18 Oct 1872
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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1872
Page
1
In a satirical Utah style piece from Wert Weekly the Jackson Democrat editor John H. Yates riffs on party loyalty and the Greeley presidential bid. The voice mocks switching to Greeley for power while vowing to remain honest and true to Jeffersonian principles.
A reflective tale of a long train ride, a chance meeting with Mr A, and the missed chance to name the stranger. Years later the narrator revisits the journey and a letter is lost to fire, leaving unresolved romance and a quiet, poignant memory.
A six year old girl in Washington county Ohio stands 48 inches tall with a 48 inch waist and 174 inch arms measured at the shoulder and weighs 225 pounds. She is in perfect health and a smart talker for her age though not remarkable beyond her size. Her sister died at seven years six months weighing 285 pounds. Her father and mother are of ordinary size.
A Knoxville interview finds Parson Brownlow weakened in his home yet stubborn vigor remains. The Tennessee senator sits up with a pillow while tremors shake his hands but his eyes flare with the former defiant fire that unsettled foes in earlier days.
A Western editor accepting an invitation to tea is at table when a lady notes he has no spoon. He retorts that he owns 20 spoons and invites her to search him if she doubts.
In Pittsburg a shipment of diamonds worth 38000 arrived that had belonged to Empress Eugenie of France. A pearl comb studded with big diamonds sold in New York for 11000, marking a $2009 gold profit over the London purchase.
A Chicago Tribune correspondent reports a man tumbled from a moving train on the Memphis to Little Rock route. He rolled twenty feet down an embankment with a cigar in his mouth, then picked himself up and reboarded the train without difficulty.
A Democratic journal brands Greeley as the millstone dragging the party into a bloody chasm. Josh Billings jokes about women’s rights and politics while noting the country’s presidential choice between a type setter and a West Pointer. Leeds potteries employ 1000 women nine hours daily for sixty cents a week.
The ninth artesian well has just been completed at Eaton Rapids Michigan, marking another milestone in the town's growing water supply project. The new well adds to the municipal system and is expected to improve service for residents and businesses.
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