25 May 1883
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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1883
Page
1
The Times Music House advertises affordable pianos and organs claiming prices far under competitors, urging readers to buy now and bring children. A wide array of news items follows, from a Pennsylvania silver mine sale to temperance debates and political analyses.
The Ruby Hill News notes the death of James E Anderson, founder and first editor, now said to be in another world. His successor reportedly resides in the Nevada insane asylum, while the third still battles the world. The item mentions General Grant’s bereavement and a public sentiment of national sympathy.
A collection of brief items notes and anecdotes including Sullivan's courteous gesture to a vanquished Mitchell in Boston society remarks on Maine Friends sessions starting June 8 with Isaac Sharp and John G Whittier expected, a surgical skin graft case in Cleveland connected to a boy’s death, a London police court quip about burying children, Carl Schurz defended by his editor, a Rochester Post extract about a rich young bride abandoning a penniless elderly husband, and rising frog leg demand with English bullfrog breeding plans.
The life of Pennsylvania statesman W D Kelly, nicknamed Old Pig Iron, is said to be endangered by jaw cancer. A mouth tumor was removed recently, raising alarm after serious developments, though the report may overstate severity. Kelly is noted as a veteran public servant whose work benefited American industries.
Sherman W. Platt, of Newtown, suffered malaria last spring and nearly died. He entered a semi unconscious state and has not spoken since Christmas. Twice daily he awakens from a deep nap and, aglow in a daze, leaves his chair to join the family meal room. He eats little and appears bloated. he is dressed and undressed like a baby. He was to marry this spring but does not recognize his fiancée.
Judge Barber of Cuyahoga county Common Pleas declares the Scott law unconstitutional in a case brought by Samuel Benner to restrain enforcement of section two. The lease dispute centers on a building leased 1867 to 1917 with a liquor business, valued at $10,000, now disputed by lessors. The ruling prompts anticipation of a District Court and Supreme Court appeal in a case with wider impact on liquor legislation.
The article recalls Henry VIII era records naming "va graunt strong beggar" and notes punishment by whipping from tithing to tithing. It also mentions Lydia Pinkham, who spent $180,000 yearly on advertising and died worth about half a million.
The piece urges a bipartisan pull toward party unity in New York and Pennsylvania to heal divisions, avert Democratic victories, and unite behind a strong campaign for the next Republican National Convention. It warns that factionalism harmed both states and laments past missteps by party leaders.
A Boston Herald note says a young man in Newbury, Mass shoots crows for seven cents each to his father in law across the New Hampshire line. The father-in-law then takes the heads to Granite State officials and claims ten cents per crow in bounty.
The New York Graphic notes the recent shooting of Mr. Fickett on a Sound steamer by his partner as a warning against the combined idiocy and danger of carrying a pistol.
The Empire State Democracy Limited dissolves by mutual consent with liquidation to be signed by both parties. John Kelly proclaims continuation at Tammany Hall, while G Cleveland and Joan Kelly accuse each other of mismanagement and warn the public. Hawthorne’s children plan to sell The Wayside Inn in Concord.
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