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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1890
Page
2
In a lively town parade style speech A Bornman of Liberty touts Comer’s store as farmer friendly. He promises the best tobacco at crack bottom prices and claims Comer will meet farmers halfway with fair deals and courteous service. Local voters are urged to watch Comer’s coming race in the community trade contest.
Memorial address invitation accepted for Judge B. J. Brotherton to speak at Delphes. M. J. Dannecker wed Florence Worline at Bart street home. Van Wert Gun Club re established with first practice at the fair ground. Harmony band picnic postponed near Hofmann Bros saw mill. Bulletin office moved to Marble room in Gilliland block. Dr. McClellan to visit Van Wert June 5 at Hotel Marsh with free consultations. Local letters and ads follow with various notices. A runaway accident injures Mrs Reidenbaugh. her daughter unharmed. Horse thief Frank Daring jailed, sentenced to four years. Highwayman attempt on Michael Utesler ends with arrest. Local option repealed and new liquor restrictions debated. Prison delegation to Ohio penitentiary left for Columbus.
Ralph Dutcher, adjudged insane by the Probate court and transferred to the Toledo asylum, died Saturday afternoon by hanging himself with a sheet tied to an iron bed. He had been at the asylum only two days. the scene was discovered too late for resuscitation. Funeral services were held at the Friends church with the Red Men in attendance. Surviving are a widow and two daughters. Court proceedings followed, with multiple divorces, alimony, tax judgments, and foreclosures listed as disposed or continued.
Henry Clay of Meniton and J W Myers of Greenwood visited the town Tuesday. Several locals returned from trips to Toledo, Cleveland, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Chicago, Fort Wayne, Marion, Upper Sandusky, and other spots. Notables attended or prepared for civic duties, including court at Paulding and a Garfield monument unveiling in Cleveland. The Van Wert High School commencement announced with a 21-member class.
Various items report school closures and court adjournment, property leases on Main Street, upcoming weddings, a patent for a car coupler, editorial changes at the Delphos Courant, a well known schoolboy walking eight miles to his grandmother, auditors praising Van Wert County, and thanks from Copper Post G A R for a memorial sermon. Also district synod meetings, a feature on the Burlington Route railroad, and a wedding at Dull Ohio between Townsend and McClure with J W Shell officiating.
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