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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1897
Page
3
Farmers and stockmen urged to attend a sale featuring horsea cattle sheep and household goods. A competent auctioneer will run the sale with a small commission and care provided for stock arriving. Residents are asked to participate and support the event at Wisma ra Very barn in Van Wert Ohio on July 8 with sale to begin at Am.
Two story brick house with eight rooms a large barn and outbuildings along with six acres on South Walnut Avenue Van Wert Ohio in Ridge Township on the pike two miles from Van Wert for sale or exchange for a larger farm in Van Wert or Paulding Counties Ino F Cavern appears as the contact or agent for the deal
A Van Wert clothing notice contrasts no bad sale tricks with a rich stock of spring garments. It touts 98 all wool suits in sizes and styles, marked at 7.00, claiming unrivaled value and one price to all. The ad promises plain figures, welcome shoppers, and invites a trial to prove cheaper prices than local rivals.
Henry Davies reports church services at the Lutheran church in Ohio City will dedicate the building next Sunday June 27 with Rev H L Wiles of Mansfield conducting. Sheets Miller relocate to a new room in the West Main Street building formerly the Gem drug store, offering a refreshed footwear stock. A youth theft case sees Wm W Smith confined to Boys Industrial Home after a house intrusion, marking his third offense. Marriage licenses issued include Leasenhof with Crates and Harmon with Clemonds among others. Barber W M Schonell starts a new shop upstairs at the Woodruff dock, after years in Cincinnati. Community notes cover voting place changes in Jennings township, school board actions on superintendent selection, and local obituaries and travel notes. A county obituary honors Jacob P Brown, a former O W L member and early settler, with services at West Union and Woodland Cemetery. A Peeks at social events include Pearl Rebekah Lodge entertainments with 300 attendees, a Lang Milling Co founder George Lang’s death, and a Delphos wedding at the Oder home.
The County Republican Central Committee named Hanna delegates from Van Wert County to the State Republican Convention in Toledo. Also chosen were an alternate and county officers, with the convention date set for August 8. Meanwhile, a store ad and acknowledgments note thanks for sympathy after a death.
Tax notice announces July 8 and 7 1897 in Delphos Ohio to collect taxes for Jackson Washington and Jennings townships. Books will be open for assessment and payment.
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