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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1890
Page
3
A poet asks how to craft lines under guiding stars that illuminate the beloved. The speaker recalls old lovers and bars beneath the heavens, urging each line to reflect steadfast constancy. If a word seems vague, note a cloud crossing the sky and shadow lying there.
Chrystal bakes Belek tarts for guests while two hungry suitors Dick Bertrand and Tom Hilton steal two tarts. They leave a note and a dollar on the plate as Clarence Brunton later learns of the prank during supper.
A Parkins couple reflect on why Aunt Sophronia Greene charms their home. They conclude she praises others and the children, rarely criticizing, making her visits warmly welcomed even when she says little. This tale from Youths Companion highlights tactful influence.
A humorous scene recalls a year ago when Chrystal Brunton is teased by Bertrand and Hilton over a writing mix up. He confesses, laughter erupts, and the piece hints that by April Chrystal may become the Queen of one heart, Dick Bertrand's.
A reminiscence from the New York Ledger on how early pleasures outshine repeated ones. It compares the thrill of the first love and first watch with later luxuries, notes memory sustains among middle age, and argues novelty remains the spice of life despite aging.
The item surveys diverse curiosities from 19th century society: sparse English marriages, perfume cigarettes for women in London, Duke Charles Theodore's charity work funding Bavarian hospitals, Australia possibly uniting as a republic, a Parisian wedding feathered garment, phones in kennels for dogs, a wife sale in Silesia and related teeth claim, the Queen sighting a dancing bear, and a Jewish Vatican Bible auction. It notes the Vatican Bible’s Hebrew origin and uncertain date.
A brief sketch recalls harsh medieval justice under Henry I and Richard I. It notes mutilations for coiners, branding for heretics, boycotting, and brutal penalties aboard ships, including boiling pitch and tethering to corpses.
The season presents tailor made novelties with cloaks mantles jackets and gowns. Notable pieces include a white cloth jacket with white and silver passementerie and an old rose version with black velvet sleeves. A magnolia and heliotrope double revers jacket, a striped tweed traveling coat, and a race meeting cloak in alpaca with velvet inner cape are described.
A London Times remark describes a fashion adjustment with the waist and a single plait, noting side seams raised to flatter the figure as a stylish detail.
George Moritz Wahl argues that Bismarck used the Prussian military system to unite the German states. He contends army life educated soldiers and fostered national consciousness, turning federated groups into a cohesive whole. The piece notes rapid Franco Prussian War mobilization as proof of this unification.
A collection of aphorisms and quotes on honesty, tradition, friendship, ignorance, expression, perseverance, labor, flattery, critics, open-mindedness, time, and life. Notable lines from Lava, Puck, Washington Post, United Presbyterian, West Shore, Old Homestead, and Austin Phelps.
A reflection on the tension between public service and family life. The piece argues that overemphasis on the public good harms home relations, urging households to improve domestic hygiene, kitchen and plumbing, as a model of civic responsibility. It notes that zeal for public matters can erode private life and questions pro bono publico as a guiding motto.
Vivid Civil War reminiscence recounts a blue eyed infant found amid battle near Hatchie. Fourteenth Illinois soldiers guard and care for the child, a mother later reunites with it, a touching tale of mercy amid carnage and a beacon of faith in wartime.
A survey of historic court etiquette and precedence at Versailles and in German courts contrasts royal ritual with today’s practices. It recalls the slow, formal process of dressing, dining, and wine tasting, and notes that though most formalities faded, precedence still governs royal behavior. It also mentions birds nesting on electric light globes as urban wildlife and the origin of the term honeymoon from German honey wine.
The Dry Goods Gazette notes many new color names such as Chimay blue gray green Saida olive Potocki Bordeaux red Candole heliotrope Prunelle and amethyst purple. Blue tones like Joanne Arc and Stanley reddish blue gain winter fashion appeal while greens like Guerrita fade.
A South Carolina sergeant named Richard Kirkland braved enemy fire to provide water to Union soldiers left dying on Marye's Heights after the first bloody day of the Fredericksburg battle. He carried water, tended the wounded, and stayed until the last was cared for, inspiring a pause in the artillery fire.
An account from a Union soldier guarding a flag near Petersburg describes evacuation of the city and Meade Station, the rustic chapel hospital of the US Christian Commission, late night aid to wounded, prayers, and farewell letters. The narrative notes bombardment and the first gleams of Yankee Doodle as dawn breaks.
Cincinnati judge Joseph Cox recalls General Sherman saying a mule is the easiest animal to ride noting he preferred a mule during the war. He describes a wartime image with him atop a mule while Atlanta burns and trains are torn up, contrasting with a dramatic horse scene.
Articles recall G A R circles in Des Moines Topeka and Oakland with note of National cemeteries and memorial events. Mentions include Frances N Wood and Crook Post portrait gift, Emil Wits joining Morton Post and Michigan bounty law payments to veterans. A Charleston chimney hides 5000 dollars, and Governor Ferry elevates Will L Virscher to Assistant Commissary General.
The article describes the early Confederate Treasury notes and bonds printing in New York, the use of German engraver Hoyer in Richmond, and the frail, hand printed bills that soon flooded the South. It notes rising prices and the high cost of goods as the promise to pay dominated wartime life.
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