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Van Wert Weekly Bulletin in Van Wert, Ohio
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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1877
Page
1
Squire Gresham Wins Susan Hart at Last in Garden Romance
In a Southern village, Miss Susan, dreamily admiring her Marshall Neil rose, learns Squire Gresham plans marriage after years apart. Cousin Mehitable Browne’s match hopes loom, but Susan confesses love, and the couple unite as longtime lovers rekindle.
Russians Gain Ground And Odd 1870s News Mixed
A Boston boy aged fourteen is accused of stealing 5,000 pounds of sugar from his employers. Mrs General Anderson, widow of the Fort Sumter hero, lives in New York after leasing a house. A Madrid woman gathers photographs of pretty women for Paris Exposition. An earthquake shocks Eastern New York New England and Upper Canada with no deaths. Abortionists seen as social evil in Canada. one man sentenced to hang. Blondin risks life in rope walking while returning to wine trade. Pittsburg rioter freed from deputy sheriff custody. Platform speaker touts methods to gain wealth. Methodism strong in GermanyDr Nast cites 150 preachers 11 000 members 62 churches. Senator Morton leaves wife and three sons and modest estate. US bond interest payments total 6 355 504.37 dollars. Paris spends 400 000 yearly on boulevards trees seats. Lucy Stone on enfranchisement two rival powers whisky and priest-ridden masses. Howe proposes stock shippers rest and feed 24 hours to prevent long road runs. Accidents strike Blaine daughter and Scranton boy with toy pistol cartridges. Baltimore Workingmen alarmed at Democrat ballot frauds two to one victory for Industrials. widespread ballot stuffing under investigation.
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Boston
General Anderson
Fort Sumter
New York
Madrid
New England
Upper Canada
Canada
Blondin
Pittsburg
Germany
Nast
Morton
Alaska
United States
Zeb Vance
New Orleans
John
Halifax
D. C
Paris
Lucy Stone
Congress
Washington
Senator Howe
Wisconsin
Senate
St. Louis
Chicago
Buffalo
Blaine
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Baltimore
Rainin' and growin in the Central Georgia fields
In a revived spring mood the poem recalls rain after drought and fields waking. Darkies work hard under harvest time shadows as May pops bloom and crops push forward. The tone honors labor and rural life in the old South with references to corn, cotton and parching crops.
The Moon Man in Folklore Across German Lands
German and Swiss legends recount the man in the moon from Derendingen to Waltenburg. Tales vary but share a Sabbath-breaking thief or worker condemned to the moon, sometimes with a broom or milk pail, sometimes with a woman churning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Derendingen
Black Forest
Bessenmannle
Waltenburg
Grisons
Kuhn
Havel
Christ Child
Paderborn
Westphalia
Wittengen
Deilinghofen
Limburg
Hemer
Queen Victoria and the Prince Leopold Telegraphic Orders
The Philadelphia Press notes Queen Victoria maintains strict oversight of her children. It recalls Prince Leopold, aged twenty four, in Scotland, receiving a telegram from Balmoral ordering him to attend Presbyterian worship, forcing him to refuse a local church invitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Victoria
Philadelphia
Victoria
Princess of Wales
Copenhagen
Prince Leopold
Scotland
Balmoral
Elginshire
Rural correspondent rails against Virginia whipping post plan
A Richmond Dispatch rural correspondent denounces reestablishing the whipping post in Virginia. He claims many farmers would travel far to flog a Black person and would enjoy beating a thin New England man, mockingly citing codfish and cant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond Dispatch
Virginia
Rich San Miguel district discovered for mining in Colorado
Correspondence from Chicago reports excitement over new gold and silver lodes in the San Miguel district forty miles west of Lake City. Prospector W. W. Remine explored canyons, found a large ancient city ruin with sun temple remains, and noted extensive placer beds along the Dolores river. Early expeditions in 1577 confirmed the district as a major mineral field with potential riches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Times
Lakr Crry
Con
San Juan Country
San Miguiel
Lake City
Ouray
Dolores
W. W. Remine
Silvester
Remine
Dolores River
Rocky Mountain
Eden
Sharp
Babylon
Silverton
Miguiel
United States
Tapp Battles Petaluma Man Eater Cogniac in Public
Prof R H Tapp faced a savage struggle with Cogniac the seven year old Norman stallion in a Market Street amphitheatre. The horse attacked, seizing Tapp by the back and throwing him, while Wooden and spectators aided, and Tapp eventually freed his arm and stubbornly pressed to subdue the animal as crowds watch to see who will prevail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Chronicle
