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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1890
Page
3
A farmhand endures harsh remarks from his mother and social tensions over a new hired girl. He reflects on family photos, the looming return of Bess, and the hope of reunion in heaven as he contemplates his fading earthly life.
An unnamed narrator recalls aiding a sick Boston father and his pale hungry daughter Hetty. The father reveals he disowned his son William, who loved a poor girl and married her. William returns to reconcile, forgives, and offers a new life in New York for father and sister, ending with a family reunion and renewed faith.
Albany Journal summarizes Congressman Henry Cabot Lodge’s support for a national electoral reform bill. It argues the Lodge measure extends Australian ballot aims nationwide, ensuring honest elections through federal authority while criticizing opponents and urging broad, racially inclusive backing across regional lines.
A census enumerator on the Sea Island coast discovers a black colony of about 150 on Kiawah Island. The region hosts an all English reading and writing community led by mulatto cacique Quash Stevens, with his wife overseeing education. Women share in intellectual life as men and children read and write, and all are prospering.
The piece notes rare American stamps valued up to 500 and 1000 dollars, with city collector Van Derlip’s holdings in the 30 to 40 thousand range. It cites Parisian Philippe Le Renotere de Ferrary as owning the largest world collection, valued at about 3.8 to 4 hundred thousand dollars, and says he once declined a ten thousand dollar offer for a single stamp.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat lauds Reed for brave self reliance in the Speaker’s chair and for inaugurating a policy to prevent filibustering. It notes his decisive victory in a trying emergency, comparing his method to Napoleon’s Vienna lesson and urging others to imitate his popular example.
A collection of partisan excerpts from various newspapers discusses Norfolk disloyalty, a Norfolk businessman’s ruin after protesting rebel symbolism, and reactions from Maine to Arkansas. It cites editorials from the New York Mail and Express, Chicago Tribune, and Cincinnati Commercial, noting debates on Republican and Democratic figures and election integrity.
A long review traces General John M. Palmer’s bid for U S Senate and his 1886 letter opposing central government power, railroads control, and labor unions. It cites his 1871 penitentiary policy favoring convict lease and criticism from labor sources, highlighting tensions with labor and farmer groups.
Des Moines Iowa Register notes Reed’s re election by a large plurality in Maine and a big Republican ticket margin. The piece calls for continued Republican effort nationwide to match Maine’s victory and secure House majorities for future policy aims.
A collage of brief newspaper quips and cartoon captions from late 19th to early 20th century papers. Bits humorously reference trains, spitting etiquette at stations, zebra-like blazers, theater shows, livery misreads, and domestic foibles among Mrs Snaggs and Bridgets.
The piece traces false hair history from ancient Egypt Greece Carthage and Rome to modern fashion. Paris is the emporium with over one hundred tons yearly moved into Europe and North America. Hair sources are France Belgium Germany Britain Spain and Italy with light hair from Germany and northern Europe and dark hair from southern regions.
A Southern editor recalls the Franklin Tennessee battle with vivid memories of General Hood’s corps, losses at the war’s bloodiest days, and the McGavock home’s mercy. He notes the heavy casualties, including many generals, and reflects on comradeship, sacrifice, and the 1884 visit to the field.
The London Standard notes huge Belgian produced umbrellas captivate Congo's 40 million people and feudal chiefs. It likens the canopy to Crusader canopies, portraying the umbrella as a royal insignia among local rulers in the vast region.
W C Moyer of St Clairsville West Virginia recounts census notes on Charles Brandon and his 35 children. The narrative details three marriages producing 20 young children and 15 offspring from the third wife. He notes 17 sons possible to enlist in the Union Army, with two Charleses and two Johns among the brothers.
Louis Ahear a private in the Fifth Michigan cavalry helped a sick prisoner Hank escape exchange at Millen Georgia. Disguising Hank with his own coat and hat, Ahear carried wood then joined another group for release. They later lived apart for years without mention until Hank, on his deathbed, asked relatives to befriend Ahear. The tale applauds steadfast devotion.
The back of Comrade Ezekiel Haywood’s discharge papers lists battles he participated in with the First U S Cavalry. The entries cover engagements from Kelly’s Ford in 1863 through Five Forks in 1865, including Gettysburg, Brandy Station, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Shenandoah Valley actions, and Sheridan’s raids.
The veterans’ gathering highlights Boston as a center of generous hospitality and patriotic greetings. The oldest attendee is James Randlett of Exeter and Company B, Second New Hampshire Volunteers, aged 81. A Confederate soldier at Murfreesboro fled the rear when an officer asked why, answering I cant fly.
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