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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1896
Page
3
Fragmented ad lists granulated sugar and assorted groceries with weights and prices, including flour, beans, oats, fish, lard, coffee, tea, crackers, soap, vinegar, syrup, cheese, and canned goods. It offers free merchandise draws and emphasizes cash-only prices subject to market changes. Names Anderson & Newton and a ticket to a fair are mentioned.
Readable fragments indicate a local notice about an individual or firm at 110 He. TA WES, with limited context and missing full details, leaves the item as a partial public notice record in this clipping.
A Detroit era style town column notes a meeting to organize a Silver Club at the Times office and announces Dallocrats of Honghu town ship will meet July 22 to organize. It praises Brgan's Chicago speech, lists local commerce changes, a bicycle saddle sale, a watch repair shop, and notes a county teachers institute in Van Wert in early August.
A ten month old boy with dark hair was discovered last Saturday evening along the C. & E. railroad track over the state line near Greenwood. He was wrapped in a blanket, waved, and smiled when approached. Suspects Oliver Harrud and companion were arrested on suspicion of theft for reward but confessed none and were discharged.
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