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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1887
Page
7
The poem paints autumn as a transforming alchemist turning leaves to gold while a lone figure mourns a dear one who died, suggesting angels nearby and a mystic dawn beyond night. It contemplates grief, mortality, and the comforting presence of the departed in nature and in unseen angels.
A reader recounts a Washington to New York social saga centered on Dorothea Wesley a West Point officer named Jack and a scheming financier Simpson. The tale traces rides talks and a daring bridge rescue with a Philadelphia detour revealing press myths and a happy ending for Dorothea and Jack while clearing Simpson of scandal.
Favarger recommends smoking after meals to limit cigars and ensure tannin from wine tea or coffee acts as an antidote to nicotine. Erlenmeyer notes cigars are more harmful than pipes due to tobacco processing. Indian corn gives American farmers an advantage in ensilage, though Europe increasingly relies on it as a necessity.
A collage of quotes from newspapers and periodicals reflects social irony and practical observations. It includes bite sized maxims on manners, love, work, health, and resilience, highlighting everyday humor and moral reflection. Prominent voices from the New Orleans Picayune to the Boston Post appear in humorous and aphoristic snippets.
A noted Atlanta Constitution piece argues simple food is healthiest and diet science advances in Europe and the U.S. It highlights pot liquor benefits for gout and rheumatism, discusses boiling eggs and eyes, and predicts a future where a man’s cook also serves as his doctor, uniting culinary and medical progress for longevity.
A collage of agricultural and domestic guidance including corn fodder efficiency, granary protection with hemlock, lemon marmalade, chocolate cream, charlotte russe, crop manure practices, cream puffs, and churn churning speeds drawn from the Chatham Courier Indianapolis Sentinel Louisville Courier-Journal Boston News, and St Louis Republican.
Illinois faces danger from glanders spreading via stock transport. The disease, now common among city horses and western ponies, is communicable to humans and incurable. It progresses through three stages with nasal discharge and ulcers, and can pass between animals and handlers via contaminated mucus.
A sun bronzed adventurer recalls his Arctic voyage and capture aboard the Shenandoah. The Shenandoah burned whalers in 1865, forcing a perilous tow and parole voyage to San Francisco. The tale, shared with a reporter, links to Donnell and the Panama era ventures.
A historical note discusses six wartime statistics for the U S and Confederates. It explains total Union enlistments at about 2 772 408 including repeated enlistments, estimates deaths over 400 000, and Union prisoner exchanges totaling 16 817 with Confederate prisoners in captivity around 5 452. The text also notes no reliable data for Confederate army strength and mentions a polo flag presentation to Company II, Fifteenth Iowa Infantry in 1861.
The piece argues that repeated tardiness in social or business engagements is immoral and ill bred. It claims lateness disrespects others, insults their rights, and harms social life, especially in public gatherings as cited by M W Eaaniners.
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