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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1892
Page
3
A persuasive advertisement discusses money, value, and the Lowe Brothers Paints urging readers to consider cost versus durability. It touts home and farm uses, invites readers to compare prices, and notes local references and a hardware store visit. The note ends with a political aside and a product tease.
Weather permitting nearly all the corn crop in Van Wert county will be planted during May. The piece argues soil quality varies and seed quality matters, then parallels mercantile success to careful sourcing and early purchasing, urging readers to buy clothing from a merchant that offers wide cash discounts and reliable value.
A Memorial Day contest is arranged at the Van Wert fair grounds between the Van Wert ball club and the Fort Wayne club for the afternoon. The town notes marriages and obituaries, including Leon Molsheimer wedding to Miss Campbell, and the death of Fritz Berger after cancer, with burial in Delphos. The dispatch covers local court actions, Democratic committee news, and miscellaneous notices.
A garbled market notice shows various commodities with price marks for beef, dressed meats, turkeys, pork, oats, barley, bacon, potatoes, apples, sugar, bees, and cattle. It lists per unit or per pound rates though many words are misspelled or truncated. The fragment mentions live turkeys and bread or cheese items and references grocer or market names.
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