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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1886
Page
3
A poetic reminiscence traces a lover watching a vessel depart, longing for reunion across time and space. The speaker imagines Beulah’s serene heights, where the beloved abides, while death and distance fail to separate eternal love, credited to Mrs. C. A. K. Poore in Good Housekeeping.
A traveling salesman recounts a tale from Storm Prairie Iowa where Major Joseph Mee, a frontier figure and ex army captain, keeps a pipe as a talisman. He links its gifting by Peaceful Miller to omens guiding him through Shiloh and Fort Donelson, until a coffin bearing the living Governor Harvey’s name stirs a chilling superstition about fate and prophecy.
A Good Housekeeping article recounts a Boston area literary society discussion on household finance and the perils of precise expense keeping. It contrasts women’s meticulous bookkeeping with men's looser habits, noting women as capable cashiers in mercantile firms and praising accuracy and honesty in accounts.
A chemist tells a reporter that magnesium is being introduced in the United States as a lamp substitute. Costs have fallen from forty to eight dollars per pound, with further decreases likely. A magnesium lamp could light ships, towns, and homes, requiring simple apparatus and no extensive mains, potentially outpacing electricity in five years.
A St Louis Globe-Democrat article describes barber's itch or sycosis caused by a fungus and spread by shared razors. It covers symptoms on beard and scalp, diagnosis by microscope, and a detailed cure using caustic agents, sulfur ointment, vaseline, and daily shaving with thorough cleansing over several weeks.
A New York Tribune view argues the sea serpent should be believed, citing naval sightings and paleontological evidence. It notes scientific reasoning may overcome skepticism and conventional habit, suggesting the creature could still exist as a genuine marine reptile unveiled by credible observers.
A Washington Star correspondent notes Dade County in the northwest Georgia mountains seceded from Georgia and the Confederacy during the Civil War and has since maintained a degree of independence. The region is sparsely populated and rugged, earning its nickname as the free State of Dade.
A collage of quips and jokes from periodicals. It features a Portland Advertiser maxim on effort, a lawyer’s maxim about working with a will, a Telegraph quip on mathematics, and other brief humorous lines from Chicago Tribune Boston Post and Norristown Herald.
A curious maker in a side street runs a workshop where dimples are crafted by removing flesh and reshaping skin. He charges fifteen dollars for a single dimple, up to hundreds for multiple on a face, with a two week process and ten day healing. Patients include young women and a few men seeking enhanced looks, with pain feared but endured for beauty.
A witty exchange unfolds at Philadelphia U as Julia and Fanny discuss Joe Bascomb. Bascomb is mocked for silence, then reveals a singular practical line: let's get some ice-cream.
A reflective religious meditation speaks of weariness and toil across life and the seeming absence of reward. The narrator finds solace in faith as a trumpet-call to renewed strength, guidance, and noble work, concluding with a vow to wait on the Lord and rise with wings of purpose.
The piece urges Christians to be 'diamond' rather than 'charcoal' in character, stressing inner light, love, joy, and peace. It warns against gloomy, boastful virtue and cites Jesus teachings to let Christ shine in daily life, serving by example and self transformation. It highlights conscience versus love as a driver of true usefulness.
A devotional piece urging readers to embrace the wilderness road as necessary for spiritual growth. It speaks of longing for heavenly rest, yet choosing the long road with Christ, gathering thorns into flowers, and finding the Lord in trials. The message centers on love, endurance, and shared burden.
A collage of aphorisms on kindness, judgment, ambition, and life by sources including Locke, Ruskin, Burton, and Juciter. It discusses treating others well, discerning truth, the imperfection inherent in life, and the duty of present action over future plans. The piece notes memory and ideas fade as time erodes youth’s lessons.
A Congregationalist reflection on earthly limits and spiritual growth. A friend reassures a man named Tam that true liberty lies in devout effort within one’s circumstances, and that Heaven honors steadfast fidelity over vast opportunities. The dialogue celebrates holiness within constraint.
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