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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1890
Page
7
A reflective verse on the transient nature of joy and sorrow with repeating refrain This too shall pass away expands the heart and hints at hope amid despair The piece notes times of prosperity and adversity as tides and ends with a urging chorus This poem appeared in Inter Ocean and is attributed to N B Thompson context.
In Westmoreland County ten years apart Jake Dimball, a seventeen year old cowhand, loses a leg to a bear and forges a wooden leg. A second encounter with the same bear proves the leg’s strength and Jake’s tale gains credence when a hunter finds the dead bear with a bite mark matching the iron ringed wood.
In the Columbia River region sixty years ago horses and men faced swarms of mosquitoes and flies. Ross Cox notes fires of rotten wood to create smoke. horses with cropped manes and tails sought protection, often burned by the fires while awaiting new smoke. The animals showed patience and instinct, gathering around fires to escape the pests.
An Chicago News account reveals the patrol wagon crew carries a wide array of gear beyond transport. Stretchers ice caps medicine chests ligatures blankets cuffs platforms and even grappling hooks for river recoveries. Officers train regularly in first aid and rapid response to fires riots accidents and murders.
An Orange Judd Farmer feature describes a summer dairy storage vault buried four to ten feet deep. Oak construction, cement grout, windlass and rope lift, and a sloped platform drain waste water. The vault uses a eight by eight foot floor with a double door and vermin proofing for pure dairy storage.
A Boston observer recalls a robin nest where two fledglings nearly choked on a small brown snake. The mother redbreast scolded as the chicks alternately gulped snake portions, finally separating the meal. One inch of the serpents’ tail was digested, leaving both nestlings unharmed and fed.
Pal Mail Gazette reports a young French soldier named Frossard perished in the Sahara near Biskra after his caravan ran dry of water. He killed his horse and drank its blood, then cut out its lungs before dying of thirst with hyenas and jackals nearby.
A method shown by A Moseley from Jackson County Wisconsin uses a inch rope looped at the horns and foot to pull a bovine onto its haunches. The operator pulls tight to restrain the animal for nail removal hoof pare and treatment without excessive danger.
Practical guidance on handling sun dried asparagus and fruit, warning against bruising, valuing quality over quantity, lessons from market prices, and cautions about fig culture and cucumber bugs. Notes on investing in protection, proper fertilization, and using home made manures appropriate to soil and crops.
A compilation of simple recipes and household tips from era newspapers. Includes Apple Jam from Detroit Free Press, Egg Chowder from Boston Globe, Superior Cookies from Ladies' Home Journal, cooling tips with cold water or well storage, Nice Croquettes from Boston Budget, Apple Bread Pudding from Boston Herald, and Beef Soup instructions detailing long simmer and thickening with butter browned flour.
Kellogg argues heredity should guide education to raise the race. He favors Froebelian, individualized training from birth, rejecting mass schooling and urging parental and teacher cooperation to shape morally mental and physically fit children.
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad will run Vestibuled Parlor Cars on through day trains starting September 1. Built by Pullman Company Shops, these cars are praised for elegance and completeness. All passenger trains will gain safety steam heating connected to engines for even warmth.
Frank J. Cheney a senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. swears the firm will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Document dated December 6 1586 before Notary A W Gleason. Toledo Ohio.
Efome Seekers Excursions will leave Chicago and Milwaukee via the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway for points in Northern Iowa Minnesota South and North Dakota including the Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota Colorado Kansas and Nebraska on September 9 23 and October 14 1800 Half rate excursion tickets are valid for return passage within 30 days from date of sale For further information circulars showing rates of fare maps etc address A W H Canventrr General Passenger Agent Milwaukee Wis The beauty in amateur theatricals lies in their realism there is seldom any acting in them Elmira Gazette
Railway agents schedule Home-Seekers Excursion Tickets on select Tuesdays September 9 23 and October 14 1899 for round trip fare to West Northwest South and Southwest points. Tickets valid returning within thirty days. Details via agency offices. Includes brief quotes and dated notes from period publications.
October 14 sees regular fast express trains offering half fare to southern points. Tickets available via home ticket agents or by writing George L. Cross, N W Pass Agent, 232 Clark St, Chicago.
A London omnibus driver recalls a rare horse type called a wobble r which trots with all four feet touching the ground at once while pulling a vehicle at six miles an hour. The driver has guided this creature for ten years and Alderman Cowan fined the operator five shillings and costs for driving to the common danger of the public.
A hypochondriac obsessed with imminent death chases his physician in a road duel aboard gig and carriage. The elderly doctor, famous for a lively wit, matches the pace and quips in a close three mile chase. The tale ends with the hypochondriac declaring he is dying to which the doctor retorts I think you are.
Confidence in Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy is backed by a $500 reward. The ad claims the medicine cures even chronic catarrh in the head where others fail, with mild cleansing and healing properties leading to permanent results. You can be cured or claim the $500, but not both.
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