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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1889
Page
3
A poem recalls a couple’s long marriage through aging eyes and fading youth. The speaker measures time by a wedding ring and June roses, praising lasting love amid storms, tears, and a white hair companion to cherished memories.
Mrs. Sylvia Lightfoot arrives with a maid to Boreton-by-the-Sea amid financial strain from a six-thousand-dollar annual income. She meets English hunter Mr. Faunt and Major Cashell, while a mystery man watches from the crowd. Jewelry disappears, a note from Faunt follows, and a single seed-pearl bracelet arrives as a consolation gift from a reformer, ending the summer of flirtations with a bittersweet twist.
The piece traces pharmacy from medieval Arab influence through Benedictine monasteries to alchemy and toxicology, noting the fusion of medicine, groceries, and crime. It highlights Germany as early leader with 1285 Muenster shop and 1350 Nürnberg regulations, and England's 1332 first apothecary shop with King Edward III’s pension to an London apothecary.
A Western paper quotes a philosopher noting only one in 60 000 dies in bed while asleep and argues it is a waste to lie awake worrying about such danger.
A Yukon style tale from Granite Gulch Colorado recounts Old Sorful a silent grieving older miner and a stranger as they shelter two cabins during a deadly snow slide. The survivor reveals a will leaving wealth to Sorful while a confession exposes a past robbery. the avalanche spares them and funds are used to aid the needy.
A man seeking a consulate dined with a veteran clerk who advised drafting a brief note. He handed Blaine a short paper and, after a quick exchange, Blaine promised to read it on his way and then offered an appointment. The seeker later received the post.
In Washington a popular barbershop figure Jack Sheppard speaks about his mixed heritage and his children speaking German, defending the controversial word nigger as a badge of ancestry while praising Black founders as honest, arguing against pride in white lineage.
In the ante-room of the Postmaster-General a colored woman handed a letter to the messenger claiming it was for the official. The messenger returned to say the missive was for the city postmaster who would cash the money order. She left muttering about needing the money.
A United States Senator comments on public abuse and calumny, saying he refuses to plead for peace at an enemy’s price. He asserts a personal rule to defy persecution and notes everyone has private matters to guard. He adds no public figure remains immune to rumor.
In Harrisburg an organization of church ladies targets teen brides and older habitual drinkers. The group aims to break engagements by fair means, keeping efforts secret while several would‑be brides report being frozen out from their alleged sweethearts.
A Chicago News retrospective notes how farmers lacked mowers and reapers a century ago. It cites Pliny the elder on Gaulish carts, cites England’s first patent (1799), Henry Ogle’s 1822 machine and its fate, and John Bell’s 1826 reaper later improved. It contrasts rugged field work with modern haying machinery.
A Berlin Letter sketches German army discipline as worn soldiers limp under heat then snap to rigid order when a corporal and officer arrive. The piece notes the chain of obedience seen from common soldiers to superiors and how boot blocking becomes a punctual parade of ranks.
A nostalgic verse by Eben J. Rexford celebrates bedtime travel to Dreamtown. Children close their eyes and drift across moonlit valleys to a land of endless sweets, toys, and marvels where nothing is scarce. Morning returns them home to wakeful daybreak.
A tale of Jot Brown catching stilt fever in spring with a kitchen chamber misadventure and a brook rescue, then a lecture on concentration urging focus and single minded effort as a habit for duty and good. The piece blends a boys' summer mischief with a moral on disciplined attention and mental clarity.
A succinct aphorism notes that haste signals a weak mind while swift, decisive action marks strength, contrasting two traits in pursuit of effective outcomes. The maxim emphasizes disciplined execution over impulsive rushing.
A discussion of the habit of concentration as a valuable trait and a curio about Utah mineral wax discovered along the Denver and Rio Grande line. The wax yields over a thousand tons yearly, resembles bee wax, and serves candle making and wire insulation. It suggests overlooked soil riches for landowners.
Giovanni Marini is a cheerful Italian country boy who spends summers outdoors among olive trees and orange blossoms. Each winter he travels to Rome with his sister and an old man to pose for painters on the Scalinata, sometimes as John the Baptist, while his simple life centers on family, a donkey, and the bustling hillside landscape.
Easter tradition ties rabbits to eggs as sugar and paper animals spread for the season. The idea of rabbits as egg thieves explains this popular display.
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