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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1869
Page
4
A long ago visiting sharpers tale reappears as a woman in a black velvet jockey drives through Main Street offering five dollar bills for four dollars and lockets for two dollars with money-back promise. Crowds swell then she vanishes with about twenty five or thirty dollars and few lockets left. Two men accompanied her outside the crowd.
The article argues that defects in Congress organization enable corruption. It cites the 500 page manual and various parliamentary guides as essential tools, yet shows many members ignore or misuse them. It asserts practical, businesslike legislators wield more influence than scholars.
The Burlington Argus reports a family of two women and five children found freezing on a wagon by the railway depot. Directors moved them to a court house room, fed them, and learned the wife of O P Jolly is en route from Taylor County Iowa to Dallas Illinois with wagon and horses. They endured mud snow sleet and storms days without money or feed. The ferry failed to run and the railroad would not cross them for eight dollars. Continuous hunger left their horses roaming abandoned.
Fannie Buckner seeks daughter Lucinda formerly of Benjamin Buckner in Kentucky. Lucinda reportedly moved to Missouri near Jackson in Shelby County. mother in Natchez Mississippi requests copies from Missouri Democrat. George Donaldson seeks wife Liny Donaldson formerly with Captain Stanley Donaldson near Hermitage Tennessee. lives in Natchez Mississippi, items requested from Nashville Banner. Isabella Tillman seeks children Jack and Esther once with Tom Bronson in Richmond Kentucky. lives in Natchez Mississippi, request copies from Richmond Register.
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