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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1886
Page
3
A lyrical fragment chronicles longing and farewell as autumn winds rise and love speaks of blissful life beyond. The speaker notes patient eyes and a tender goodbye, with storms and Paradise evoked through a solemn, hopeful refrain.
Walter Crump, a careful cashier at Livesey and Mason, misses a forged cheque for over three thousand pounds. Suspicion falls on him until Robert Carter and a clever sleuthing chase reveal the real culprit, Mr. Mason, aided by a scoundrel Cromer. Crump is vindicated and restored to employment. Carter earns Annie’s future, and the case ends with Mason’s disappearance.
The Herald recalls 1854 educator Denton Offutt who sold horse education manuals to pupils for three hundred dollars each. He argued that true training differs from breaking and requires judgment, temperament study, and firmness without cruelty. Offutt urged kindness and explained horse psychology through a man and horse dialogue.
The Old Bowling Green House on Broadway near the Welles building, among the citys oldest structures, is being demolished. The piece recalls pre revolutionary memory, the strong dovetailed timber, and its role as a Sons of Liberty HQ. The Bowing Green park history, the King George III statues, and the 1776 uprooting are noted along with a wall inscription.
A Red Mountain mine lease near Alta houses two men who treacherously endure nine thousand feet above sea level for six months. Cut off by a colossal snow bank they remain with ore, provisions, and fuel while a rescue party from Alta surveys a way through the snow as the world below carries on. The Salt Lake Tribune notes the tale alongside a Salt Lake news brief: the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers commands about 20,000 members across 310 US and Canadian divisions with over ninety percent of American engineers belonging.
The steel hulled snag boat Charles R. Sutor No 6 built for the United States Government by a Pittsburgh firm is nearly completed and will soon sail to St Louis for rigging. Designed under Major A M Miller and Captain E F White the 187 foot long twin bow vessel weighs about 400 tons and can lift 100 tons from the river bottom. It will operate on the Lower Ohio Mississippi and Missouri rivers with a crew of forty three.
A digest of quips and light anecdotes drawn from various papers. It includes jokes about heavy loads at the gun, a repeated jail term for a man with strong convictions, courtship in poetry, medical fees in China, and humorous exchanges about marriage, advertising, and racing across the street. The collection reflects the era’s wit and social observations through short, pointed lines.
Boston harbor tale recalls Marsh family of Apple Island living in isolation since 1812. An English spy arrest, a fire that razed the island, and a husband and wife missing with twelve children spread across the United States. The island now lies washed away with remaining descendants in Winthrop Cincinnati and St. Louis.
The piece argues change of work provides rest, urges avoidant monotony, and promotes satisfactory hobbies. It cites whist, reading, and Bulwer’s cautions on indiscriminate books. It notes age and sedentary life affecting recreation choices, with a nod to Dean Hook and Talleyrand.
A child Beth brings morning glories to her grandmother at breakfast then learns the flowers sleep in daylight. Beth fears bedtime and asks for a more awake flower to call her own, expressing affection and longing for sunshine. The piece blends playful nature imagery with a gentle bedtime mood and good cheer.
A recalled family robin named Tootie is cared for at home until its fall from grace in autumn. The story follows the bird’s bold explorations, daily rituals, and eventual disappearance as the children grieve and imagine it joining its robin friends in the southward flight. A second tale retells a Greek myth of Jove and Mercury, then uses a village’s failed weather experiment to illustrate humility before a higher power.
A narrator recalls a child’s disappointment at rain spoiling outdoor play and tricycle rides, then shares a cautionary tale about judging weather’s outcome. The piece extols contentment and humility, noting nature’s greater plan beyond minor human wishes.
Ameer of Afghanistan proclaims a curious riddle the ten lost tribes of Israel. Ethnologists note widespread supposed descent among diverse peoples from Asia to America. The claim connects Hebrew prophecies with Afghan origins and Sir William Jones discussed proofs.
Reports from American and foreign scientists indicate daily earth mass growth from meteor and cosmic dust fall. About 450000 meteors per hour strike the planet, averaging five grains each and totaling nearly 60 tons per day, with gravity increasing by roughly twenty percent due to this material. Other notes describe petrified tree occurrences in New Mexico and a Baltimore gardener selling a gooseberry crop for seven thousand dollars from thirteen acres.
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