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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1887
Page
7
A heroic unnamed trooper in revolutionary Napoleonic wars endures hardship and danger. He warns pickets, captures Austrian spies, carries dispatches, retrieves horses after battles, and is slain at Saragossa. He is buried as he receives a final volley, celebrated by Napoleon for his deeds.
At a western rail depot a called “Duke” conductor ejects a mute boy named Bobbles who befriends Jack Holliday. Bobbles trains in telegraphy, saves a stalled cannon-ball mail run by signaling a washed-out bridge, and is later restored to full intellect after brain surgery. Alice Hale reunites with Jack as the wedding party ends at the depot.
A boy, battered and nameless, recalls being kicked by the conductor and others while fleeing his home. He ends up at a station agent's private room and struggles to name his origin, saying he cannot return to the boys who hurt him. The segment captures a harsh, unresolved youth ordeal.
Washington Letter argues a theory that a handshake with Native Americans seals treaties and misleads tribes about presidential consent. It contends such handshakes substitute for formal contracts and lead to unmet expectations, urging that the president should never shake hands with an Indian.
A professor in a Mail and Express piece asserts honesty is the top virtue for nurses in the sick room. He cautions against secrecy and overattentiveness and urges nurses to enter calmly and act decisively.
A London Telegraph note traces St Cuthbert’s journey from Lindisfarne to Chester-le-Street and Durham. It recounts his incorrupt body, repeated Danish raids, transfers to Ripon and Durham, and final interment near The Deers Meadow as Queen Victoria neared the throne.
Prof Sanborn of Missouri Agricultural College reports careful experiments on hog feeding ages. A fifty pound shoat gains one pound daily with proper feeding while a three hundred fifty pound hog needs twice as much feed for the same gain. conclude nine months to weigh about two hundred seventy five pounds. Continuous growth to eight or nine months then diminishing returns. Honey cake recipe note included from Des Moines Register and Indianapolis Journal.
A compilation of quips and wry observations from various editors and papers. Topics range from habit and character to folly, marriage, and education, with jokes about aging printers and a tease at fashion plus a flaky church picnic line. The tone is periodical miscellany and humor column snippets.
A humorous vignette presents De Noni, a professor in the University of Tiu bretoo, explaining the evolution of American English and the meaning of phrases like You’re kidding as a study of ancient American social customs.
A judge questions a man who admits striking another in a yard while fixing a wind damaged apple tree. He explains a personal method to “make the tree grow together” after a passerby questioned his work, with a police officer already aware of surrounding facts.
Professor W H Carruth argues against Senator Ingalls and the idea that suffrage is a privilege. He defends democracy, cites Independence Hall, and urges women’s political power to curb corruption and crime, noting Kansas progress and the Philadelphia moment.
The author laments the missed chance to empower women at the centennial celebration in Philadelphia. She argues that equal rights would have compelled Congress and state legislatures to act, noting the celebration celebrated male achievement while neglecting women’s suffrage and warning of lax punishment for crime at the polls.
Miss Elizabeth P. PeEasopy improves in autumn health while writing. Mrs. Johnson, superintendent of the Sherborn Massachusetts women’s prison, bans alcohol for inmates. Miss Henrietta J. Wells of Wellesley College teaches music and Greek at Tilden Seminary. Mrs. Antoinette Browns Blackwell sends her daughter to the Boston School of Technology. Blackwell is an Oberlin graduate. Florence Greene of Montreal receives a Royal Humane Society medal for saving her father from La Chine Rapids. Mrs. Case in Chicago specializes in renting furnished houses, highlighting women’s expertise. The Boston Advertiser notes Wellesley trustees have not named a successor to Miss Freeman, with resignation pending. Helen M. Hertze argues higher education benefits intelligent womanhood more than a lover. Providence Journal notes possible delay in admitting women to Brown University, while opportunities grow elsewhere. Miss Mary G. Burdette, sister of Bob Burdette, gains approval for a serious undertaking and lectures on religious topics. Domestic mending services emerge as a new benefit for households, praised for skill. Mrs. Marta S. Porter offers verses for Oliver Wendell Holmes’s seventy-eighth birthday. Mrs. Joseen Carey notes women’s presence reduces drunkenness and gossip at ballots, yet can stir criticism among women themselves. The piece ends with a defense of women’s suffrage and calls for men to yield their voting rights.
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