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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1900
Page
2
A garbled OCR style clipping references Liberty Congress, suppression, and various scattered names such as Danes, UMNO, and others. The text is disjointed, with phrases about folly, tenure, and decried actions, lacking coherent narrative or identifiable events. It reads like a chaotic collage of political terms and incomplete sentences from a historical newspaper page.
Fragmentary text appears to be corrupted OCR with numerous misspellings and missing words. It mentions various names and terms but lacks coherent events, dates, or locations to form a clear news item. Reading yields no verifiable people, groups, or actions for a proper summary.
Indiana WC officers denounce McKinley reelection and launch a pledge campaign led by McWhirter and Mrs Mary EB. The pledge urges prayer and abstinence, promising mass distribution and mailings to sisters in multiple states to influence the 1896 election era.
Labor Day events include regular teacher examinations at the center building tomorrow and attendance expected to beat records. Local economic notes report pension increases, parsonage repairs, bank closings for holiday, and business purchases in Van Wert. Marriages, deaths, appointments, and public notices fill the page along with travel details to Mackinac and Patios Bay. Local crime and safety items note a safe drive and a dramatic medical cure story linked to Dr King’s New Discovery.
The Delphos Herald notes the Van Wert County Fair events on September 11 to 14 and references health study exhibits and Harper Whiskey sold by Wm D Mittenberger Yap Wert. Wm J Veach of Middlepoint reported a missing outfit after returning with two children and a horse feed routine near Canal Street. Chevalier, a French well digger in Jackson township, faced a horse stealing charge but was released after posting bond.
Two youths aged 14 and 10 are in custody after a salary room burglary at a saloon named dW Dick in Bigin. They were bound over to the grand jury, the proprietor was away, and money and goods were found hidden in the rear. A local mayor presided as the case moved toward action.
The page lists weekly court house transactions and orders issued by the county clerk, plus real estate transfers, wills, probate actions, and guardianship filings. It also notes numerous short society items, visits, guests, and travel by residents across Van Wert, Paulding, and nearby townships, including exchanges of property, marriages, and obituaries.
Henry Gerdeman, a Washington township farmer, was thrown from his seat when his team balked and ran away while he mowed weeds. A wheel passed over his right arm, inflicting a fracture and bruises. his mower was wrecked. The incident occurred Saturday morning.
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