29 Apr 1881
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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1881
Page
1
News notes cover a Boston Madison freight delay of 47 days due to snow, a Elmira woman receiving 25 pins for 25 articles, and odd tales from Cincinnati and Springfield mass. The piece mentions a Chicago temperance league, a Lincoln home shingle craft in Springfield, Texas temperance shifts, Iowa politics with Ohio ties, a Denver judge bribe, and London Times on Queen Victoria safety. Racing season in England adds calendar math.
The Athens paper notes how Garfield era cabinet names printed in American papers resemble Greek city names, joking that a Greek reader would think major Greek cities were renamed by the dispatches. This remark highlights how OCR style lists can blur real names.
A Chicago cattle drover notes his collie would not let any stray from his thirty head. In New York City a girl faked rib injuries on the elevated railroad to obtain $2,000 from a company, and her father aided the deception. The jury found her guilty of obtaining money under false pretenses.
Georgia report vouched by Henry County Weekly notes twelve year old Johnny Wes brook’s hair changed from scarlet to white after a mad bull chased him. The item joins a roundup noting New Haven fur shipments to Russia, New Orleans Times political stance against Black voting, and a Connecticut incident where a temperance pledge predictor dies of apoplexy after warning others, with a quip about cold water.
At a Tivoli Gardens banquet in Mexico honoring General Ord a globe dessert named La Boule du monde enchantee sat before the guest. Upon breaking the crust tropical birds flew from the globe and vanished into the trees outside the summer-house, singing afterward.
In Jerusalem a walking stick prepared by Hebron monks will be presented to Crown Prince Rudolph of Australia. Near a venerable oak tree called Ramet el Khalil, close to Abraham’s dwelling ruins, Arabs associate the site with biblical Mamrdi. The tree’s trunk spans twenty two feet in circumference with branches forty five to fifty feet long.
The Tribune previews Ohio's 1886 state race with Foster likely to be renominated by the Republicans in Cleveland and a weakened Democratic field. It also recounts Herrmann the Viennese Wizard in Buenos Aires exposing Patagonian performers to gold watch theft and a humorous ruse involving a missing outcome.
A sermon on thrift contrasts fortune with effort and character. Miriam Castleton deceives her father to support her singer life while Captain Mayell forms a bond with her. The tale closes with marriage and a locket token amid themes of cheer and duty.
A historical poem contrasts ninety nine in need with one luxuriously rich. Workers toil in fields mines and forests to build homes cities while wealth concentrates in the one who owns land and property. It ends with a hopeful chorus that labor will prevail.
Captain Mayell visits the deteriorating artist Warde Castleton and his family in a shabby tenement. He meets Beatrix and Miriam, learns of their poverty and pride, and sees Castleton clinging to painting while navigating failed wealth and fading fame.
The New York Herald notes a Massachusetts bill linking saloon openings to majority consent of nearby property owners. It argues current licensing favors liquor dealers and harms property rights, warning the plan could verge on local prohibition while offering protection against nuisance near homes.
The report predicts snowfalls in the lower provinces of Canada near May 5 and 6, frosts around May 3 in Central and Southern Illinois, and snow from the Gulf to St. Lawrence around May 7 and 8. After May 10, heat arrives, brush-fires may break out after May 15, with thunderstorms on May 13 and 15. Late May brings cloudiness and rain, steady vegetation growth by May 24, cooler spell between May 20 and 25, and a hot sultry month end.
The State of Ohio houses 195 flags 137 banners and 65 markers once prized Union relics. They are deteriorating as they are loaned out for reunions and other events, risking loss to decay and irreparable damage.
A massive fresh water spring erupts from the Atlantic eighteen miles south of St Augustine, three miles offshore near Mantanza Inlet. The turbulent fountain boils in a half acre patch, drawing fishermen and coastal residents who regard it with awe. Commodore Hitchock of the Coast Survey studied the site eight years ago, noting six fathoms of water around and a fathomless spring, a remarkable natural anomaly.
Mrs. Oliver Wendell Holmes is noted for her needle work landscapes displayed at a Boston art needlework exhibit and later moved to New York under the Ladies' Art Decorative Society. The works use satin backgrounds and silk threads to create vivid skies and shaded foregrounds. The pieces include an apple orchard, a sea view with perspective, a wild heath in snow, and a river sunset with trees and houses.
The New York Times notes Senator Morgan of Alabama again mocks opponents by calling Agnes Jenks Eliza Pinkston Don A. Weber and others parasites connected to Louisiana’s 1876 election. It cites Jenks’s rebuttal card and recalls Weber as a dead figure killed by Democratic violence five to six years ago.
The Springfield Republican notes optimism that 1881 will see general electric lighting as 1880 did for the telephone. In London three districts are assigned to Brush, Lontin and Siemens systems totaling about two and a half miles of streets for a one year trial. Brush claims lower costs while Lontin and Siemens bid higher, arguing their economies.
A Mecklin Dakota Southern station holds 174 people in Taylor's Elevator amid freezing, destitution. Many are sick and without clothing as Yankton crews deliver food. Destruction extended to land and livestock. relief is urged via Dr. W. R. Smith in Sioux City or Captain D. D. Wheeler in Yankton.
A Milwaukee Road express train on the Rock Island Division derailed atop a flood undermined trestle near Albany Illinois. The engine and tender disappeared. eleven passengers rode the sinking coach, with five bodies recovered including Dr D W Lundy. Rescue efforts saved several others and a two year old girl died.
A dirt covered Cass Avenue urchin asks if playing marbles for keeps is wicked. A wary response labels both frequent losses and frequent wins as wicked, with the boy pressed about his mother’s prohibitions and his own behavior.
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