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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1890
Page
8
Rev. Tr DeWitt Talmage warns against neglecting piety at summer resorts advising restraint at watering places. He denounces horse racing drinking and distracting literature urging readers to seek spiritual refreshment from biblical fountains rather than worldly pleasures.
A Sunday school summary of Luke 17 11 19 where ten lepers seek mercy from Jesus on the road to Jericho all are cleansed but only one a Samaritan returns to glorify God. The lesson frames faith healing and the deeper spiritual meaning of gratitude and sin as leprosy.
Cantons of Patriarchs Militant and Odd Fellows paraded through Chicago on Thursday Aug 8 drawing 12 000 to 15 000 marchers and an estimated 150 000 spectators along Wabash and Michigan avenues. Governor Fifer Mayor Crecier and others watched from the reviewing stand as elaborate firework displays and a 100 foot long emblem arch closed the night.
A collection of quick facts on light loss through glass land areas and time of day for shoe fitting. It also notes the reach of British dominions the world’s geography, and basic knife sharpening tips emphasizing whetstone use and edge care.
The Odd-Fellows gathering near close as Chicago hosts the Triennial. Ticket stamping indicates 40,000 to 45,000 visitors, with funds partly for the Sovereign Grand Lodge treasury and various Odd-Fellow charities. Prizes awarded for Subordinate Lodges and Rebekah Degree Lodges. notable winners include North Star Lodge Minneapolis and Naomi Lodge Columbus along with Chicago entries.
London reports ongoing border hostilities between Albania and Montenegro despite Turkish efforts to maintain peace. Reports describe Montenegrins beheading four Albanian citizens, Albanian retaliation with Montenegrin heads on spikes, and both sides targeting Turkish Christians along the frontier. Peasants suffer abuse, family mistreatment, and children are seized for slave markets.
Christian Fuhrman, a prosperous farmer near Fort Wayne Indiana, was struck by fragments from an emery wheel during plow point sharpening. His jaw was torn away and a piece penetrated his lungs in the Wednesday night accident.
In St Marys County Maryland a bathing party from Baltimore was swept by an undertow from the steamer Sue. Mrs Mollie Storm Edith V Storm nine year old Carroll Graham and Mrs J P Johnson drowned. Nine others were rescued and Mrs Stevens revived after boating rescues. The group totaled fourteen with relatives and neighbors.
A large rail strike locks down the New York Central system from Forty-second Street to Albany. Trains are abandoned, passengers stranded, and depots crowded as workers refuse to operate. Union leaders and company officials trade sharp statements amid widespread disruption along the Central and related lines.
Pestn Aug 9 A wave of fires has destroyed numerous villages in Hungary and devastated a large area. Immense stores of corn and grain were burned leaving many homeless. In Borosbocaird a woman and six children died. In Moor ten lives were lost.
The August 8 Buenos Ayres elections bring public joy as Pellegrini is elected president. The city decorates and lights up in celebration while a new decree extends the state of siege and proclaims press freedom.
Londox Aug. 8 report states thousands flee the Vilna government area aiming to emigrate to Brazil while others head to Algeria. The Alliance Israelite of Paris is aiding the emigrants.
Calvin Cromwell was killed when fire damp ignited as he dug a well in Indianapolis. After reaching thirty three feet he called for help but fell back into the bucket and perished near the top.
John Taggart employed at the water works died after lighting a dynamite fuse. The cartridge failed to explode at first and when he approached to inspect it it detonated, blowing him seventy five feet into the air and mangling his body.
Drought trims Kansas corn average by 33 percent and a further 57 percent in a month. Some counties face crop failure while overall state yield is forecast at about 75 million bushels.
The Postmaster General requests samples of pearl-gray cardboard for ladies correspondence postal cards. Wilkinson Bros. & Co. sublet the contract to Whiting Paper Company of Holyoke Mass. which will manufacture the samples. The new cards will be one third smaller than the regular size.
The Socorro mine near Hermosillo in Sonora was flooded and twenty miners drowned.
Twenty passengers from a train that plunged into a marsh near Pitzen Bohemia last Wednesday are missing. It is feared they were drowned and bodies washed away.
Fire in Cuicano destroyed seventeen frame houses on Taylor street near Johnson, causing total losses of 12000 dollars. Ten families are homeless after the August 9 blaze blamed on boys playing with matches.
Copies of a message from Queen Victoria are placarded in Heligoland. The Queen expresses continued prosperity and contentment under German rule and says she is assured the German Emperor will use power to promote their welfare.
Fire swept the Laclede Fire Brick Manufacturing Company plant at Cheltenham near St. Louis causing about 100000 dollars in loss with 44000 dollars insured. The blaze devastated the works and interrupted production.
New York reports R G Dun & Co weekly review notes crop prospects worsen, money market tightening, and tariff bill delay in the Senate increasing business uncertainty. Despite a sharp advance in wheat corn oats oil and coffee, the general commodity average is slightly lower than a week ago. Outlook hinges on crop losses Congress duties and foreign gold demand factors.
In St. Paul on August 9 farmers report Minnesota potato yields are far below average likely under one third. Dry hot weather has stunted vines and small tubers. markets see prices rising to one dollar a bushel with expectations of doubling as shortages spread.
A large fire in Fort Wayne Indiana on Friday night destroyed the wheel works formerly owned by ex-Congressman J N White. Loss estimated near 200000 with 50000 insured. Huge stock of wheels and lumber burned. Two hundred workers lost jobs.
Five people injured in a collision on the West Side cable road in Chicago. One man suffered both legs broken.
The Florissant petrified forest in a green valley near the Colorado Midland line features a 45 foot circumference stump with exposed saw marks and varied petrified wood. Nearby lies a bluish black stone of petrified charcoal pieces. experts link the stump to California giant trees. Florissant contemplates spending thousands to secure land, extract stumps, and grade grounds to boost this attraction.
An Australian expedition finds Jun Gun an albino aboriginal living with a tribe near Legrange Bay. He is brought to Melbourne as a curiosity, challenging prior claims about albino natives. The find renews interest in locating the long lost explorer Leichardt and may spark a Geographical Society backed search.
A New York harbor study shows fish harbor over thirty parasite kinds. disease risks mirror other animals and only thorough cooking kills parasitic germs. Dr Kellogg notes epidemics have killed vast numbers of fish, sometimes washing ashore in large heaps on coasts like the Carolinas.
The president of the baseball club questions an applicant about experience. The applicant admits no experience, stating he has been a detective. The club rejects him, insisting they need a catcher who can catch.
An exchange humorously depicts a quarrel between a husband pounding a door and his wife planning to summon the first policeman she sees to have him locked up. The brief field captures domestic tension and a sharp punchline.
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