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.
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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.
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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.
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New York
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England
London
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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.
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Ick
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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.
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Boyp
van Wert
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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.
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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.
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A. T. Mason
United States
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Mason
Georgetown
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Baron
Sega
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the Treasury
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Dallas
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Johnson
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