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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1868
Page
1
A dialogue in Scots between a child and mother pleads for life as death nears. The child begs not to die while the mother acknowledges final rest and the wind and sea test their endurance. The mother's closing thoughts reflect weariness and love as sleep approaches.
A former prosperous businessman and Civil War veteran loses wife and child after long imprisonment. He endures amputations and Andersonville captivity, returns home to find his family buried. He speaks little, finds peace beside graves, and awaits death.
The article explains how the body repairs itself through continual chemical and mechanical changes, likening joints to car axles and bones to rebuilt bricks as life wears. It notes aging organs tire and disease as a sudden wheel clog, and it recounts Mrs. Lincoln and Willie’s death scene with searing detail, ending with Mrs. Lincoln demanding equal prominence at White House receptions.
Meerschaum coloring, debated by experts, centers on keeping the bowl un touched while warm and cooling without handling. The article notes color quality improves when not rushed and the bowl remains in a case during use. A Quaker gentleman humorously suggests adding a breastpin to warm apparel. Mrs. Moorehead, sister of Jay Cook, dies in Philadelphia.
The Cleveland Herald details the experiences of A. A. Richardson of Cleveland who, while near Shelbyville Tennessee, faced six armed masked Ku Klux Klan members. He fled after a warning, broke his shoulder when his horse fell, then was hidden by nearby workers before being carried to Shelbyville and sent home. Richardson describes frightful acts of violence including initiation abuse and threats from the K K K.
A historical glance notes Chicago in 1843 with no railways beyond fifty five miles. The Illinois and Michigan Canal spurred growth as travel from New York to Chicago took five days in summer. By 1849 Galena Railway to Cottage Hill opened and Elgin line arrived in 1859. Michigan Southern reached Chicago in 1852 followed by Michigan Central weeks later.
A Tennessee newspaper denounces Dutch immigrant laborers as inferior and untrustworthy, casting them as a new ill for the state. The editorial contrasts Dutch migrants with English-speaking Protestant emigrants and pleads for abandonment of Dutch settlement in Tennessee.
In Paris a lady of high society dismissed her nurse for bringing too many soldiers into the kitchen. She hired a pretty replacement who proved also indiscreet as the kitchen became crowded with soldiers. A servant swore she never saw the soldier before, claiming he was “one of the old ones left over by the other girl.” Carlotta’s insanity has worsened with gossip and mania. She talks constantly of eminent contemporaries and even invites strangers to hear scandalous stories during drives in the park. When restrained she threatens suicide.
The Democratic economy notes that the first session this year will cost about 166000 dollars. If a session occurs in November, expenses will top 215000 dollars. In contrast, last year’s Republican legislature spent 93455 dollars.
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