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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1886
Page
7
A rain soaked night at the Metropolitan Hotel leads a narrator to a dusty saloon where a rough crowd recalls Jake Holt a boastful mountain man who rose to wealth after his daughter Maggie vanished in a spring flood. The tale weaves weather, poverty and rumor through a rough speech tapestry.
A Sacramento Creek flood tale ends with Jake Holt discovering gold while burying his dead daughter Maggie. Amid ruin, a preacher's tears light the scene as gold gleams in the gravel, transforming Holt's fortune and altering his future.
A party of young men rode a smoking car in a Albany to Poughkeepsie trip. The car, numbered 450, is noted for its age and once carried President Lincoln’s body from Albany to Buffalo in 1865. The car features photographs of Washington and Lincoln entwined with flags. Separately a con man named Nelson pretended to run a fake secret service bureau offering a quorum and salaries.
A London doctor warns against radish causing stomach irritation and suggests lime water or lemon juice after meals. Guinea fowl are good egg producers with a gamey flavor. To banish bed bugs burn brimstone after sealing rooms for 24 hours. Feed horses adequately in winter to prepare for plowing and seeding. Worm remedies involve beef gall and molasses water as given. a worn bureau front can be hidden with curtains.
Cor NY Avaminer reports a long term study on potato rot known as the black rat. Contagion is through the parent vine after leaf decline, with tubers remaining sound if stored properly. Variations in ripening affect decay and prevention methods based on harvest timing and storage conditions.
The Iowa State Register argues against selling a farm to move to the city, noting high living costs, taxes, and dangerous investment risks. It cautions against entrusting finances to unfamiliar trades, urging preservation of farm life for stability and long-term family comfort.
The catalog highlights spring and summer fashion with yellow satin dresses, lace overlays, beaded trims, and rosary bead embellishments. It notes plush and sable fur trims, Persian lamb, and black silk plush gowns, all in refined period silhouettes.
A Kansas twenty year old husband murders his eighteen year old wife. A New Orleans grocer’s clerk from thirty years ago is named. A sixty seven year old Georgia lady has never eaten meat. A railroad company makes a man a passenger agent. A Chicago dinner serves a large pit a pie described as pillowed. An alligator is captured near Long Island City. Moosehead Lake reports two foot six inch moose killed near Mount Kineo House. A Easton Pa woman, twenty four, has had four husbands in ten years. San Juan Cal organizes anti Chinese club to expel one Chinese resident. New York notes funeral invitations edged with crape. A Fall River wedding tour delayed by a bulldog injuring the groom. Turopore Thomas orchestras delayed to Ansonia Conn. concert ends at 2 am. A Frankfort on the Main divorce suit seeks two year separation with chance to remarry if fails.
The Women s Educational and Industrial Union of Boston cautions against circulars promising easy home work for money, detailing how many women have been defrauded. It urges newspapers to print the notice and workplaces to promote information centers, with Mrs Amny Morton Diaz leading the effort from 74 Boylston Street.
Article notes 80 percent of women doctors in the U S now, with many earning over $20 000 annually and practices worth $5 000 yearly. It highlights Miss Addie M Barnes of Danville Illinois and includes testimonials praising Athlophoros as a cure for rheumatism with patient anecdotes and a mail order offer.
Testimonials claim thousands cured from early consumption by Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. The remedy is described as a pectoral and alterative effective on throat and lung ailments. Sold by all druggists.
Miss Frances E Wittarp selects Gospel and Temperance songs. Two hundred copies will be sent to churches or Sunday schools. Address Publisher Mrs Laura G Fixe Albert Lea Minn enclosing 20 cents for postage.
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