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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1889
Page
7
A wife named Kate plots marriage to the coachman Ned to open a cafe. Old Blimber, a wealthy epicure, offers to marry Kate to keep Ned and the dinner empire intact. The couple wed within a week, leaving Blimber with a costly, self-serving vow for dinners.
In Philadelphia two old friends Jenkins and Brown reconnect after years apart in Vienna and Philadelphia. They discuss social inequality in medicine while awaiting a night visit from a stylish woman seeking Brown’s consultation for her ailing husband who has suffered sun stroke.
In a Detroit Free Press excerpt Olive Green recounts a Philadelphia tale where a doctor learns a plotting patient used a staged prophecy to lure him to Broad Street. The narrator reflects on trust, misdirection, and a prank that tests his professional facade and finances.
Captain E L Zalinski describes a vessel with three fifteen inch pneumatic dynamite guns set at eighteen degrees, forward firing, ranges from 1500 yards to two miles, rate of fire three rounds per minute, speed over twenty knots, able to carry 33 rounds. Compared to historic ships the Vesuvius exceeds explosive capacity and range. A Danish fisherman reports a vast oyster bed off the Jutland coast, eleven miles from land and fifteen by seven miles in size.
The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette reports that after March a Smithsonian loan will display relics from eleven Ohio mounds opened in two months. One mound yielded a giant panther skeleton beside a large excavated individual and a necklace of 147 bone and Pyrula shell beads likely traded from ocean shores.
A well cared for Manchester dog once bought lunch for itself with a penny then diverted the money to a starving tramp found in a cellar. The dog’s owner learned of the switch from a baker and witnessed the animal’s compassionate act. The tramp, a stranger to the neighborhood, was aided by the dog and another passerby. The incident, recounted by the London Globe, highlights unexpected acts of mercy.
A Cornhill Magazine excerpt recalls a canal journey past funerals bound for the north island cemetery. A girl in a blue pall and a crown of white flowers rests in the boat, followed by a crimson pall youth as friends, priests, and acolytes accompany the processional vendolas along sunlit waters flanked by palazzi.
A Wall Street financier marked 25 years of marriage by giving handsome cash gifts to his employer, distributed in amounts tied to length of service. Reports say totals exceeded $10,000 in this celebratory action within his firm.
Paris milliners trim dark brown and black felt hats with ribbons and feathers. Wide brims line with velvet and crown heights stay under four inches. Colorful two tone blends and dyed ostrich plumes create flecked effects, while heliotrope velvet returns under new names. Jets, velvet, and plush dominate. materials are toned down, with quiet colorings and restrained garnitures.
A Hungarian inventor M. Ala Besthy unveils a shell encased engine claimed to run at 5 mph standard and up to 22 mph more with a design featuring two long boilers 16 feet, 298 tubes, and 15 1 inch cylinders. Weighing 91 tons and 75 feet long, it sits on bogies and a six wheeled tender to reduce rail stress and allow sharp curves. If successful, fuel use may drop due to reduced air resistance according to Railway News.
Dr Landarrabileo champions aged green coffee as a remedy for hepatic and nephritic diseases. He reports hundreds of cases improved after infusions of 25 grammes of green berries mixed Mocha Martinique and Isle de Bourbon, taken on waking in water overnight.
A juror states employment in an intelligence office as attorneys challenge for cause. In Green Bay a physician's beagle and a pet eagle share friendship. the eagle tolerates the hound but disallows a Wack and tan dog from approaching.
A compilation of aphorisms and reflections from various authors and periodicals including Atchison Globe Puck Emerson Blair Christian Inquirer Smiles and the United Presbyterian. The selections cover memory judgment conscience duty and the impact of hard work and collaboration on personal growth.
Insects reach remarkable speeds in flight with houseflies making six hundred strokes per second and twenty five feet forward in calm conditions, rising six to sevenfold when alarmed. Bees and wasps pursue open windows on fast trains, while large insects might rival cannonballs in speed. races and chases are noted, including bees beating pigeons over three miles. Some moths travel hundreds of miles daily, per entomology notes cited from the Chicago Times.
The article explains laminated iron core assembly for a drum armature with insulating mica, then discusses Robert Ingersoll’s rhetoric and Horace Seaver’s funeral. It critiques Ingersoll’s logic on faith, sincerity, and religious belief, contrasting it with prayer’s personal impact and a theistic view of God.
A devotional piece from the Christian Intelligencer extols love guiding service, recalling Jacob’s patience for Rachel in the Syrian sky and the enduring devotion of spouses. It links steadfast love to sacrifice, urging readers to offer final devotion to Christ, with reverent imagery of biblical figures and heavenly compassion.
A Chicago Journal excerpt condemns elaborate rhetoric as deceptive poetry whose supposed virtues conceal ancient serpent ideas. It portrays a tempter questioning God's command and echoes a recurring pattern of denial and assertion used by imitators since olden times. The passage sharpens on rhetoric versus truth.
A collection of quoted lines emphasizes hope, renewed sonship through the Gospel, carrying childhood trust into old age, provoking love and good works, and finding God’s understanding in prayer. It highlights Christianity’s resilience under hardship and the inner riches of faith over material wealth.
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