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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1880
Page
1
A partially legible OCR snippet with numbers and times appears to be a log or schedule line. It lists multiple times such as 1.00PM 1.23 1.48 2.15 and references mail and expenses, but lacks a coherent event or clear entities to identify a full news item.
In a Memphis style tale two noted counterfeiters Denis McLain and Dick Renshaw pose as real estate men staying with widow Mrs Reed. Detectives Graham and Deming search the house and fail to find evidence until the criminals slip away by train after a staged note leads them on a wild goose chase.
A five foot long wildcat weighed twenty seven pounds attacked four year old Charles Schoonmaker’s child as the mother rushed to defend it. She struck and killed the animal with blows after the cat sunk claws in her arm. The child was scarred but alive. Separately, reports describe a new Mexican revolution brewing near the Arizona line with General Marquez leading recruits spotted in Tucson and other towns, prompting a US military response.
A country subscriber mails a postcard saying the editor’s spelling has deteriorated and should stop, while Burtington Hawkeye notes the steel industry ranking: US steel is now second to world leaders and will overtake Britain next year.
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