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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1898
Page
3
A brief notice from the Van Wert Printing Company published in the Van Wert Times outlines a correction or update to upcoming readers about local publication matters. The item reflects standard newsroom notices typical of small city papers.
The Van Wert County Ohio boards revise districts to appoint committees under Revised Statutes. Members listed include Tally Wm Feeek Rods ney Grabiat Harrison Fred Gelsster Jesse Now ete and many others across wards and townships. A whist club formed by married couples meets every other Friday at a member home with social dining. County School Examiners issued certificates to Myrtle Kimmel Lowery Ella Hessian Ete Weis Bria J Russell Evans and others. Simple Simona resumes Fle c ot staff duties as assistant prosecutor amid township residence complaints.
A garbled list of names and places records visiting relatives and friends across towns. It mentions J Hhretta and J Harris visiting Kerkford, Mrs Chris Peaster in Aden towns hip, Miss Heatrice Rowan in Batte field, and many others in Ohio City, Middlepoint, Fort Wayne, and Goshen. The items describe guests arriving, funerals, sleigh rides, and travel to St Louis, Chicago, and Detroit with sporadic dates and locales.
Fragmentary OCR outlines a discussion of deficits and taxation with scattered names and dates. Reads like a brief historical note, referencing individuals and periods, but lacks complete sentences or clear events.
Ex United States Senator Calvi Brive of Ohio died yesterday at his Fifth Avenue residence in New York after a brief pneumonia illness. Family present except one son, W Kirkpatrick Hirce, who was traveling in China. Funeral planned for Saturday private. Brive, who served as chairman of the Democratic National Committee and as a longtime senator, helped shape railroad policy and founded the Nickel Plate lines.
Sir Stewart Brice born February 17 1843 in Ohio rose from student at Miami University to financier and railroad leader. He backed the American China railroad project with Vanderbilts and Rockefellers and served as president of the Cincinnati Northern railway chain. Brice married Olivia Meily in 1868 and left five children. his philanthropy and social life in Washington were widely noted.
A surprise birthday event occurred last Monday in Ennis Town celebrating Mrs. Mary A. Danivon. Guests attended a feast and presented gifts as a celebration of her birthday. The notice lists numerous attendees and local business names offering goods ahead of Christmas, including furniture and hardware vendors.
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