02 Dec 1881
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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1881
Page
1
A collection of ironic vignettes and quips from the era features a Vermont man killing a hen by accident, a Boston printer’s social club plans, and a witty exchange about urban life and marriage. It includes remarks on public figures, editors, and a Chicago bride’s father gifting cattle, all told in a light, often humorous tone.
A Hamilton County physician with a large two township practice says he can handle a third of his business by the extra time saved with carrier pigeons. In critical cases he posts hourly bulletins and claims the method has saved many lives. The item is part of a compilation in the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Mrs Dinsmore says Guiteau is not insane but peculiar vain and irritable. Rev Henry Ward Beecher calls the trial a fight with an imbecile judge and a vagrant fool. The London Daily News warns that declaring insanity would excuse many alike from murder.
A Brooklyn Eagle item quotes a husband accusing his wife of cheap cigarettes and her coy reply. The Utica Herald laments the episode as a court spectacle, likening the prisoner’s remarks to a performing monkey and criticizing the judge for allowing such nonsense.
The annual report lauds the Children’s Aid Society as a noble charity that has housed 60,000 or more people, sheltered and educated 200,000 youths, and aided 13,000 children in lodgings last year, while predicting crime reduction and urban prosperity from its work. It also notes political shifts in North Carolina and anticipates a Bourbons’ mutiny affecting party loyalty, citing the Inter Ocean on Mahone’s impact in the South.
Miss Dora Wheeler takes the $2000 prize from Prang & Co. Boston for the best Christmas card design, after placing second in a similar contest last year. The Boston Advertiser describes her year’s entry as a symbolic scene of Christ’s birth with a forlorn woman and two children on a globe, a dead fir tree, and the Virgin Mary with infant Jesus amid a sunlit halo.
The text questions Judge Coxs past role as counsel for Mrs Surratt in Lincoln assassination matters while noting his current handling of the Garfield assassin case. It adds a 1877 California mining era fact: savings banks held 76.9 million dollars, the state peak at that time.
In a Detroit detour from the night, Barlum Smith is found on a public stairway and charged with drunkenness. The judge and police test his memory as he mistakes the station for a hotel while clinging to coins and a five dollar fine. He pledges to remember tomorrow.
Signal Service officer with Professor King describes a night ascent method for estimating height. A loud shout is issued and seconds counted until the ground echo is heard, giving altitude by the sound return time during a rapid night flight.
Judge Cox protests lack of proper decorum in the Guiteau trial. He warns spectators against outbursts and threatens to gag Guiteau if he misbehaves. Guiteau defends actions claiming divine partnership and vows to expose his former wife if she testifies. Sanity testimony is presented to support the insanity theory.
Elizabeth Cretzer of North Baltimore County on York road is believed to be the oldest person in Maryland and perhaps the nation. At 103 she walks at home, manages duties, and bears a clear memory of birth and her 1801 marriage to John Cretzer of Captain Perry’s Maryland militia. She received her pension at Calvert Street via May or Adreon’s office with a cheerful talk. A newborn in Washington weighed 1.5 pounds.
A Tahitian host appears with a bamboo harvest of wild plantain and guava as two strangers meet. They share a calm, quiet bond by a blazing log and a simple shelter, with gifts of fruit and water, while observing daily life and open-air interiors.
A London Globe note discusses the imperial edict on the Chinese pigtail, tracing its origin to Nurhaci’s conquest and Manchu rule. It explains the shaved head as a surrender badge, adopted to distinguish vanquished from victors and to fit the governing system, with recent insurrections aiming to revive the practice.
The Live Stock Journal discusses drought conditions forcing farmers to seek reliable water sources for cattle. It favors wells with windmills and pumps, notes tile drains can fail in drought, and suggests cisterns and surface-water collection as alternatives. It highlights combining wells with tile drains and using grass cover with simple surface channels to direct water to storage.
A sermon-like reflection argues that energy and persistence outperform mere learning and piety in all callings. It asserts that without nerve, perseverance, and will, even educated men such as ministers, lawyers, or physicians fail to achieve lasting success.
The government enacts universal vaccination funded by a ten cent charge for each visibly scarred nose shown to officials, enforcing coverage without coercion.
Dr Feliz L. Oswald advises that outdoor life and proper ventilation, not harsh remedies, curb bronchitis and croup in children. Fresh air, mild saccharine diet, warm milk, and simple measures like neck applications ease first paroxysms, while avoiding overheated rooms during recovery.
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