Prohibition petition theft and Convoy town notes
The Convoy column reports local happenings from Miss Annie Hoelle’s Dixon week to shipping cargo from the mill, church gatherings, a Miss Ela Carrol burial at Monroeville, and town improvements. It notes Convoy as a growing shipping point with near 900 dollars monthly freight and describes depot work, new sidewalks, and pumps at public wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Hoelle
Dixon
3. C
Miller
Martin
M. E
Zion
Pic-nic
H. C. Glenn
Ehresman
van Wert
W. W. Michaels
Strack & Angel
Cullen
Ela Carrol
Pleasant Grove News and Local Quick-Look
Decatur visitors Jacob Roop and Cc. F. Troup are noted, with many locals and kinfolk visiting, marriages, repairs, school progress, and community events across Pleasant Grove, North Washington Township, and Middlepoint Normal. Mentions of illnesses, travel, and political sentiments accompany farm and social notices.
Numerous calamities and deaths reported in Findlay region
Epitactic caused the death of two horses at Findlay valued at 1500 dollars each. George Rensch, about 65, was found dead in a canal near Sidney. William Kahler near Kenton died from a fatal stroke on July 18. A Lima landlord’s daughter fought a hotel girl and knocked her down twice. William Glenn, recently dead in Cincinnati, left 7000 dollars to Ohio Wesleyan University. A woman traveling from Baltimore to Fremont died on the B and O line between Mount Vernon and Mansfield on July 19. General Comly, Toledo Commercial editor, died of heart trouble at age 55. Lightning killed George Overhill and injured two others, with a barn burned. A Cardington man, Thomas Archer, drew a knife in a fight and injured his opponent. Several other minor incidents and trials are noted, including murders and an attack in Fort Wayne and Portmouth. Local notes from Delphos describe birthdays, pigeons on a train, and a freight accident near Tiffin that killed a boy who had Catholic orphan asylum ties.
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Findlay
George Rensch
Sidney
William Kahler
Kenton
Lima
William Glenn
Cincinnati
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
Ohio
Baltimore
Fremont
Mt. Vernon
Mansfield
General Comly
Toledo Commercial
George
Washington D
Thos. Archer
Cardington
Tom Purvis
Celina Alfred
Joseph McCoy
Portamouth
Northrup
Anton Ames
Fort Wayne
Union City
Ind
Robert Dodds
Bee Line
F. Berringer
Marion
Donahue
Kokomo
van Wert
Ally
Sea
Catholic Orphan Asylum
Dayton
Urgent clash over reunions and old soldiers exodus
A fragmentary editorial mix critiques kuklux activity and the president’s absence from a reunion, urging candid former G A R men to denounce perpetrators in Iowa and Kansas. It declares the president did his duty and calls for loyal ex-soldiers to unite against the rebels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Kansas
Eab
Pape G.A R
SSS
Grand Army
Des Moines
Topeka
Chicago Herald
New Blacksmith Aboard in Dixon and Local Gossip
Dixon gains a new blacksmith as residents discuss flags from the Mexican War and lingering Civil War memories. Folklore of good luck crows, church-building plans, and local politics mix with critiques of county spending and party tensions in Tully township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixon
Tully Township
Ohio
Board of Commissioners
Gen. Grant
Gen. Lee
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Bert Times
the van Wert Printing Company
Een
Conner
Pat Cullen
Jacob Dressel
Emanuel Young
McGill
Fred Current
J. W. Woodin
J. Z
Etter
J. W. Tracy
Chas
Ingmire
G. W. Woodruff
Tres
Pleasant Grove
Jacob Roop
Decatur
Cc. F. Troup
W. E. Switzer
Mrs. Clemens
Rivare
Philip Hoogerman
Miss Emrich
Adam Greulach
Messrs
Blish
Dull
Pleasant Grove Union Sabbath School
Edgar Langdon
Potts’ Corners
Henry Ouch
Enterprise
Walter Lewis
Harry Handwerk
P. Carrothers
Washington Township
Stinemetz
Bickley
Butler County
Wm. Eaat
Andy Stonerock
Darke County
Reddington Bros
Maggie Beckman
Ft. Jennings
Stablcamp
Fred Hempfling
Fred
Union Township
W. W. Webb
Wash Woodruff
Joseph Shultz, Jr
Edward Hullinger
Miss — Taylor
Joseph Shultz
Auglaize
Richard Davidson
H. C. Hill
Henry
David Sande
Sam
Davie
Cleveland
David
Charles Dougal
Jonas Speelman
North Washington Township
Martha Conroy
J. Noming
J. Brickner
Ottoville
Ellen Fritz
Elida
Patrick McDannel
Middlepoint
L. McLain
John Sherrick
Hempfling Brothers
W. C. Bailey
Los Angeles
California
R. Bailey
Emanuel Clark
Stone
Delphos
C. Hamerick
Fred Hempsfing
Hoaglin
Washington
Louie Griswold
Katie Austin
Normal
the Normal
J. L. Hetrick
G. F. Binkley
J. R. Rowland
Ada
Grandfather Wehrs
Geo. Tucker
W. E. White & Wehrs
R. R
East Ridge Township
Simon Stewart
East Ridge
Aaron Albert
Lizzie Mohler
John Knittle
Indiana
Benjamin Bope
Wm. Hunter
G. W. Bope
W. A. Miller
Ohio Normal University
James Welch
Ross Enbody
Harmon Benner
Tiffin
Berwick
Brotherton
John F
John
East Tully
Thomas Baxter
Bartly Cullen
Lillie Brown
Ella Carl
Monroeville
Illinois
Missouri
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Virginia
Jim
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Ile
Wall Street News
Waal Mannie
Orr
Simmons
J.H. Re & Co
Philadelphia
Price
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Gackenheimer
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Dr. Fenner
L. F. Gackenheimer
Castoria
Fenner
L. F.guckenheimer
Gale
Peepee
Dr. Boers
Mr. Jones
Kirkland
Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
O. P
Gooch
Piqua Journal
Ayer
Schuyler
L. P. Gackenheimer
Coleman
Weymouth
Atlantic City
Dr. King
King
Thos. G. Edwards
Blanco
Texas
George W. Dick
Newton
Mass
Sj.c. Ayer
Sniusus.co
Mackinac
Detroit
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Lair
Oakland House
Marine
Gleveland
Whitcomb
Gen's Pass
Detroit & Cleveland
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Tillon
Lem
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Adolphus H. Martin
Adolphus Martin
Pens
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Daniel Ferguson
Oxford St
Brooklyn
Anteria
Cole
Carrave Courasy
Fulton Street
van Wert Times
CREAT
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Webster
New
Salis
Fiat
Coe Ees Inc
Bork
Thea Eee
Ry Cass
TME van
Henry Robinson
OTIC
Wage of Enterprise
J. G. Moore
Hauter
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Sato
Ash
Connell
Alf. McElwain
Joun
Koonda
Columbia
Ia ‘On Art
Genpal
Pope Manufacturing Co
Boston
New York
Chicago
Hartford
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