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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1885
Page
3
William Vanderbilt, the wealthiest American, died suddenly in New York City on Tuesday at 2:30 PM after conferring with B&O President Garrett. His fortune was about 200 million dollars with income of 28,000 dollars daily.
Marriage licenses issued for Fred Trapp and Katie Kissel. Local ads for hats, hoods, buttons, and fabrics. Notices of a death by self-murder of Charles A. Walters worth detailing. Amusements and lectures at Redpath and Dr. Krout events. Community notices include sales, repairs, and a call to purchase school books. A child’s severe scalding accident and real estate loan offer conclude the snippet.
A collage of short items reports weather blizzards and late trains, deaths like David Ganze of Wiltshire, lectures by T. De Witt Talmage in Fort Wayne, mill work starting at Defiance, holiday business, a review of Blaine's Twenty Years in Congress, odd cures for snoring with soap, public notices, church activities, and local personalities including W. H. Brock moving to Celina and a mayoral discussion on immortality.
Personal notices recount Ellis Melsheimer’s return from Logansport and band horn purchases in Chicago. Obituary notes James Coe at 110 years. Miss Young faces arrest over whipping a pupil. Van Wert joys and jokes about wrinkles from jaw work. Train theft attempt ends with mayor’s fine. Post office delivery, mission meetings, and Alaska mission scenes profiled. Christmas charity planned by D L Criprinern. United Order of Honor calls meeting December 14 with Rev. And. J. Fish expected.
Local notices announce speed contests and polo games featuring Van Wert and Delphos teams, plus a county championship pole series and prize skates. Music by Hiestand’s Band. Also listed are concerts by Miss Princess Clark and other artists, business ads, school reports, livestock sales, real estate offers, lectures, and community notices across Van Wert.
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