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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1890
Page
3
A N Y Herald poem extols the golden rod as the royal floral queen, praising its universal bloom and divine beauty. The verse elevates the golden rod above other blooms, noting its late-season splendor and heavenly fragrance enjoyed across all fields and climates.
A Boston Globe reader recalls Sally Sparks a Millville spinster who fakes wealth and a Southern widow persona to attract a husband in Huckleberry Corner New Hampshire. Dr Erastus Lyon, a presumed physician, courts her, but a rival from Millville exposes her ruse, ending in a canceled wedding and financial ruin.
A Golden Days essay exhorts youths to track small daily costs to avoid waste. Stories of Rob Reckless and Edith Random illustrate impulse spending while ex minister John Bigelow’s habit shows savings grow From tracking pennies to yearly totals. Keeping an expense ledger cuts big costs and builds financial discipline.
News items note Paris fashion for French schoolboys, Swedish female barbers, Japan’s physician numbers and population, Buenos Aires opera box prices, and European costs from coal to circuses. Also reports Berlin postal routes, Alpine guides, Norwegian elk hunts, German telegraph grants, new steering tech on the Konig Wilhelm, and the French Society for the Help of the Wounded with its ongoing aid work and member totals.
A county treasurer’s first article drew broad attention and large donations from readers. The piece titled Discourager of Hesitancy featured 1500 characters and was published at the author’s expense. The author, identified as C. B. Holding, notes the story netted about $7 780 including a named mention in a paragraph that highlighted the residence and name of the reader involved.
A Chicago Tribune extract quotes a speaker condemning outrages on American Indians. A gallery heckler activates a red light as the impassioned orator faces an approving crowd. The piece reflects strong public emotion and press commentary.
Pebble remarks on a remarkable man who grew to adulthood without ever needing his father’s trousers altered. Stone questions the claim, and Pebble confirms the point as a humorous boast from a clothier and furnisher.
The New York Sun notes women printers once seen as a menace have largely left the field. Union No. 6 admits women only with equal pay, but many now seek other lines. About three hundred remain, most in large book offices, with a hundred in the union. few in newspapers as distributors or widows stepping in temporarily.
The excerpt describes Heligoland customs and daily life such as Sabbath hours, New Year celebrations with pot piles, loosened door locks, fisher-girl baskets, street names, a small prison and cottage hospital, a rent free poor house, and a family property plan where inheritance passes to children. It notes the absence of horses or donkeys for practicality.
Eight cows and about thirty sheep provide milk claimed superior to cow milk. Three police officers staff coastguard with five Englishmen not acting as constables. Sixteen active native coastguards plus sixteen in reserve. Wrecks draw universal salvage claims. locals behind on rates avoid prosecution as post season settlements leave leftovers for next year. Doctors work on wrecks and old scores are wiped, natives rent small potato patches while government reserves land.
The Providence Journal argues that while today’s wealth shows through in luxury and comfort, past eras’ extravagant spending also signals moral decline. It cites ancient sums for art, statues, and orations to compare with modern salaries and public expenditures, warning that national decay follows luxury.
A collage of cartoon quips and humorous exchanges from various papers. Bits about love, life, and office mishaps mix with sharp lines on editors and poets. The piece captures eclectic jokes and a sobering church note on a broken window and mission collection.
Major Thomas E. Lonergan recounts Pete McCartney, a self taught counterfeiter born in Southern Illinois. McCartney encounted arrest after arrest, escaped repeatedly, and buried and retrieved counterfeit money across multiple states. He was finally captured in Indiana, convicted, and imprisoned in Michigan City.
A Spectator piece condemns Turkish rule in Palestine accusing the Ottoman governor of hindering Christian access to sacred sites. It laments repeated restrictions during holy periods at Haram esh Sherif and Temple area, arguing pilgrims face hardship and calls for renewed crusading sentiment.
The St. Louis Globe Democrat notes a cultivated virtue called the intellect of love. It describes people with this trait as slow to offend, quick to forgive, and willing to give the doubt to others. They avoid quarrel, endure misfortune calmly, and uphold charitable judgments despite malice or misrepresentation.
A playful note from Texas Siftings describes a family scene where the mother remarks the children are becoming like siblings and the father concedes they are behaving like brothers after a playful scuffle.
Mrs Wiggins replies her daughter has left for cooking school. The exchange ends with the speaker noting he will prepare supper since she will be hungry on her return, reflecting a domestic scene reported in NY Weekly.
A family narratives Bill, the son nicknamed Whisperin Bill, wounded in mind by war while his body survives. The speaker recalls Bill's youth, a sweetheart, and a father’s plea as the mind falters after battle. The piece closes with belief that God guards his mind though the world cannot. Irving Bicheller, in N Independent.
Joseph Wingfield describes a 1863 night at Libby prison when a potato stash vanished daily. Confederate guards faced rats and clever Yankee prisoners using a rope and nailed bricks to drop into the store, sparking a surreal silent stand and a wary standoff.
A Toledo Blade account recalls a raid where Union men used a rope to pull a wounded man from a room and cut a floor hole to steal potatoes and other goods. The Narrative describes fear, confrontations, and a tense discovery of the concealed exit after dawn.
A Confederate narrative recounts Lieutenant Munele of the Sixty first Georgia and Lieutenant Leath sharing extraordinary injuries. Munele survived two breast bone penetrations and near-spine exits, while Leath, struck in the cheek and head, continued fighting and later dined with his mother unaware of the severity.
A Journal reporter at the State Capitol notes Major C. 4. House reviewing wartime records of Company E of the First Maine Heavy Artillery. He recalls October 1864 siege scenes at Petersburg and the soldiers sheltering in “gopher holes” or Fort Hell while shells burst nearby.
The text notes a pension for Stonewall Jackson’s widow and recalls Daisy the veteran war horse who carried Captain Hill at Gettysburg and Antietam, aged thirty four. It mentions Col. Cour’s horse Frank buried at Waterford Pa and a local tribute debate. It describes Governor Alger meeting a wounded Bull Run soldier and quotes their exchange. Mrs General Grant discusses her meetings with Ulysses Grant and plans for a memoir due next spring.
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