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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1886
Page
7
A Detroit Free Press poem expresses immense love with celestial imagery and a vow to protect and cherish a beloved. The speaker compares love to endless rivers and stars, pledging devotion, prayers, and a wish to reunite in heaven if called first.
Marsden, a New York stock broker, rents a villa in Italy and becomes entranced by Lucia Marzio, a seventeen year old girl confined in the convent garden. After a race against time to free her, he hatches an elopement plan, aided by his American connections, only to learn Lucia is a selfwilled, twice married temptress. in Florence she reappears with a suitor, while Marsden finally grasps the depth of her bold, perilous charm.
In a tale from Sharper's Weekly, Signora Lucia confesses sincere love to Signor Marsden who values her happiness over reunion. He resigns, returns to New York, marries a satisfactory partner, yet hints at an Italian romance, while his wife chides his lingering heart in Italy.
A National Live-Stock Journal excerpt argues hot weather enhances harmful microbes in decaying matter and urges farmers to improve farm hygiene. It cites poorly drained stables, stagnant water, dirty pigsties, and unsafe cow houses, recommending drainage, lighting, ventilation, lime whitewash, and clean bedding to prevent epidemics and boost stock welfare.
N Y Sun explains warbles in cattle caused by gadfly larvae. Flies lay eggs on backs. grubs bore into skin and feed until fall. Prevent by providing rub sites under branches. inspect cattle each spring and remove visible grubs to cut fly supply.
The Photographic Times reports a unique gallery car attached to express trains, mainly the Northern Pacific, operated by official photographer M F Jay Haynes. Built for 13000 dollars with 2000 dollars in fittings, it houses an operating room reception room storage dark rooms and all first class gallery amenities as it travels at speed.
A blue smoke dialogue from Zvledo Blade recounts how horses mirror their drivers. A round, jolly coachman yields fat, calm horses. a nervous, sharp driver yields fretful, high-strung horses. The piece argues experience and surroundings shape behavior, noting white coachesmen may command more control than colored men.
A column of clipped witticisms and anecdotes from multiple papers. Jests about women, marriage, baldness, fashion, and social foibles mix with brief vignettes on lawyers, voters, and a railroad president. Read as a flavor of late 19th century newspaper humor.
A long note traces the conscience fund at Treasury, its origins from Spinner's joke, and how Contributions were publicized and varied. It notes the largest gift of 4000 from a Chicago gauger and a nine cent stamp story, with most gifts from women smuggling goods or via clergy. The total sum is estimated around 350000 dollars.
A showroom tale recalls John Smith who accepts one cent pay with a promise of tripling monthly for three years. The manager signs a guaranteed post, but Smith quits after six months as the total payout would ruin the shop. A Chicago detour follows the same dodge.
A fragment from Mary M. Prescott in St Seholts sketches lullaby lines sung by birds to their young. The mother wren, swallow, and reed thrush offer safety, streams and wind as guardians while advising rest and flight when ready.
A Newfoundland dog Nero performs errands and defends meat from a rival bull mastiff, earning reward through loyalty. In July a Swiss heroism anniversary honors Arnold of Winkelried at Sempach with a monument and a grand historical procession in period costume.
A quote on time and money asserts that work on oneself yields growth of character. It reflects a belief that proper use of time enhances personal development, linking efficiency with self-improvement and enduring virtue. The saying emphasizes disciplined conduct and continuous learning.
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