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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1896
Page
2
The Van Wert Times prints a political notice listing Democratic ticket candidates and local figures. Names such as Wiener and Hasen appear among the signatories, with references to election positions and community roles in a compact local notice format.
A public notice calls for a Democratic county convention at the court house in Van Wert on August 21 at 10 o clock for nominating candidates. It details representational rules, lists potential nominees for County Auditor, and includes commentary on party politics, currency issues, and references to Gates and McKinley.
The piece chronicles William Jennings Bryan's campaign visit to New York, noting a vast Madison Square Garden audience and unprecedented public enthusiasm. It praises his speech, contrasts it with his opponent's, and describes the political climate, railroad economics, and expected impacts on industry, farmers, and workers. The narrative highlights Bryan's resolve, his acceptance speech, and the public's reception of his vision for reform and national progress.
A long-winded letter argues for free gold and silver coinage, claiming it would ease farm mortgages and curb bank power. It assails Eastern voters, praises bankers profits, and links monetary policy to wages, prices, and savings losses, urging farmers and workers to pressure the banks.
The store advertises $10,000 in new goods across 6000 square feet with aggressively low prices. Men’s suits start at 3.00, all wool options at 7.00 and 5.00 Scotch suits, boys’ suits 2.75 to 4.00, children’s Scotch goods 75c, hats 25c and up, fur hats 60c, overalls 25c, knee pants 15c, two for 25c, and unlaundried shirts 25c.
A local clothing house advertises its showroom policy and low prices as proof of being the only cheaply priced store in Van Wert. The notice emphasizes inviting passersby to view goods and compare prices.
A Jersey City man raises a legal question over whether 17 eggs under a hen become chickens after incubating. The case involves a dog bite, a constable breaking into a barn, and a judge delaying a decision while the eggs are claimed as chickens and valued versus the hen and dog.
A distorted newspaper fragment claims a colony of darkards and their families will move from Indiana to Dakota to establish a settlement. The piece notes widespread misprints and moral concerns, with derisive commentary from Cass county readers and a reference to London Westminster Gazette coverage.
Fragments show a mixed auction notice for county销售 with sale day and figures for farm staples. Prices list crops and livestock including corn seed oats potatoes apples turkeys and cattle. Also appears a county sale notice stating sale by public auction in Van Wert at a specified date and time in 1906 with references to local officials and guaranteed proceeds.
In Van Wert County a speaker named Gates pushes a plan to organize county lawyers into a Library Association. He would appoint a librarian and steer up to 500 dollars a year to fund books from West Publishing, with most funds returning to Gates’s publisher and a small librarian stipend. Local attorneys across parties oppose Gates’s scheme as a misused tax burden and a partisan ploy.
Van Wert County lawyers petition Judge Heywood Mooney to block a county bar association plan to spend 500 dollars yearly on books and a librarian. They argue taxpayers already bear heavy duties and the proposal benefits only a subset of lawyers, naming several signers.
The act of 1873 dropped silver coinage, transferring the monetary basis to the gold dollar. It cut silver’s role as real money and reduced its legal tender status, turning it into credit money redeemable by bank notes. Commentary links this to gold subsequently rising or falling with new monetary demand. Nearby ads and notices mention stores and addresses amid the era’s financial debate.
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