R. H. Tapp
Market Street
Tapp
Cogniac
Normandy
France
Illinois
Joseph Wooden
Pataluma
America
Deacon Duncan
Wooden
Mr. Wooden
James Carpenter Freed As Court Grants Release
A gaunt woman speaks for her husband James Carpenter, claiming him as the sole support of their Jersey family. The judge confirms the man is present, and James is led from the courtroom after a brief appearance as the accuser demands his release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
James
How the Pope Was Saved
The Marquis de Surge reports that in 1866 a Marseilles girl named Leautard offered to sacrifice her life for the Pope. She took communion, died three days later, and the Pope allegedly exclaimed that the sacrifice was accepted, which the author claims prolonged the Pope’s life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Journal
Marquis de Surge
Marseilles
Leautard
Pio Nono
Sir Isaac Newton and the globe parable in a Chinese railway episode
A tale contrasts Newton’s mock humility with belief in chance. It then reports China’s early railway setback: Shanghai to Woosung line opened, seized by the government, and abandoned amid fears it would ruin carriers and superstition, as locals mistook the locomotive for a dragon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac
China
Shanghi
Woosung
Slavery Market Tales From Cairo and Global News
Reports from Cairo describe ongoing slave sales despite a recent treaty with Great Britain. Circassians fetch high prices, while prices drop at Tanta fairs, as officials admit behind-privacy sales continue. Also covered are Dr Toner’s library offer to Chicago physicians, bullets from Corinth foundries, Peoria politics, General Sherman, water purity tests, German canal plans, and Bakerrs Island weather shifts.
Washington Letter and Hall’s Return to New York
A Washington passage recalls Clay Webster and Trumbull amid drunken revels and mint juleps, questioning model men in Washington. A. Oakey Hall returns to New York, with Tweed’s ring likely to face new revelations and a push to expose co-conspirators and city treasury malfeasance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Oakey Hall
New York
Ft. Wayne Gazette
William Tweed
Hall
M Hall
England
Tweed
Aldermanic
William
Turkish toothbrushes and southern political opinions
A Turkish toothbrushes paragraph notes olive wood brushes sold in sets and the vow about brush materials. The New York Tribune reports Southern press consensus that the President should appoint a Southern Democrat to the Supreme Court vacancy, arguing General Harlan is good but the fit is wrong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New York Tribune
Supreme Court
Harlan
Democrats tout 1880 presidential hopefuls in multiple states
Ambitious politicians announce possible candidates for 1880. Philadelphia forms a club to back General McClellan while Indiana Governor Hendricks is urged in Indianapolis and other towns. Before party gatherings, many states may present favored successors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
General McClellan
Indianapolis
Indiana
Hendricks
Union
Morrissey Seeks Senate Seat Amid Party Intrigue
In New York City the 7th District race centers on John Morrissey as Republican and anti Tammy Democrat candidate. The motive for GOP support remains unclear, with observers calling the alliance a puzzling political maneuver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
John Morrissey
Republican
Democracy
Morrissey
Reublican Party
Divorce suit fails amid racial dispute in Chicago
Augustus G Bartlett, a white man, sued for divorce from his black wife after two years of marriage and public notoriety over their color. The court ruled his accusations groundless. In a separate note, Oneida Community babies are swapped to suppress maternal bonds, and Lillie Devereaux Blake cites 42 women killed by drunk men in New York City between 1870 and 1875.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus G. Bartlett
Chicago
Tweed's Finances and 1871 75 Escape Costs
The Cincinnati Commercial notes that Tweed's family expenses from 1871 to 1875 totaled $220,000 and his escape to Spain cost $60,000. It observes he never used savings banks, implying he still has some resources left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tweed
Spain
Cincinnati
Untitled Reference Shows Global Expedition Notes
An odd archival line notes how a world voyage may reveal its return and contrasts routines of undressing by gender, suggesting a quirky cultural observation from a historical text. The fragment hints at social habits around dress and personal comfort during travel.
