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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1886
Page
6
Van Wert Bulletin records listing Summersett and Wyandt as editors and proprietors in Van Wert Ohio. The notice identifies the newspaper leadership and location, indicating authorship and publication details for the Ohio paper.
One hundred persons aged eighty to one hundred have recently died in New Hampshire. Mormon missionaries seek converts among New Zealand natives but with limited success. Tyeneration for the first four months matches last year, though April shows a decline. An English syndicate bought four thousand acres in California to subdivide for an English colony.
Reverend Sam Jones has a tour scheduled through October visiting Maryland Indiana Michigan New York Missouri Ohio and Canada as part of his preaching circuit with stops across multiple states and regions.
Sir James Cairp warns that with continued low produce prices about 638000 Irish small tenants will be unable to pay any rent. He emphasizes the hardship faced by rural households as costs stay fixed while incomes fall.
The article claims the American hen is not fulfilling her duty, standing idle while blaming patent incubators for shouldering the heavy end of the contract. The remark highlights a labor claim or production dispute involving poultry and incubator technology.
Flax has been sown extensively in eight Nebraska counties as an experimental crop to replace wheat, while twenty counties report a large increase in corn acreage.
The Macon Telegraph extols that the highest national role for a man is husband. It notes fall as the moving and house-cleaning season in Georgia, indicating seasonal domestic tasks begin in autumn.
A Iowa judge has ruled that a husband is in duty bound to tell his wife where he spends his evenings when away from home. The decision underscores evolving expectations of marital transparency and spousal rights amid broader female empowerment trends.
A newspaper feature notes that human nature and crowd scenes seen by Sam Jones and Sam Small in Chicago reappear at evangelist meetings in Baltimore, highlighting similar public reactions and dynamics across cities.
A Massachusetts man placed a large powder in a stove to blast soot from a chimney. Neighbors lament he did not live to see how thoroughly the soot was cleared, praising the dramatic effect.
A New York company was formed to supply telegraphic news to people in their homes between morning and afternoon newspaper publication times after the afternoon papers are issued.
California papers call Eastern visitors “out rate tourists” who spend little and talk much, while the Chicago Tribune says Eastern people go to see the country rather than buy it.
Nevada senator writes to the secretary proposing the government buy Santa Catalina Island twenty five miles southwest of Los Angeles California to serve as a permanent home for the Anacho Indians.
Jonathan D. Stevens, recently arrived in New York from San Francisco, recalls leaving the city forty years ago in command of a regiment of volunteers to conquer Mexican California and states he has never found time to return until now.
A petition two thousand feet long with over fifty thousand signatures has reached Washington from California. It requests treaty modification with China and changes to existing laws to effectively stop further Chinese immigration.
Thirteen boys at an Illinois school walked out and refused to resume studies. In response the principal summoned thirteen of the largest girls and directed them to gather a boy from the playground. the girls complied and the strike ended promptly.
As part of Springfield Massachusetts 250th anniversary events a reenactment features a replica of the Pynchon house built circa 1636 to be carried on a wagon in the parade Puritan soldiers will fire through loopholes at imagined Indians in the procession.
Joan Mozzy of Portland Missouri, aged ninety eight, continues to exert sharp business sense. He discussed a land holding and stated that when the current lease expires in five years he plans to build the handsomest block in Portland on that lot.
It is claimed the Chicago mob drank arnica tincture lobelix and carbolic acid instead of whisky after the Rosenfeldt raid. The passage notes it is delicate to sample bottles when one cannot read Latin on the labels.
Corsican archivist Abbé Casanova claims archives prove Christopher Columbus born in Calvi Corsica and emigrated to Genoa. President Grevy approves an official Calvi holiday marking the four hundredth anniversary with a May 23 fete and a commemorative inscription on Columbus birthplace house.
The week covers Senate actions on the Inter-State Commerce bill with a proposed five member commission and penalties for train interference, plus House approvals on land claims for Colorado and New Mexico. Reports from multiple states recount storms, cyclones, fatalities, and damage across Ohio Indiana Illinois and Texas with dozens killed and extensive wreckage.
From Washington, the National Department of Agriculture reports April wheat condition up two points to 95 percent, May last year at 70 percent. Week ended May 10 shows standard silver dollar output from mints at 377,975 dollars versus 263,999 the prior year. Business failures for seven days ended May 12 total 156 in the United States and 20 in Canada, down from the previous week.
