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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1890
Page
7
Francis S. Smith argues in the New York Weekly that a happy resigned disposition boosts health, vice harms all, and swindlers or gossips invite trouble. He contends ministers should practice what they preach, true religion shields souls, and all ranks share a common fate in death.
In Florida near Limona a family recounts a savage boar encounter that began when a ten year old boy was attacked while hunting. His sister Mattie grabbed a hatchet and, after the boar charged, struck its head but the animal pressed the attack until Mattie seized a pine knot and hurled it into the boar’s face, saving herself and her sister.
Mattie and her younger sister defend their homestead from a drove of savage wild hogs that threaten their brother. Mattie uses hot water to disorient boars, reloads, and fires to drive the herd away while guarding her sibling. Neighbors later hunt down eighteen hogs in the area.
Talmage describes an expansive autumn display across forests near lakes and rivers from Lake Huron to the Alleghenies. He paints trees aflame with gold, orange and crimson, compares dawn and dusk forest light to divine transfiguration, and notes flames spreading along branches and ravines as leaves change in splendor. He terms the scene a canvas God stretched across the land.
Reed rallies Illinois audience October 22 praising the majority rule, protection, and McKinley tariff. He argues diverse industry educates citizens, appeals to national unity, and condemns Democratic obstruction while lauding Congressmen Cannon and Louisiana Lottery repeal.
In the dialogue the traveler asks how soon they reach Chicago and the conductor replies they entered the city limits early this morning and expect to reach the exposition grounds around noon tomorrow, weather permitting.
Dialog from Munsey's Weekly where She questions Jack about his business status. He confirms he remains pursuing the law as his profession. The exchange hints at uncertain career progress and a focus on legal ambitions.
In the lexag Siftings fragment Dr Jee, a famed historian, asks about Dr Bee's career. Dr Bee replies as an analyst and mentions being an annualist, highlighting a playful exchange about scholarly roles.
A humorous exchange from Texas Sifting sketches a visitor noting a friend’s poor teeth and another character revealing the friend’s trade as a dentist. The brief dialogue showcases frontier humor and social observation in early Texas humor columns.
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper argues Republicans show courage of convictions by backing two protection measures the contract labor law and the McKinley tariff bill. It credits protection for boosting American industry and wages and calls for free traders to wait for verdict from experience and figures.
The Chicago Tribune reports Colonel Vilas in Milwaukee blasting Democrats for opposing English in schools. He accuses them of anti English bias to gain a Senate seat, while supporting Hoard against Peck. The piece frames Vilas as seeking to force language policy and damage Republicans.
The Chicago Journal reflects on General W. W. Belknap who resigned as War Secretary under a cloud and later returned to influence politics. It portrays him as a brave, capable man who suffered for his wife, kept silence, and endured public judgment while retaining enduring friendships and influence.
Washington Post interviews twenty wounded lawmakers and officers recounting how pain varied by hit location and temperament. Stories include Senator Cockrell on a near throat slash and Senator Manderson noting fear and numbness, with James Laird and General Oats detailing multiple wounds and survival.
The Boston Advertiser notes Justice Miller of the U S Supreme Court died after a life of relentless study and public duty. It lauds his rapid grasp of ideas and tireless work, suggesting he died from overwork as social and judicial duties kept him constantly at the helm.
An exchange cites a New York Tribune remark that protesters hissed the American flag in Toronto and object to limits on market freedoms, linking patriotism to economic access.
A New York World sensational claim of a Census Bureau plot to alter representation collapses under scrutiny. Key figures deny involvement, noting no fires or document removals, and Acting Census Superintendent Childs dismisses it as a bald fake. Washington correspondence cites apportionment figures as unrelated to the alleged scheme.
A compilation of Democratic and Republican viewpoints from multiple papers. It covers campaign strategies in Wisconsin and Ohio, the impact of white population quotas in Wyoming, and the Bennett Law League’s efforts. It cites approval and opposition within Democratic and Republican presses, noting pension vote tallies and party lines.
The McKinley tariff hike on buttons provokes protests as idle factories in Newark Philadelphia and the city fight higher duties. One Philadelphia firm boosts wages and schedules waves from 15 to 20 percent while skilled workers revive in the trade earning up to 4 dollars a day. The piece calls the victory a true American independence, likening it to Washington’s cannon.
Excerpt from John L. Collins recounts chaos on the plank road at Chancellorsville. General Howard appears amid fleeing Union troops pleading for a stand by their colors while officers push to stop the retreat. Collins joins a line of battle, mounts a horse, and regains resolve as a soldier.
Mary Dye recalls a young female railroad telegraph operator at Gettysburg who kept the line by arranging wires and guiding soldiers during the three days of battle. An orphan raised in Washington County Pennsylvania, she stayed at the station after the fighting and then vanished from records.
Grorce B. Creamer of Baltimore is named Junior-Vice-Commander in-Chief and has fought in the Army of Western Virginia with the Tenth Maryland Infantry. A Seventeenth Maine veteran recalls Culpeper and a humorous exchange with Pat. Judge William Lochran is appointed Judge Advocate General of the Grand Army of the Republic, while WheeLOCK G. Wweassy leads as Commander in Chief.
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