Cartoonist Tom Nast Again Proves His Laugh Gauge
The Free Press notes Nast’s cartoons please five eighths of Republicans while three eighths remain unmoved. It also recalls a Detroiter with one leg who told a persistent inquirer he lost his limb in the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Nast
Free Press
The
Farmer Finds Lost Pig in Cream Can After Long Search
A Canadian farmer who had recently lost a pig found it inside a cream can after an extended search. The pig’s presumed death was described as peaceful. Apples are scarce but corn is plentiful. tapers face choosing whiskey or nothing, implying no half measures with cider.
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E. L. Wilkinson
Union Block
Newcomer’s Grocery
Georgiana C. Glenn
van Wert
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First Street
Washington and Jefferson
H. G. Davis
Kepler Bt
Ae Angers
J.K. Woods
M. D
Washington Street
Bridge
W. W. Depuy
van Wert, C
LePuy House
Calle
HM. O. M'Gavren
Geo. W. M’gavren
H.C. McGavren & Son
McGavren & Webster
William Smith
Ian
A. L. Tesubnert & Co
Main
Jackson Sts
B. Steman
Burt’s Bank
Main St
J. M. Stutsman
McKiim
Washington Streets
East Main Street
Attorneys AT Law
Ahijah Jones
Convoy
Wells
LAW and Notary Public
Heist’s
Courts of
Ohio
H.C. Glenn
Porter
Glenn & Porter
McCurdy
John Darnell
Van_Wert
I. N. Alexander
M. Saltzgaber
Alexander & Saltzgaber
Omega AT Law
James M. Barr
O. Office
West Main Street
J. L. Price
Irafp
Shissler
Price & Shissleor
Iron Block
Boumback
W.J. Beers
Jas. Clark & Son
C. P. Edson
J.B. Brodnix
Edson & Brodnix
Torneys
P. Clark & Son
Fron Pony
Ron Ofing
Phillips Patent
O. P. Clark & Son
South Washington Street
NEW Coods
H.V. Olney
Lises
I. V
OLNEX
South Washington St
Evans & Collins, Arber
D. A. Newcomer's Grocery Store
J. W. Penn
Hwinke
Court House
Swineford & Sons
Dpdbalbris
Swineford & Sonb
Wert, Ohio
Hertz
American House
A.P. M’conahay
Eben E. Rexford
Susan
Squire Gresham
Marshall Neil
Miss Susan
Susan Hart
Susan Gresham
Mehitable
Squire
Baker’s
Dairy Queen
Ghuras
S. Washington Street
McGuffy
M. H. Tuttle
Henry Heymann
van Vert
No. 3
Scales
Neel
Miller
Central Georgia Weekly
Man In the Moon
San Juan District
Colorado
Commodore Vanderbilt
Zach Chandler
Michigan
Mr. Evarts
Jedge
Jim Carpenter
Egypt
Cairo
Vivian
Great Britain
Tanta
Alexandria
J. M. Toner
Washington City
Physicians of
Toner
Corinth
Mississippi
Peoria
Chicago Tribune
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Danube
Rhine
Europe
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Pacific
Honolulu
San Francisco
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Webster
Dan
Henry
Capitol
Trumbull
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