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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1886
Page
3
A poetic admonition on beauty and virtue renders that true loveliness lies in a pure heart and kind deeds. The piece argues that gentle speech and charitable acts, not appearance, determine worthiness to wed, attributed to Abbe Kinne in the New York Ledger.
The Chicago Times notes Heidelberg's five hundredth anniversary of its university with a world wide gathering led by the Crown Prince of Germany and the Grand Duke of Baden. Delegates from major Universities attend, honorary degrees are awarded, and a two mile procession features historical figures and knights. The town, famed for its library and castle, hosts a banquet, a ball, and a theatre performance as part of the jubilee festivities.
A compilation of practical tips on farming, poultry, food prep, and tool care drawn from various periodicals. Topics include oats rust terminology, fowl shell production, paper stain removal, nesting privacy for hens, softening wrought iron, doughnut dough, glue-making from linseed oil, sunflower seeds for fowls, bread pudding prep, corn and fruit bud pruning, cabbage and greens seed advice, and a method for preparing a chicken for serving with butter and lemon.
A brief Arkansaw Traveler quip depicts a young man addressing an old man in the street. The exchange jokes that a person with an empty sack walks faster than one with a full load, illustrating a humorously observed truth about burden and haste.
Philadelphia Tones comments suggest a playful proposal for Pasteur to visit and address the ongoing pea ice cream dispute, framing it as a lighthearted cultural debate in the city.
The Pennsylvania approach to cattle pest treatment uses herd removal of infected animals, inoculation with virus from diseased lungs, and close monitoring. In three years no inoculated animal contracted the disease. the method reportedly saves owners money and is adopted by New York, Maryland, New Jersey, and Delaware, with high agent efficiency and controlled virus selection.
Colman's Rural World argues farmers should treat seeds like breeding stock. It urges careful selection of seed, understanding heredity, and establishing pedigreed seeds to improve crops. A seed breeding ground on good land is advised, with records of yields guiding future choices.
Report from Kansas Agricultural College by Prof E M Shelton describes feeding ten pigs with cooked versus raw shelled corn, weighing before cooking and after to exclude water gain. Cooked corn consistently produced lower gains than raw, aligning with an Ohio State University trial showing better gains from raw or less processed corn.
The Herald notes that men cross their legs only under little mental pressure. Auditors, writers, and brain workers keep limbs straight, while true business focus makes legs uncross and the body lean forward to gesticulate. The saying ends with a quip about calves and elephants.
Professor Hackel cites Esquirol on the high rate of insanity among ruling families and suggests aristocracy may show a similar excess. He argues artificial education and isolation of the privileged caste foster dark traits, transmitted through heredity to future generations.
The article outlines the Grand Army of the Republic as a non political veterans’ order focused on charity fraternity and loyalty. It traces its origins to 1866 1869 resolutions affirming its independence from party politics and details its humanitarian aims aiding widows orphans and disabled soldiers.
Veteran recounts Crawford's brigade Highland battle at Cedar Mountain Virginia on August 9, 1862. Describes Crawford’s rise from Fort Sumter to brigadier general and the First Brigade of Banks’s corps comprising Fifth Connecticut Tenth Maine Twenty eighth New York and Forty sixth Pennsylvania marching to Culpeper Court House and joining Bayard’s retreat from Rapidan.
A party of Russian engineer officers ventured into Bokhara to survey land but faced imminent discovery by mounted Bukhariotes. A Czar envoy ruse won entry to the Amir. Gifts were presented, but the Amir demanded the Czar’s letter. A subaltern saved the scheme by producing a playbill as a fake letter, which the Amir accepted, leaving the bill archived in Bokhara.
A collection of opinion touches on the drift from representative to delegated government and the waning role of intermediaries, noting the trend toward direct public power. It cites historical shifts from monarchy to parliament and speculates on future democratic evolution. A Boston letter mocks miscommunication in a Kansas City drug store with a humorous mispronounced request.
A compilation of quotes and notes from various 19th century farming journals. Topics span milk as a complete food, value of reliable horses, manure use, homemade axle grease, feeding sows, food costs, storing road dust for poultry use, composting kitchen scraps, root crops for swine, plaster for stables, and the benefits of small diversified farms with nearer neighbors and shared amenities. Includes attributions to J E Farmer, Western Rural, Prairie Farmer, Rural New Yorker, Chicago Times, Albany Journal, Y Velogram, Cleveland Sealer, Chicago Tribune, Montreal Witness, and Chicago Times.
A Washington Special recalls a Post Office Department ink weighing prank where a three member committee tested ink and box weights, learning ink is liquid measure not avoirdupois. The piece also notes endorsements for Rep Stan Coren Cran and includes a string of humorous clippings from various papers.
A farm column explains corn rust a fungus on leaves similar to wheat rust. It details red rust and black rust spores, their life cycle and how black spores survive winter. Remedy: burn leftover stalks and leaves after harvest and avoid replanting corn on the same land to prevent future infection.
A vintage advertisement urges early treatment for scrofula dyspepsia and blood diseases. It claims Hood's Sarsaparilla cures scrofula salt rheum boils pimples dyspepsia headaches rheumatism and general debility from impure blood. The copy promotes the medicine as "the peculiar medicine."
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