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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1936
Page
5
Short advertising notice outlines rates for loss ads at 25 words for 25 cents one time, 50 cents for three insertions, and a week for $1. Copy due by 11 a.m. Phone option offered for outside Van Wert county at one cent per word per insertion.
Fragmentary business notice listing Pyroil for sticky valves to keep motors smooth. Mentions numbers, stations, and partial contact cues with scattered trader references. Local ad style and incomplete lines suggest a commercial listing with product emphasis.
A jumble of repairs and listings mentions Terra, Terraplane, Hudson, and Ford items. References to upholstery, tires, built in trunks, and car guarantees appear with unclear dates and models. Claims of condition and bargains are scattered across a damaged OCR fragment.
Transportation Co. announces daily bus service from Greenville to Dayton departing station at Inn Hotel. Contact Inn Hotel phone 2268 for schedules and fares.
Fort Wayne Van Wert Delphos Lima divisions list routes and times. Westbound and eastbound departures and arrivals shown with several illegible or garbled entries. Includes Northbound departures at 10 27 a m and 3 30 p m daily and arrivals from North at 2 20 p m and 8 22 p m.
Major Henry C. Hill warden of Northeastern Penitentiary and prison staff assist about 150 World War veterans confined there in filling out bonus payment applications. Total payments expected to reach around $100,000 with individual awards ranging from 400 to 1000 dollars.
The Rheims Cathedral chimes, silent since 1914, resume ringing every quarter hour and hourly melodies. Fourteen bells reproduce full octave tones, with the largest bell weighing 2,650 pounds. funded by John D. Rockefeller Jr. in tribute to the original. The bells bear fleur de lys and an inscription naming Jeanne-Francoise and Rockefeller.
Two high school boys who released toy balloons last July with their names attached have been notified the balloons descended three miles from Bone Gap in California. The toy messages have prompted local curiosity about the fate of the balloons and the boys involved.
On a liner hosting over 200 guests, Nora Lane and Dirk Renre draw attention as Jane and Tino Rossi entertain. Dirk suspects danger from blackmailer Mannie Jackson as Nora worries about extortion while a tense romance unfolds amid cabaret night scenes.
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