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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1889
Page
2
A preacher denounces strong drink as a national plague. He cites baskets of heads, ruined homes, dying inebriates, and hellish thirst, urging repentance and divine grace to escape captivity and save families, souls, and society.
A reflective essay argues that embracing hopeful ambitions fuels progress. History's figures like Murat, Bonaparte, and Jackson show that ambitious dreams, not cautious realism, forge leaders and breakthroughs. The piece cites biblical faith as a timeless answer to death and meaning.
Reads as a Sunday school lesson from 1889 on Saul’s disobedience in I Samuel 15 23 noting God’s testing of kings, Saul’s failure to destroy the Amalekites, and Samuel’s rebuke Behold to obey is better than sacrifice The lesson urges steadfast duty and warns that disobedience costs the kingdom with practical suggestions from the Independent and Baptist journals
A collection of humor and quips on crime, politics, travel, and social scenes. Bits include a jailhouse joke, a lawyer and doctor conning as road agents, a salting remark about meals, postmaster fantasies, boatyard mischief, a piano of photography, and a promise to return for a future portrait.
A Berks County man recounts luring a fox with a trap only to have a crippled bald eagle drag the trap from its stake. Crows mobbed the scene, attacking the wounded bird, and five crows lay dead after the clash before the narrator attempted to capture the eagle alive.
A hunter recounts a brutal confrontation with a wounded eagle. Using a rope noose and a sapling, he corralled the bird, which fought savagely despite crippling injuries. The eagle died three days later, its mounted form later placed in a Philadelphia museum.
An elderly Cedar Bluff man visits the Franklin Patriot editor to accuse him of misprinting funeral tickets for his wife who was not dead. The exchange grows tense as the editor refuses to cancel the order or accept the bribe. The man warns he will “wall er you” if he meets the editor again.
A Brooklyn Eagle reader laments a Arkansas City publishing house commissioning a piano piece titled Grand March to Oklahoma with imitations of Indian pow-wow dogs and cattlemen's life. The piece is contrasted with Howells and Queen Victoria, then a light batch of sketches and jokes about marriage, parsimony, and charity from various papers.
Almanac style list of upcoming fairs and expositions across the United States and Canada for 1889. Entries include Alabama Birmingham Ocet and Eufaula, Chicago American Dairy and Fat Stock shows, Buffalo, Boston, Toronto, Detroit, Paris, and many others with tentative dates in September October and November.
Collision on the Rome Watertown Ogdensburg line Telescoped four cars killing Miss Emma Perrin of St John Michigan aged 23 and injuring seven others. Emil Tiffany engineer of Hazleton Oswego died from internal injuries. Other injured include Mrs Perrin Mr Perrin John Jay and Miss Louise Moore with multiple fractures and leg injuries.
Washington August 12 Dr Hammond denying sensational reports about Dr Sequard elixir of life says the remedy is only a tonic for the elderly not a life prolonger or youth renewer and that such claims are outrageous and unfounded.
Indianapolis man Robert Marvel, aged 51, has fasted fifty-seven days, with Dr Hasty noting his weakening state yet moments of energy. He has not consumed milk recently, only about three and a half quarts over the period, and family and doctor defend the record as genuine.
P B Armour denies progress on selling his Chicago meat business to British capitalists. He confirms a reported 5 million dollar bonus offer, but says the deal cannot compel him to relinquish control. The broker’s option bid dwarfs perceived cash value, yet does not sway him.
Report notes Prince of Wales burdened by debt despite annual English subsistence of about 285000 dollars. Czar of Russia valued a French medal, Tax present Sultam plays chess long hours, Princess Soruts to marry Duke of Sparta with large fortunes while Queen’s wealth is modestly exaggerated. William II, Empress of Austria, and imperial display of jewels and regalia described in vivid detail.
Ex-Governor Foster General Crook and Major William Warner discuss opening the Sioux reservation in Dakota. Foster estimates 9 million acres secured, notes most land suited to grazing, with limited farming prospects. praises the Riggs Industrial School and agency schooling while urging strong agents and rapid survey for a spring opening.
The national regatta concludes at Lake Calumet Pullman with Pilkington and Nagle of the Metropolitans named champion double scullers for the year after the Bayside bowman could not row. Junior singles won by Shea Crescent club, with Lovell Nautilus second amid race betting concerns. Mississippi Valley Association officers elected as Metropolitans dominate senior doubles. other results include six-car barges, Garfield Beach and Detroit boats, and a controversial junior doubles. Obituary notes: Rev J Bayliss dies in Michigan. other local incidents recorded.
The arbitration board near Streator sets miners’ price at 72.5 cents per ton, rejecting a 70 cent demand. The award, dated Aug 7, 1889, covers Aug 7 to May 1, 1890, with Read dissenting for 77.5 or 75 cents. The decision bases on coal supply, plant costs, and selling price, aiming to end miner-operator strife across northern Illinois.
An explosion and subsequent fire at a boat house near Ferry Street in Burrato causes the deaths of L. Lemuel Crocker 9, Ethel 8, John Rugenstein 30, and Crocker’s son, as bystanders rescue others. A 14 year old girl Charlotte is saved, Miss McLean is hospitalized, and a carpenter perishes after falling from a raft. The naphtha powered Cedar Ridge launch was wrecked beyond salvage.
West Superior Wisconsin August resolutions from the Waterways convention call for a government funded survey of Great Lakes rivers and narrows, a twenty foot deep ship canal, and rapid harbor deepening to accommodate twenty foot vessels. The call follows land and cost comparisons for Duluth rail routes and Lake Superior outlet improvements.
In Birmingham Alabama on August 8 a man arrested at Scottsboro is not yet positively identified as the absconding Treasurer Tate. A detective among the arrestees faces burglary charges from an old indictment. In Demnorr Michigan on August 8 a safe robbery at the Union ticket office yielded 1500 to 3000 dollars and left police baffled. Weather and harvest notes report rain in England and a wheat shortfall of 700000 tons in India.
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