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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1892
Page
7
In a cold January night an Oxford style college room hosts a posse that chases six escaping convicts. A wounded, ill clothed man named Wilson pleads forgiveness, reveals a forged debt, and earns mercy from the pursuing group. A stranger’s redemption leads to a lasting bond and a tale of family ties.
Forest and Stream argues an American hunter's badge could promote sportsmanship and game care. It critiques the old Scottish custom of a badge earned by killing stag, salmon, seal, and eagle. It proposes omitting the eagle and listing other game instead. It notes eagles are nearly extinct in Scotland due to killing. The piece contrasts with the stalker badge earned by solitary stag stalking and lacking guides.
The article reflects on ancient tomb desecration fears from classical and Shakespearean sources, then profiles the Lindsay earls of Crawford and Balcarres as the new Knight of the Thistle, detailing their lineage, Stuart allegiance, and scientific prominence. It transitions to a vivid English sport piece about rat catching in Norfolk, describing a veteran breeder, his ferrets, dogs, and a morning's haul of rats from hedges and ditch banks.
A crowded city car tale shows a young boy trying to dodge fares, aided by a bluffing elder passenger who lectures him to tell the conductor he paid. The boy’s wink and the conductor’s fare call reveal a cheeky shortcut and a cautious, messy conscience.
The piece explains how photographic plates, treated with new compounds, detect faint light, revealing unseen nebulae and stars. It highlights the superiority of plates over the eye, enabling mapping of the heavens, moon details, and Neptune’s satellite, with Prof. Holden noting the moon’s surface knowledge gained in forty minutes.
A Rainy day tale follows Dick Mason who escap es with Mother Goose to a magical Castle in the Air. Characters include Santa Claus, Jack Sprat, Little Boy Blue, Old Woman in the Shoe, Jack and Jill, and the Man in the Moon. Dick experiences a dream journey ending when he awakens on the sofa at home.
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