01 Apr 1870
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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1870
Page
1
Letter from James R. Terry extols Dr C W Roback Blood Pills and Purifier curing his father of severe dyspepsia and nervous derangement after five years. He praises improved appetite and rheumatic relief and asserts the remedies exceed claims. The piece then pleads for relief for moneyless individuals, urging charity in churches, courts, banks, and homes.
A Jackson Citizen piece recounts a case of circumstantial proof and a Springfield murder trial ending with Lincoln introducing a crucial new witness who proved the murdered man was alive. It then shifts to Colfax’s Gettysburg visit describing the battlefield’s topography, leaders, and decisive 1863 actions with vivid, period-voice detail.
A sweeping narrative recalls Gettysburg figures and Lisette scenes, a Paris court case of vagrancy and a dramatic bank forgery led by a young impostor, and a Pennsylvania court’s Rawlins trial with a dramatic reveal that clears an innocent man and uncovers the real culprit.
An elderly patient aged about 58 reports long term rheumatism and nervous debility, having tried many medicines and physicians without success. After taking Scandinavian Blood Pills via agent Marcus Smith at Matherton, he claims near complete relief, reduced swelling, and the ability to walk miles.
The Cleveland Herald correspondent recalls Hon. S. S. Cox praising Algerian beauty and meeting Sen ator Revels. Cox recounts a central Ohio colored Methodist preacher who used color in a sermon about mutton. He quips that he cares not if Revels is black or white if he is good mutton.
A devout farmer, Deacon B, ends a normally long morning prayer to milk the cows. He returns to find his wife still praying, so he shouts Amen. She rises, unaware of his absence, and resumes chores as if nothing occurred.
A San Francisco incident recounts John Phoenix hailing a German baker wagon driver on Montgomery Street. Phoenix requests a baked eagle from the Eagle Bakery sign, the driver retorts in German and English swearing before driving away.
Isaac J. Neal of Cincinnati travels to Mansfield to help defend Robinson charged with killing Mrs. Lunsford. Iron molders of Cincinnati reportedly raise a sizable fund for counsel in his behalf.
A Cincinnati Enquirer correspondent reports that since January the sailor’s two children and his intended wife have died. He left for home unaware of the deaths, believing he would reunite in health and happiness. for one of the gallant men who perished on the ill fated steamer, death cannot be called disaster.
Anna Dickinson visits the Soldiers Home and delivers an emotionally charged talk to veterans. Her words inspire pride, tears, and renewed devotion as she recalls wartime struggles and honors earned, moving both women and men in the audience.
The milk plants of the Western Reserve in Ohio produce one pound of cheese from 9 to 94 pounds of milk depending on factory.
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