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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1890
Page
3
A nostalgic verse recalling a Little Red Apple Tree from childhood days. The speaker and a brother share playful scenes among garden fruit, bluebirds, and old grape-arbor memories. The memory is linked to James Whitcomb Riley and St. Nicholas.
Juliet May, an orphan left penniless after her father’s death, faces family pressure to earn a living. Cousin Chauncey Graham arrives with money from a loan repaid many times over, offering Juliet a new home. Juxtaposed with Mrs Murbright and Miss Juniata Jessup, Juliet steps into a world of wealth and shifting loyalties.
Agricultural hints note three peach enemies in Western New York. Curl leaf, a fungal disease, damages leaves and young fruit. no cure exists. Curculio insects foul fruit but can be controlled by jarring and Paris green sprays. Yellows, a serious, constitutional disease, requires removing affected trees and strict law enforcement.
A collage of household tips from Good Housekeeping and Ladies' Home Journal includes stain removal using kerosene for blood and grease, mosquito control with kerosene fumes, apple fritters, napkin rings from cord, vanilla cream sauce, starch polish, cocoanut molasses cake, crab-apple jam, and hanging paintings by light direction as advised in Demorest's Monthly. The items reflect domestic culture and small kitchen science of the era.
A late passenger in a Cincinnati hotel claims a bag and demands it be placed in the safe. The hotel clerk refuses and a scuffle follows. The man is exposed as a professional hotel beat, aiming to extort about thirty dollars.
A New York Ledger excerpt denounces a wealth illusionist who borrows endlessly and trusts all, living lavishly while debts mount. He ignores frugality, acts as if wealth is boundless, and collapses when creditors strike. His assets proveillusory, leaving nothing after liabilities are settled.
Brief dialogue highlights shoppers debating potato costs with Mr Scales asking about prices and Mr Bushel noting lower rates elsewhere. The exchange captures a street market moment in a New York Sun snippet.
A plan describes a level ground Pennsylvania barn 48 by 110 feet. A horse barn floor and carriage room measure 32 by 36 feet with seven stalls. C stores oats and harnesses in a 12 by 16 space with a bin feeding from a threshing floor.
Detailed notes describe barn sections and dimensions for oats, hay, and stalls, including a central hay chute over the feed alley and doors at ends of threshing floor. The piece also surveys fashion trends with cashmere fabrics, elaborate trimmings, and European dress details.
Autumn fashion notes silk blouses with tartan or Persian stripes paired with black skirts for bright house attire. Designs feature fuller fronts, fringed collars, and a pointed belt fastened below the waist. A separate item notes J. W. Patterson, the tallest man in the United States, planning a residence in Oklahoma City at age twenty seven.
A New Jersey wedding ends with the revelation that the husband is a woman and the wife refuses to end the union. Meriden resident John H. Preston credits Warner's Safe Cure with curing severe kidney and liver trouble after doctors failed. Friendship is praised as a noble bond, with Ram's Horn remark on stubbornness.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease requiring constitutional treatment. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and offers $100 for any case it fails to cure with testimonials available.
The Middlesborough Town Company advertises a Nov qth and 8th excursion with half fare. It seeks skilled labor for its large improvements and promising profits for investors in property or mercantile ventures. Tickets are valid fifteen days from sale at Monon Route offices, with pamphlets available via Monon Route agents or James Barker in Chicago.
A collage of advertising snippets promotes Syrup of Figs as a pleasant gentle diuretic, Quinine and Shallenberger's Antidote for Malaria, Dobbins' Electric Soap, Carter's Little Liver Pills, Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar, Pikes Toothache Drops, Piso's Cure for Consumption, and various quips. The tone mirrors a period newspaper ad page with brand names and quick health claims.
An advertisement claims Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Dr. Pierce's Pellets cure female weakness and enfeeblement. It urges women to learn of the remedy, try it, and report results for money-back assurance, asserting the medicine builds up tired, broken-down women and relieves headaches by regulating the stomach.
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