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Van Wert Weekly Bulletin

Location

Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 17, 1868

Page

3

East groceries and bridge repairs amid local notes

Levi Zimmerman travels to the East to stock McKim and Zimmerman with new goods while Hackedorn reopens an old room as a busy grocery outlet. A creak bridge abutment near Main Street is washed out and will be repaired after April showers. School election results show I N Alexander 132 votes James Webster 45 scattering. Miss M Anschirz opens a millinery in a former Ladies' Saloon space. A Brice Damacep note mocks oil discoveries, while A B McCurdy returns with hardware stock and local merchants prepare Spring displays.

Goxe East Levi Zimmerman McKim & Zimmerman Brice Main Street I. N. Alexander James Websters M. Anschirz Bonewitz & Johns

Ed Thompson Sentenced for Confidence Game in Lima

A Lima dispatch reports Ed Thompson, a noted confidence man, was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary for swindling a Tippecanoe County, Ohio man of fifteen hundred dollars. He was arrested in Chicago by Pittsburg Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway Police officer Ike Metz and brought to Lima for trial. Judge Mackenzie praised the harsh sentence. Also in Lima news, Union School opened in a new building with a large turnout and a list of teachers. Additional items include Capt. Cahn acquiring a half interest in a local clothing store and notes on 1869 real property reappraisal and district assessor elections outlined by the Alliance Monitor.

Chicago Tribune Lima Ed. Thompson Tippecanoe Ohio Chicago Ike Metz Pittsburg Fort Wayne Sig. Mayer Capt. Cahn Independence Missouri Capt. C Independence Messenger

Best Bible dictionary for readers and students

A lengthy discussion favors a comprehensive, well-priced Bible dictionary over abridged forms. It weighs editions from London and New York, noting reprints with large content, maps, and Greek term notes. It urges caution to avoid juvenile abridgments and recommends the London edition for school use.

Wm. Smith University of London Atyee Dr. Smith New York Hartford England London National Publishing Cincinnati Nationalishing Co

A Fairy Quarrel and Local Advertisements

A family quarrel ends with a trip to Mayer and Cahn for a fashionable cheap coat. The notice promotes Thompson's Spring-bed and Roback’s Blood Pills with claims of ease, durability, and wide use, urging readers to visit DePuy House and try the remedies and beds.

St. Anthony’s Roback Ick C. A.melzheimer Mayer& Cahn Mayer & Cahn Kendrick DePuy House

Trememdors Storm and Spring Goods Sale in Van Wert

A. B. McCurdy & Co announce a trip to New York City on April 1 to buy new stock including plows cultivators hoes and garden tools. They demand payment on all debts before April and promote cash sales with low profits. Also advertised are Boyp’s Bus cure at Melsheimer's Drug Store and Excel superior baking powder from C A Metsuveier.

A. B. McCurdy & Co New York City Melsheimer’s Boyp van Wert C. A. Metsuveier G. McConany

Praise for Van Wert House and Mr Neff merits

Fort Wayne on April 14, 1868 prints a letter praising the Wa Wert house for its arrangement comfort and tables. The author lauds Cant Neff’s role and public patronage. The Ohio Educational Monthly is reviewed and recommended for education supporters with a yearly subscription of one dollar and fifty cents.

Fort Wayne Neff van Wert Mr. Neff Ohio Educational Monthly Friends of Education

Legacy of Blood on Bladensburg Soil Duels Through Decades

The Bladensburg Maryland field hosts a grim ledger of duels and killings from 1819 to 1853. Notable figures including A. T. Mason, Commodore Decatur, Henry Clay, John Randolph, and others fought here, with outcomes ranging from instant death to reconciled friendship. The repeated killings mark a macabre chapter in local history.

Bladensburg Edward Hopkins A. T. Mason United States Virginia McCarty Mason Georgetown Commodore Decatur Commodore Baron Decatur Baron Sega Tek- Ee the Treasury Bibson Henry Clay John Randolph Potomac Randolph Clay Mrs. Clay General Jessup Mr. Clay Martin Carr South Mr. Key Frank Key Barton Key Sickles Mr. Sherbon Sherbon Key Jones Dr. Johnson R. A. Hoole A. J. Dallas Dallas Daniel Johnson Richmond Davis Ridgeway

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