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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1890
Page
3
An Asiatic tale retold from Florian in French, showing two downcast men united by fate. A blind man begs for guidance while a paralytic lies on a threadbare mattress. The cripple offers to be carried and guides the other along the rough path of life.
Adam Holcomb dies after a frugal life and no direct heir, leaving two greedy nephews James and Harvey Holcomb little cash while a third, Alfred Graves, a modest medical student and country schoolteacher, unexpectedly inherits the bulk to fund a library and later a charitable fortune after agreeing to care for the late uncle’s dog Scipio. Alfred’s loan requests from his kin are denied, but the will’s codicil doubles his share when he agrees to adopt Scipio, transforming his future into a beacon of benevolence.
Goa correspondent reports the Maharaja of Travancore visiting a city on pilgrimage. He stayed a couple of days, entered meekly barefoot and bareheaded, and bowed before his High Priest Gyali seeking benediction. The priest reportedly received about 50,000 rupees as a gift.
Dayley notes a St. Louis man has invented a gas meter that cannot lie and suggests it could be a major invention of the age. Smiley doubts, predicting a fortune, but Dayley cautions gas companies may resist widespread use.
A collage of global notes describes La Grasse perfume trade and disease costs in Britain, Tyrolean views from Mount Blane, and Alpine riches in Romania. It reports on Emperor William’s Latin boast, Japan’s dynamite temple incident, and a street scene aboard a ferry with a driver recounting a tin bucket mishap and a boy.
German magnates and princes including Prince Albert Waldeck Prince Charles Liechtenstein and Prince Trautmannsdorff have been declared insolvent and placed under curatelle. Prince Frederick IV of Salmigrburg faces about 3 million dollars in debts after a life of limited allowance and costly cigars. Trautmannsdorff lost 450000 at cards and then faced 8 000 000 in wheat futures losses. Baron Victor Erlanges, a once famed financier, is now a Geneva exile whose bankruptcy trustees face renewed scrutiny in Vienna correspondence.
An aged narrator on a Staten Island Ferry recounts a horse tale told to a listener aboard. He recalls driving with his little boy in a buggy, praising an honest mare named wine and noting his wife’s steady driving, then begins to describe a recent showery day and his attempt at outriding.
A detailed profile of the French dramatist M Dumas at sixty six, noting his wealth from plays, his rival Sardou, his orderly method of plotting each act to twenty sheets, and his view of playwriting as both science and art shaped by observation. It cites his method and temperament as a disciplined, analytical craftsman.
A Chicago Herald tale recalls a legendary pearl that decayed to white powder after changing color and contracts a fatal disease. Passed from fisherman to Mongolian merchant, it vanished from wealth into poverty as the creature’s membrane decomposed, ending in a pauper’s fate.
A Portland couple treasured a family Bible kept for twenty years with margins noting the minister and sermon place. While being rebound the binder cut the margins and erased the owner's decades of notes, leaving the owner devastated though the book looked neater.
A Minnesota reminiscence recounts Crandall of Morris narrowly avoiding lynching after his wife Mrs Crandall froze to death in a Dakota blizzard of 1879 80. A misread wound led to mob fury until thawing revealed none, revealing a missing train saved him. The tale notes the crowd felt cheap once the ruse was exposed.
The London Graphic Paris correspondent details Dr. Luys principal hypnotism system using a revolving mirror to fascinate many subjects simultaneously. He claims universal susceptibility though some resist longer. most succumb within five to thirty minutes, as a crowd settles into immobility and varied states of sleep or somnambulism.
A Golden Days note explains how animals sense weather shifts. Bees, in particular, show changes in activity: sluggish mornings may precede rain, while bright starts can turn cloudy or clear. Observers use morning bee behavior to predict day conditions with cautious certainty.
A physician contemplates a mild stimulant for a patient while the husband retorts that her tongue requires no stimulation. The exchange echoes a courtroom scene where the jury remarks on the case and the medical approach.
In a terse notice from military authorities in Russia, cavalrymen are forbidden to wear standard spurs at balls. They may wear blunt towels or appear in civilian attire without spurs, reflecting a shift to formal undress in social events.
A dense compilation of quotations and maxims from various authors and sources. It catalogues views on wit, sincerity, will, curiosity, charity, judgment, and industry, attributing lines to Van Dorn’s Magazine, Ram’s Horn, Puck, Milwaukee Journal, United Presbyterian, West Shore, George Eliot, Thomas a Kempis, Mrs. Stowe, and Barrow. The passages reflect skepticism of praise, gendered fault lines, self-improvement, and social conduct, ending with reflections on industry and moral formation.
A collage of excerpts on manners, moralities, and curiosities. It muses on the phrase Beg your pardon as social balm, reports Vienna free dinners for schoolchildren and Swiss interest, and ends with light quips from Harper’s Bazar and Puck about education and space. The tone is witty, antiquarian, and observational.
A wartime family scene recalls Little Dave a six year old left alone as Civil War combat erupts near a mill. His mother departs to procure meat and battles rage while the boy waits on gate posts, tears and hunger mounting until the cannon roar wakes him to a fractured fate. The tale ends with a sobering chorus about sacrifice and a dying hope.
The Kansas City Times letters editor recounts a Civil War tale from New York editor Rev. Dr. Klenry Field. A Union officer wounded at Franklin, saved by care in Nashville, remembered by the McEwen family when the daughters sang Just Before the Battle Mother, and later the officer asked them to finish the song as the war ended while officers wept.
The Doland brothers William Franklin Monroe John and Thomas born in Cass County Missouri enlisted in a Confederate company. They served with Price in Missouri Polk Beauregard and Joe Johnston. One brother was captured in Arkansas and exchanged at Camp Douglas but all four others remained uninjured and not one spent time in hospital. After the war they returned to the old homestead near their birthplace and two pairs married sisters.
An Atlantic Constitution account recalls Lee's army and A P Hill's light division beaten on the plank road by Grant's first onslaught. General Longstreet arrives from Tennessee, asks to form his corps beyond the crest, and Lee orders the attack. Longstreet earns fame as a tactician.
The Al pha steamboat runs between Livermore and Calhoun on Green River, described as a small craft with boiler engine and paddle wheel. Its designer, a former First Assistant Secretary of War for the Confederacy, later chief railway engineer, built and repaired railroads under daunting obstacles. After the war he amassed wealth in Southern railroads, then moved to California where he lost his fortune. now in his seventies, he works on the little boat by hard honest toil.
May figures show 108 camps with 2 191 Sons of Veterans organized. Jamestown Post 85 owns 60 musket cells and two six pound brass cannons and a 50 000 hall 120 by 60 feet under construction. Marshall County Iowa offered 150 bounty only a few soldiers drew it. over four hundred enlisted. A Lincoln Garfield monument wood work by Seywock Tornaner of Flushing Michigan uses 15000 pieces 11 feet high. Jousx Canaty of Hendricks County Indiana asylum granted 13500 pension after a horse accident at Franklin cavalry charge left him morose and idle.
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