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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1889
Page
3
A speaker imagines a lost Year free of memory and record. They seek a Day within that Year to wander unseen, travel aboard a calm ship to a land nowhere under the sun, drifting in a pale light, away from all witnesses and cares. The verse appears attributed to Helen Thayer Hutcheson in St. Nicholas.
In Southwestern Missouri a plain timber farmer known as Ugly Jacks battles his own self-doubt as Hannie loves Sharpley but Jacks saves him from mob justice. A staged showdown around a moonshine case leads to Hannie choosing Jacks, who reveals a new medical aim, and old Jerry Pottle shifts hearts in the wild timber.
Prof Draper explains how storms travel west to east and how to predict weather using barometer readings wind direction and cloud movement. He notes that local factors alter storms and dismisses moon star and animal-based superstition as unreliable.
A Philadelphia brewery bars drinking during work hours sparking a mass quit and later return to heavy beer. Massachusetts wool mill foreman’s horse picture triggers layoffs. Bergen NJ tanning workers strike over a new bookkeeper’s duties and jokes. A St Paul streetcar strike sees a scab water prank. Milan theater supers demand raises, city hires fresh hands. Paris professors form a syndical body to pressure agencies and seek municipal support.
In a fragment from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper a narrator recounts plans after medical training under an experienced physician. He expresses hope of earning esteem in medicine and someday taking Hannie to see the world, noting that a plain doctor can succeed as well as a celebrated one.
A respected author notes that northern peoples practiced drinking mead for thirty days after marriage, giving honeymonth its origin. Attila the Hun allegedly died after drinking excessive mead at his wedding feast.
A collection of curios from 19th century Europe and Asia including a French circus rider teaching officers, Belgium’s zinc share, Madras silk culture drives, Duke Adolphus of Nassau’s fate, English wage struggles, Japanese dental methods, and the Eiffel Tower’s height and vision. Also notes on Krupp, Austria’s foot washing, and an incident in a sacred shrine with an Englishman.
A narrator recalls journeying with Fitzroy from Fuzarabad toward Puri during the Juggernaut festival. They glimpse a temple jewel encrusted idol with emerald eyes and ruby lips, then flee as Fitzroy fears debt collectors the Marwarrees.
The London Globe recounts the rise of William Roth a Bohemian pianist turned composer who rose with patron Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild. Prosperity shattered his mind leading to an asylum after extravagant tastes and champagne excess worsened mental decline.
A late 19th century article contrasts women gaining legal rights and economic independence with a tale of Ned Townsend learning obedience. It then tells how Hans, a Dutch boy, braves a night watch to seal a dyke, preventing a flood and saving Haarlem.
Jacob Houser of Houserville Pennsylvania owns a watch in constant use that has been in the Houser family for 30 years. The timepiece was brought from Germany by an ancestor who migrated to the United States. It remains a dependable time keeper.
A satirical tale by Eudorf S. Bumstead recounts Diddenbynk and cousin Topsy Turvy entering a perilous Castle of Harum Scarum. A misfired loaded gun explodes, killing Diddenbynk, and Doctor Killerkure condemns the danger in his head, ending the adventure with a cautionary moral.
S. Jennie Smith writes in the Christian Inquirer that letting children have their own way is not ideal, expressing a relief that such freedom may be unwanted for young minds. The remark reflects parental guidance values discussed in the periodical.
Agnes Carriage writes in American Agriculturist on boyhood manners. The piece urges polite habits, table etiquette, respect for elders, honesty, and neat personal care as essential to becoming well bred gentlemen and good Americans.
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