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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1880
Page
1
A diverse column notes opinions on French art, a Middleboro Massachusetts death, and varied curiosities from Florence offices to stamps of George III. It cites a London sale of a tax stamp, political quips about Senator Conkling, and a Arkansas beer keg incident among multiple light items.
A brief OCR readout lists a sequence of numbers: 6.004 M! 6.44 7.0 7.22 7.33 8.02 8.35 8.54 9.30. No context or names accompany the figures, leaving interpretation open.
A historical comparison shows 1860 routes took five days with nine changes, 1869 four days with two or three changes, 1873 three and a half days with one change, and by 1880 travel could be completed in sixty hours and forty five minutes with one change, highlighting dramatic efficiency gains in rail travel.
The report describes Syria's first railway a streetcar like tram with separate male and female compartments and a fare collected through a door hole. It also notes Dutch drunkenness laws limiting pubs by population and penalties for supplying alcohol to the drunk. Other items cover a German ice making machine in Cincinnati to chill cellars and beer casks via tunnel air and water cooling with optimistic estimates of success.
Debt peaked in August 1865 at 2,756,431,571.43. per capita $78.25 with 35,228,000 people. By July 1, 1880 debt was 1,919,326,747 with 50,858,000 people, per capita $37.74. The article then tells of Memphis quarantine measures and a dramatic shipwreck rescue led by Captain Hardy and the brave Thompson.
A Tribune reader in Cass County Iowa recounts an intense June cyclone near Lewis and Potta watomie. He describes the funnel cloud, ground impact, wind shifts, hail, underground cave cellars for safety, and damage to wagons and buildings. He notes stone houses offer little protection and recalls Captain John A. Milligan’s death in an Ohio infirmary.
Dialect dialogue between a mother and child about death and dying. The bairn begs the mother not to die while the mother explains death as closing the eyes and lying down forever, noting weariness and the need for sleep for the child’s sake.
A gentleman asks an invalid about sea bathing and he replies he bathes three times daily and must take a toddy after each bath to restore circulation. A barb about marrying before love follows, noting a girl forced to wed often falls in love with someone other than her husband.
A reflective plea urges a overworked reader to slow down and quit chasing wealth. It counsels taking time for thought and rest, warns against excessive toil, and emphasizes faith that God will guide better times. Stop fretting and proceed calmly with life.
The Russian press debates the slave states issue with a view to settling the Eastern question. Correspondents warn that opening the Dardanelles could curb the Czar’s ambitions and fear a coalition of powers may press Russia into a less desirable outcome than the Porte itself.
Junius Dana of Warren Ohio, brother of Charles Dana of the New York Sun, once opposed Garfield but now endorses him. Dana cites Garfield's refutation of attacks on his integrity, backs the nomination, and promises to help secure his election after delivering a strong ratification speech.
A Dutchman described escaping drowning when thirteen companions were lost as his boat overturned and he alone survived. When asked how he escaped, he replied I did not coin te bote in a calm, placid verdict.
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