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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1886
Page
2
Francis Merray and his son report obtaining sixty thousand temperance pledges in Ohio since September. A California editor gratefully acknowledges an invitation from a subscriber to visit his house and take a bath.
Information from several mountain counties of Virginia indicates the nut crop this fall will be unusually large. Local farm observers report bumper yields across chestnuts walnuts and other nuts due to favorable weather and abundant orchard growth this season.
A witty remark notes Denmark's flatness as notable but laughs at the plainness of a man who never reads the papers.
George Atyrep Townsend asserts a consistent weekly output of about thirty thousand words for nearly twenty-five years, detailing his long writing routine and prolific productivity.
The New Orleans Picayune notes that a boiler blast always seems to harm the company responsible for the unsafe steam boiler rather than the head who ordered or allowed the risk. This observation frames a critique of accountability in industrial safety and oversight.
The Atlanta Defiance, the organ of the colored Republicans in Georgia, nominates Hon. Robert T. Lincoln for President and Blanche K. Bruce for Vice-President in 1888.
In 1885 scientists recorded 246 earthquakes worldwide, but only six are noted as occurring in the United States. The report notes the year’s overall low quake activity for the U.S. and mentions a generally sparse occurrence.
Andrews, known as the Georgian, is on his second journey from an earlier Atlanta to Boston route. He travels with the same small dog and amazes onlookers at ninety six years of age.
Reports say Harriet Beecher Stowe will write no more due to ill health from caring for her ailing husband who has been sick for eighteen months and is expected to die soon.
The notice clarifies that Rear-Admiral Reed Werden died recently in Newport R. I. not Admiral Werden the Monitor hero. Reed Werden was sixty eight years old and the correction sets the record straight on the late officer’s identity.
A Black farmer in the Watersee section of South Carolina says mosquitoes are so numerous and venomous he cannot work his fields and has abandoned part of his farm. He reports two horses died from the pests.
The BaiLroup program accelerates road construction with 1500 miles laid so far this year and an expected 5000 miles by Christmas, largely in the Western states, signaling a major nationwide expansion of the highway system.
Niagara Falls official Justice Prior declines to arrest Graham the barrel jumper after he rode the rapids. He states the act was not an intent to commit death and suggests a drown would reduce a crank.
A reader laments the decline of the term daisy used for beauty or excellence. The piece questions when ordinary daisies gained prominence and why the noble daisy with a large golden center has faded from common use, expressing nostalgia and curiosity.
This year cases of ice cream poisoning are common news but a new report describes poisoning from eating chicken salad. The chronicler omits symptoms, but the presumed ailment is the gapes, implying widespread fear and curiosity about the cause and remedies.
The English actress Miss Forrescue, valued at about fifty thousand dollars, is said to be coming to America. Her confirmed beauty and acting excellence are noted, while the piece laments the idea of importing a poor homely actress as a contrast.
Richard Evy Corr died in New York City aged eighty five. The text notes his connection to early visits by Dickens describing Cort as landlord of the Exchange Hotel in Sandusky Ohio and Dickens calling him the handsomest man he had seen in America in his American Notes.
William P. Letchworth, president of the New York State Board of Charities, spoke at the Charities and Corrections conference in St. Paul. He cited U S child counts for under sixteen in 1880: 20 013 659 children, 8 928 blind persons with 2 242 in educational institutions, 33 878 deaf mutes with 5 396 in similar institutes, and 76 805 idiots with 292 in training schools.
In Minnesota men bid ten to twenty dollars for wives with farther regions offering a horse or mule in exchange. The odd practice, seen as a small fortune in those areas, reflects the notion that women could be bought, a view that would surprise Horace Greeley if alive today.
News of the Week notes the Senate approving an Oleomargarine bill with a two cent per pound tax, Blair reporting vetoed pension bills, Dakota constitutional conventions, and adjournment delays. Payne election case debates and river and harbor bill actions fill the day, with arrests, weather, and local incidents interwoven across states.
From Washington a call was issued by the Secretary of the Treasury on the 19th for four million dollars of three per cent bonds with interest ceasing September 1. A drought and heat cut spring wheat values from 93.5 in June to 83.3 currently, per the Agricultural Department on the 20th. The bridge bill for Dubuque across the Mississippi has been signed by the President.
