Murphy Pledge Cards and Town Notices in Van Wert
Lan Wert Bulletin advertises Murphy Pledge cards with facsimile signatures priced per 1000 and mailed options. It also notes upcoming religious preaching by Rev Beery in Lima, a campaign bulletin offer, a Hayes portrait by Willie Encell, insurance notice from Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance, and a Lutheran Church social at S B Hertz's with ice cream and desserts.
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Rev. Beery
Lima
M. E. Church
Lutheran Church
Reunion of the Old 71st at Wapakoneta
Surviving members of the Old 71st plan a reunion on the present month’s 30th at Wapa koneta. The committee will host extensive preparations to accommodate attendees and make the event memorable. Members are urged to send their addresses to George A. Blocher, Corresponding Secretary, National Military Home.
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71St
Wapakoneta
George A. Blocher
National Military Home
Court Room
G. W. Andrews
C. P. Davis
M. Dumbros
W. V. M. Layton
R. D. Marshall
Gilbert Kennedy
F. C. van Anda
Court of Common Pleas
Benjamin Linzee
J. P
H. C. Settlage
Levi Hamaker
McMurray
Supreme
District and Common Pleas
Bar
Teachers Institute Programs And Inaugural Address
At the meeting on the 15th inst Colonel I N Alexander will speak on Our School Polity Miss Gertie C Sholl reads Silent Forces in Education J L Price and C B Stemen discuss educational topics Rev Wm Jones delivers the inaugural Also Sheriff Lee reports a horse thief from Miami county pled guilty at Troy and received four years in the penitentiary.
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Lee
Miami County
Here
Henry Saltzgaber
Troy
McCurdy Firm Adopts Cash-Only Sales Policy
Messrs A B McCurdy and Son announce a cash only sales rule after September 1 to stop annual losses from extending credit. They state profits suffer and prices will rise for cash customers to cover credit losses, with adherence to the cash rule to prevent injustice.
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Messrs
A. B. McCurdy & Son
Local Notables Attend Camp Meeting and Socials in Mansfield
Reverend William Jones attends the Ohio State Camp Meeting at Mansfield. Dr. and Mrs. B F Cessna visit town as guests of Mr. and Mrs. J L Price. Mrs R B Encell of Warsaw Indiana with her sons Willie and Wellie also visits. Van Wert county is represented at the Cleveland State Republican Convention by J L Price I P Shissler A H Hester W ll Pennell and J H Foster. Rosa Brightwell of Urbana Charley Lincoln Lima and Laura Cunningham Lima were guests of Mr and Mrs J Blachett last Sunday. Coughs and lung diseases treated with Dr Marshall’s Lung Syrup priced 25 cents, sold by W H Pennell and C A Melsheimer.
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William Jones
Mansfield
B. F. Cessna
J. L. Price
R. B. Encell
Warsaw
Indiana
Willie
Wellie
van Wert County
Cleveland
I. P. Shissler
A. H. Hester
W.ll. Pennell
J. H. Foster
Rosa Brightwell
Urbana
Charley Lincoln
Lima
Laura Cunningham
Teachers Institute Opens August 13 With Prof W C Davis
The county teachers institute promises to be highly profitable with Prof W C Davis, the former superintendent, returning for the event. All teachers are urged to attend the opening on August 13 at 10 a.m. COMMITTEE.
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W. C. Davis
Board Wanted For Teachers During Institute
A public notice seeks a board to oversee lodging for teachers during the institute in Van Wert. Inquiries directed to John W. Hoaglin or Eden T. Woods.
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John W. Hoaglin
Eden T. Woods
van Wert
Henry C Williams Nominated for County Commissioner
Epitor Bulletin announces Henry C Williams of Liberty township as a suitable candidate for County Commissioner subject to the Republican Nominating Convention decision.
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Henry C. Williams
Liberty Township
Sheriff candidates named in local Republican notices
Eournal bulletin lists C M Watt of Hoaglin township for sheriff pending convention. C P Ricney of Pleasant township sought as sheriff candidate subject to convention decision. John W Her Rick named as qualified sheriff candidate awaiting nominating convention outcome.
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Eorror
C. P. Ricney
Pleasant Township
Republican County Convention
Pleasant township clerk candidate announcement
Friends of the Heester of Pleasant township announce a bid for the office of Clerk of the Court as a candidate.
Dem monetization debate and curious colonial notes circulate
A collage of items includes 1873 silver demonetization talk by Congress members, a witty Chicago Journal jab about population, notices of a cash system for hardware, and a long zoological anecdote about Galla panther hunting. It also recounts Putnam birth place deeds, bank forger tales, railroad politics jabs, and a Nashville mob incident involving Ned Buntline with a moral on integrity.
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House
Columbus
Chicago Journal
Selma
Alabama
Ned Buntline
E. C. Judson
United States Navy
Polk
Nashville
Tennessee
Wilkins Tannahill
Wich
The
Orthopolitan
Porterfield
Judson
Potterfield
City
Otterfield
New York City
Kate Hastings
New York
Adventists raise tent in York township near town
Local notes report the Adventists have set up a tent in York township. Other items mention Normal Institute opening August 15 and a Town Council regular session this evening. The 71st Regiment reunion is planned at Wapakoneta on August 23 and the 99th Ohio Regiment reunion at Sidney on September 19.
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Normal Institute
York Township
Convoy Mills
Wapakoneta
T. J. Gladhill
van Wert Court of Common Pleas
Allen County
Bulletin
Bradford Gas Boom Transforms Townsfolk and Landscape
A visitor notes Bradford Pennsylvania grows from 200 to about 3000 residents within two years as gas from local wells lights streets powers engines and fuels stoves. The oil boom brings riches, new groceries and social tensions, including fights and noise, while air quality declines from the gas odor.
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Pensylvania
Bradford
Imperial Russian Court Rail and Restaurant Luxury Exposed
The London Examiner details the czars private seventeen carriage train costly meals and vast wine consumption. It notes 6000 francs for rail travel from Ploiesti to Bucharest and 4000 bottles of champagne monthly. It highlights Brofft Hotel supplies and Paris vegetables valued at 127000 francs, contrasting with English reporters' luxury.
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London Examiner
Ploiesti
Bucharest
Brofft
Imperial
Commissariat
M. Brofft
Paris
The German's Sale Bill
Jim Brown, a worthy German, died in Franklin recently and his next friend was appointed administrator to settle his estate. He asked for public posters announcing the sale of Brown’s goods at auction with bold eye catching wording to attract the public. The administrator and Mrs Brown reviewed the draft, marking the wall to indicate large letters for the notice.
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Oil City
Jim Brown
Franklin
Brown
Beetle survives German farm fire boasts about weather for corn
A comic courthouse-style anecdote recalls German officials burning a Colorado beetle with kerosene as a boastful beetle crawls from the flames on the second day and quips that the weather is favorable for corn, humor attributed to Hawkeye.
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Cologne
Colorado
Kait
Hawkeye
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Burlington
McClure—Foust
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W. J. McClure
Henrietta Foust
Murphy—Wilson
Franklin Murphy
Eliza Ann Wilson
van Wert County Medical Society
John A. Estill
York Grange
John Bevington
Brother Bevington
L. W. Bethards
L. F. Ross
S. C. Dupf
van Wert Markets
Gilliland, JorNs & Co
Swineford’s Corner
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Clark, Richey & Co
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