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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1890
Page
3
An elderly narrator recalls a troubled parenting approach, a young man contemplates a Westward life to become a cowboy, and a past romance with Alice Ames shapes their choices. The tale moves from harsh discipline to a confession of lost love and a wedding plan.
The piece recounts Herman Wissmanns early life, Africa expeditions, and leadership roles in German colonial efforts, including his arrival in Zanzibar in 1839 and subsequent campaigns. It also surveys social notes on hospitality, evolution of dress, homemaking tips, and a column on the Shah of Persia’s eight daughters and their advantageous marriages.
Victoria government offers 1200 and 50 dollars for improved potato diggers. Ironmonger feature describes the machine with a rectangular frame, gearing, driver seat, lifting cone, and a conical sifting cage. The device uses a feathered clutch and Archimedean screw scales to separate potatoes from soil.
A reader from Greersville Ohio shares a meat box nest design for egg collection. The plan shows attaching the nest to a poultry house by sawing a hole and using lath supports, hinges, and a top button to secure and lift the box for cleaning and egg gathering from the outside.
A Newcastle watchmaker finished three gold shirt studs with a central watch kept wound by the top stud and time set by the bottom. A Missouri horseshoer made nine miniature silver horseshoes from a ten cent piece with normal nail hole counts. A Pawtucket clock keeps time and powers house appliances via door opening. An Orange New Jersey resident uses a sparrow distress device with cords to deter roosting sparrows. News items also note stray travel fare and long hair jokes from Dallas and other items about home seekers excursions.
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