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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1886
Page
7
In moonlit stillness a moth enters a sleeper’s chamber as a tranquil Easter omen. The shimmering moth, called the "Type of the Resurrection," lights the room and stirs the dreamer’s vigil, hinting at angelic awakening and the dawn of renewal.
A weary pale mother carries her nearly two year old son Albert or Bertie across sunburnt countryside to reach a distant city. They meet a kindly farmer’s daughter who offers relief, yet the journey ends amid a harsh urban scene with fear the city will reject them. The mother recalls mistreatment from locals who hate her child.
A famine of support and care marks Bertie’s life after his mother’s death. Orphaned and crippled, the boy endures hardship in Mrs Flynn’s crowded tenement, while his caregiver’s harshness and poverty heighten his sense of uselessness. In time, a church sermon hints at finding his purpose, even as a disaster shatters the fragile calm of Easter morning.
After a church return, a house collapses in flames. Mrs Flynn faints. Bertie saves the baby, then dies peacefully in his grandmother’s arms. The surviving mother receives a final farewell as Bertie’s spirit meets his mother in her embrace.
The piece argues talent yields steady work and practical gains while genius delivers lasting impact through exceptional, imperfect bursts. It contrasts Trollope, Dickens, Keats, Shelley, and Shakespeare to claim genius outlasts talent, with time correcting misjudgments about exceptional ability.
The article discusses farming practices for poultry, noting hens prefer open sheds facing south during the day for air and exercise, while insisting on well protected warm housing at night. It warns cold winds cause winter and spring diseases, and describes the comb and wattles as heat radiators. It cites Henry Strong arguing against lanfordism, noting small estates remain common: Illinois 649 farms over 1,000 acres out of 255,000. Michigan 84. Kansas 235.
Aemp's Mercantile Gazette reports that national bankruptcies rose about twelve percent in 1885 over 1884, with totals by trade and year for the United Kingdom. It notes many failures escape court records, including private settlements and county court administrations, arguing that overall insolvency did not fall despite legal changes since 1869.
A collage of quips and verses from various papers. It samples wry remarks on faith, journalism, beauty, critics, and child mischief, including lines about an old subscriber clinging to the press and a six year old confessing to pies.
A Fortnightly Review piece denounces cheating in French high society card rooms. It details a system at the Cercle de la Rue Royale where a dozen leading members used premarked cards supplied by a servant, with croupiers pressed to recruit vulnerable players. The article notes similar scandals at baccarat clubs, with dealers and agents profiting from desperate players, causing public scandal across Paris.
In a period piece portrayal a clever news agent on a moving train challenges the wizard of invention naming Edison as the benchmark. The piece contrasts slick rumor and practical wit highlighting early technology storytelling.
A long excerpt surveys eye and hair color in Italy, noting chestnut eyes at 64 percent, blue 11, gray 3, and gray eyes prevalent in Piedmont and Lombardy. It adds chestnut hair at 71 percent, black hair 26, blond 8, with regional variation and beard styles. red hair is rare but present in Sant Agata di Puglia. Baldness is common in Tuscany and military rejections for baldness and scalp disease are cited. It includes a humorous anecdote about Edison and moving-train telegraphing, ending with a man revealing he married the girl he wooed by such tricks.
King Oscar II provides two prizes for essays on Semitic languages and Arab civilization before Mohammed. Awards include a gold medal and 1,250 Swedish crowns total. Essays may be written in English, German, French, or Latin and must be sent to an international commission by June 3, 1888.
A Paris dentist, aided by twenty men, removed an ulcer from the root of an elephant's left tusk. The elephant remained quiet during the operation but raged for hours afterward. Prior to surgery the animal could not eat, yet afterward it ate steadily between fits of rage.
A New York inventor Dr I M Blodgett unveils the micro-audiphone a compact scarcely noticeable ear device made of hard zylonite with a thin diaphragm that vibrates with sound and amplifies waves to improve audibility for the deaf.
A verse from Our Little Men and Women recalls May Evelyn Caroline Green who spent all day wishing for everything to be different. Her brother Ned teased that she might have a wish bone, reflecting a playful family snapshot.
A thirteen year old Maine farm boy named Albert longs for a new geography. When denied, he hauls wood twenty miles to Portland after sunset with his sister Dolly's help. He trades the load for Morse's New Geography, returns at dawn, and cherishes his prized book. Years later he becomes a minister and judge, always recalling the brave quest.
A Youth’s Companion excerpt depicts Otto von Bismarck favoring rural life over city bustle. It notes his tears at homesickness for farm, woodside and traditional family joys, his passion for landscapes, and the image of him as farmer and forester at Varzin. He learns from tenants and discusses farming in Parliament.
A sly Angora cat named Pussy rings the kitchen bell to raid custards. She drags the cord with her fore paws and pounces on sweets while the cook is away. Repeatedly, a hidden observer catches the feline in the act.
Warner Brothers in Bridgeport Connecticut plans a worker welfare project for about a thousand women. A house will be converted into a club with free access to meals, a reading room, library, and classrooms for penmanship bookkeeping drawing tinting and music. Lectures and light entertainments will occupy two halls.
Detroit Free Press notes the graduation of Mrs. Anandibai Joshee a Hindoo woman of high caste at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania. Her husband witnessed the ceremony amid applause. Also present Pundita Pamabia from Madras Presidency with her daughter in flowing robes. Mr Labouchere quips about coining new words for interviews.
Dakota farmers map a summer flax growing program aiming to turn flax straw into fuel, arguing that a ton of flax straw holds more value as burnable energy than a ton of soft coal.
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