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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1892
Page
7
PLASTICO won t mix but they are all in demand this season. For sale for all who can use them at the hardware store opposite Court House where all are welcome. Price and quality will please you all.
Weather permitting nearly all the corn crop in Van Wert county will be planted during May. The piece compares farming precision to mercantile success, praising Always for careful seed and goods selection, early purchases, large cash buys, and unbeatable prices, promising value and satisfaction in every purchase.
Ridge township trustees awarded the pike contract to J. W. Karch & Co. of Celina at 1.19 per yard. Work to begin when weather allows. Also notes Van Wert bank improvement with Zanesville tile floor by Harman & Bell of Lima. Ball season opener set for Memorial Day at Fair Ground with Van Wert’s team lineup.
Joseph McFarland of Wapakoneta, son of ex-auditor, killed himself after his betrothed Miss Zella Smith died from consumption worsened by a party incident. He left a letter for her father and died soon after at his cousin’s home. The girl’s funeral occurred in St Marys two hours earlier. Other local notes mention visits, travels, and events in nearby towns and a tolling of public notices.
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