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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1886
Page
3
A dramatic reminiscence where a dog named Tom saves a child named Robin from a mill fire. The narrator recalls the peril and the heroic rescue as workers fight the blaze while a beam collapses, and Robin is saved just in time by Tom. The tale ends with praise for Tom and the enduring bond between boy and dog.
John Crinoline visits St. Malo to see Chateaubriand’s grave and ends up forming a bond with Annette a young acrobat on the harbor walls. He contemplates danger and a possible elopement as moonlight and tides shape a nocturnal moral dilemma. The tale blends romance and risk with a narrator revealing the 1878 summer events.
Opinion urges safeguarding shy children from ridicule and fear, advocating gentle, gradual support to build confidence. It warns that cruelty robs them of faith in people and life, citing a Lowell garden sign and responses from the Chicago Journal and Boston Herald.
A London Queen feature explains deer antlers as annual bone structures grown from the forehead and shed yearly, unlike permanent horns. It describes velvet growth, blood supply, shedding, and the dangers of antler entanglement in stag fights, noting female deer lack antlers and diverse deer families.
This fragment compiles various humorous quotes on social topics from periodicals, including remarks on motherhood fitness, prize fights, poultry, and public behavior, attributed to multiple newspapers and magazines. It presents a mosaic of light satire and editorial snippets without a singular news event.
A New York up-town bird store reports a growing business boarding song birds and other pets during summer. About fifty birds are housed for customers who travel. owners pay as little as fifteen to fifty cents weekly and some wealthy clients pay much more. The piece notes high profits and anecdotes of patrons, including a rich lady and a mocked bird case.
A San Francisco Call cor respondent describes roadrunners trapping rattlesnakes with prickly pear leaf corrals. The birds encircle a sleeping snake, wound it with spine impaled leaves, and kill it or drive off the prey with their bills. Separate note mentions Texas crab canning in Galveston County and a France bound dentifrice from crab shells.
A Rochester man Mughgs visits Wheatland farm asks about a setting hen and quirky remarks on incubation. A longer tale follows of John and two African gray parrots Polly Jocko and Polly King, their mischief, bonding, and a bite incident ending with Dr Jocko healing his own tongue after kissing mishap.
A young lady thanks her professor for a clear lecture saying it brought the subject within the comprehension of the weakest intellect. The professor replies he is glad to be understood and notes the student has studied the subject for about thirteen years.
A poem in Treasure Trove questions where youth’s fountain lies. It answers that the source is in the heart, where honor love and truth reside, creating perpetual freshness.
A passage argues that wishing alone brings no lasting happiness and that labor enhances value. It uses radishes from a home garden and a handmade doll chair as examples of tangible rewards from effort, urging gratitude for the power to work and a reminder that God creates through toil.
The Philadelphia Times describes stylish visiting dresses in light Mhayyam serga and surah silk with box-plait underskirt and velvet details. A black lus trou dress from Priestley’s Princetta features jet trimming, a kilted plastron, and ornate bow trimmed bonnet. Other corded materials show one sided skirts and unique basque waistlines with beaded bands.
Five years after Ayling died and left a widow’s life interest with remainder to seven children, a botched second marriage by the widow due to bigamy sparked a request for restitution of the property. One son sold his share, complicating the case with legal profit potential for lawyers. plus Apache raid tragedy in Arizona.
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