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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1886
Page
7
Madge jokes about six leaf clovers predicting Lou or Sue wedlock while Jamie longs for a first love. He overhears and slips into the kitchen where Madge’s gaze and a crimson clover motif seal a playful bet on a forthcoming wedding. A year later the wedding wreath is crimson clover.
A New York reporter recounts mechanics of a West Side death and a staged accident in an lodging house. Private detective Rice exposes a band of criminals led by Dr. Raymond, with a Cleveland backstory of arsenic poisoning and a dramatic arrest scene.
A sensational tale of a traveling patent medicine show in an Arkansas town. A boastful doctor uses a tongue peeling demonstration to sell his Bile Bouncer tonic, charging three dollars a bottle before vanishing. A resident recalls the fraud and notes the tongue coat trick. The anecdote closes with observations on naval dock facilities and the need for expanded government dockage, citing Rear Admiral E. Simpson.
The piece argues that United States navy yards have too little dock capacity to properly inspect and clean ship bottoms. It warns that copper-sheathed wooden ships depend on regular docking, while repairs tie up docks for months. With iron and steel hulls coming, dock congestion will worsen and speed and safety may be affected.
A Boston Transcript piece notes Guerrero as a largely agricultural mining region with rich deposits and lands selling for 29 cents per acre. It describes a curious skin condition called qiutrienza giving the Pinto label to locals, and links cretinism and goitre to calcareous waters, with harsh depictions of cretins and a mix of regional detail and sensational stereotype.
An early guide outlines two main methods to prevent fungal decay in timber. Drying to 8-12 percent moisture and ensuring air circulation can make wood last indefinitely. Alternatively, use antiseptics or full saturation with treatment to prevent moisture access or kill fungi, noting full interior saturation yields best results.
A Philadelphia Call excerpt shows a wife defending a new dress bought as a bargain. The husband notices it resembles last year’s purchase while ribbons push the price to eighty dollars. The wife cites advertising intrigue as the explanation.
Two Albany morning reporters waited for results of a meeting carried on in German. They endured two hours of unintelligible jargon before being told a resolution had been passed making all proceedings secret.
A collage of lighthearted excerpts and humorous snippets from newspapers. Items include a New York man claiming his dog can count, quips about universities and editors, playful exchanges about bonnets and dogs, a drug clerk and arsenic joke, and a tale of whisky and a Western chief.
Investigations show 4 211 looms mainly weaving extra and medium super carpets in the United States, with 2 189 in Philadelphia and the rest scattered from Auburn New York to the East. Brussels looms total 1 197 nationwide, concentrated in Pennsylvania New York Connecticut Massachusetts New Jersey. The largest tapestry brussels concern is Alexander Smith & Sons Co at Yonkers New York with 350 looms and high monthly output.
A Chicago Board of Trade operator recently married faces playful banter after a honeymoon. A friend finds a long hair on his shoulder and questions if it belongs to his wife, who stands out with darker hat, while Ticker insists the hair is his. The tale ends with a lighthearted invite to a bar as the crowd laughs.
A Detroit Free Press brief describes passengers deterring a railroad hog on a Jackson bound train. One man sat, avoided confrontation, then used musk and a raw onion to taint breath, driving the hog away from his seat in ten minutes.
A grandmother recalls family quilts and heirlooms while addressing a granddaughter and sharing memories of loved ones. The story ends with a moonlit lantern explosion anecdote tied to a Brattleboro mystery and a caution about safe experimentation.
A narrated tour of kite lore from Franklin to famous bridges and Japanese kite fighting. The piece recalls Ellet and Roebling bridging Niagara with kite lines, notes diverse kite forms, and describes vivid home made kites with moving parts and even a secret powder lantern kite from Brattleboro in 1811.
An English observer notes that most great men came from modest gray cabins but warns modern youths that today’s crowded cities mean fierce competition, capital, and networks. The South and West offer easier first chances, while cities demand long odds and large resources.
May C. Andrews recounts a boy's survival in northern Maine after a bear stalked him on a trapper’s homestead. The youth fled to a roof, leapt to safety, pulled down the ladder, and escaped as the bear roamed above until the hunter father returned and killed the animal.
An 18th and 19th century note cites Lt wag and Greymonds claiming elms oaks and pines or ashes and poplars are frequently struck in the Americas and England. A Magdeburg ten year record lists 265 tree injuries with oaks most affected and iron content proposed as a cause.
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