20 Aug 1886
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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1886
Page
1
A damaged OCR snippet shows a daily Monday to Saturday timetable with express and local services, morning departures around 11:05 a.m. and several station names such as Lima Preston Kenton, plus notes on accommodation and mail services.
A sprawling column notes passing events and local items from Allen County. Ex President Arthur’s recovery is reported. Two Sams preach to thousands at Lancaster camp meeting. anarchists’ Chicago trial drags on. Kenton Democrat teases with a rooster. Fort Wayne reunion boss jailed. postal card design hints at a Mexican figure on a coal oil barrel. A woman in Ashtabula burned by boiling lard. a man mounts candidacy claims with friends urging him on. George Geiger faces possible amputation from crushed feet. Black Diamond railroad selects Galion as a key stop. Georgia proposes Confederate pensions by amendment. Rural press mocks Tilden’s fame, while Nelson Fralch injures himself near Pemberville. A three-year-old Derwort child breaks a leg. cautions on safe playthings abound. Gondola cars crash near Union Depot but no lives lost. Band and Firemen prizes listed for Burns next month. Knights of Pythias honored in Kokomo with a featured photo in Graphic News. A civic preacher critique closes the item with reflections on piety and usefulness.
The American people mourn Samuel J. Tilden who died at Grey stone on August 4. Born February 9, 1814 in New Lebanon New York he became a lawyer editor politician and leader. He served in the New York Assembly governor of New York and presidential nominee in 1876 amid a disputed election.
A Sunday school lesson recounts the Passover with Jesus predicting Judas as betrayer and Peter's denial foretold. It contrasts Judas's complete fall with Peter's later restoration, praising Peter's renewed faith and urging vigilance, obedience to God, and total trust in Jesus.
Hupspers describes arriving sick in San Francisco on August 3 and lodging cheaply, touring the city’s fine buildings, visiting Mormon churches, and riding a dramatic railroad route through Rockies to Salt Lake. He notes seals near the coast, mint operations making five dollar gold pieces, and a busy city with extensive streetcar systems and large daily revenue. The encampment moves to St. Louis next, and he praises San Francisco’s pace and sights.
The article describes a forthcoming illustrated biography “The Every Day Life of Abraham Lincoln” by those who knew him. It features firsthand anecdotes from people who observed Lincoln in youth and adulthood, with nearly 100 engravings. Publishers are N. D. Thompson, St. Louis and New York, 1886. The piece also notes the 36th Ohio State Fair in Columbus from August 30 to September 4, with $25,000 in premiums and Pennsylvania Company excursion tickets provided for the round trip.
Mr D J Wilecoxson of Horse Cave Kentucky credits Electric Bitters with curing his phthisis and diabetes as well as stopping excruciating pains. After six bottles he recovered fully and gained eighteen pounds, preventing a probable death. Sold for fifty cents a bottle by L P F Gackenheimer.
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