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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1885
Page
3
A garbled, semi readable excerpt references battle, blood rivers, and a coast with "beach close barred." It hints at violence, fear, and loss, mentioning soldiers, ships, and a sense of sorrow. Names and places are unclear, leaving a shattered, wartime mood.
Laura and Alfred, long at odds in Miss Southwell’s household, seek peace after a morning skirmish and mounting tension with Sophie Higley. The pair reach a tentative ceasefire as family friends gather, culminating in a playful pledge of enduring accord and a possible life long union.
A feature on woven glass from Pittsburgh and Brooklyn shows America can rival Met Museum glasswork. The piece explains the molten glass rope creation, a spinning wheel, and a weaving process that yields silklike, colored fabrics. A robe for a shindu prince is described as a mass of minute gems.
An 1829 60 span describes Meyerbeer at Spa detailing his ill fitting dress and umbrella on donkey rides. He fears cats avoids inquiries and replies to a curious question with a sharp Champs Elysees joke. Spa promenade features tiny waterfall steps bridge and benches named La Cascade de Ploermel Le Pont de Marcel Le Repoul Le Repos de Raodes All the Fear Round.
A reminiscence from Cartersville Georgia recalls Sam Jones as a mischievous yet magnetic boy who grew into a notable figure. The piece highlights his wit, rough charm, and lingering impact on local readers through a restless childhood, a later church joining, and a notable visit to Governor Stephens.
A fragment recalls a weary traveler named George Anthony Shoemaker found dead in a police cell after leaving a wretched night, with verses about his life aboard and a long passage on divorce law. The piece also notes curiosities from The New York Herald and scientific notes in a scattered, period-voice style.
A collage of agricultural advice and household recipes from various papers. Topics include feeding cows to improve butter, sorghum seed value, muffin and apple ice making, preserving pears and grapes, fried chicken preparation, threshing during rain, and dumpling sauces. The notes cite Philadelphia Ledger Herald Prairie Farmer Boston Budget Toledo Blade The Caterer N. E. Farmer.
A 19th century sketch favors an inverted truncated cone as the best practical ice house form after a globe and cylinder, arguing against cube shapes due to melting and porosity. It prescribes building into a northern hillside, a 15 ft circle excavation, a 10 ft bottom, a six ft well, oak slabs, tall poles, a sloped earth cover, weathered ends, a roof, gutters, and straw packing for insulation, with proper ventilation through slatted ends.
An early account details home crafts with hand screens painted in yellow or green and adorned with apple blossoms and ribbons. It then shifts to winter farm management urging farmers to use the season for planning, hiring steady help, draining, fencing, clearing woodland, and preparing land and manure to improve next year’s yields.
Fragmentary chant like religious reading with garbled words and stray phrases. Mentions seraphs bells love truth riddles and hidden notes, with obscure names and misread sections that suggest a devotional or poetic inscribed piece.
The article reflects on scripture as a pilgrim’s song guiding believers through life toward a heavenly home. It contrasts mortal sorrow with biblical joy, urging readers to sing as they travel, embracing faith over despair on the path to the building of God.
A reprinted extract from Dr Samuel Cox sermon argues that prayer is a natural universal urge across beliefs and disbeliefs. It notes humans have prayed historically even in doubtful moments, and presses the idea that a higher power or guiding force exists beyond human conduct.
A short meditation on giving to the poor as a safe loan to the Lord. The text urges trust in divine provision over worldly investments that often fail. It contrasts precarious ventures with spiritual almsgiving as a reliable, godly return.
A short Times reflection notes that true ascent is toward God, not material or social elevation. It warns against prospering in earthly terms while moral and spiritual life lags, urging vigilance as wealth and status rise. The piece contrasts worldly advancement with genuine heart ascent.
A fragment from a period piece describes a traveler recalling a brutal scene where a lazy black boy is teased by a gator in Florida bayous. The tale shifts to a Chicago Herald retelling where a pickaninny prank is recounted with vivid, troubling imagery about fear and danger.
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