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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1887
Page
5
A fragmented OCR listing shows Star Bakery pricing at 25 27 30 and 35 cents per pound with stray numbers and phrases about uncolored Japan and a $100 line. Readable elements suggest a pricing or sale ledger entry with multiple cents and unit figures, but the context is incomplete.
Fragmentary note shows canned tomatoes corn peas peaches cherries and meats with scattered prices and odd spellings. Lacks coherent event or clear entities. cannot determine full item list or context.
A brief catalog of grocery items including 2 pound granulated Rio tapioca priced at 15 cents and 2 pound cracked wheat, rolled oats and rolled barley breakfast ham and oat meal offerings, reflecting a mid century grain sale.
A shop lists pickles with varied quantities and prices including 1 quart Chow Chow at 15 cents 1 quart Mixed Pickles at 10 cents and 1 dozen Sour Pickles at 5 cents.
Meat prices listed include Mackerel at 20 cents per pound Pork at 103 cents per hundred pounds Breakfast Bacon at 12.3 cents per pound Bacon at 4.55 dollars per hundred pounds Sugar Cured Ham at 14 cents per pound
A long list of local movements visits and weddings from Van Wert County Ohio. Notables include Paul Ream returning from a Western trip, Miss Flora E Brown wedding to Frank Stinemetz, and many residents visiting relatives in Michigan Ohio Indiana and elsewhere with several mentions of church work and occupations.
The Star advertises 100 suits marked down by 3 to 4 dollars from the right price, urging buyers not to be fooled by other “wonderful bargains.” It notes steady sales of fresh, well-made suits and hats, with other items like shirt-waists moving fast as stocks clear.
A six month old child of A Cahn died suddenly from cholera infantum Sunday evening. The remains were buried in the Jewish cemetery at St Wayne on Monday. Also notes on Union school heating work and a horseback accident in Ridge township injuring Isaac North’s son, with Dr Stutsman treating the rider who is recovering.
A series of local items covers a car coupling accident injuring Frank Hoyt at Butler Stave works, a review of Hire's cigar promotions, a push for the new Smith & Harris steam laundry, and a report on the first monthly stock sale at the Farmers’ feed lot. plus wheat yields from John Lewis, S. W. Converse, and M. H. McCoy and oats, with county-wide crop notes.
A blaze at Dr. Wm. Smiths stable on Jackson and Fulton streets began shortly after two. The Mackinaw locomotives and Oil Well Supply Co. whistles sounded the alarm but a broken coil on the steamer delayed tactics. The old hand engine aided but the fire, fanned by the north wind, gutted the two story frame building and its contents. Loss exceeds 2500 with 2000 insured by Knox County Mutual.
A fire scene report details Sam Cahn's mishap with a broken hose pin and a fortuitous return of an old engine. It notes property saved by a bucket brigade, a new Patriarchs Militant Canton forming in Marion, and minor injuries from crushes and a broken arm. It also covers a heat incident to Owen Gamble, channel work in Town Creek, upcoming county fair music and new wells, and a violent attack on Dr. Haller with a $150 reward for the suspect.
The first annual encampment met at Grand Opera House in this city with over fifty delegates from ten Ohio commands. Gen J W Hetrick opened proceedings. A J Burch named Department Commander of Ohio, with officers for the year elected. Next encampment scheduled for Dayton. Also reports from Common Pleas Court including sale confirmations and a divorce case, plus local tax settlements and the funeral of Daniel Borden.
Real estate listing offers a house and lot in the East End German settlement priced at 250 dollars below market value for the next ten days. Seller W. M. Kear invites interested buyers to call for full particulars.
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