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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1886
Page
7
A verse from the Indianapolis Journal depicts a farmer’s spring labor on blue grass land. He weighs oat versus barley planting while enjoying warm April days, crocuses, and robin songs. The speaker praises nature and divine providence, noting a contented home beyond Eden.
A London private detective unravels three jewel thefts tied to Doctor Gideon West. Amid high society balls and weddings, illnesses and distractions mask a con artist network. West, driven by loss, magics, and guilt, steals to honor his dead wife, until exposure, madness, and tragedy reveal the truth.
A harsh tirade protests the cruel use of bird skins in women’s fashion. It cites London's large traffic, Cape Cod estuarine hunts, and birds skinned alive for hides. It notes female pledges and anti cruelty societies in England and America, urging a halt to the slaughter.
A tile manufacturer notes a farmer's tile drains deteriorated after seven years. He advises deeper installation, correct grading by water, and replacing three inch tiles with seven inch ones to ensure full drainage. He estimates half to one third of existing tile fields will need reworking.
A farm and live stock note warns that sowing oats in orchards deprives trees of soil nutrients as oats consume available plant food and crowd surface roots. Heavy manuring is suggested to mitigate, since grain crops peak in spring when trees grow most.
Prof Joseph Bauer recalls Monte Carlo as a dreamlike world of flowers music wealth and beauty yet notes a grim underside. He describes frequent personal crises at the gaming tables including suicides and expedient police and hotel interventions while the press and officials shield such events locally.
A report from the German Chemical Society notes Clemens Winkler discovering a new metallic element, germanium, in the argyrodite ore from Himmelsfurst mine near Freyberg. The article describes its properties, reactions with hydrogen sulfide and acids, volatility, oxide formation, and cloning of its place in the periodic table as Winkler seeks its atomic weight.
A woman asks her suitor John if she should sign her maiden name or wait until marriage. He plans to marry in a few months, and she aims to keep options open as autographs for California friends are discussed.
A stray bullet intended for a rat struck a gas meter and caused a blast. No serious injuries reported as investigators assessed the scene and utility crews secured the area. Local residents described fleeing shingles and a brief smoke plume. Police gathered evidence and questioned witnesses.
A collage of lighthearted lines from the Detroit Free Press Chicago Telegraph Texas Sittings Northern papers and others features quips about Ben Hur book sales gambling poker etiquette streetcars and a Quaker housekeeper. It also recalls a Boston lawyer’s court quip and a Pittsburgh Telegraph joke.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt portrays a placid telegraph clerk who coldly tallies words and quotes fees as a narrator seeks revenge for perceived insensitivity after a grandmother’s sudden death. After plotting to disrupt the clerk, the narrator discovers the clerk’s personal tragedy and cancels vengeance plans.
A Scientific American note extolls the daily use of dry earth to purify rooms and floors, absorb odors, and improve manure value. Shovelfuls scattered after cleaning keep air wholesome and retain absorbed gases, boosting the season’s manure efficiency.
A poem from Youth's Companion extols a girl under Esther Lee's care. She excels in spelling and academics, follows all rules, keeps a neat room, helps Priscilla and baby brother, mends clothes, crafts toys, and greets others kindly. The town, including Mary Betts, lauds her odd but virtuous character.
A young girl Maud Larkin recovers from illness with her pet bantam chicken named General Sheridan. The bird learns to crow on command, fetches items, and endures yard battles with siblings before living peacefully with Maud. A showman later offers thirty dollars for the clever fowl, but Maud declines. In a separate tale, Jessie bonds with four barn kittens and endures a fright when a kitten is hurt, only to discover it survived by the end.
Mrs. A F Butts writes in Christian Union about training another chicken to accompany General Sheridan. The note reflects a humorous or domestic aside in a periodical context.
The Boston Journal recounts a deadly blaze at the Pemberton mills in Lawrence as a recalling incident to a 1560 catastrophe where the main building collapsed and trapped six hundred workers. More than 140 would be crushed or burned, with 166 wounded, and many unidentified bodies laid at the city hall awaiting recognition.
Walter Emery of Kennebunk Maine reportedly captured eight hundred swarming bees by daubing himself with honey. The bees settled on him and he guided them home without a single sting.
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