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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1890
Page
3
A vignette from St. Nicholas by Nettie H. Pelham portrays Tommy and other boys playing marbles with carefree glee until luck shifts. He wins, then witnesses loss as crockery and marbles vanish, and a motherly warning about playing for keeps echoes as tears follow.
In April 1863 at Franklin General Rosecrans hosts Major White on a touring inspection of Civil War fortifications. White assesses cavalry readiness and wagon trains, noting strong pikes and intact telegraph lines. The scene features Mike the orderly, a confident defense plan, and a brigade en route from Nashville, signaling a vigilant Union command.
In Franklin, a generals dinner turn reveals a staged incident involving Major White and a pretend spy. Mike the orderly guards swords, a mistaken identity creates tensions, and a drum head court martial is hinted as the verdict for the captured Union uniform wearer later buried near the station.
A column discusses keeping traveling children amused on trains with simple self-made games. An example recalls a mother who used cardboard, scissors and pencils to create alphabet squares and paper dolls, keeping kids engaged and well behaved. It contrasts home-made activities with restless passengers and cites a New York Housekeeper feature. The piece includes moral notes urging constant self-improvement and practical counsel from United Presbyterian. A dialog shows a husband and wife over a potential second marriage to Nance Tarbox.
The editors argue protection lowers prices on farm and household goods, refuting free trade claims. They cite a decade of price drops for implements, metals, and groceries, noting U S tariffs reduced costs while wage levels stayed steady, and list specific item price changes from 1880 to 1890.
The Chicago Journal notes the McKinley tariff bill cleared the House by 162 to 142 along party lines. It urges the Senate to pass the measure largely as is, praising McKinley and leaders while warning against substantial amendments and urging a prompt final vote.
A compilation of editorial snippets from multiple papers discussing tariff agitation, free trade labels, campaign contributions by sugar interests, and calls for fair dealing in the South. It connects tariff reform rhetoric with Democratic positions, farmer prospects, and the need for civil rights and legal protections in elections.
A detailed household guide describes constructing a chick brooder from a plain three by three foot box with an open top and galvanized iron overhang. It explains a layered floor with tin spacer, air slots, a latch frame, and a second upper box for ventilation while preventing drafts.
The article describes a homemade brooder using well matched boards hinged for easy cleaning. It details assembling four units with tin pipes in the floor, end doors, smoke vents, and a 16 by 2 foot platform. The setup supports rapid growth, minimal losses, Pekin ducks reaching ten pounds per pair at seven weeks, with glass sides for light and temperature stability.
The Kansas Farmer column urges proper milking, cow care, and milk quality. It discusses cheese distinctions, humane milking, and the impact of teats sensitivity, plus international dairy concerns. It highlights Fall-Made butter quality and Wales dairy schools advancing improvements in dairy arts.
A writer in the Country Gentleman recalls 1888 experiments sowing an eighth of an acre on sod ground on May 14 and harvesting unusually large onions, Red Wethersfield, with little or no manure. He notes sod beds suppress weeds and plans to sow on sod again mid May for quick germination and rapid growth.
An Eastern farmer shares a straightforward method for tying cattle sent to Farm and Home. The article presents a brief description and an illustration that demonstrate a simple, time-efficient knot or restraint technique with no extra explanation needed.
A Beroin antiquary finds in a hollow cane the dagger that killed Henry IV of France, stolen from Paris’s Palace of Justice in 1815. In Ravenna a painting by Siotto shows Dante’s authentic portrait, unlike the poet’s accepted look. An Ipswich farmer plows up a solid stone serpent idol, thirty inches long, destined for Salem’s Essex Institute. At Atlanta’s Confederate Soldiers’ Home a Longstreet spur from a captured Bull Run cannon honors the war. Lincoln’s office desk furniture is on exhibit in Chicago, including the original plain table and the first law books. The Tribune’s review of The Old Homestead notes strong human nature and fine performances by Bean, Norie, and Luckstone, with Miss Lottie Burt gaining notice. A Colfax Springs hotel revival opens June 7, 1800, under caterer Frank Stewart’s supervision, promising first-class service and full houses. A Burlington Free Press quip on wives and bonnets echoes moral reflections. A testimonial from W. W. Perpus of Live Oak, Alabama, credits Shallenberger’s Antidote for Malaria with curing chronic chills. A Somerville Journal line asserts Woman is man’s superior in many ways.
A mosaic of ad blurbs mocks medicine claims and consumer products. Mother’s Friend touted for easing childbirth. Dobbins’ Soap wrappers redeem novels. Carter’s Backache Plasters and Chlorinated soaps advertised. Hall’s Catarrh Cure praised. Piso’s Cure for coughs sold widely. humorous blurbs from various papers reflect late 19th century advertising.
Frequent car load shipments saturate principal commercial centers as demand for Dr. Pierce remedies explodes. The Golden Medical Discovery, backed by a money back guarantee, claims to cure all blood skin and scalp diseases and supports women with Favorite Prescription. Manufactured by the World Dispensary Medical Association of Buffalo New York with a strong reputation for fair dealing.
Dr Henry Watson found Mozart manuscripts in Cornish bookseller shop including child concertos and Milan 1770 opera numbers in Mozart handwriting. Also notes on revolver inventor Benjamin Darling's death and General Fremont's hair cut altering his look.
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