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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1890
Page
2
A promotional quirk piece extols chewing tobacco, praising Comer’s store and Perfection Plug. It touts cheap prices, discounts on 10 to 50 cent plugs, and claims of health benefits and happiness from using Comer’s tobacco products. The text urges readers to buy at Comer’s to save money.
Train times altered after next Sunday with Van Wert departures and arrivals to Cincinnati. Also notices advertise letters, duplicate tax levy changes for Wiltshire pike improvements, and local court actions including divorces and name changes.
A unnamed boy about 18, light complexion and stout, was found dead in shallow water near the P. F. W. & C. R. R. track west of Mackinaw crossing. Coroner ruled it an inquest. Daniel Karn identified by Dr. Crooks of Convoy as the son of Patrick Karn, with remains sent to Bluffton for burial.
Prisoners escaped through a 9 by 13 inch aperture cut in window gratings after sawing iron rods inside and outside the jail. Coulson and others fled while Sheriff Shumaker and authorities pursued. one suspect, Asbury Johnson, was captured Sunday evening near Paulding county. The town notes a broken jail and critique of the system amid the mishap.
Sunday school at 3 p.m. and regular service at 7 p.m. Harrison Presbyterian invites all as Mr. G. W. Snodgrass of Oxford College preaches next Sabbath May 16 at 3 p.m. and at Convoy in the evening. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy gains local trust during a De Witt whooping cough epidemic. C. V. Baxter reports a surge in demand. Garfield Monument tickets sold May 29 to June 1 for Cleveland travel. Lehmann & Son promote hosiery and retail items. National Educational Association to meet July 4–11 in St Paul with 20,000 teachers. rail fare plus $2 membership. Secretary S Sherin outlines plans and excursions to Northwest and Pacific Coast.
Ex mayor J O Browder moves family to Valparaiso Indiana. George F Lambkin visits Cincinnati. Dr H C McGavren in New York. Attorney 0 B Brumback in town from Toledo. Darnell couple visits parents in Van Wert. Auditor L A Harvey aids Chi cago and Atlantic railway appraisal in Lima. Rev Jason Young in Fostoria. C Fouty returns to Van Wert from Deestar Indiana. W Allen tours for Woegle Denning. Marble Rimer Beers visit Cincinnati for Electric Light work. Balyeat party and Gordon attend I O R M meeting in Dayton. Joseph and W B Ross attend Lima funeral of Rev J F Crooks. Hastings at Ohio State Medical Assoc in Cleveland. paper on Neurasthenia. 3Geinch Lace Curtains sale at LEHMANN & SONS. pots and shells at Evans & Co.
School board members accept A L Sweet resignation and elect Dr C A Murray to fill the vacancy. City council reads repeal of local option ordinance for a second time with a final vote due next Friday. Money raised funds patriotic school flag decorations. Foremen discuss reorganizing electric light firm with J W Rimer rising to vice president and G L Marble as president. Foster Furniture promotes a Fort Wayne based sale of goods. New summer shawls arrive at Lehmann & Son. California canned goods and dried fruits and various salted fish offered.
Rail excursion tickets offered at half rate to farming regions in the West Southwest and Northwest with limited return. German Baptist meetings in Missouri and Indiana feature Pennsylvania Lines round trips May 19–27 and May 20–25 with returns by late June 1890. Local ad promotes Spring stock boots shoes and repair services at low prices from C E Winarsson in Van Wert.
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