United States District Court in New Jersey noted Jopez Nixon, recently blinded, gradually regaining sight. Captain Chester died heroically saving Arctic expedition members near Noank. Vermont Prohibition ticket led by H. M. Seeley nominated. New York Aldermen urged a commission to unite cities under one government. First bale of 1885 crop cotton arrived in New York exchange. Water shortages along Mohawk River forced households to haul water. Over 500 American Tube & Iron workers struck in Middletown for higher wages. Pennsylvania tube-works raised wages by ten percent, retroactive two weeks. William Lockwood, Buffalo sports veteran, died. Smelling accused of $200,090 defalcation in Lowell Bleaching Co. Cleveland and party left Albany after bicentennial celebration. Two Alexanders Roths’ houses perished in Conewago fire. Vermont Democratic convention favored Shurtleff for Governor and Meldon for Lieutenant-Governor. Eastport ice cream poisoning affected forty at church festival. no deaths. Grant death anniversary observed. A Brooklyn Bridge incident: Stephen Brodie survived a 120-foot plunge. Franklin, Pa., fire destroyed fourteen buildings, $140,000 loss. Charles Hutchison of the American Board mission killed by locomotive at Lowell depot. age sixty-two.
Reports from Milwaukee list a crowds at a Bangar festival and a fire at Knights Town with inmates escaping. A German carpenter Seliger faces prosecution in Chicago while a state conference closes with unusual bomb claims and an anarchist trial.
In Western Australia a new gold field was estimated to cover about four thousand square miles as diggers rush to the scene. A special messenger carried Gladstone Cabinet resignations to Queen Victoria on the Isle of Wight. Cholera in Italy moderates. Trieste records new cases and deaths. A battle shifts Mexican and Yaqui near Medano with Mexican losses and savage counter reprisals. Newfoundland and Labrador report 150 dead from hunger and 4,500 now starving. government relief sought. Severe weather hits England and France with heat and storms. fires destroy Tattersall mill and Dansette spinnery at Amentieres.
Weekly clearinghouse totals reached 411 million dollars while last week stood at 16 million. Canosa Democrats schedule a state convention for August 4. Cholera reports from Italian ports show new cases and deaths. Knights of Labor nominate T. L. O’Meana in Iowa’s Second district. National League standings list Detroit and Chicago atop the table and Washington near the bottom. A Chicago resident, Mrs. Jayna, was robbed of diamonds and jewelry on Michigan Avenue. Internal revenue collections reached 116 million, up 4.5 million from the prior year. Arkansas saw rain easing drought, crops expected. A windstorm hit Michigan and a hailstorm damaged structures in North Dakota. Senator E. Adams renominated in Fourth Illinois district. Senate votes to study Canadian fishing rights and debt bill passage. House passes Sundry Civil and Naval Appropriation measures.
Chicago and Cuicago era reports describe witnesses in the Anarchists trial detailing Fielden firing on police, Spies plotting an armed uprising to seize Chicago by May 1 1886, and the circulation of incendiary literature. Lingg and Seliger described bomb making and distribution at Lingg lodgings. Evidence links the Arbeiter Zeitung office to dynamite and revolutionary literature as part of a planned city upheaval.
Stephen Brodie, a New York newsboy, leaped from the Brooklyn Bridge into the East River yesterday afternoon for a $100 bet. He fell 120 feet, landed feet first, and was quickly taken aboard a skiff. Police arrested him at Oak street station, and he walked away unharmed amid cheering onlookers.
Hon. A F Widell arrives in Ottawa to press the Dominion Government for relief to Newfoundland and Labrador fishermen facing starvation as ice blocks catches. He cites 150 deaths and 2,500 people near death, detailing villages where many have died in June. Government actions may include steamers and potential resettlement to find work.
The Netherland steamer Waesland, departing Antwerp on the 11th, reports at noon on the second day out it struck a sleeping eighty foot whale directly in its course. The impact cut the cetacean in half and the carcass became entangled on the bows, forcing the ship to stop and back off before continuing.
Sad Accident, JosTon July 24 reports a member of the Abraham Lincoln Post dies after missing footing on a trestle over the Hudson river. Thomas J. Carey falls seventy five to eighty feet into the water and drowns as the Grand Army of the Republic special train for San Francisco crosses the trestle.
Pinkerton detective Andrew Jansen testified in the Chicago anarchists trial about infiltrating the Lehr und Wehr Verein. He described drilling with an armed section, arms purchases, and a proposed raid on a militia armory. Witnesses linked patrons of the Commercial Club and Lyman J. Gage to financing.
The Democratic House denounces the administrations financial policy in a surplus debate, uniting Randall and Morrison against Cleveland and Tilden. The article notes internal party strife, coast defense funding, and the strained ties among leaders amid 1876 and 1894 election considerations.
Chicago Tribune argues Mr. Bayard seeks a Supreme Court seat after failed diplomacy and State Department tenure. It blasts his lack of extensive legal practice, chicanery in Delaware, feeble policy, and un-American ideas, warning such a political reward would set a perilous precedent.
A compilation noting Southern control of the presidency and its implied influence on policy. It cites Albany Express, the N S World, and New York letters on President Cleveland issuing a proclamation for government workers to stay out of politics and Southern papers defending vetoes of pension bills for Civil War veterans.
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