02 Aug 1872
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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1872
Page
1
A sorrowful male speaker laments Mary Anna joining suffrage meetings leaving him in neglect. He expresses jealousy and despair including threats of self harm and harm to a child, blaming the suffrage movement for his misery and propose running away from home.
Elizabeth Wilson, a beautiful young woman in Chester, faced infanticide charges after twins vanished and a man she claimed as father remained unnamed. Her confession remained elusive, the trial noted for its sobering drama as her brother William pursued clemency, and the case ended with her execution followed by a pardon that arrived too late.
A child pleads with a shopkeeper to stop selling rum after witnessing her father’s drunken cruelty toward her mother. The verse, attributed to Mrs. N. Brilley and published in the Tem Banner, highlights a family suffering from alcohol abuse and calls for restraint to spare the family from more pain.
In Evansville a Jewish rabbi accuses a merchant of slander claiming he dismissed his congregation with the Apostolic benediction. The rabbi seeks one hundred thousand dollars in damages.
A Tribune item claims Judge C T Sherman of the United States Court Cleveland endorsed Greeley. Sherman denounces the report as false and asserts he remains for Grant and West. He quotes Horace to dismiss the liberal slander and questions who will be next victim of such rumors.
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