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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1890
Page
7
Old Man Plunkett Embraces Cheerful Change After Meeting
An elderly man named Plunkett recalls a conversation with a young visitor who urged optimism. He begins a “cheerful schedule” aided by his old wife who constantly says Plunk to remind him to smile. The tale follows mishaps and comic misadventures as he tests a brighter outlook.
Mistaken Identity and the Case for Anthropometry
In the Fortnightly Review essay, the author argues that anthropometric methods could prevent misidentification in the military, naval, and legal arenas. He cites historic cases from Paris and New York, notes potential savings from correct identity, and suggests world conflicts, including the Anglo American war, could have been avoided with proper measurements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Her Majesty
Sixth Dragoon Guards
Army
Waterloo
Paris
New York
John Duke Coleridge
United States
Great Britain
The Czar’s quiet huntsman life at Fredensborg
The Czar, patient as Job, travels with Princes Marie of Orleans and mingles with common people in Fredensborg. He hunts, drinks beer, and eats sandwiches in inns during long road trips, often unrecognized in his gray huntsman suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princes Marie of Orleans
Fredensborg
Rt Hter
Copenhagen
Proper Enough. Belle and the Theologi Students
A fragment shows Belle speaking in a casual, teasing tone about a group described as theology students. The dialogue hints at social chatter and light banter without clear events or outcomes.
Fire hotbed building for forced plant beds on a farm
The article describes a low cost fire hotbed or forcing house with 8x8 foot sashes and a deep bed built of oak. It covers frame work, flooring, earth capacity, a level furnace setup, fire brick flues, chimney dimensions, ventilation holes, and cautions against coal burning to avoid plant damage.
Domestic tips from household columns and kitchens
A compilation of practical advice on preserving, baking, laundry, and cleaning. Tips include using marbles in kettles to prevent scorching preserves, making an apple pie without sugar then adding it, airing beds on windy days, and fairy cookie and ham breakfast recipes. Cleaning guidance covers starching clothes, brushing furniture, and polishing with rotten stone and sweet oil.
Keeping Pigs Records Through Litters And Ear Marks
The Breeder's Gazette advises keeping a private record for each pig litter using a small pass-book page. It suggests numbering litters, assigning ear marks by litter, and recording sow and sire names, dates, and sex notes as pigs grow. Buyers’ names are added diagonally when sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Sallie
Bob Hood
Portable fence design aids horses and cattle access
Mr. Frank S. Crouch of Napa County California sends sketches and a description of a light portable fence. Each panel uses three inch boards four inches wide and sixteen feet long with three cross pieces. Legs five feet four inches long and three inches wide. Uprights three feet long with fourteen inch ground clearance. Each panel bears two panel ends and supports nine teen square feet of lumber with seven foot horses. A fence built this way can turn horses or cattle and can be adjusted for swine and sheep by extending cross pieces and adding a fourth board below.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franks
Crouch
Napa County
Cal
Fashions of Today Charming Indoor Jackets and Bodices
New York Star notes stylish home wear jackets for busy women and young ladies, including the Sita tea jacket in silk or foulard with lace trim, and red satin outfits with net drapery. Describes blouse bodices with lace, gauging, belts, puff sleeves, sashes, and the Louis Quinze long sash trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y. Star
National Airs and Songs Facts and Prices
The article notes Joseph Hopkinson born Philadelphia 1770 died 1842 as author of Hail Columbia written 1798 for actor Fox after The President's March by a German composer Foyles. It mentions Yankee Doodle origins uncertain with possible English roots and 1785 American debut via Dr Richard Shuckburg. It lists Buenos Aires opera box prices seven thousand dollars for sixty nights and ranges for coal shoes and burial costs, plus bootblacking for five cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Joseph Hopkinson
Philadelphia
Fox
Foyles
England
America
Richard Shuckburg
Chicago
Inter-Ocean
Notable Old World Figures and Incongruous Fortunes Mentioned
A series of brief biographical notes lists M Chanteloup the Canadian brass founder leaving 500000 to a former employer, Prince Bismarck’s pension recalculated at under 4500 dollars, and other scattered portraits. It mentions Jacob Bopp the Allegheny rope maker who supplied nooses for eighty eight executions, and various figures including tpepR HAGGARD planning a Rocky Mountain visit to write about ruins, Eiie Zoua offered 250 a night for Realism lectures, Pro Pico the nearly ninety Mexican California Governor now a pauper, William Lioup Garrison noted as tall and literary with a weak voice, General Jubal A Farry living in Lynchburg with a fine library yet frugal meals, General Crook’s reminiscences of Dayton and home, and his comment on staying away from home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Chanteloup
Canada
Prince Bismarck
Allegheny
Jacob Bopp
Tpepr Haggard
Rocky Mountains
Eiie Zoua
United States
Pro Pico
California
William Lioup Garrison
Jubal A. Farry
Confederacy
Lynchburg
General Crook
Old Homestead
Dayton
Quips and quick wits from a bustling street column
A collection of light sayings and humorous exchanges from readers and editors. Jokes about misheard phrases, dating confusion, a preacher’s pace, a son’s rocks, Hamlet at stake, a brakeman’s brake saving a train, and quips about editors, powder, the color line, and nighttime thoughts.
