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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1886
Page
3
Poem by Josephine Pollard quoted from the New York Ledger about how a single word of love heals hearts, comforts the bereaved, and outvalues wealth and eloquence. It reflects enduring longing from childhood to old age and the costless gift all can share.
A long survey notes Emerson Dana Bancroft Motley Holmes Lowell Whipple White Curtis Higginson Parton Phillips and others, detailing how only a few left sons who pursued letters. It recounts each figure’s family, lack of literary heirs, marriages, and wartime or reform roles, ending with Wendell Phillips and his childless, charitable widow.
Gus Snoberly notices Maud Clamwhopper's eyes are on the Italian Count during a Fifth Avenue New York ball. He jests that she favors him, while Maud insists her heart is only for Gus. A lighthearted exchange unfolds about fidelity and theft of silverware by a prior guest.
A compendium of farming and domestic guidance notes. Tips include autumn soil pulverization to maximize frost effects, encouraging poultry foraging post harvest, feeding variations in sheep, making veal jelly and bread pudding, preserving canned fruit, and housing advice to separate fowl species to reduce waste and mess.
A farmer should focus labor on high value crops and efficient practices. As examples, a Baltimore gardener earned five hundred dollars per acre from gooseberries on thirteen acres, and a strawberry grower sold berries at double cost, while plum profits rely on diligent tree care. The piece urges diversified, well planned production aligned with market demand rather than minimal labor.
The article highlights black silk hosiery fashion, varied dress lengths, ivory white silks for brides, and new colors like heliotrope with brown blue and green. It notes cheviots and tweeds for Jade wear, diverse dress fabrics, abundant back drapery, and early winter tailor suits with habit basques and high collars.
A Vermont G.A.R. post memorial recalls soldiers past and the shared hardship of service. The poem centers on the old coffee kettle and life at camp, noting aging veterans and a longing for a happier afterlife while honoring comrade CW. Ransom of Elsworth Post 25 closes the piece.
A Philadelphia traveler recalls Kasper Knobel as the first Union man to seize Jefferson Davis in Irwinsville Georgia on May 10 1865. Knobel led a 13 man foraging party that surprised Davis in his tent after a long night ride with the Fourth Michigan Cavalry. The group, pursuing rumors of Davis and a reward, found Davis fully clothed save for boots and hat, and did not resist as Knobel and his men secured the capture.
Knobel recounts a Civil War episode where Prichard men and Wisconsin Confederates misidentified each other, leading to a brief exchange of fire before allies regrouped. The tale notes relics saved by each side, including a collar, baby sock, and apron, and describes Knobel’s later life in Philadelphia as a noted carpenter.
A Georgia militia private named Lige Peake builds a powerful improvised explosive tested at a river bank. Captain Tump Limberly and officers witness the blast as the device malfunctions, sending all into the water. The crew blames Lige. he is ordered to trenches.
A rapid parl explains a two second encounter. A Santa Rosa man claims to have killed four or five raccoons after an attack at his suburban home. Wakefield widow Mrs. Cranissa Cox celebrates her ninety ninth birthday with a large family including eight children, twenty five grandchildren, and twenty two great grandchildren.
A detailed letter to Scientific American argues kidneys are the body's vital filters. It describes their structure and function, links kidney disease to widespread illness, and promotes Warner's Safe Cure as a preventive and curative measure endorsed by H. H. Warner & Co.
An ensemble of brief, fragmented ad blurbs and notices from Cleveland Sun style content. Promotions claim hair growth for bald heads with Hall's Hair Renewer and Ayer's Ague Cure touted by druggists. The text includes a stray urban notice about a poor house and a fragmentary satire caption.
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