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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1886
Page
3
In a city street scene a beggar pleads for a crust as the narrator contemplates moral shame. The old man scoffs at a single dollar bill and roams with a crutch and cane while the narrator reflects on compassion and social neglect. The piece ends with the beggar misreading a five as a one and dropping ninety cents in scorn.
A bride narrates a wedding day from a small town girl to a wife of Sir George. Across a night of shock she uncovers his prior oath to spend the first evening with a former lover Minna Vane, tests forgiveness, and ultimately chooses to use power to restore trust after a three day separation.
A humorous note from the St. Louis Whip describes Jim Johnson catching a fish claimed to be ten inches by some, twelve by others, with guesses ranging to seven feet, while Johnson asserts the fish was merely two inches long, prompting laughs from Johnson himself.
A quirky note from the paper describes an absent minded barber once employed as a restaurant waiter. The snippet hints at a hard boiled or scrambled mood, with playful wordplay about sifting through memories and misadventures.
In a smoking car four handed euchre game a stranger bets twenty on three cards beating any three on the board in poker. The old man, clueless about poker, wins with three hearts against three aces, remarking the game isn’t hard to Varn.
Four thousand journeymen bakers support New York, mostly German and French, with a tough path to shop ownership. The piece notes wages around six to twelve dollars, a weak union, and pride in quality, plus comparisons of bread styles among nationalities and advances in oven tech and kneading methods. It closes with a tangential line on German generals reaching fifty years of service in 186.
An attendee refuses to remove a large hat despite a gentleman behind her cannot see the stage. He appeals to kindness, she stands firm, praising her hair while keeping the hat on. The exchange reflects theater etiquette and social wit in a defiant reply.
In a Philadelphia Call item a first young man asks if he may meet the second again at a billiard saloon. The second replies that he may come as often as he wishes, noting the change since visiting a Miss Shrimp. Three months earlier he had courted her nightly. She is now married to someone else.
A speaker praises the Italian school and ancient Greek painting citing Zeuxis painting grapes four hundred fifty years before Christ. A Chicago friend mocks with a dog so lifelike a muzzle is needed to keep him from biting.
A prisoner pleads that the landlord invited him to search an empty house for rent. The judge half believes he was invited and notes the man appeared drunk. The exchange echoes a satirical justice scene from The Rambler.
Eight year old Jamie tells his mother he will have the baby say prayers since God will pay more attention to the infant. He explains the baby is newly arrived from Heaven and more familiar with God than he is. TM. Y Graphic.
A tramp applied at Viessar College for food but fled when he learned the cooking class was in session. Pucks Annual notes the pre day timing.
A fragment from the Philadelphia Herald quotes a Philadelphia girl and her shy suitor discussing marriage. The exchange centers on the idea of engagement and whether seeing a license would formalize their plans.
A dialogue from the Philadelphia Call recounts a lawyer asking for the other half of a story and a witness replying that he heard only one half due to deafness in his right ear, highlighting a courtroom or testimony moment.
A Massachusetts man patents an adding machine for bookkeepers and notes no subtracting device is yet invented. Various quips follow on topics from tack mishaps in Palmer to phrenology charts for customers heads and playful street banter about babies and infants as infantry.
A central office detective explains why criminals are often caught via home visits and family or intermarriage links. He notes many cases unfold when a culprit returns home, cites Sing Sing escapes, and observes that detectives sometimes delay punishment to nab offenders in familiar haunts. He highlights the role of local precincts and intertwined criminal networks.
A collection of vignettes warns about sudden anger and its consequences. A clerk jokes about perfunctory duties, a girl helps a poor classmate by inviting her to dinner, and a boy learns temper can scar a life. A Philadelphia tragedy underscores anger's deadly risk.
Poem describes a boy and his intimate friend, shared schooling, games, and bonds across seasons. The verses reveal mutual affection, pride, quarrels, and lifelong companionship. The piece is attributed to Bralford Torrey in a Congregationalist volume linked to Fanny in Heaven, with a family memory of a lunch basket.
Moncure D. Conway describes the Krupp works in Essen detailing immense output and capacity. He notes thousands of ovens, steam boilers, engines, machine tools, and daily coal, water, and gas consumption. He cites daily and monthly production of rails wheels axles shells cannons and guns, and the overwhelming scale witnessed by visitors.
The Philadelphia Telegraph notes that John B Gough left his widow a private estate income of about $2,500 and mentions his fortune totaling under $474,000. He owned a Worcester area farm of 200 acres, a prized library valued at $20,000, and other lands with a mortage yielding small income.
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