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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1890
Page
3
A poem criticizes wealth’s lure and social manipulation, contrasting money with virtue. It argues riches shelter sin and mislead courtship, noting lovers courted by the rich while the poor are spurned. The poem ends with a moral on judgment before death and is attributed to the Chicago Post.
Tot brings a bouquet to Miss Mary lying near death, declares flowers for her mother in heaven, and recalls family memories. Mary watches Tot, fights sleep from medicine, sings softly with her doll Ruperta Ann, and Tot returns home along the autumn sunset road after a quiet, hopeful visit.
Miss Mary awoke after Tot’s visit to find the bouquet missing from the table. Anna explains she sent the flowers back to the Red House, saying Tot needed them for the dear little soul who took the message herself.
Oliver Wendell Holmes argues in Atlantic that Americans chase grand titles and noble ranks beyond need, creating a culture of hollow distinctions. He notes “Knights and Ladies of Honor” and other lofty names, local dignitaries, and the mismatch between titles and real achievement.
A report of a legend about King Solomon from the Quran and the Chronicle of Tabari describes Solomon dying while leaning on a staff to conceal his death from the genii who were building the temple. The staff decayed after a year, revealing his fate. Included are other items such as a Mahometan reference, a cafe discussion about surgery and fear of anesthesia, and brief quips from various papers.
A St Louis man reports widespread baryte adulteration in Missouri foods, mined in Jefferson Washington Franklin Cooper and Osage counties. The mineral, shipped nationwide, is mixed into sugar and white lead for paints, causing yellowing. miners earn 50 to 60 cents daily, royalties go to landowners, and traders allegedly seek a four dollar per ton duty. The extent and industry growth are described as alarming. Denver News.
General Brisbin reports a vivid July Fourth celebration by 250 Crow Indians at Broadwater Hotel grounds. They staged lifelike battles on decorated ponies with fake injuries and a scalping scene, drawing women away. the agent notes no injuries, praises horsemanship, and predicts the event will not be repeated due to its intensity.
A Boston Journal anecdote recalls Horace E. Scudder in London dining with a young writer who joked about meeting Tennyson. The host’s remark suggested dinner with the poet but they dined without him, prompting the quip that they nearly had Tennyson for dinner. An actress jokes about buying a stunning necklace as a jeweler shows a £1500 piece.
A dialogue captures a rough exchange between two tramps in West Shore. The first tramp questions what the other obtained at a house and the second replies the woman gave a good dinner. The exchange ends with the first tramp condemning the other's behavior.
A Youth's Companion summary notes how sun over wind fable mirrors China’s shift from exclusiveness to aid. It recounts 1888 flood famine in Shanghai and Nanking, English relief, and a pivotal imperial response praising charity over contempt. The Viceroy of Nanking commended the Shanghai relief committee for selfless work, and the Emperor approved honors for leaders while calling for gratitude from foreign women.
A collage of wry verses and witticisms from multiple papers highlights social foibles and human quirks. Jests touch on dogs and hydrophobia, hypocritical disguises, money woes, and social pretenses. Names, places, and light sketches populate a lively snapshot of era humor.
A tale from Viestnik of Riga recounts Dr L of St Petersburg nearly abducted by his wife and an asylum superintendent, designed to seize his fortune. the doctor proved sane, wife and sister in law arrested, and the husband refused to prosecute. Also notes bare leg Highland regiments in Belfast and a quip about a Texan lynching after a failed song.
A quirky Chicago Tribune item describes a midnight snoring ordeal from a barn near Van Buren and Lincoln, a talking four hoofed animal, a sleeping family, and a startled wife. It also covers a New York hotel clerk debunking a counterfeit note from Stockton, California, and a San Francisco Chronicle warning about Terra alba used in candy adulteration.
A quarter mile from Missionary Ridge after a fierce battle two soldiers, one in gray and one in blue, lay dead side by side. They were buried together as pink arbutus bloomed in early southern spring, with laurel whispers around their graves. The poem recalls their final embrace, the lines of courage, and the call for unity in a divided nation.
A New York letter in the Baltimore American recounts Edward Cooper, a Confederate soldier who deserted and faced a court martial in 1863. He submitted a defense via a family letter from wife Mary and child Lucy, blaming home hunger and fear, and sought furloughs rejected before returning home. General Lee reviewed and pardoned him, ordering report to his company.
The narrative recounts Cowan's First New York Independent Battery marching from Newport News Virginia in 1802 to strike Confederate lines. A single gun fires at a lone Union cavalry scout across an open field, the crew narrowly avoiding misfire as the enemy reels back but holds position. Infantry offer no aid, yet the battery claims complete credit for the success amid scattered woods and uneven ground.
A first person account describes crossing ground a week after a skirmish to find a whitened cabin and a small enemy force, a fired shot, and a subsequent camp day of reflection. The narrator notes the enemy’s later abundance and confirms leaving a picket rope behind, which a force later recovered.
The Chicago Journal recounts Dr Mary Walker’s Civil War service with the Fifty-second Ohio Infantry. Despite a negative War Department report, she served as nominal assistant surgeon and scouter, even in male dress, was captured but saved from hanging, imprisoned at Libby, later led a female prison in Louisville and a Refuge Home in Clarksville Tennessee, earned 1202.52 dollars, and now draws 20 dollars monthly pension while nearly blind and leg-injured.
A New England Magazine excerpt by George 8 Merrill laments that the Grand Army of the Republic cannot grow its ranks. Peace closed its rolls, and thinning lines leave only solitary sentinels awaiting the last muster.
A Cincinnati reporter recalls a Southern business man in Atlanta known as Old Exception. Sherman ordered all noncombatants to leave within 24 hours. The man begged to stay to manage his property and guns for the rebels. Sherman granted a grim exception but warned of execution if he failed to depart.
An item notes Milwaukee will have a soldiers monument and recalls Philo Penfield of Shelby New York who found a lost wartime photo among dead letter mail. It also recounts a May 14 1863 Port Gibson Miss engagement in Grant’s raid where captured Georgia troops bore Kentucky canteens and knapsacks, with unresolved garbled text following.
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