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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1886
Page
1
Real estate listing includes 8 acres with oak elm and sycamore timber. Farm features two log intakes, garden, good road, near school, and a business room near De Me square. Located in Van Wert Co with multiple parcels and timber value.
A fragment from a 19th century paper blends a rhymed tale about a Susquehanna county couple and a digressive guide for wives. It mixes verse about the bard and California Kelley with admonitions on home life, manners, and gentle humor. The piece also notes Mrs Kelley in Washington handling a case, with a columnish aside on domestic conduct and humor.
Special correspondence from Talequah Cherokee Nation I T describes Cherokee land tenure as a common holding with individual cultivation rights and no white ownership. It notes prohibition of alcohol, a largely white mixed legislature, strong schools, and prominent figures like Chief Bushyhead and Elias Boudinot. The piece lauds Cherokee progress, contrasts with other tribes, and critiques forced division of lands while recalling John Ross lineage and Cherokees’ desire for self rule.
A jammed column from York Township recalls a girl birth, fox hunts gone wrong, local bets on questions, burglaries, missing coins, and a host of neighbors. It mentions Mr and Mrs Chilts, R V Evans, Van Wert gas, a Prodigal Church revival, and a shift to new jobs along with small town happenings and upcoming sketches of the place.
A long column of local items notes Beers hired as village solicitor and asks about the Cremean Wall Street junction. It mentions compares of tile work, a wreck near Abanaka, deaths, a stave factory restart, a doctor’s scare in a log-hauling wreck, and a magic oil lecture by Doctor Townsend Rex.
Local residents and visitors fill Bluffton as D W McNall sells his bakery to J C Joseph and remains at the site. Protracted meetings are held at Lutheran and Methods churches. new members join by certificate from Presbyterian. Encampment of Gypsies draws east of town and St Valentine’s Day observed.
Western Tully reports Henry Young Jr returning from Crestline after tending dying sister Frances C Mosel of Crestline Ohio who died age 24 years 6 days funeral led by Rev Willard at Menteer cemetery. Ohio school funding bill advances 1 643 208 50 dollars apportioned to counties. Van Wert to receive about 12 870 dollars. Includes local letters and notices from Wesmil area about scarlet fever cattle accident and sawmill moves.
Community updates from Harrison township and Van Wert county Ohio mention school spelling, quilting at Jacob Saums, a protracted meeting led by Rev C A Marlin, and rumors of a wedding at the Corners. Festivities include a fox hunt on the 13th, preparations for church hours, and an auction of farm implements by Philip J. Germann near Muntzinger's saw-mill February 23.
A ragged message page notes sudden weather changes, scarce commodities, and rural concerns. It mentions farm swindles such as a fake horse insurance dodge, local house purchases by Glescon and Amos Brubaker, and a warning about impostors posing as county agents. The piece includes fragments of personal notes, letters, and local gossip with dated references to community figures.
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