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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1889
Page
3
A Cincinnati audience hears Ben Butterworth defend the Republican record against Democratic critique. He argues the party improves public duty, preserves ballot integrity, and supports nonpartisan boards, while championing protective tariffs to secure equal opportunity, boost American industry, and expand the home market and global trade.
The speaker argues wages abroad and protective tariffs determine product pricing. Cheaper labor overseas threatens American industry, but reciprocity with Canada may be wiser than strict protection. He lauds Governor Foraker and GOP hopes for victory, urging voters to back Republican leadership to avoid adversaries’ policy errors.
The piece rails at Campbell over ballot box trusts and beer interests, accusing him of ties to a monopoly scheme. It cites Foraker leadership fears, GOP critics Rex and Sherman, and calls Campbell dishonest while urging foraker backing and wage-earner concerns.
The ongoing contest between Governor Foraker and Mr. Campbell remains one sided as Foraker highlights alleged Democratic misdeeds while Campbell struggles to add new charges. Campbell had claimed a stronger reputation than Foraker but has not substantiated new accusations.
Colonel A L Conger decries Democratic claims while praising Halstead for exposing forged Campbell signatures. He contrasts Republican and Democratic conduct, cites 1884 Cincinnati voter suppression as Democratic misconduct, and predicts Governor Foraker’s re election with a Republican legislature.
A compilation of kitchen and farm notes including Cranberry Jelly instructions, caramel frosting, long distance farm work calculations, animal care tips for young livestock, hog shed shelter guidance, Trish Toast recipe with sauce, colt rearing advice for foals, and Pickled Chicken method with vinegar and spices.
The piece argues Campbell’s signature on Contract No 1 000 is not genuine and he bears no blame for the ballot box trust. Governor Foraker’s Cincinnati Music Hall speech is cited as the basis for accusations that Campbell helped introduce a bill to sell 72,000 ten dollar ballot boxes for twenty five dollars each. The writer questions Campbell’s knowledge and honesty, urging voters to consider his motives and disinterestedness in the bill.
Sherman praises a worthy figure with blunt soldier speech. Governor Foraker earned respect twenty five years ago and recently voiced praise for the Bentonville hero. The speaker credits Foraker with a wartime lesson about speaking plainly and standing firm, predicting a grand victory next month.
The exhibition features John Brown's last will from his execution day, French pistols used by Judge Terry and Senator Broderick, a Louis XVI era coin found in Indiana, La Salle camp kettle, Marquette cross, a 1766 Boston stamp act repeal lantern, a two volume Elzevir Bible from 169, and other long preserved artifacts across several states and families.
A farmer in Atchison offers a barrel of sorghum for a wife. Salt Lake City reports a strange sighting. Wild lands in Missouri can be bought for fourteen dollars per quarter section. A walking-stick crutch with an ear trumpet aids deaf men. Lincoln papers rumored hidden in Bloomington bank vault. Florida exiles move south as frost belt shifts. Epison predicts a world like one big ear. Two New Yorkers rode to San Francisco on horseback and doubt the rold bars would stop a return trip. Cracksmen use a machine to pull knob from safes. A broken pitapipated safe near Adrian yields a watch and books when opened. US surveyors find fertile valleys and good harbors along Oregon coast waiting for commerce.
A French scientist describes an egg incubation with glass probes watching development hour by hour. The narrative tracks heartbeats at 24 hours, limbs and organs forming by day two to seven, and eventual chick emergence after 451 hours, ending with a full-fledged hatchling in the proper time.
A scattered miscellany cites Rotten Row's etymology, Belle Vernon gas field data, a Franco-Chinese client tale, a tea gift pattern, a rumored future of tartan shoes, fleet maneuvers prompting tan shoes for marines, Lady Macartsey fined for mistreatment, Oregon farming prospects, and Frances Howeson Burgett’s wealth, plus Miss Myurrfee’s Craddock novels earning around 3000 dollars.
A woman fell from a window while washing outer sash yesterday, killed as she toppled into the street. The Philadelphia Ledger laments the risky practice of working from a sash without proper supports and suggests safer, pulley-based designs and builder awareness.
A collage of short items includes medical sales pitches for Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription promising relief from female ailments, notes on oil field decline in New York and Pennsylvania, Offenbach’s The Brigands coming to McVicker’s Theater with Lillian Russell in the cast, a Connecticut church wedding story, and brief mentions of Dobbins’ Electric Soap, Carter’s Little Liver Pills, a buttonless device inventor, and salaries of writers Marroews and Warren.
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