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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1889
Page
7
A humorous verse recounts Miss Minnie rushing to a shoe store to buy four pairs. The shopkeeper fits her with small sizes, squeezing feet painfully into three and then four, causing her distress as she hobblingly leaves in shoes too small to wear proudly. The poem ends with Minnie's distorted feet hidden when bare.
In a village a lawyer mediates a long simmering debt dispute between Mr. Ordway and Mr. McDonald. By joint review of ledgers and careful recollections, they settle with mutual forgiveness, ending years of tension and rekindling neighborly friendship.
The article outlines digestion including saliva gastric juice and pancreatic fluid with notes on ptyaline diastase and hydrochloric acid. It warns against soda use for dyspepsia and explains fat emulsification by bile. A second item reports Cape Breton officials protesting Italian laborers on government railway projects and government stance toward contractor employment.
T. H. White, Lt. of the 10th Vermont, recalls Cedar Creek October 19, 1864 with vivid scenes of Early’s flank attack, Custer’s charge with the 1st Vermont and 5th New York, and the meeting of Sheridan and Custer after the victory, in National Tribune correspondence from Shingle Springs California.
John T. Norris, former telegraph expert and Civil War spy, earned fame for a puzzle ring that could be eight intertwined rings. After decades with a Springfield detective agency, he reunited with Ella De Hart and, returning an heirloom seal ring, solved the puzzle for the De Hart family at their Virginia estate. The tale, recounted in the Atlanta Constitution, blends espionage and romance.
A peculiar G A R post in Dover Post No 112 Delaware positions itself as veterans group though its rules exclude many. Although over 1 200 march with a light overcoat white hat and crape band, its origin traces to two clerks joking as comrades at the Internal Revenue office and grew into a social political force in Manhattan. The post is led by Daniel O’Brien with officers including Charles Rhoades and Joseph Schulman and representatives like Michael Kirwan and John Henry McCarthy.
A collage of aphorisms from The Century Boston Transcript Christian Advocate and others. It ponders honesty, promises, social judgment, laziness, reputations, and the lasting impact of moral choices, linking everyday sayings to broader life wisdom.
An account from Cornhill Magazine of Napoleon’s Elba visit in September when the Countess Valeska and her son joined the entourage to Monte Capanna. The night ascent, secrecy, and the polemical rumors of the Empress Maria Louise fueled spy excitement.
A New York Morning Journal piece outlines a rigid standard for female physical symmetry. It prescribes exact body measurements, proportions, and shoe to glove sizing, arguing a well formed woman should be 5 feet 3 inches to 5 feet 7 inches, weigh 125 to 140 pounds, with specific ratios for hips, waist, bust, and limb lengths.
A Milwaukee merchant, drunk or sober, is duped by a con artist posing as a tailor. He is shown a card from a well known tailor, deposits ten dollars, and later receives a $55 ruling balance for a $65 suit that turns out to be a $20 ready made. The suit never came from the tailor and never existed.
Assistant Secretary Bussey denied Elizabeth Small a pension as dependent mother of Henry Small of the United States Colored Troops. The ruling rejects a theory that slave labor contributed to family support, deeming it outside statutory grounds. The decision affirms the original rejection and signals impact on related cases.
Random Sho?s, the comrades of Naval Post No 400 Philadelphia wear naval uniform. Kansas proposes purchasing Fort Dodge reservation for soldier home use. General E S Bragg returns from Mexico and resumes law practice at Fond du Lac Wisconsin. Deserters from U S army exceed 40 000 since 1873 with only one fifth apprehended. Marshfield Massachusetts allocates 1500 for a soldiers monument near East Marshfield Cemetery. Ex-soldiers reunions in Southeastern Kansas Southwestern Missouri and Indian Territory at Baxter Springs on September 4 5 6 7. Third Regiment Iowa Infantry biennial reunion at Pella Marion County Iowa on September 17 18 19.
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