16 Dec 1881
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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1881
Page
1
Ninety families totaling 424 people leave Bonaventure Station to establish homes in the United States. The report lists other items from public schooling in Woonsocket and innovations, plus civic notes on hospital plans, rail extensions, and local oddities.
The piece traces early Greek practice of binding leaves in leather, Roman ornamental covers, Byzantine colorful volumes, and medieval leather and board bindings. It notes slave binders’ social role, Arab influence, and the printing era shift to lighter morocco covers and gold tooling in Italy.
A Salt Lake City street scene shows a balky horse calmed by a bishop for three dollars, then the animal wrecks the cart and bolts. The Cincinnati Commercial jokes about Edwin M. Stanton as Attorney General and compares Booth’s posthumous fate to a mock courtroom scene, condemning the era’s civil process.
Colonel A F Rockwell, present at Garfield's assassination and Lincoln's shooting, is cited as the only officer to witness both deaths. A resolution by Judge Taylor of the Nineteenth Ohio District calls for auditing and paying Garfield illness expenses, endorsed as a public debt. Canada described as experimental, with a Belleville man arranging a twelve day marriage trial that ends with sending the woman away.
The Chicago Inter Ocean notes a December Vienna theater disaster where over half of the 2,000 attendees perished, contrasting it with Civil War losses and arguing Austria faces a ferment over such deadly calamities.
A Japanese case reports a lone saboteur jailed after attempts to halt a train near Kioto, fined two yen and twenty five sen. Nearby items note a Griffin Georgia hen with twenty two eggs found, a Jonesboro hen laying up to fourteen eggs daily, a Fort Harley Florida orange tree nine feet in circumference bearing up to nine thousand oranges, and a Somerville Journal query about the coming man closing doors.
The passage argues that youth sparks divine genius and lists renowned captains and leaders who achieved greatness young. It cites stories of Don John of Austria, Gaston de Foix, Conde, Rocroi, Gustavus Adolphus, and Loyola to illustrate early triumphs and lasting impact, noting age milestones and transformative roles.
A man in his 102nd year underwent cataract surgery in Vienna and, after ten days, returned to his native village, marking a remarkable recovery for a centenarian patient.
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