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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1887
Page
2
A fragmentary verse piece depicts a modest speaker who denies pride, notes power to topple the strong, and warns against grasping for gain. The speaker revels in sharp wit when others stumble and ends with imagery of sunlit summers and people sliding down the speaker’s surface.
Hugh Erskine, penniless but handsome, fumbles through romance with Laura Merton. Painter Alan Trevor unveils a beggar as Baron Hausberg, who secretly funds Hughie with a £10,000 wedding gift. Hughie’s charity backfires until the Baron’s check secures a future.
Alan comments on rare luxury models as Baron delivers a speech during the wedding breakfast. London World notes the remark as a sharp take on social status and wealth.
The Pall Mall Gazette reports Queen Victoria’s brief four hour visit to the Grande Chartreuse monastery. She dined modestly on a collation of chocolate biscuits jellies and confections and spoke with a young English monk. She received a rare souvenir a small silver crucifix and bade farewell to the community.
A detailed account explains the stereotype process from setting type and oiling to forming a papier mache matrix and casting a metal plate. It notes lead alloy composition, curved boxes for rotary presses, speed of production, and historical use in France and New York plus a comparison to plaster methods. Also mentions broken electric wires in Augusta, Georgia causing shocks.
A 245 pound swordfish mortally wounds Tow Captain Franklin D. Langsford of Lanesville Massachusetts after a dagger thrust through the boat. He dies three days later from peritonitis with the vessel Venus and crew of three involved in off Massachusetts fisheries. The sword is now in the National Museum.
The article cites two dominant Chinese superstitions fear of the dead and Feng Shui as barriers to modernization. Feng Shui described as the path of the Great Dragon affecting house heights and blessing, while ancestor worship drives grave offerings in early April. Miss Gordon-Cumming estimates annual offerings at thirty-two million sterling to appease spirits believed powerful if neglected.
A collage of household and farm hints from 19th and early 20th century papers. Recipes include onion omelet, cold beef mince pie topped with mashed potatoes, raspberry vinegar, mashed parsnips, buttermilk pie, and baked Indian pudding. Also notes on hog cleanliness, bermuda grass killing, and farming practices.
A reader recalls a coachwhip snake in Richmond County Georgia leaping onto a water oak and clinging by tail grip, a feat described with unusual detail. The note ends with a separate oddity about a two year old smoker who recently puffed a cigar for an hour, still healthy.
Practical guide to winter poultry care focusing on feed timing and composition. Recommends warm morning rations of oats wheat meal and bran with occasional meat, evening corn or wheat, access to vegetables and dairy water, dust boxes, ash and lime mortar, and avoiding poor stock. Advises culling old layers and selecting breeds suited to local conditions, with a note on conservative envelope folding trends in England.
Tauren mines in the Peoria district switch to a cooperative plan. The Railway Age reports 8700 miles of new track laid since January 1. Austin merchants offer the International Typographical Union 10000 and eighty acres to aid indigent printers. A five foot coal vein was found near Evansville, Indiana. Miriam Kennepy sues nonunion carpenters for conspiracy over labor affiliation. Sixteen new glass factories to start in September with 209 pots. several New Jersey window-glass plants may idle next year.
A brief notes arrest of a thief contrasted with health ads. Advertisements tout Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription for kidney liver digestion and women’s ailments. Also mentions Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters and Piso’s Cure for Consumption with pricing and guarantees.
An old advertisement claims Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy cures nasal catarrh with a reward offered for an uncured case. It touts symptoms from nasal discharge and headaches to eye irritation, deafness, and cough. Also includes assorted product pitches for soaps dyes eye drops and hair products.
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