The New York State Supreme Court denied Kate Stoneman's application for bar admission asserting women cannot practice in state courts. Also noted: arrest of Johann Most in New York on the 11th, sugar refiners end Brooklyn strike, Allegheny City carpenters strike for nine hours at full pay, Governor Hill signs four track electric railway bill costing 100 million dollars, a Conemaugh valley cyclone injures people and wrecks property, fatal blast injuries in Glenshaw, sisters Eliza and Maggie St. Dennis killed in Northbridge Massachusetts, grand jury true bills against ninety one coal miners for conspiracy, Erie Express to replace United States Express on Erie lines.
Tornadoes and high winds wrecked Morse school and market in Leavenworth Kansas while bridges at Easton and Fairmount were washed away. A cyclone devastated Williamsport and Attica Indiana, and a fierce windstorm hit Virginia, Illinois, and Ohio with deaths, injuries, and extensive property damage. Chicago tailors strike affects 25,000. Indiana officials report insanity ruling. widespread reports of cyclones, looting, and evacuations across multiple cities.
Foreign intelligence reports the Liverpool International Exhibition opened by Queen Victoria on the 11th. Cholera figures recur: Bari Venice Brindisi with new cases and deaths. Irish measures opposed by MPs. Madrid hurricane fatalities and property damage. widespread smallpox and weather-related losses across Britain and Europe.
A warm night winds up in Michigan as a wiglwindi event uproots barns and crops near Lansing with $50,000 farmer losses. French and Italian towns suffer deaths and widespread destruction from hurricanes, floods, and cyclones. U.S. financial and political moves include a sub treasury bill passage and Indian affairs commission consideration.
Leavenworth reports a deadly Kansas City tornado and violent storm injuring many, destroying Lathrop school and the grain and paper house, with dozens rescued from debris. Several workers killed at Thomas Herr factory and Kansas City overall plant. multiple injuries and missing persons reported.
Four persons drown when a boat is struck by wind and upset at Maguire's Ferry on the Neosho River in Parsons Kansas. Mrs Kline and one child were rescued. the current is swift and search for the others continues.
Daniel Herzog a proprietor of the Ninth street opera house in Washacron died at his home in Easton Pa from a complication of diseases. He was the first man to open a dime museum south of New York and previously ran theatres in Baltimore and Pittsburgh. Ma J W Hellinger of the Louise Sylvester company collapsed from heart disease as he left Herzog's. He was about thirty and a Chicago native. Remains are held awaiting instructions from Chicago.
At two this afternoon the thirty fourth annual reunion of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Orient of Ohio began at the new Cathedral on Broadway. Members from across Ohio witnessed higher degrees as visiting brethren arrived, with about a thousand expected for Thursday’s Consistory meeting.
Reports from Odell Illinois to Attica Indiana describe a five minute cyclone with lightning and hail that devastates Odell destroying the Cole store and a livery stable, injuring seven, four fatally, with losses likely over fifty thousand dollars. Similar storms hit Joliet Peru and surrounding towns with widespread damage to crops and buildings.
A dinner conversation between Sir Edward Thornton and Secretary Fish led to the idea of forming a commission to resolve the Alabama matter. The Geneva Conference emerged from that hour, defining a lasting settlement. Also cited are observations on where successful people are born and raised, and a note on the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers with about 310 divisions and 20,000 members in the United States and Canada.
It is estimated there are at least two hundred varieties of wild flowers in Los Angeles County California. One young lady has one hundred and fifty varieties neatly pressed and preserved. Silver has been discovered and mines partially worked in twenty one counties in Texas.
Reports from Xenia Ohio Dayton and Springriziy describe a catastrophic flood and cyclone across Ohio Indiana and Spain on May 14. Dozens are dead or missing many injured and extensive property damage tallies range into the thousands and potentially millions.
Washington May 18 The Senate passed the Inter State Commerce bill by 47 to 4. It creates a five person commission appointed by the President and Senate to regulate common carriers. Commissioners must be nonpartisan stockholders or officials and may not engage in other business. The bill allows inquiries, hearings, and production of records, with complaints in writing and written reports that serve as prima facie evidence. It requires carriers to publish tariffs within sixty days and prohibits rebates and unjust discrimination. The long and short haul clause limits charging more for shorter distances unless approved by the commission, and violators face extortion penalties.
In Chicago on May 13, thirty-two wholesale clothing manufacturers refused to bow to a boss tailor demand for higher prices, signaling a shutdown of work for an indefinite period. The move affects hundreds of boss tailors and about 25,000 workers, mainly women, plus 600 cutters. The Eight Hour Association discussed the movement reducing working hours to eight per day, noting gains for 47,000 workers in the city and possible future shifts back to longer hours if necessary.
