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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1898
Page
5
A Van Wert hardware store advertises reduced prices on meat cutters, lard presses, corn shelters, feed cutters, horse blankets, lap robes, sleigh bells, skates, sleds, and corn baskets. It invites customers to visit opposite the Court House to grab bargains, noting corn baskets are being cleared out at 10 cents per bushel.
The livery firm of Faudree and Hail, based on the west side of Delphos, assigned all assets to J. S. Gowan in trust for creditors. The move followed不足 capital and dull trade with one $1500 claim secured by a chattel mortgage. Attorney J. Brotherton represents the creditors.
Probate arrangements completed for the two boys of W. Camp to be removed to the educational home at Lancaster. Their mother is in Lines land, a poor town unable to care for them. The father, employed in outdoor labor, fears fire or accident if left alone with the children. The girl is placed with her faults attributed to the father, yet he provides for their education. They traveled with Constable Houck of Pleasant Township.
A disrupted Monday disturbance near a railroad spur led to the capture of two young men named John and Thomas Meeks. They were linked to a burglary ring in Van Wert and were arrested while traveling on the state road north of Dison. Constable Shatt delivered the prisoners to Sheriff Webster, with a $100 reward offered for the capture of a suspect named Dale who had previously escaped a jail.
A fragment from a political sheet discusses Democratic loyalties and party figures. It names Mosse, Kartsfeld, Kehp, Wi von, Allen, Malick, Jacobs, Havens, Higdon, Edson, Montgomery, Scott, Conn, and Master Brontgom ery. The piece criticizes party alignment and endorses Democratic principles amid a county campaign.
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