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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1886
Page
3
A humorously instructive piece from the Columbus Dispatch outlines a flamboyant bowing ritual for men. It prescribes precise postures from standing to seated, a dramatic heel and toe line, a sharp jerk, a Turk like glare, and hands to the trouser seams to reveal hair polish, ending with the claim the lady becomes your friend if you display such grace.
The obituary notes Mrs. George H. Pendleton wife of the Berlin minister, and descendant of Francis Scott Key, ties her family to the wartime saga of The Star-Spangled Banner. It recounts Key’s life, the Beanes episode, the 1814 bombardment of Fort McHenry, and the song’s publication and first public performance by Ferdinand Durang in Baltimore.
A dialogue excerpt shows Mrs. Skimmerhorn critiquing young men to her heiress niece. The niece dismisses vapid society masculinity while referencing Pope. A weary merchant traveler remarks about looking forward to school’s end.
A mosaic of domestic advice covers livestock care sanitation and cooking. Morning barn hygiene reduces illness in horses and cattle, while milking routines and diet insights promote milk quality. Recipes include padding, bread cake, Indian pudding, and a method for flavored green beans.
Simple do it yourself ideas to craft hair receivers, splashes, jars, and small boxes from stiff white paper. Use ribbon, tissue paper, and glazed paper to create decorative coverings, with instructions on colors, pleats, and assembly to brighten rooms and repurpose containers.
A Cincinnati Angier item describes a moth trapping method using a bright lamp over a tub of water to lure and drown nocturnal moths. The technique, used since warmer months, reduces moths with repeated seasonal application and suggests cedar oil around carpet edges as another preventive.
A Chicago Times analysis warns that farmers face high interest and risky loans. It notes usurious rates in the South and West, mortgage schemes on growing crops, livestock and stock, and the danger of a single bad crop or disease causing widespread ruin. Banks in cities hold capital not easily loaned at legal rates.
A Paris death leaves six thousand dollars to a Dubuque niece who dies about the same moment. The question hinges on solar versus true time and longitude. If the niece dies between 4 am and 10 am, she would be deemed to have survived by solar time, so the legacy would vest in her heirs instead of reverting to the uncle's estate.
Denmark's book output for the past year shows 1,913 volumes 891 pamphlets and 243 periodicals and journals published. Of the 1,913 works 178 were translations with 31 from German 31 from English 22 from French 13 from Swedish and 10 from other languages. In 1885 seventeen printers settled in Copenhagen and five elsewhere.
A narrator recalls tucking a sleepy child into bed with a picture book and Mother Goose. The little reader resists sleep, insisting she will stay awake to see the pictures, then drifts off as a clock chimes. The scene ends with a kiss at bedtime.
Aunt Melinda and Uncle Jonathan discuss gold and luck on the Fourth of July in Colorado. Jim hopes to join the digging, while Old Scratch the hen stirs plans for a meal and a burst of playful chaos ends with Jim finding gleaming gold in the hen’s craw.
The assayer finds Uncle Jonathan delivered six dollars' worth of gold from a garden. Weeks later the acre is leased to dig a shaft. Aunt Melinda improves in fortune and temper as Jim grows independent in school, abandoning the gingham apron.
Near Harmony Indiana a farm cat named Tab adopts three orphaned squirrel kits found by two boys. Tab feeds, cares, and shelters the juveniles with her own litter until they mature and depart. Mrs. Williams frets but the feline foster mother prevails, proving animal bonds cross species in a rural Youth's Companion tale.
The Filbert children set out with a wheelbarrow to fetch cream from Farmer Wheat for ice cream. They stray through woods, tire, and forget their mother's warning. Homeward bound, the jar spills and the cream becomes butter, teaching a lesson in obedience.
General Hancock recalls a Gettysburg moment when a six year old girl, carrying her father’s rifle, ran to him crying that her papa was dead but she offered the gun for the cause. He says the child’s offering stirred deep reverence and a sublime sentiment. The Congression Record reportedly cost over $125000 but sold for about $1604.27.
A cable dispatch reports Earl Cairns, known as Lord Garmoyle, dissolved his engagement to Miss Adela Grant of this city. The reason given is his insistence on a loan from Miss Grant’s mother to meet creditors. Cairns, with vast estates in Britain and Ireland, faces heavy debts and a prior breach of promise suit by Miss Fortescue. Miss Grant, 22, daughter of Mrs. Beach Grant, rose in New York society after being introduced two winters ago.
Two elderly women were arrested after a morning fight in Louisville Kentucky. Mrs Walters seventy seven and Mrs Raphael a centenarian one hundred four exchanged blows until officers arrived. Both were released on their own recognizance.
Ben Perley Poore notes in Albany Journal a Washington scene of pet saddled horses a long-eared white donkey trained to harness Mrs Dr Baxter keeps a tame Texas wild cat in a large yard cage to roam and scare kitchen crowds Senator Edmunds daughter owns a bull terrier with a covered walk from stable to parlor window Mrs Palmer of Michigan owns small dogs and Miss Kate Willard has the finest cat
Mrs. Burchard of Grant Park intervened with a potato masher as her parrot Polly fought a hawk. The birds toppled from their perch and fought until the hawk released its grip. Polly remained uninjured aside from the ordeal and called for a cracker.
A strange looking bird resembling a swift or martin dropped dead in the Roughs bacon merchants yard in Quay New Ross. A note found under its wing bore British address and a name, Mary Elsa Suakin Egypt dated 10th March. The bird was sent to Dublin to be stuffed and a reply to the note appeared in a later item.
Disjointed lines promote GLewn ScLPeAR Boar and Sulphur Baths with low rates, Hilts Ham Asvd Wiskex Dre in colors, and port as seasickness remedy. Mentions Piso's Remedy for Catarrh, Dr Isaac Thompson's Eye Water, and a complaint about a book agent. Indianapolis Herald reference.
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