The piece notes Europeans and Americans seeking Paris inoculations for hydrophobia risk, while Victims of anti vaccination groups in Bloomsbury denounce proven vaccination. It recalls Leicester and others claiming freedom from smallpox and predicts many will seek vaccination after exposure, as Pasteur’s work and Jenner’s legacy underscore vaccination’s role in public health.
John Gilmer Speed seeks Elihu B. Washburne as president of the American Exhibition to London in 1887. Speed aims to showcase US arts, inventions, and resources to boost exports, attract European capital, and guide home seekers before emigrating. Washburne offers service to the projectors if he accepts the role.
Lonxpox May 13 reports M Papamichalopalas gave up forming a Greek cabinet as the King requires ministers to serve only temporarily. M Valvis formed the cabinet with Premier and Justice Minister M Valvis, War Minister General Petimizas, Marine Minister M Miadolis, Foreign Minister M Louriotis, Finance Minister M Avierinos, Education Minister M Venizelos, and Interior Minister M Papailiopolos.
English tailors unveil a quaint surplice front with fullness on the right shoulder crossing to the left waist concealing buttons and forming a loop or scarf. Seen on round waists and basques of wool, chambrays, and velvets, with velvet collars and ruffs like staff dresses. The Princess of Wales favors a tartan basque. A two hundred ton rock fell at Niagara Falls, demolishing a summer-house and blocking the long stairway.
A Tientsin letter reprinted by the fageblatt assails English and other traders in China for opposing Germans. It describes a railway war among agents from America, England, Germany, France, and Belgium and accuses England of trying to sway China against America by inflaming anger over Chinese persecution in California.
The H. T. Duke Company iron merchants of Cincinnati signed Tuesday. Their assets total 20 600 dollars while liabilities reach 46 000 dollars.
The New York Supreme Court denied Miss Kate Stoneman's bar admission, ruling women cannot practice in state courts. Judge Landon believes public opinion could shift but the code’s use of male prevents entry. A Toronto crowd of 580 medals were awarded by Lady Middleton to Northwest troops at Queen's Park.
New York May 17 Bradstreets reports eight hour labor movements show mixed results. In New York City gains are limited to cigar makers. piano makers and furriers resume ten-hour terms. About 800 furniture workers strike for eight hours. German carriage and wagon trades show 500 out of work, 600 making terms. German brass workers idle 300 seeking eight hours. English speaking workers seek nine hours with no general strike. Clothing cutters receive fifty three hours weekly without striking. Milwaukee and Cincinnati moves largely ended. Washington and Pittsburgh show little change. Chicago totals suggest undercounting active workers. overall up to 200,000 may be involved, with 40,000 to 45,000 gaining shorter hours and about 148,000 to 160,000 still resisting. Last lines note Milwaukee strikers yielding to employers.
A devastating southeast moving tornado tore through 100 miles of farming country in Ohio on Friday night, killing at least thirty in Mercer County and five near Dunkirk Hardin County plus additional deaths elsewhere. Hundreds injured and property damage in the millions across Wyandot Hanock and Mercer counties with towns like Carey Bloomville and Tiffin area heavily struck. Reports also note deaths near Wabash City Kenton Lancaster and Celina with allied storms in Michigan and Indiana.
New York May 17 The jury found ex Alderman Jaehne guilty of accepting a large sum for his vote on the Broadway Surface railway ordinance. Sentence may come soon. maximum ten years in prison or a fine of 5000 or both. Indicted aldermen face trial bonds and further proceedings loom over Broadway bribery cases.
Captain Kinney and crew of the American fishing schooner Adams arrive after a seizure at Digby Nova Scotia. Kinney denies bait purchase there. The American Fishing Union of Gloucester will contest the Dominion Government claim in Halifax Admiralty Court, engaging three Halifax lawyers and posting $240 bonds for the schooner’s release as she plans a swift return to fishing.
Cureaco May 17 The $10,000 monument to German poet Schiller in Lincoln Park was unveiled Saturday afternoon before a large audience. Heer William Rapp delivered the oration and Mayor Harrison spoke along with other addresses. A bronze statue atop the pedestal was cast from the original Marbach mold, Schiller's birthplace.
Fort Samira Ark May 17. Within ten days all intruders or boomers will be removed. Captain Price with a company of the Fifth United States Cavalry has begun expulsion, and the work will be sweeping and complete.
A cat-rigged boat named the Ada with several people aboard capsized in New York Harbor on May 17. No identification of the boat’s crew or the drowned persons is available.
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