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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1889
Page
7
A reflective poem from the Chicago News about the lure of elusive prizes. It likens fishing to life’s hard to attain goals and asserts that the greatest rewards are often those that still escape capture. The speaker recalls childhood angling and muses on ambition, desire, and humility as celebrated in pursuit and perseverance.
Miss Lucretia Gray, a self reliant traveler, sails from England to America and, amid the ship’s social drift, forms a wary rivalrous bond with a handsome yellow haired passenger. After days of silent tension she confronts him at last, and he gently reclaims propriety with a reassuring, chivalrous gesture.
A dramatic sea rescue centers on Miss Gray and a young man who saves a child from a shipwreck. The tale follows her rescue, reunion with the rescuer, and a moonlit reunion on deck as Captain Gray rejoices at his daughter’s return while a playful hint of controversy lingers over the events. An accompanying anecdote praises Irish courage in the Union army, highlighting Pat McBride’s brave act of shielding the captain and saving the stars despite wounds.
The Detroit Free Press recounts a tale of a Pennsylvanian traveler arguing over a five cent discrepancy with an Italian boot black above a hotel. After the dispute, the man’s four companions return claiming new russet shoes, calculating twenty dollars for forty days of shines, exposing the Italian’s claim of being swindled.
The piece defines a Consul as a government agent residing in a foreign country to protect rights and commerce and aid in transactions. It cites Count Beugnot on consular purpose, notes credentials from the home government, and outlines duties varying by treaties between nations. It also mentions a Derby, England train incident involving a wheel tapper and a thrush nest with eggs in incubation.
A Union lieutenant near Savannah in December 1864 secretly crosses rice swamp water to swap tobacco with a Confederate officer. After a cordial trade, an orderly arrives with orders to take the Yankee to headquarters. The Confederate offers protection and friendship.
A Federal officer urged his comrade to reach safety as Confederate sharps fired volleys. The brave protector advanced to the dyke as the fugitive crossed, then fell back with his promise kept and both sides honored the final act of duty.
Restless, a stallion foaled in 1856, served with Col Samuel Fowler’s Fifteenth New Jersey during the Civil War. The horse fought in over thirty battles including Petersburg Fredericksburg and Gettysburg, was ridden by Chaplain A A Haines after Fowler’s death, and is now retired on a Hamburg, New Jersey farm at age thirty three with a notable scar from Gettysburg.
General Henry A. Barnum received the Medal of Honor from the War Department for distinguished conduct in the Civil War. He led the One Hundred and Forty-ninth New York at Gaines Mill Malvern Hill and Lookout Mountain. His regiment captured five rebel flags at Chattanooga and Barnum personally carried the colors to Washington per General George H. Thomas's order.
The Grand Army of the Republic shows peak strength with membership figures from 1871 to 1888. Real and nominal memberships are given, with 6,332 posts, relief disbursements totaling 215,975.19 in 1888 and 1,648,598.22 from 1871 to March 41. The data are from the Troy Times.
RANDOM SHOTS notes appointing GENERAL Lew Waltner as historian of the Indiana department. The piece mentions GENERAL G W C Lee, son of Robert E. Lee, described as tall and rugged with gray hair. It recounts James A Mitts born June 28 1848 and June 28 1861 enlisting at thirteen and serving in Company A Fifty-fifth Pennsylvania before transferring to artillery. It also reports Mayor Josnua B. Davis, Nebraska Grand Army of the Republic leader, died in Chicago from war wounds. A joke about pension grounds follows, then a report that Gro W Taylor of Cincinnati learned he has been dead since 1864, his service record misfiled as dead, to be corrected.
The Grand Army of the Republic at Milwaukee reunion defends duty and self sacrifice that saved the Union and ended slavery. Veterans, aging and scarred, honor flags once bright while criticizing pensions foes who call the ARU a political institution. The Star Globe-Democrat notes veterans align with liberal pensions and national justice, despite Democratic opposition.
San Francisco Chronicle argues new Western states Washington Montana and the Dakotas should align with the Republican party, criticizing Democrats for past apathy toward territorial admission. It asserts the Republican platform offers real benefit to new states, while warning against Democratic promises and policy choices.
Reports on the alleged negro uprising in Mississippi shift in tone from wholesale slaughter to justified punitive action. Earlier dispatches claimed mass black killings by regulators, while later versions minimize fatalities and frame blacks as aggressors needing swift punishment. The change raises questions about accuracy and bias in coverage.
A Chicago Tribune dispatch cites brutal riot era scenes in Mississippi with white mobs murdering black people and arson, noting one alleged atrocity by blacks was the burning of a country store near Shady Grove. It argues blacks lacked organized resistance while whites would avenge further violence.
Assistant Postmaster-General Clark calls for broad reforms in the Post Office Department arguing that current funding and management lag behind growth, especially in the West. He asserts Congress has economy wrong and that postal service should aim to advance national development rather than profit, with improved facilities and speed nationwide. Minneapolis Tribune comments.
A compact edition of aphorisms and quotations on duty knowledge courage and virtue. It cites Coleridge Paley Steele and others noting the dangers of unrestrained power and the value of self knowledge. The selections contrast worldly ambition with moral restraint and the need to set life in order.
Iowa Falls Citizen quotes a call for West Virginia to build a reform school with first scholars the “rascals” who corrupted recent election returns. Baltimore American notes Ohio Democrats tout Campbell atop their ticket amid Republican doubts. Toledo Blade mocks ex Republicans leading tickets. Toledo Labor Day contrasts US prosperity with England’s strike. Chicago Journal cites Indianapolis forger Sim Coy as ward alderman nominee despite prison past. Troy Times praises Reg Harrison abroad while noting Democratic lampoons. St Louis Glove-Democrat warns Boss Brice will money up campaigns in new states.
The article explains two magnet types and provides DIY steps. It describes electromagnets using soft iron horseshoes with copper wire windings and how current energizes pole pieces to lift magnets. It also shows making a permanent magnet by winding a coil around steel and magnetizing a needle.
A St Louis Magazine excerpt mocks moral cliches and virtuous rhetoric. It critiques a missionary appealing to a cannibal after a murder, notes misers loving money, and laments brass rules guiding printers. It contrasts ignorance with boasting and the ordinary man’s hidden priorities.
The exchange indicates Colonel Carter left to see the editor of the Press about three hours ago. He was reportedly angry and not planning to stay, leading to the conclusion that his absence stems from the editor encounter. The remark hints the editor was in Time when Carter’s visit occurred.
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