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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1880
Page
1
A Toronto street accident ends in tragedy when a rum soaked wagon disperses liquor and a vagrant named Paterick Burke drinks his fill and dies. The narrative threads through curiosities from Washington to Hartford with anecdotes about ships, politics, and curious court cases.
An editorial charge urges parents to provide wholesome reading to youth and warns against trashy books fueling crime and vice. The piece cites The Pirates Own Book and Jack Harkaway among temptations, then recounts Beecher on newspapers and a Temperanceville fire tale, ending with a melodrama about Lillian Berry and Reuben Harrington and a servant thwarting theft.
U S Grant Jr plans marriage to Jennie Flood daughter of a wealthy financier. Flood owns two million in Government bonds. The pair's nuptials are scheduled for next month according to society reports.
Jim Johnson tells a Cincinnati Commercial reporter about Hot Springs Arkansas where Mayor Linee shot the editor and two bystanders then jailed prisoners. He fined himself for drunkenness and was later fined 95 dollars after a long trial with 40 witnesses. The tale ends with a joke about Arkansas justice. An American shipped wheelbarrows to Rio de Janeiro where locals used them to carry stones, marveling at the contraption.
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