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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1886
Page
3
A playful verse describes a garden bursting with tulips, daffodils, violets, jonquils and more. The speaker asks which flower best expresses love but reveals the secret: she loves both the blue-eyed girl and boy equally, the garden symbolizing joy.
In a Bran don summer set piece Lilian Burt Robinson pursues violinist Count Maurice Koller at the Brandon House resort. Jealousy and class snobbery mix with romance as Koller courts the French governess Jeanne Lefevre while Lilian schemes to secure a title and fortune. The affair ends with an elopement to Germany aboard a steamer.
Jeanne calls the Franco German war the work of politicians, forgiving past grudges and urging Alsace and Lorraine to be forgotten, per Harper's Weekly.
A Tribune excerpt asserts the mother as a child’s first and greatest teacher. It argues maternal character, mood, and silent influence shape the child’s moral and spiritual life more than explicit instruction. The article urges mothers to embody virtues, noting later life echo from offspring and the need to imprint good traits at home.
Paris leaders of fashion decree modest heels and refined silhouettes. Polonaise draped skirts, Bulgarian embroidery, and sleeves gathered with wide wristbands define the season. Stays remain elegant but not restrictive, while striped serge and etamine outfits favor simple overdraped skirts.
The San Francisco Call notes Southern California oil fields will produce about 160000 barrels. wells are shallow and mostly low yielding. A Puente strike at five hundred feet sent oil and tools flying above the derrick, wasting hundreds of barrels, while district tapping remains modest.
Zen Perley Poors in the Boston Budget describes the Washington clan in the United States. It notes three hundred relatives invited to the Washington National Monument dedication and details lineage, geography, professions, and traits of the Washington descendants.
Lieutenant John P. Finley describes water spouts forming from a vortex of air rising from the sea. They appear as dark condensed clouds lifting spray into a column, often during extreme heat in summer, common near tropical calms and Gulf regions, and have sunk ships in some cases.
A practical note by I, sy Lacey in Country Gentleman explains obtaining near correct field measurements using a 30 to 60 inch step, a 100 foot baseline, and a steady erect posture. With practice a farmer can estimate areas accurately, noting small errors accumulate over long distances.
A collage of humorous vignettes and brief exchanges from multiple papers. The items poke light fun at fashion, Shakespeare, theater pay, grandmothers gifting checks, and a mother daughter shopping scene, ending with a seaside vs mountains travel quip.
An aged Toledo resident recalls prolific game near the city including deer ducks and squirrels. He cites Captain Huntley’s seventeen squirrels in one tree and an expert shot that clipped eleven ducks in a single shot near Presque Isle. Odeon, famed for a single shot that felled a deer a swan and nine ducks, stands as a legend.
A Herald correspondent describes Mexico as overrun with dangerous reptiles and insects. Betsy and the narrator fear scorpions in beds and centipedes under pillows in humid lowlands, risking bites and venom as they awaken and rise each morning.
A swindle explained by a reader who has spotted a trick used in Eastern banks. A ten dollar deposit leads to two torn check pieces matching when combined with a genuine signature. The faker then alters the blank piece to reveal a large sum. Tellers should refuse payment on mutilated checks to avoid this fraud.
A tale of a sheep ranch boy Tony who loves sailors and books and longs for a picnic. He waits for Sarah Jane Green to mend his clothes but Aunt Eleanor arrives with a ready made suit that transforms him. Tony grows up wearing the distinctive pattern and cherishes the memory of that morning.
A story from Youth's Companion recounts Ava a five year old with blue eyes and sunny hair pulling a playful swap at school. Ava hides a biscuit dinner from Ving Cates by swapping it with her lunch then watches Ving discover the missing treat and ask where it came from.
The Spectator argues that royal animosities and personal grudges influenced European history. Queen Louise of Prussia and Napoleon, Napoleon and Bernadotte, Nicholas I and Louis Philippe, and other nepotistic feuds steered policy and war, with Alexander III and his Bulgarian namesake showing potential for future humiliation based on spite.
A Boston Budget critique notes retirees from the Supreme Court, flag officers, generals, and ex legislators form a social core on the beach, joined by agents and confidence men seeking profits from local bills. A Boston Advertiser item then quotes a wife urging wage raises due to high prices and rents.
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