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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1886
Page
7
A nostalgic verse recalls a woman with brown little fingers who soothed pain, watered hope, and blessed Fortune's frown. The speaker wanders through memory to Daisy fields, ritual rooms, and a crown of fame sealed by her quiet grace. The poem ends with a longing wish to clasp those fingers again.
Grandmother and Nanny discuss dreams as warnings. Nanny recalls a vivid prophetic dream about snakes and her twin sister Bessie. The tale recounts their separation, a premonition journey home, and the eventual reunion proving the dream influenced life for years.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt features Brother Gardner quips and aphorisms on law, governance, honesty, and human folly. It notes a peculiar elm-damaging fly at Flushing, Long Island, likened to the lophyrus pini, Europe’s pine pest.
Practical guidance on farm and household practices including cleaning with lime water and carbolic acid, lime and charcoal use for air purification, and simple recipes like asparagus soup and bread soup. Mentions Melilot cultivation for honey, public water troughs, and hoeing to prevent soil crusting.
A veterinary guide notes lameness signals pain and may indicate limb or systemic disease. It details gait observations, fault indications in fore and hind limbs, and stresses rest, then cautious counterirritants, blistering, and rubs with carbolic compounds, glycerine, and iodine as part of treatment.
Begin plowing for wheat at the earliest post harvest moment to curb weeds and aid soil pulverization. Pass daily with a heavy roller to crush clods and prevent drying. Underdrain to reduce winter kill and improve germination. make the seed bed fine and solid. start early and work thoroughly.
An agricultural note warns that weeds consume soil moisture needed by crops, causing weaker plants to perish. It urges immediate weed elimination to conserve moisture and maximize crop growth on a well managed farm.
In 1777 a 19-year-old French guardsman with a major general’s rank bought a ship to run away from home. He sailed from Pasajes, Spain, with eleven companions and reached Georgetown South Carolina on April 25, 1777. His voyage secured a place in American history as Marquis de Lafayette.
The article describes advances in separating combustible culm from waste near mines. An air-blast system transports refuse from breaker to dumps at about one sixth the prior mule cart cost and, after screening, salvages usable fuel. The recovered shuckwheat fuels Hudson river steamers. daily haul from breaker to dumps previously cost over twenty thousand dollars.
A bewildering array of incidents spans law violations and oddly vivid events. A 16 year old girl in Atlanta faces prohibition charges for selling liquor at home. A Doner County farmer loses 109 hogs while moving 118 to market. A New York lightning strike kills 300 chickens in one bolt. A Michigan mother allegedly sustains an unusual brood of olive branch bearing children. A 11,616 word legal deed is recorded in McIntosh County. A Hutchinson man’s meat poison scare ends when his two children die after eating it. Vigilante fishing backlash grows in Taney County. A New York ad offers transportation tips for two dollars. A Michigan man receives only the word Walk as spending advice. Miss Mills edits Hawkeye Star and plans a large homestead expansion. A fatal Ottawa storm hits near Joseph Goderau’s cottage as lightning shatters a coffin and injures bystanders.
A seventeen year old daughter of a wealthy Washington builder married a brick wagon driver after lunch visits to him at work. The couple married weeks ago and now live apart from the bride’s parents amid domestic turmoil with the mother withholding support and even her pre marriage clothing.
Two young women workers in a Lewiston cotton mill competed for beauty prestige. Married status, red cheeks, and buxom figures drew mill hands and overseers as judges. After extensive preening, each faced critics who weighed looks, smiles, and appeal, causing moments of tears and blushes.
An Aurora Illinois item highlights Dr. F L Pond as a leading cancer specialist with remarkable cures. It recounts Mrs. D L Shaw of Dakota being cured of a large scirrhus cancer after consulting Pond and praises his testimonials. The piece notes free circulars and mentions other medical ads and remedies.
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