19 Aug 1881
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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1881
Page
1
A.V. Hudson of New York reports a rare celestial event as 1882 will feature a transit of Venus across the sun visible across North America. The note adds astronomers are preparing for the major astronomical event of the era, while other items touch on canal politics, a tropical fever outbreak, and various oddities from travel tickets to local crime and civic debates.
The speaker mocks self righteous pretensions by tracing how greed and religious pretense mask true motives. He notes the contrast between pious acts and worldly folly, warning that appearances mask character across social ranks and familiar landscapes. The line about the tiny possum in a large tree underscores misplaced vanity and irony.
Mrs Tom Sawyer's cheerful home becomes a social equalizer as she invites Ashton ladies for a modest tea. She forgoes grand splendor, serves plain biscuits and cold meat, and the gathering reshapes guests with warmth, conversation, and a sense of community. The day ends with renewed kindness and mutual respect.
A speaker admits deep shame over past entertaining, vowing to cease lavish gatherings. She laughs and says future invitations will be for mutual benefit, not to showcase new carpet or cake, stressing genuine connection over displays.
This excerpt cites English intelligence claiming the African slave trade remains vigorous in the Soudan with 50,000 to 60,000 slaves sent yearly to Red Sea ports. It notes Col Gordon and Gessi Pasha’s 1879 defeat of slave traders and argues that without support the trade revived after Gordon’s departure, though a vigorous policy could reduce victims and make the trade unprofitable.
The article condemns foreign refugees as political agitators who abuse shelter and threaten government order. It links them to Chicago demonstrations and New York protests at Justice Schwab’s beer hall and cites Wendell Phillips as an advocate of violence. It warns of a growing population prone to continental communist-style excesses after railroad riots.
Baltimore Sun notes that after August 15 McKay sole sewing patents on the machine will expire, freeing boot and shoe makers from royalty payments. In Baltimore there are about thirty machines turning out 18,000 pairs daily, with license stamps sold like postage. An indicator logs output, inspectors enforce, and patent owners have earned vast revenue from these machines as production increases before the cutoff.
The Inter Ocean notes a proposed penny collection to honor a damaged rebel heart, while the Courier-Journal contemplates retaliation. In Boston, two thousand Chi people arrived within days, the Post reporting only fifteen hundred are colonels.
A Baltimore tale recounts how George Peabody almost wed Sarah Ann Brown. Rival C C. pursued her, but Peabody prevailed after a dramatic incident on the Brown manor porch. The couple wed, furnishing their home lavishly, and Grandma Brown became a remembered figure in local lore.
In Baton, a sixty year old Englishman named Woolrich was found dead after days unseen. A serving dog stood by his side in the cold, and when men removed the animal’s threat, Woolrich’s body was discovered, possibly frozen. The report notes Bridgeport’s badge tender with 26 years of flawless service.
Peter Dahl died at 7 10 the evening after arrival at County Hospital suffering hydrophobia. He endured violent convulsions, restraint in a straight jacket, and was given three injections of curare which failed to halt the disease though it calmer movements. Doctors planned to begin curare treatment immediately for the next hydrophobia case.
In Ashley Pennsylvania a bolt from a clear sky struck four year old Cora Dearborn near a south window while she drank root beer. The hair on her head caught fire, her neck bore a blister, and her face and hands suffered burns as her mother rushed to help. A physician stated the shock was severe but hopes for recovery remain.
In Syracuse Mrs Palmeter and her 14 year old daughter faced a rabid dog on a street. The daughter grabbed the dog by the neck and held it as her mother sought help to kill the animal. The dog was dispatched without harming anyone. Johan Laurett Johanson ship owner of Glasgow injured in a Scottish railway collision in September.
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