25 Feb 1881
Page 1
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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1881
Page
1
The piece notes the Arkansas governor as a war horse who never shuns a snort, while Vice President Arthur arrives in Washington to be sworn in on March 4. It surveys mining, tariffs, debt, frontier towns, lynch mobs, marriages, rail travel rules, and notable court cases reflecting late 19th century concerns and social dynamics.
A retired admiral known as By-the-Sea, saved as a infant at sea and later earning the Victoria Cross, is noted alongside a French pork embargo causing a Chicago price drop and a multi million dollar loss to speculators. The report also recounts a London to Leicester train incident where a madman clung by his hair at sixty mph until asylum custody.
Kip brings a donated chair to the minister and his family, hoping to aid the poor. A miscommunication leads the chair to the minister's parsonage, prompting a community discussion on generosity, duty, and forgiveness in a small village.
A man with impaired vision offers two five dollar bills to settle a two dollar debt implying a choice between gaining eight dollars or going to heaven in a quirky statement about freedom of action.
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