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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1889
Page
7
Janet Cossar chronicles the social expectations placed on a wife in Chicago News. The poem critiques the contradictory standards that confine women to selfless domestic roles while men dictate ideals of appearance behavior and sacrifice.
Stella Grey smiles through a doomed romance with Graham Standish who courts her while hiding a cruel bargain. Standish uses Leo’s gambling fate to seal Stella’s marriage for £2000, then coolly maintains control as Stella’s heart sinks. Leo learns the truth. deceit drives a painful, tense separation until a fragile, trapped love endures.
London World reports Standish finding his wife Stella asleep on the sofa after he burst into the upstairs room. She had kept her vow to Leo in a deadly manner, leading to her permanent sleep. The maid’s account notes knocking went unanswered, prompting a hurried ascent and fatal discovery.
In practical farming, deep plowing and underdraining are often overvalued as theoretical fixes. Most American crops need only shallow to moderate tillage to keep roots in the warm upper soil. Liquid manure should be saved and used. experiments by Director Collier aim to improve its collection and profitability. The writer favors absorbents in cement cellars and integrating manure into a single mass, while weighing questions of absorbent supply, labor, and cost. Continuous refinement and knowledge growth are urged to maximize farm profitability.
A twelve year old boy, Goolamali Khan, rises in prominence among the Shah of Persia’s dignitaries. As director of the royal pages and titled Azizul Sultan, he sits at the Shah’s side and enjoys lavish attention. Persians believe the monarch’s fate is tied to the boy, so his health foretells the ruler’s prosperity, shaping a life of luxury for the favored youth.
Possessing several large diamonds signals protection against want. A gentleman presenting a ruby ring to a lady hints at an early marriage. Polished crystal improves vision, while rhinestones warn of deceit toward friends. A large sapphire signifies discernment, but leaving a fire opal to an uncle foretells misfortune or poverty.
The Standard describes Bethlehem as a six mile south Jerusalem hill town of about 550 clay-brick houses, narrow stone streets, and busy craftsmen selling olive wood and mother-of-pearl souvenirs at higher prices. Observers note 4,000 residents, predominantly nominally Christian, with distinctive dress including veils, diadems, and blue or striped gowns. Men wear striped gowns and fezs, with few shoes, while women display bright jackets and embroidered patches, photographed by visiting party members.
An 19th century dispatch depicts Indian street life with bustling bazaars, diversions of daily work, and vibrant attire. It notes hair dressing in public, women decorating door spaces, water carriers with massed vessels, and animals and carts moving through crowded thoroughfares. Open shops on raised platforms display wares amid carved lintels and colorful paint as traders bargain with cowrie shells for change.
A wealthy Newport girl and a handsome Englishman courting amid estate visits. They ride with a farm family where Maggie, sixteen, milks cows and dreams of city life. The couple’s rapid engagement ends as Maggie wins the heart of the sturdy farm youth in three weeks, despite origins and class.
In John eleven Jesus reveals himself as the resurrection and the life to Martha after Lazarus dies. He links faith to both future life and present continued life for believers, asserting his divine power over death and offering assurance of eternal life to all who believe.
A collection of quotes from United Presbyterian, Dean Stanley, S S Times, N Y Independent, Christian Inquirer and others on self-control, purpose, living by the day, humane conduct, and Sabbath holiness. They argue self-rule, purpose, and godliness lead to happiness and moral living, while un godliness causes widespread evil and Sabbath desecration.
A compilation of short quotes from various sources on virtue, effort, truth, speech, and character. It blends reflections from the New York Journal, Jamestown Journal, Shenstone, Tillotson, and Sunday School Times, noting themes of honesty, clarity, perseverance, and reputation.
The article portrays Leopold II King of the Belgians as a hatless, ascetic ruler with a simple life. A foe of tobacco and supporter of the Anti Tobacco League, he favors vegetarianism and early rising. He enjoys painting, studies languages, dislikes music, and walks hatless in the garden where wind effects fascinate him.
Poem urging readers to guide the fallen and comfort the mourner while setting aside personal grief. It promises divine recompense for selfless work and notes that earthly treasures fade. The verse centers on turning sorrow into service through faith in Christ.
A meditation argues genuine virtue lies in doing good for its own sake, not for credit. It laments people seeking recognition in gifts and small courtesies, noting true goodness carries moral value beyond applause and that credit pursued for its own sake is hollow.
The British and Foreign Bible Society reports a historic year with 4,206,032 total Bible copies distributed. Exiles to Siberia received four to five thousand gospels and psalms, Turkey sales doubled despite opposition, Jerusalem pilgrims benefited from three to four thousand copies, Japan and South Africa show strong growth, and total receipts reached 1,251,910 dollars. Canada Presbyterian.
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