16 Mar 1883
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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1883
Page
1
A Ports mouth New Hampshire Sunday School pupil explains missing church two Sundays ago to help his father sell beer. The report blends assorted local anecdotes including court rulings, sermons, and curious incidents from Ohio to California.
In a Boston Globe interview Mrs. M. W. Wingate, a veteran physician, discusses her twenty five years of practice, early study, and dedication to women's health. She praises Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, noting its success while warning of imitations and urges publication to aid sufferers.
The piece blends a charity sale notice for a North-west farm with varied items: a German language ban debate, Nebraska and Ohio liquor laws, electric rail propulsion tests by Field and Edison, a Virginia wedding prank, a Massachusetts judge’s drunkenness case, autographs and a Leon Say anecdote.
This column is edited by the Executive Committee of the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Van Wert. The union meets on the first Monday of each month at 40 o'clock p m at the Sons of Temperance Hall. Mrs E E Marble serves as President and Mrs M J McFadden as Secretary.
The article argues that women should be trained in cooking before starting a household. It contrasts novice shortcuts with patient practice, stressing rules and recipes, and notes judgment in cooking grows with experience. It cites cooking as essential to independence and civilized life.
A lad asks for a berth on a ship and shows two traits: he can do any task and he has not whispered in school for a year. The merchant hires him, saying a boy who can move a wood-pile and bridle his tongue is made of good stuff.
Passage reflects on divine providence guiding human actions and urges self correction by observing vice in others. It warns against choleric temper and saucy pride, urging abstinence from behavior that mocks others.
The little canary seed, fed to our birds, is used by Canary Islands natives as domestic food and contains a large proportion of nutritious farina.
General Manderson, Nebraska’s new senator, says the high liquor license system admirably weeds out disorderly groggeries and boosts state revenues.
An expressman in Portland Oregon was seen stamping on the sidewalk before the Occidental Hotel to keep warm with his overcoat spread over his horse. Mr Henry Bergh will immediately send the man a blanket for the horse and a rattle for his baby.
A Plainville milliner, forced to close due to lack of patrons, has applied for a license to sell intoxicating liquor. The pun suggests she may fare better with nightcaps than poke bonnets.
A columnist views a slow-thinking, steady President who will execute laws without overreach. The leader is praised for calm, nonpartisan conduct, respect for Congress, and dignified White House stewardship, contrasted with past presidents who agitated the public. The piece hails prudent restraint and fidelity to duty.
Dr Sargent of Harvard College argues that casual walking has little value whereas a spirited walk is highly beneficial. He adds horseback riding aids circulation but can increase nervousness for mental workers. He ranks swimming as one of the finest forms of physical exercise.
A New Jersey conductor failed to wake a sleeping passenger and after shaking him and swearing, found the man dead on the horse-car in Elizabeth. The deceased had boarded the car less than ten minutes earlier.
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