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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1887
Page
2
The speaker forecasts a coming discourse focused on a living Christ and vicarious suffering, delivering concise, practical sermons. He urges brevity, strong popular appeal, and emphasis on empathy, everyday examples, and urgent Christian work across all vocations.
A column urging young girls to maintain gentle, dignified conduct around young men. It warns against boisterous talk and slang, advocates limits on topics, and argues that feminine beauty includes home decor and modest refinements. It notes fathers and mothers too often dismiss prettiness as useless, harming girls when they later create homes.
Lesson text outlines Jesus in Galilee around the Sea of Galilee during AD 28, calling Peter Andrew James and John, the mission of fishers of men, and the spread of the gospel through healing and teaching. It notes the kingdom of heaven, repentance, and the disciples’ obedience as essential.
An account from Springfield Massachusetts chronicles Mathias Splitlog a full-blood Wyandot born in Canada who moved to Ohio then helped found the Kansas City Fort Smith and Southern Railroad Company. Despite illiteracy he became wealthy, with a fortune estimated over a million, and fathered five children through a notable marriage.
The Indiana correspondent reports on W S Ray of Shelbyville criticizing the Cleveland administration. He attacks cabinet choices, praises labor sentiment in New York, and argues for a Democratic nominee who can unite labor and Irish votes to win New York and the presidency.
Report on the Ohio Democratic State Convention in Cleveland shows President Cleveland's allies captured the nomination and shaped the platform to appeal to Mugwumps. Seney urged Civil Service Reform repeal and division of spoils, but his advice was rejected to avoid Mugwump backlash.
Chicago Tribune reports a Georgia Legislature bill to regulate schools that would punish educators who teach black and white children together with fines imprisonment or chain gang work. The piece denounces the measure as a betrayal of common humanity and cites Atlanta University and white supporters as targets of discriminatory policy.
A compilation shows editorials and dispatches criticizing President Cleveland, party machines in Ohio, armed intimidation of workers in South Carolina, and a tiny Treasury cash shortage contrasted with earlier counts, reflecting partisan and national concerns of the era.
The San Francisco Chronicle ridicules President Cleveland's advisers Garland Whitney Vilas Bayard Endicott calling them folly prone and unfit. It warns their limited time remains to act as statesmen before returning to private life after Juck and Cleveland’s call.
A Philadelphia Press correspondent recounts a Civil War tale of two U S Secret Service officers in Cat Island and Pass Christian. A gunboat chase ends when Union forces sink a Confederate plot, the apothecary shot, and a sloop wrecked. one officer saved, one sailor exclaims Yankees aboard.
At a Fourteenth Vermont reunion General 8S. N. Southard, scarred at Gettysburg, learned of a forged legacy. A Confederate soldier left 15,000 dollars in trust to the first male heir of Sidney M. Southard, payable as 1,000 yearly until age fifteen. The heir is Cecil Montgomery Southard, born to Lydia A. Wright who later married the general. The tale links Civil War memory, a Burlington reception, and a growing family.
Germany has 39 thousand residents on US pension rolls. Leavenworth Kansas donated land and funds for a Soldiers Home. A post forms in Juneau Alaska. Joe Walter claims firing the first shot at Gettysburg. Naval flags from wars are viewable at the Naval Academy. Over twelve thousand old soldiers live in National Homes in Dayton Augusta Milwaukee Hampton and Leavenworth. West Point officers consider a Loyal Legion style button. Mrs Branson of Moundsville WV reportedly has thirty three children. Sixteen sons served in the Union army. one killed at Shiloh, one died in Andersonville, others wounded. The youngest son allegedly served longest in a Southern prison. Mrs Brandon recently received back pension of 2250 dollars after long efforts.
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