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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1886
Page
7
A lyric meditation on the moon in childhood dreams and aging, contrasting babies watching a new moon with poets wandering under the half and full moons. The verses reflect hope, sorrow, and the enduring pull of love and creative longing through time.
A cold cottage theft tension centers on Captain Gerald an English veteran living nearby. Neighbors suspect him of stealing wood and set a trap, while Mrs Bathast visits offers help and warns him. Her bold intervention leads to confiding, then the community quietly aids the couple with wood and support, showing kindness over punishment.
The piece explains that balking in horses often stems from mishandling during breaking and training. With firm, careful management a balker may be cured by methods like staking and patient backing. It also debunks a hoax about a petrified boa constrictor near Piedmont, WV, clarifying the discovery is a carboniferous fern fossil, a sigillaria, measuring about eighteen feet long.
Edgar L. Wakeman notes Gipsies shifted from vagabondry to skilled iron work and military roles. They aided Turks against Russians, served as hangmen, and became respected in Spain Scotland and Hungary. Gipsy women excel as nurses and singers, while music and dance remain core to their culture.
Winter cloaks grow larger while velvet short wraps trend. Velvet and satin brideswear adopts a new artists white tone. Separate fan handles, ostrich tip mounts appear. Wool dresses become rich and embroidered, plush sofa cushions with curled hair gain favor. Jewel patch-work edging decorates table covers and scarfs. White vests and chemisette fronts boost stud demand with moonstone rubies and diamonds.
The Philadelphia Record comments on the danger of a steady liar compared with a boaster who tells the truth only in bursts, arguing the consistent liar is the greater threat.
A Boston Globe essay argues American women are practical, capable, and central to family and community life. It contrasts English, European, and American families, praising domestic virtue, economy, and leadership of households, charities, and churches.
The Sun notes Queen Victoria popularized opals by gifting them to friends, reducing superstition. Jewelers rallied, opals rose in price, with good stones at fifty five dollars per carat. The piece recalls ancient views of opals as auspicious and references Walter Scott’s novels impacting opal reputation.
A collection of humorous snippets from various papers. Witty exchanges include a thrifty housewife's quip about men and usefulness, musings on wealth and independence, and playful banter about travel and climate. Other items feature a museum freak, a wedding tour remark, and a joke about a family Bible revision.
A farmer-looking man in Detroit visits a radiator shop asking for his son William. The clerk recalls William’s visit days earlier and describes him as tall and stooped with a “chain-lightning look.” The buyer jokes about William eating corn to pay for a radiator.
An Evening Scene in the Ved Room of Mamma's Two Hopefuls shows two boys, Jim and Tom, in bed arguing over who caused discomfort. Their mother warns them to sleep or face punishment while the quarrel escalates with pinching and kicking claims. Arhausaw Traveler.
A colored female cook in a South End family reveals she married last week and will remain with her mistress during her husband’s six week honeymoon trip to New York and Washington. The exchange highlights dialect and social context from a Boston newspaper item.
A poem urging boys to repair conduct daily and build character as they grow toward manhood. The piece stresses politeness, avoiding rudeness, and steady self-improvement through steady effort and daily care. Attributed to Mrs. M. A. Kidder in the N. Ledger.
Nan, short of twenty five dollars for a mountain camping trip, decides to earn the money herself. She starts by selling home made caramels through Mr Weldon, proves popular, and expands to wholesale. She saves every penny, proudly funding the trip through her own hard work.
A travel note describes the Treasury Building as a vault of vast wealth and reflects on a late night ride on the Baltimore and Ohio line. The author visits Washington and recalls the room where President Garfield was shot, noting a gilt star in the marble floor under an eagle emblem.
A 19th century note urges girls to be clean and tidy, arguing neat dress and spotless appearance determine popularity. It contrasts expectations with boys, condemning dirt, torn skirts, and unbuttoned collars as signs of a Sloven. It recalls a scene of a messy room to illustrate the point.
The first openings of millinery at wholesale houses show fine felt bonnets rivaling velvets. Capote shapes with higher fronts or turned-back revers trimmed with beads, velvet or feathers. New colors include heliotrope rosewood gray-blue Salammbo with navy blue and brown predominant. Velvet bonnets feature embroidery with metal threads and silver work. jardiniere and ivory white velvet are elegant. Round hats of felt arrive for autumn and winter with various brims and facing details. Feather turbans return with slender crown and pheasant feather tips.
A surgeon argues daily experience shows patient pain sensitivity varies beyond nerve tissue differences. He contends pain transmission is physical but its source is mental, implying factors beyond physiology shape how people feel pain.
A seven year old girl drowned in a mill pan at Howe Island Cam a few days ago. The report cites the accident as connected to local events noted by the Somersville Journees.
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