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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1870
Page
4
A didactic verse urges children not to brood over disappointments. It counsels smiling through rain sprinkled tasks, accepting limits, and turning effort into learning. The speaker invites the child to find practical paths to improvement rather than sulk.
The Wadsworth Enterprise reports Rev. Jacobs on beer capital and church reach, noting 140 barrels daily in Cleveland, 800 liquor shops, and 2,217 daily drinkers with 780 under 20. It compares charitable spending to liquor costs and argues for specie payments to curb gold gambling.
Damascus stands as the oldest city in the world a historic center of travel and culture. It links to Saul of Tarsus and to Mahomet while preserving sheiks waterwheels and bustling caravans. its name lives in damask fabrics Damascus blades and damasking arts from ancient to modern times.
Ike Bromley recalls a Hartford Post tale about a Pacific railroad journey from Omaha to California. A math challenge among Governor Hawley Kellogg Scudder and others leads to debates over how many trains are passed in five days, ending with the tally of ten once explained.
The text argues that walking erect improves chest expansion and lung function, avoids braces, and promotes circulation and health. It advises keeping the gaze forward, chin slightly up, hands behind, and mouth closed while walking to maximize benefits. A brisk pace reinforces the positive effects on blood and color.
A physician exposes morphine levels in Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup linking infant deaths to narcotic poison. The report cites an ounce containing nearly a grain of morphine and warns against infant dosing, urging safer alternatives like catnip tea. The piece also recounts a moral tale of murder and a cautionary naval proverb, plus odd notes on Paris nose bleaching and Egyptian tobacco.
The Ohio Legislature declares the white race cannot govern the state without black aid, echoing a long-standing Democratic stance that whites in the South cannot support themselves without black aid. The speaker asks if whites can participate in government and sustain themselves without such aid.
During a winter 1828 1829 visit to Baden Louis Napoleon and two cousins walk along the Rhine. A gust carries a flower from Princess Marie and he dives into the rapid waters to recover it. He returns dripping with the flower and quips to refrain from praising old time cavaliers.
Dr Hall counsels extreme early hair care emphasizing cleanliness and minimal contact. He warns against metal hair pins and braiding, citing damage from pins and buildup, and advocates a clean scalp, short hair in childhood, and pure soft water as the best grooming regimen for all ages.
A French metallurgist reportedly cracked the Chinese gong alloy mystery copper tin mix heated and hammered at dull red heat to stay malleable while cooling. In Iowa Page County farmer reports a large ferocious animal roams tearing hogs and cattle with 250 stock killed.
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