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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1889
Page
2
A lyric fragment depicts a woman descending a stair with jewels in her hair and the speaker picturing a future confession as lights glow on her gold-brown hair. The mood is intimate and elegiac with decorative imagery.
The San Francisco Chronicle notes varied chthonic and astronomical theories about the end of the world. It surveys how pole positions changed through geologic time, impacts of axial tilt shifts on climate, and potential future relocations that could render regions uninhabitable.
A historical reflection recounts Themistocles proposing a plan to burn Lacedaemon’s fleet to make Athens supreme, but Aristides exposes the plan as unjust and the assembly rejects it. Rollin notes the remarkable public virtue of the Athenians in choosing justice over gain. The piece also surveys rapid, anecdotal notes on London police, Victoria boots, footpath rights, London vegetarianism, and other courtly and imperial curiosities.
The article explains class divisions for post offices by salary levels and links postmaster pay to annual receipts and stamp cancellations. First class pays $3,000 or more. second class $2,000 to $3,000. third class $1,000 to $2,000. fourth class under $1,000, with specific scales tied to annual receipts and stamp cancellations.
A portrait of Queen Victoria's routine at breakfast lunch and dinner with family, guests, and staff. It notes outdoor summer meals at Osborne Windsor and Balmoral, official work in mornings, and the queen's charity drives and private reading with a lady-in-waiting.
The article explains long term land loss by erosion and river sediments. It cites data from rivers like the Rhine and major rivers to estimate annual solid matter reaching the sea and projects the potential and time frame for global land area loss, noting the scale and limits of such change. A note at the end mentions a woman becoming superintendent of a visiting list.
A baby in Athens Pennsylvania reportedly weighed thirty one pounds at birth, a figure far exceeding normal newborn weights and prompting local medical inquiries. The report emphasizes the extraordinary birth weight and mentions no further clinical details.
From Colonel F. Fox’s Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, the article lists Union regiments with the highest battle fatalities led by the Fifth New Hampshire Infantry and the Eighty-third Pennsylvania. It provides percentages, comparisons with European wars, officer versus enlisted losses, and disease deaths totaling the Civil War toll. It notes Gettysburg, Shiloh, and Waterloo benchmarks, and highlights disease as the greater killer.
Dr. Henry M. Field recounts Colonel McEwen’s memory of General Kimball using his house as a field headquarters. A Indianapolis lawyer in the parlor requested music, the piece Just Before the Battle, Mother was played, a shell burst nearby, and the man was shot through the lungs. He survived to return with his wife and officers to hear the piece again.
Grass proves cheapest and best for milk wool and flesh says Christian at Work. Dairying and sheep farming prosper in grazing districts with rich pastures, while droughts and winter feeding shift profits to those who keep stock in prime condition.
A National Tribune analysis compares the Light Brigade’s 247 casualties from 673 men to other American regiments, noting higher losses across battles such as Gettysburg. It highlights the high death rate and questions the unit’s lasting laurels versus others’ sustained heavy fighting.
A countryman in a court of justice notes two opposing lawyers who spar and contradict yet call each other brother. A bystander jokes there is no brotherly love between them. The countryman replies they are merely brothers in law and jokes that two sisters would bind relations best when separate.
The Western Rural notes the danger of smoking in barns and urges old line insurance policies for owners. It warns that sparks from careless habits can ignite hay or straw, risking total loss, and recommends blindfolding horses if a barn catches fire.
The article advises preserving fodder and proper hay harvest to maximize nutrition. It warns against cutting grass too late or when too dry and stresses starting as soon as the crop is ready, with equipment prepared for a smooth harvest.
A Indiana farmer found five young squirrels in the woods and brought them home. The family cat then adopted the pups, and the squirrels have become greatly attached to their feline caregiver.
The piece urges regular feeding and watering for poultry and livestock, prioritizes feeding plants over soil enrichment, and warns against overprotective housing. It cites Farm Journal on hog rooting, describes simple recipes from Good Housekeeping, and notes air circulation, meadows, and rebuilding fields with plowing, replanting, and clover to restore fertility.
Prof Bidlake analyzes how damp conditions promote dry rot in timber. Moisture trapped by paint tar or cement seals and improper ventilation, especially in window backs and skirtings, accelerates decay. End grains and poorly dry timber rot inward. ensure air flow and avoid embedding ends in mortar.
The Rural New Yorker reports potato trials comparing seed from cut versus whole tubers, sprout status, pre-plant light exposure, seed-end removal, and placement of fertilizer. Key findings show little gain from cutting seed, 8.5% yield decrease for badly sprouted seed, no earliness effect from light exposure, yield drop when seed ends are removed, and fertilizer position may slightly favor seed below.
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