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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1878
Page
1
Boston travelers encounter unexpected refinement in Chicago while notices recount 18th century emigration, counterfeiting tales, and the redemptioner trade. Articles describe New York and Philadelphia mint fraud, a Ned Willett solo capture, and German servants sold for years to cover passage costs.
The speaker fondly recalls country life with church bells and neighbors sharing weather and crops. He describes springtime rains, summer harvests, and a husking bee under moonlight, reflecting on how farm life shaped his view of life’s charms.
A poem style note from The Washington Post remarks on Henry Ward Beecher as a great preacher while joking that stepping into the ring to knock Christianity out is not the proper thing. The verse playfully contrasts wit with religious authority.
A jovial stream of domestic tips covers hanging art with copper or silver wire, thrift in food prep, fashion notes on wide-striped silks, and practical repairs. It includes advice on breakfasts with graham pudding and milk, keeping berries fresh, and waxy cement for stoves and china repairs. Dr. Wilkes asserts bones need lime to maintain strength, likened to a marble mantel every eight months.
Three amateur rifle club members shot Creedmoor rifles at 20 yards in Brighton. Observers using a telescope fixed to a tree watched the ball travel from near the gun until it struck the target and even claimed to see the rotary spin, a remarkable accuracy.
Governor McCreary of Kentucky recounts being captured in the Confederate army, held at Johnson's Island, exchanged, and returning to Richmond. He notes meeting Col Porter, General Holliday, and Beverly turkey at a boarding house. He observes that within fifteen years three would become state governors and one a congressman. The era's patriotic Union supporters did not foresee rebel return to power.
Deputy Marshal Durham and three assistants arrest a tobacco peddlar near Columbia for unpaid stamps. Hill concealed revenue stamps on his person. A local rifle company freed Hill from custody, a move seen as sustaining the government with a vengeance.
A collage of seasonal verse and prose urges patience and thrift as the year turns. It contrasts old and new year customs with fables on time and small acts, urging steady effort, study, and careful living across varied anecdotes and moral reflections.
The Louisville Journal reports Southern people favor remaining in the Union and sharing its benefits, including internal improvements. The New York Tribune notes a proposed $40,000,000 levee appropriation as part of these plans, implying Southern demand for postwar aid.
The States whose sons are most largely represented in Congress include New York fifty one, Pennsylvania forty six, Ohio thirty six, Kentucky twenty two, Tennessee twenty two, Virginia seventeen, Massachusetts sixteen, North Carolina fourteen, Indiana thirteen, Georgia thirteen, Maine twelve, Maryland eleven, Vermont eleven, and Connecticut ten. All others have less than ten.
The article notes that in Southern Africa the colored voting issue grows complex with new colonies and mixed populations. It compares the Cape Colony where color lines are erased to the rest, and contrasts South African dynamics with American freedmen as models of statesmanship.
Hydrophobia cases have risen in Springfield Massachusetts prompting authorities to order all dog owners to muzzle their animals for three months. Several deaths follow dog bites and officials fear undiagnosed rabid dogs remain in the city.
An old paralyzed man travels Austin Nevada streets using two poles strapped to his sides. The poles drag on the ground behind him, and without them he would fall. With the braces from behind, he is able to move along quite well.
The article notes British annual sugar intake around 900000 tons or about 60 pounds per person. It cites raw sugar impurities at 2 to 3 percent, with cargoes containing up to three tons of stones. Experiments by Dr. Cameron and Dr. Hassel show up to 100000 mites per pound in raw sugar.
A farmer boasted against drummers with signs claiming no sewing machines and later smallpox warnings. One drummer, visibly pitted with smallpox, replied he was assigned to that route, implying persistence despite the warnings.
A humorous note describes a pigeon causing a railway halt as a news agent jokes about American peasantry. The piece shifts to praise for a Pittsburgh Fort Wayne and Chicago carrier whose onomatopoeic clatter is likened to a play. It mentions pears and a Hawkeye reference with a train stop for eating.
A witty street challenge in Woonsocket led two teenagers aged sixteen to nineteen to marry within minutes. The unsuspecting parents balked at first but chose to accept the swift marriage and move forward with the plan.
A Detroit Press line claims Santa Claus is a 4 Democrat while a Graphic editorial counters that he is an Aristocrat who favors wealthy children and neglects the poor. The clash shows sensational partisan framing in newspaper discourse about Santa.
A comedian humorously defied two Dakota stage robbers who ordered him to raise his hands. They returned his watch instead of shooting him, and angry citizens organized a posse and pursued the criminals.
Folklore suggests a girl’s hair color reflects her father’s wealth. If the father’s purse is full, the daughter’s hair is said to be golden or auburn. If the wallet is lean, she is labeled a red headed gal, with rich girls rarely described as red headed.
A Pennsylvania boy set off a holiday mood at his school by dropping his rubbers down the heater. Since then he has regretted not popping caps and dropping them individually, fueling his anger at himself.
Marshal MacMahon felt his surrender so keenly that he signed his message to the Chambers with closed eyes to avoid seeing the words. The scene underscores the collapse of the capitulating leader during the surrender announcement.
Three million years ago a massive twelve foot tall animal wandered the Connecticut riverbank and Professor Hitchcock has identified its footpath leaving a trace of the creature’s presence in the region.
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