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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1893
Page
2
No 18 plows are praised for steady growth in favor and high satisfaction. The mould board and landsides are long and sharp, scouring in any soil. Steel and cast points accompany each plow and it turns furrows six to nine inches deep and thirteen to sixteen inches wide, warranted to satisfy in every particular.
An ad extols Ladies Fine Shoes priced at two dollars, boasting a larger Henrietta stock in Opera and patent styles plus Opera tips and spring heels. It promises many bargains and urges customers to buy shoes this Spring.
Dr Ezra Barnett plans to begin practice in Wetsel Jackson township after graduating from Ohio State Medical College. A merchant, Aug Stitz, assigns assets of about $2100 with liabilities near $1700. Mrs Charles Markley dies at 26. funeral at Harrison township. Various ads and community notes follow including saloon transfers and a public Easter social. A major verdict awards $6500 to Mrs Baughman in a railroad death case from Ohio City. trial details given with names and lawyers. Accidents and employment changes noted in Middlepoint Ottoville and Willshire areas.
A daring escape from the penitentiary last Saturday night saw three prisoners flee after a false key was left in a lock. Dr. W H Summers, a Van Wert county prisoner serving seven years for criminal practice, is implicated as an accomplice by providing keys and assisting Brennan Stafford and Graham in their escape from the asylum area. The trio climbed the high stone wall to freedom, aided by an unnamed accomplice who supplied citizen clothes found outside the gate. Summers is now confined to his cell while investigations continue. Election notice and local notices follow.
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