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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1892
Page
3
All in great demand this season and all for sale at the hardware store opposite Court House. Welcoming customers, the shop promises price and quality that will please all who shop there.
Weather permitting nearly all the corn crop in Van Wert county will be planted during May. The piece argues soil quality varies by farm, stressing ground prep and seed quality as key to good harvests and likening it to mercantile success. It praises the Always store for careful selection, early buying, cash terms, wide assortments, and unbeatable prices, urging readers to buy clothing there to get full value.
Ridge township trustees awarded three miles of paving on Ridge road to J. W. Karch & Co., Celina, at 1.15 per yard. Work to begin as soon as weather allows. Also noted: Van Wert National Bank mulling tile floor in Zanesville, Harman & Ball Lima C. Mase Bull, local ball team opening season next Monday at Fair Ground with Celina Paulding Lima Dalphus teams to follow. admission 35 cents. Also wedding notices, a knife assault case, and local civic notes.
Local interest in Van Wert for a Fourth of July celebration grows as leaders consider a festive program with possible prizes and fireworks. The trotting association promises three hours of racing at the fairground in the afternoon. The Ohio State Board of Agriculture reports heavy rains across the state delaying corn planting and farm work, with crop prospects uneven and some wheat and grass growth rapid but ground too wet in parts of northwestern Ohio. The five day rainfall at Van Wert measures 2.17 inches.
Memorial services in Middlepoint on May 20 at the Presbyterian church will be led by the Riveriarl of Piqua Ohio. G A R ex-soldiers and auxiliary groups meet at 9 30 p.m. for a procession to King cemetery with local young ladies providing songs.
Will pay top market price for poultry of all kinds and eggs at the Grange Warehouse office in Van Wert, operated by T. F. Leanure. Also notes from Alex B. Pope and others about a whooping cough epidemic in Stewart, Tenn., praising Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and advertising 30 cent bottles sold by W. Evans & Son druggists.
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