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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1892
Page
9
Anna Brown befriends a soldier and her hidden fiancé George Earle. After years of letters and wartime hope, mistaken burial identities force a reunion reveal. Anna learns the truth, and the pair marry, burying the past as they embrace a shared future.
In twilight Anna Brown watches a blooming path as a hidden romance unfolds. A lover, George Earle, declares love and marriage while revealing he has enlisted, leaving Anna torn between joy and fear of looming separation. The scene shifts to memories of war era hardships and family sacrifices.
George E. Rice of Ohio Farmer details a personally built harrow designed to destroy weeds, especially in corn for ensilage. The device uses white oak beams, steel teeth, and simple fabrication, with a full bill of materials and instructions for hoeing between rows and adjusting for row spacing.
A readers plan for a simple durable gate using a forked gatepost, with a long upright and a wire to prevent sagging, plus a note that the gate can swing both ways and be opened by a child. Also reports on tests showing Siberian crab fails as an apple stock after ten years, and advice on testing a horse for lameness by leading downhill to reveal forequarter and hindloge weaknesses.
A compact miscellany of kitchen tips and domestic notes includes recipes for fried salsify cakes browned sweet potatoes hashed potatoes and boiled coffee. It also offers guidance on hot milk purification water polishing tinware and an extended humorous feature on the Queen's dogs with vivid details of their kennels court and staff and a brief note on Newfoundland stamp designs.
The June Wide Awake presents Elbridge Brooks re producing a Roman boy’s letter about a grand Children’s Day parade in Augustus era Rome. It features new serials The Coral Ship and That Mary Ann, poetry by Moulton and Preston, plus robust illustrations. It notes 20 cent price and $2.40 yearly, with other items like prose, columns, and ads.
An old time advertisement touts a medical remedy from Dr. Pierce as a blood purifier and flesh builder. It promises cure for scrofula, throat and lung ailments, weak lungs, and severe coughs with a money back guarantee if it fails. Claims of permanent cures for long standing catarrh and other ailments are asserted.
The advertisement promotes hypophosphite cod liver oil in Scott's Teal Emulsion as improving appetite and weight. It states the product is a food and tonic, combining cod liver oil with hypophosphites to maximize benefits, and offers a free book on careful living.
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