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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1887
Page
1
A fragmentary poem praising Decoration Day 1887 and urging national unity through sacrifice and remembrance. It invokes war memories, bloodshed, and the forging of freedom on earth as an anvil, calling for honoring fallen heroes and preserving their memory while seeking lasting peace.
The piece honors Memorial Day beyond festivity, praising its role in honoring fallen soldiers. It recalls soldiers who left home for duty, the mourning seen in families, and the enduring memory carried by nameless graves. It reflects on the national duty to remember, reverence for veterans, and the beauty of grave decorations.
A poem honoring fallen Union soldiers renders a sonnet about loyal hearts and sacrifice. The piece describes a soldier mustered out, killed in battle, and the unknown grave by the sea, praising the brave despite not giving back any reward. It cites Saran Pratt as the source of the lines.
An eight or nine year old boy rang a Brush street doorbell and asked to see the lady of the house. He claimed the next door family was new neighbors and urged mutual neighborly visits borrowing butter and clothes-bars. He hinted at a felon on the mantel as tale.
Graphic recounts King Otto of Bavaria living in seclusion at Nymphenburg near Munich. A guarded, erratic monarch is described as childlike yet charming, with a fondness for chocolate and coins. His mother, the Queen Dowager, visits him, while officials keep crowds away and police patrol nearby.
A Detroit Tribune snippet describes a Broadway shop, branch of a large scale factory, displaying scales from railway car loads to micrograms. It highlights aluminum and platinum instruments capable of weighing a hair or an eyelash, with a sample weighing John Henry Larned’s signature at 38 to 43 milligrams, plus notes on curtains and summer fabrics.
A mixed collection of outdated trivia and opinions notes on geography, history, science, and literature. It covers continents and mountains, early Congress, teaching definitions, economics of imports and exports, and portraits of authors. It includes forest preservation, exotic wildlife, and various historical anecdotes with breezy, period tone.
The excerpt contrasts manners at home with civic gentleness and follows Longfellow’s Birds of Kills. It also includes a long meditation on robin nest life from birth to migration, noting mothers, brood care, and seasonal movement toward Florida and beyond, with nursery scenes of care and resilience.
A column on robins and thrushes traces their habits from arrival to nesting. It compares the American robin with the old English redbreast and notes nesting sites, egg color, and parental labor. The piece also recalls Betsey the yellow chick and a humorous courtroom baby dispute, ending with geese attacking a kite in Waterbury.
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