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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1893
Page
3
The store promotes a line of ladies shoes at 2 dollars and 1.50 dollars and claims the finest selection at these prices. It invites customers to inquire about the Henrietta shoe and notes strong value in men's shoes also priced similarly.
Members of the post and ex soldiers meet at Union hall at 10 o clock next Sunday to prepare for a Memorial sermon by Rev. Avant at the M. I. church. Also notes on a new law firm Sweat & Blachly becoming Bleehly & Dailey, and movements of W. A. Daily Lux. Jeremiah Hire, 75, dies after a long life of pioneer hardship with funeral at Middlepoint Methodist church. Large Van Wart high school commencement with 24 graduates and a long program, plus a severe storm causes damage across the county with casualties and widespread destruction.
Attorney Wheeler of Lima came to town Monday. G. M. Saltzgaber and party visited Fort Wayne Wednesday. Ray McCreary of Eddle Point returned home. Conductor Ward King and wife from Franklin were here over Sunday. Several others from Monroeville, Rockford, Battle Creek, and Chicago attended events and visits. Juniors and couples plan trips and moves while local officials travel for meetings and expositions.
Fragmented local notes report events and changes in Delphos and Van Wert County. Mentions include a large cheese exhibit for the World’s Fair, a resignation at Van Wert Building and Savings, a board vacancy filled by J F Sidle, a dental college graduation for Willis Koenig, and state tax levies for 1892. Also referenced are a choral society concert, a postponed Sunday School Union convention, and supermarket updates in local minutes.
A partial OCR read hints at names and items but is too garbled to identify events or locations. Readable elements are insufficient to form a factual headline or a coherent summary with named entities.
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