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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1886
Page
3
In a letter by Lillie K Barr printed in the New York Ledger a plain homespun farmer’s daughter is praised over fashionable rivals. He sees riches in virtue a loving heart and a dutiful life rather than beauty or polish. The beloved bride is defined by kindness and family ties rather than worldly status.
Martial Tharaud recalls aboard a Limoges guard tale of Catisson Coussac nicknamed the Electric Girl. A killer named Massaloux is captured after a daring mobbed showdown at Place Royale aided by Catisson and Leonard Coussac’s daughter. The tale ends with marriage, a scar, and the electric girl as a devoted wife and sister of charity.
A nomadic photographer travels rural districts with a camera obscura, drawing curiosity from local villagers. He brings a glimpse of the outside world and is described as a leading light in lonely hamlets, capturing shadows before substance fades. The piece notes mixed feelings among the granger element of the Southern States.
A first person account describes a surreal encounter with a tin-type photographer who uses a bizarre setup to “photograph” the narrator. The comic tale details loading a device, threats of chloroform, and a grotesque final image: a self-portrait ruined by the artist’s exaggerated tools and humor.
Colonel Witherspoon, long noted as the meanest man in Austin, is in poor health from underfeeding himself. A chance encounter with Dr. Perkins Soonover ends with a brusque suggestion as the doctor walks away.
A teacher asks for the ninth commandment. A boy states bearing false witness means telling a false hood. A girl adds a twist about someone reporting something when no one acted, highlighting the concept of truth and rumor.
Bill Simpson, an engineer on the 1. & G. N. railroad, met Judge Peterby in Austin and asked for a favor. He requested the judge not to linger around the depot when trains arrive, as his red nose often misleads engineers into thinking a danger signal, causing confusion.
A small shopkeeper who avoided newspaper ads kept his store decorated inside and out with the symbols 8 Q P R. He sold a wide range from fly papers to quinine. One day a tall melancholy man on a long mule entered the store.
A melancholy man asks what the sign 8. P. Q. R. stands for and the proprietor explains it means Small Profits and Quick Returns. The betters deadlock with alternate readings like Small Potatoes and Quack Remedies and Sick Rata Quickly Restored before settling.
A very tall man six feet three inches skates with a much shorter young lady in Central Park. They joke about the ice breaking with her head two feet below his chin and reassure each other there is no danger as the ice reaches only up to his chin. New York Telegram report.
A satirical piece argues that critics should take up the very arts they trash and redo works to prove their scrutiny. It lampoons harsh reviewers in drama painting and music, imagining a world where critics must perform the art they condemn. The humor shifts to a money-lending jest from Punch.
A doctor unveils a laryngoscope to look down a throat while Bibo frets and Mrs. Bibo quips that the tool isn’t for inspecting a distillery. The scene plays out with Bibo turning away toward the fire.
Gilhooly meets with his landlady about coffee. He tastes and stirs it for about thirty minutes with odd references. She says she may not have put in sugar while he points out no coffee was added.
A Bohemian girl in Chicago commits suicide to spite her lover who offended her. Her fiancé, reflecting on the tragedy, remarks that he would have married her to show his own spite.
A sick Boston boy refuses castor oil, questions its bean origin, and, persuaded by his mother, finally takes a dose and asks for more. The exchange shows a child's stubborn humor and a mother's patient guidance.
A collage of wry exchanges and anecdotal jests about marriage, fashion, and social quirks. Bits include a Kansas husband praising his wife’s bonnet twenty five years on, a Boston Transcript note on women inventiveness, a pink paper love note hair curl gag, and a Crimsenbeak misadventure about being cheated.
AArkansas Traveler recounts a humorous tale of Mrs Beasley and her large backwoods clan. The Beasleys use a numerical naming system for their many children with One through Sixteen guiding marriages and chores. The narrator visits a log church where Allwool Jones preaches and observes the eccentrically named locals and the family dynamics.
A Boston Journal of Commerce summary notes the near future where gas replaces wood coal and oil for heating and cooking. An artist’s design uses a brazier with colored glass to imitate fire while emitting no smoke soot or dirt.
A juvenile piece from St Nicholas features a boy praising his smart dog Fido. The canine follows calls, retrieves balls and sticks, even saves a girl from drowning and earns a switch from serving staff after a prank. The author, L J Cist, extols the dog’s loyalty gentleness and affection.
A lively column describes a family game of mummies with eye holes and a showman introducing the masked creature for guessing. It then shifts to animal science notes on pelicans, monkey cheek pouches, the pouched rat, and ruminating digestion in farm animals.
A curious look at how animals carry food supplies. The camel stores fat in its hump as a long lasting lunch basket and water reserve for desert journeys. Pelicans carry food in their large beaks and pouches. These animals illustrate unusual but practical ways nature provides meals on the go.
A dog Brave and a cat Muff form a modern animal friendship as Muff, a rescued kitten, grows. Brave guards the litter, carries kittens to his kennel, and Shares meals with Muff while Sister Nan fosters them all in the shed, illustrating cross species bonds.
A New York Senator Will iam M. Evarts is described as cadaverous and light in weight. A farmer mistook Dan Voorhees for Evarts, then General Logan and Evarts himself entered. the farmer claimed Evarts would “board” if he saw him, prompting humorous exchanges in the Senate gallery.
A Michigan avenue grocer tested a new helper who misused trust by selling a flour barrel on credit. While the boy boasted of cash, another thief moved the barrel away and a second thief later hauled it off. A parallel note mentions a paper machine shipped from South Windham to Wisconsin weighing ninety five tons as a record for its kind.
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