as a key finishing touch. It also notes a second plan with a rear dwelling and similar lawn and garden layout to integrate work and beauty on the farm.
The illustration shows an outdoor incubator cellar offering more even temperatures shielded by earth and wind. Earth sides and bottom provide constant warmth with lower moisture needs, making the cellar economical and suitable for poultrymen seeking steady conditions at lower cost.
Harper's Weekly offers a brisk, satirical tour of Chinese festivals, listing thirty five holidays from Hsiao han Slight Cold to Midautumn and Frosts. The piece mocks Western air of superiority while cataloging lunar dates, seasonal observances, and the Lantern Festival with playful commentary on Celestial logic.
An advertisement extols Dr Sage’s Remedy as superior to catarrh snuffs and remedies. It claims to cure Catarrh and related headaches, cold in the head, and other catarrhal symptoms with a mild healing action. The copy asserts tests of credibility, offering $500 in cash if it fails.
An old advertisement warns of throat and lung troubles from February winds through early April. It extols Reid's German Cough and Kidney Cure as the best remedy, claiming it cures catarrh bronchitis and protects lungs and kidneys. Sylvan Remedy Co., Peoria, IL, sells the product.
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