27 May 1870
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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1870
Page
1
A widow’s daughter, famed as the Daughter of the Sun, falls for Don Las Navas. After a forbidden romance and a murder attempt, the couple’s scheme collapses. the daughter becomes a nun, the lover returns in uniform, and the truth remains debated among observers.
In a fashionable waterside lodging a man in bed suffers a severe stomach pain that resists remedies. His wife, seeking warmth, returns to find him seemingly asleep and applies a hot poultice to another, prompting a dramatic shout and a wild exit. The incident ends with the couple departing, the man preserving a linen bankerchief with his wife’s name as a keepsake.
The United States uses vast wood resources with railway sleepers requiring 150000 acres annually. Wood spending for railways and cars totals 33509000. Locomotives consume 56000000 worth of wood yearly. The industry value reaches 500000000 and about 400000 artisans work in wood.
A Nashville Maxwell House dining scene ends in humor as a countryman, asked for something of what he had, is served a full regular dinner on small dishes. After surveying the samples, he declares, I like your samples, now bring me dinner.
Census takers receive two cents for each name and each farm, fifteen cents for every productive establishment of industry, two cents for each deceased person, and two percent of the total for social statistics, plus ten cents per mile traveled.
In a playful exchange Laura explains Charles why she wears a sad look as she admits losing her largest hair pin and notes her chignon is coming down, adding to the moment of domestic tension.
The piece notes a rumored organization of bold young women in Iowa aiming to deter men from waxing moustaches by intimidation. It warns against grabbing others to force attention, suggesting silence if not willing to listen.
Jeff Davis is said to be writing a novel to be published in England. The scene is laid in the Mexican war and it will not touch upon recent politics.
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