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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1880
Page
1
Weekly bulletin notes Mormon missionaries forbidden to preach in Prussia now focusing on Mannheim. It also reports Princeton's higher scholarship standard than Brown University and the Princeton baseball club defeating Brown 16 to 2.
A collage of 19th century items covers Jewish education in Russia, a brutal Vermont dog attack, European tax fairness, a Petersburg puzzle, political graft remarks, a Pittsburgh theater incident, and a romantic tale of Elsie Marion and Nathaniel Holt on an Appalachian farm. The prose shifts between social commentary and a serialized love story.
Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia built a locomotive that hauled five passenger cars from New York to Philadelphia, 89 miles, in 90 minutes and 35 seconds. It is claimed as the fastest time on record in the country. The note disputes English speeds, stating trains there never exceed fifty miles an hour and rarely reach it.
Three young Zulu women at the London Aquarium display royal bearing with longer hair and musical names Undlala Unomadloza and Unozondaba. They share refined adornment, gentle manners, and a notable shift from traditional gender roles as wives are bought via cows but the women can accept or refuse suitors.
Recent figures show suicide by own action increasing in France with annual crisis reports rising from about 5 000 to over 6 000. Paris reports are triple those of the countryside with most cases among bachelors. Spring sees the peak and hanging is the common method due to its expediency.
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