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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1890
Page
7
A Detroit Free Press tale recalls Hope Faith and Charity roaming a land. a radiant suitor grants a fourth leaf named Love to a traveling maid, making the clover a talisman for finding true love. The charm warns that losing half the charm spoils the spell, urging keeping all leaves cherished.
A vivid expose details a counterfeit scheme labeled green goods with a three part setup a circular a pass word and a bogus newspaper clipping. It traces the con from the lure of large profits through the fake newspaper page and the supposed New York Times style print to the bait of exclusive state rights.
A New York Journal correspondent describes Palermo Sicily catacombs where the dead are preserved and paraded in elaborate finery. Skeletons in the ladies gallery wear gowns crowns and gloves while mourners visit year round. A drunken man once wandered among the corpses and, locked in, went mad clinging to the gate bars as guards could not hear his screams.
The piece argues tariff protection shapes economics and politics, countering claims that tariffs burden wealth. It cites cotton, English imports, and domestic prices, contending protection lowers costs and boosts home industry while urging honest elections and impartial press coverage in political debate.
In a heated caucus debate Republicans push a nationwide election law to curb fraud, arguing Northern and Southern states alike need honest registration and voting counts. Democrats warn the measure targets the South, but proponents say enforcing uniform rules is essential, even if Southern efforts lag in civilization.
A compact history traces how medieval diners ate with knives and fingers, the rise of spoons from shells, and the late adoption of forks in Europe. It notes Greek vocabularies lacking a fork term, French and English reactions to forks, and Tom Coryat’s 1611 bring of forks from Italy.
The New England farming record from 1870 to 1888 contradicts free traders and mugwumps. Acreage under cultivation rose across Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Connecticut and Rhode Island by a total of 1 024 604 acres. Dairy herd growth also supported a strong farming outlook according to Commissioner of Agriculture data.
The Iowa State Register advocates a broader, more inclusive Republican organizing drive. It urges reaching working people in corn fields and shops, rotating roles away from officials and editors, and ensuring diverse representation on state tickets. It warns against using cliques and calls for a school-house canvass to counter a still hunt by the opposition.
A compilation of political commentary cites Illinois Democrat William E. Mason opposing secessionist symbols after Gettysburg, Ohio Governor Campbell doubting Democratic prospects, Chicago moralists mocking the Democratic Party as an original package, McKinley era tin plate plans, Breckinridge’s political exposure, and Carlisle’s Senate election casting fears among temperance advocates.
The article reviews oats and other feeds for horses, detailing nutritive matter per thousand parts, daily rations for ordinary work, and how to use corn, beans, peas, buckwheat, shorts, bran, barley, potatoes, and carrots to improve strength, endurance, and recovery, with notes on suitability for sick or racing horses. It also describes lariat pasture staking methods with a detailed equipment illustration and safety notes.
A practical plan from American Agriculturist shows a durable cheap pig trough design to curb fighting and trough roguery. A two inch bottom plank ten inches wide with eight inch side planks and four by six end pieces is spiked together. Narrow bands of iron deter nibbling while high edge pieces prevent four feet in the trough. Easy to clean and distribute feed. Turner notes summer uses for dry foods like wheat bran for cows calves and pigs.
London society extols a lunch hour relaxation club while a Pennsylvanian elopes with his German mother-in-law. Reports note cats may carry diphtheria, life expectancy trends, and a self-made coal operator's rise from pit hand. Paris postal cards arrive fast. a Missouri inmate leaves with £218. An Ann Arbor man cites a button-sewing dispute in divorce. A London Times ad seeks fifty pounds no security. Advanced homeopaths push high potencies. Stanley hints at a July wedding with Miss Dorothy Tennant in London.
Announcement of a through first-class vestibuled Pullman service starting June 15 1890 linking Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Helena Spokane Tacoma Seattle Portland with fast connection to Puget Sound and Northwest resorts including Yellow stone Park. Special sleeping cars for the Park, 48 hour travel to Mammoth Hot Springs, and through tickets via established lines with office contact details. Also notes about travel to St Paul for Teachers Association excursion rates via Rock Island and Pacific lines and references to Shenandoah at Moe Vicker's Theater and a private wedding joke caption.
Free novels offered by Cragin & Co Philadelphia to U S and Canada readers who send 25 Dobbins Electric Soap wrappers. Circulars list available titles on bars. A Yonkers Statesman quoted line is included. The firm offers 2100 reward for untreatable catarrh with Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cuenzy & Co Toledo Ohio.
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