15 Jun 1877
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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1877
Page
1
Anthony Hunt recounts a near midnight ride on the Western prairie to deliver groceries when a faint child’s cry leads him to a drenched girl. He finds Dolly, his daughter, saved from a stormy road and reunites with his wife, grateful for a miraculous rescue. The tale concludes with a reflection on fate and angels.
Local street reference shows South Washington Street in Van Wert Ohio with an entry noting Sa Zi in partial readable form. The fragment provides no clear event or action to describe.
The Widder Greene declares she will die and leave the earthly scene amid complaints about modern life. She laments vanity and lawless behavior, longs for a fiery sermon from Parson Nathan Strong, and says she fears hanging and loss of privacy in a world gone mad.
The article explains engraving styles line and stipple with master craft in line work. It contrasts mezzotint and etching, detailing process steps from roughened plates to light areas and tonal effects.
A lengthy correspondence from Urbana Ohio and Columbus Ohio in June 1877 discusses whether Thomas L Young would accept or decline a gubernatorial nomination. Gowey asks for clarity while Young explains his decision not to present his name to the Republican State Convention due to personal and professional needs and the Governor's term. He argues the party has support and predicts a fight focused on men and honest administration rather than measures.
A Connecticut editor notes the classic struggle to wake a boy for breakfast. Mothers use a staged, escalating call until the boy stirs, while fathers rely on a booming “John Henry” to force a quick rise. The piece contrasts parental approaches and humorously observes the yearly limit of defiance.
Fletcher Harper, a leading figure at the Harper publishing firm, dies leaving a wife and two sons. His career saw him rise from foreman of the composing room to head of enterprises including the Bazar and the Weekly. The firm, centered on Pearl Street, is valued at about 3 million with annual revenues around 400 thousand from three periodicals.
A German travel sketch recounts a Mississippi steamboat incident before the war where Judge J and General KK participated in a controversial raffle ending with a young mulatto boy winning the final throw. The scene blends gambling, slavery, and coercive incentives as the crowd watches the boy’s decisive roll.
A contemporary urges proper road maintenance stressing drainage and slope. Avoid plows and scrapers that roughen surfaces, fill holes with durable materials rather than alluvial soil or turf, and provide annual work to prevent neglect and mud hazards.
A Builder correspondent reports a simple discovery that boiling a two ounce vial in a kettleful of water softens hard waters to near distilled quality. Carbonate of lime and impurities cling to the vial as the water boils faster, a finding the author says will aid housewives and laundresses.
The First Empire poet Nepomucense Lemercier wrote a tragedy about Christopher Columbus that offended the audience. Napoleon ordered the play repeated despite hissed reception. After a third performance in silence, Napoleon saw the crowd in nightcaps and gave up trying to enforce support for the work.
A California correspondent reports a new use for slaughter-pens refuse. A local factory makes gut belting rope from sheep entrails, claimed stronger than hemp. Entrails length about fifty to sixty feet, cleaned, brined, reeled, and twisted into rope with three quarter inch diameter rated around seven tons. The venture could grow into a significant industry for sheep-raising regions.
The passage extols seeking a sympathetic heart to ease sorrows and share joys. It emphasizes how comforting voices lighten burdens, smooth the path, and heal the heart, making lesser afflictions fade in the presence of understood empathy.
A rough-looking man in the crowd leads a quick subscription for freed negroes. In under five minutes the gathering collects fifty five dollars and hands it to the beneficiary, reflecting broad community support.
The Cincinnati Gazette argues that recent rains boost grain prospects and national wealth, predicting a steady business revival. It favors letting the country alone rather than more legislation, claiming abundant harvests will steady specie payments and restore trade.
A lady asks about Mrs. Jones and a girl returns with the exact age of seventy two years seven months and two days. The speaker adds a note on temper advising that a man should not get mad at what he can or cannot help.
Guidance on pacing and conditioning a horse for driving, including gradual speed increases, watering, cooling, blanketing, rubbing, feeding, and schooling to keep gaits distinct. Emphasizes keeping reins snug, bearing on the bit, and avoiding pulling too hard to maintain control and comfort.
A vivid description of the operet a large sea anemone like creature with green petals tipped in rose that clings to rocks. Its enchanting appearance hides a deadly trap as a fish is lured touched by a rosy tip and instantly paralyzed by poison before being swallowed.
Mrs Sherman sentenced for poisoning three husbands and seven children was re captured in Providence Rhode Island after escaping Connecticut State Prison. Observers noted her pale sickly complexion and fainting spells suggesting illness and possible use of disguising makeup prior to her escape. A prison investigation found crayon residue in her cell that could alter skin color when rubbed on healthy skin.
The San Francisco Bulletin proposes partitioning Utah between Nevada and Colorado. It notes Nevada lacks population for admission and Colorado is under 100,000, suggesting eastern Utah join Colorado and western Utah join Nevada. Territory transfers could also shift parts to Idaho Montana and Arizona. Nevada would curb polygamy, while Colorado gains eastern Utah.
The Springfield Republican notes that many Germans approve of the Murphy movement and offer encouragement even if few sign the pledge or wear the blue ribbon. The piece also cites supportive Irishmen and native Americans, stressing the movement’s overall impact beyond formal adherents.
A farmer reported using 150 pounds of phosphate per acre on barley in 1874, yielding 47.7 bushels per acre versus 28.1 without phosphate. In 1875, two-row barley produced 42.38 bushels against 25.60 without manure. He plans 500 pounds broadcast on potatoes then 100 pounds mixed with wood ashes in hills. Another member urged choosing fertilizers by crop needs, potash for potatoes and phosphoric acid for wheat.
The Louisville Commercial notes Democratic Ohio papers denouncing a registration law passed by the Ohio Legislature. It asks if any Democratic legislature ever enacted measures to secure ballot purity, and disparages turbaned imagery in a satirical aside.
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