Deafness Cure Claim By Constitutional Remedies
Advertises a cure for deafness claiming local applications fail and catarrh inflames the Eustachian tube. Promises one hundred dollars for any case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Invites readers to request circulars from F. J. Cwenty & Co of Toledo Ohio. sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cwenty & Co
Toledo
English capitalists gobble industries and nobles
A clipped quote notes English capitalists swallowing industries while female capitalists allegedly seize from nobility and the poor. The line mocks class and gender dynamics with satirical tone.
Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery Gains High Promise
Confidence Beget of Success. Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery is marketed with a guarantee of benefit or cure from nasal catarrh bronchial and throat diseases. If not helped money is refunded. It claims to cure consumption when taken early.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Pierce's Pellets Advertised For Constipation And Headache
An advertisement promotes Pierce's Pellets as a purely vegetable remedy for constipation and sick headache. It urges use as one dose and echoes a self-made man theme with a tailor-made girl reference from the Picayune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. O. Picayune
Antidote for Malaria Promised by Arkansas Pastor
Hackett Arkansas August 20 1887 Dr A T Shallenberger Rochester Pa Dear Sir I wish you to send me a bottle of your Antidote for Malaria advertised in the Methodist Advocate Chattanooga Tenn which I cannot get here Fifteen years ago my mother had third day chills and after trying doctors and other medicines without relief a friend recommended your Antidote she tried it and the dose effected a permanent cure Truly yours J S Edwards Pastor M E Church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epwards
M. E. Church
Take His Bust Measure When A Man Is Full
The Binghamton Leader notes a proverb that a man who has eaten well is prime for measuring his bust. The remark reflects a humorous or satirical reflection on appetite and pride within the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binghamton
Ladies Recommend Mother's Friend for Mothers to Be
A Mississippi druggist in Greenville reports many female customers have tried Mother's Friend and would not be without it. They urge expectant mothers to use the product, urging readers to write Bradfield Reg. Co. in Atlanta for details. The note ends with a terse line about Moxey and a bad investment from the Washington Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.A. Parner
Greenville
Ala
Bradfield Reg. Co
Atlanta
Moxey
Washington Star
SIZ Novels Free Offer by Cragin & Co Philadelphia
Cragin & Co Philadelphia offers 25 Dobbins Electric Soap wrappers for any U S or Canada resident to receive a selection of novels mailed postage paid. Circulars with the list of titles accompany each bar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siz
Cragin & Co
Philada
U. S
Canada
Time Flies It Is The Man Who Goes Keeps Up
Fragmentary line from Atchison obituary notes time passing and the man who stays ahead. The readable portion hints at personal perseverance despite aging. No further details available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T Heven
Atchison Obe
Brown's Bronchial Troches Promoted for Coughs
An advertisement touts Brown's Bronchial Troches as a simple remedy for coughs sore throat and other irritations. Sold only in boxes at 25 cents per box.
Various Advertisements and Sayings Mixed in Telegraph Snippet
A collage of short quotes and tailed product lines repeats common 19th century patent medicine claims and random aphorisms. Mentions include Carter's Little Liver Pills, Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar, Pike's Toothache Drops, Piso's Cure for Consumption, Tansill's Punch cigar, and general remarks on emotion and age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale
Pike
Home Seekers Excursions Sell Tickets at Half Rates
Burlington Route and sister lines offer Home Seekers Excursion Tickets at half price to farming regions of the West Northwest and Southwest. Sales on April 22 and May 29 with thirty day limit. Inquiries to P. Eustis Chicago Illinois or ticket agents for details and land folders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Eustis
Chicago
Ill
Carter's Little Liver Pills Promoted for Broad Ailments
An advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills as a universal remedy for headaches biliousness liver trouble and related pains. The copy urges readers to try the product as a positive cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Dr Pierce Remedy Hopeful For Biliousness And Lung Ailments
A farmer touts Thompson’s water loving colt as an analogy and promotes Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery from World’s Dispensary Medical Association. The tonic is said to cure biliousness impure blood scrofula and even consumption if taken timely with money refunds offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Thompson
Mississip
Colt
Dr. Pierce
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Main Street
Buffalo
N. Y
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Jordan
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Belle
Sudde
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Fashions OF Today
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Jimmy
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Thomas
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Yorick
Binghampton
Terre Haute Express
Atchinson News
Milwaukee Journal
ST. Louis
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Pgi, Pa
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Elmira Gazette
St. Lawrence
Kansas
George Patterson
St. Jacobs
C. Ks. Neumann, M.D
Drvagists
Charles A. Vogeler CO
Baltimore
DR. Sage
California Fig Syrup CO
San Francisco
Louisville
N.Y
Scott's
Scott
Phys
Dr Ryans
Ayer
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co
Lowell, Mass
Chesebrough Mfg. Co
State St
L’art de la Mode
W. J. Morse
East 19Th St
Creat
Ohio
Weil
Loomis & Nyman
L. May & O
Huses Rymen
Scodamen
ST. Paul
Minn
L. F. Johnson & CO
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Richmond
Tutt
Murray St
Ridge
BS Case Woolrich & CO
Palmer, Muss
Goff
Hartshorn's, Swideabthers
Buggy and Cart Works
Cincinnati
Thompso Condensed Fruit Wines
St. B
Sam Thompson Mfg. Co
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Cranle & CO
Washington
Mas John Monnensio
Washington, D
U.S
W.T. Fitzge
SRALD
Washington, D. C
John March
W. P. Stearns
Monroe
Wis
R. R
Springer, N. Mex
Springer Land CO
Hartman
Hartman Mfg. CO
Beaver-Fally
Lil
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Mick
Prackforthy
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