Relic Finds and Local Tales Stir Perry County News
Our Perry correspondent reports a petrified horn found fourteen feet underground while digging a well. The G M Cornet band sends old instruments to Cincinnati for new ones, with thanks to C G Whiting and J Fritz. A tale from York warns of rattlesnakes, and a local accident injures John Powell as his wagon overheatedly crashed, destroying groceries and eggs.
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Perry Hunsaker
G. M. Cornet
Cincinnati
C. G. Whiting
J. Fritz
York
van Wert
Henry Casteel
United States
Knights of the Golden Circle
Canada
John Powell
W. W. McClure
Powell
John
Local Notes from Our Correspondent
Monday evening shower reported. Jacob Wiseman of Salem Ohio visiting sister Mrs Bugh. Miss McElroy returned from Ada. Mr Olds died of facial cancer last Tuesday. remains moved to Belmore Ohio for interment. Mose McClure buys east tile shed lot and starts new house. Van Wert butcher charged with selling meat without license. bail posted for trial next Thursday. Local council seeks $60 annual protective tariff for butcher. Calvin Johnson cleared by mayor after a warrant by Mrs Dove. Dove pays costs. H T Myers active. Aaron McNaughton ill. Chas Wiseman visiting from Pleasantville. Mr McCurdy buys lot, building a house. N J Harrington buys two lots in Bellefontaine. Mr Dove arrested for assault. bond set. Downing to build north of Winning’s house.
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Jacob Wiseman
Salem
Ohio
Bugh
Miss McElroy
Ada
Mr. Olds
Belmore
Mose McClure
van Wert
Wilson
Scott
van Wert Times
Times
Democratic Party
Free Trade Party
Calvin Johnson
Mr. McCurdy
Broughton
H. T. Myers
N. J. Harrington
Bellefontaine
Mr. Dove
Frank Johnson
Mr. Downing
Winning
Grace Items From Hoaglin Township Notices
Miss Nettie Myers visits relatives in Paulding county. Jennie Saum Lillie Reed and Irven Stewart attend Mt Pleasant Church quarterly meeting in Hoaglin township. Battle Clark refits his saw mill with a Dew engine. William Davis completes a new barn thirty six by sixty feet. Work begins on Ridge township district No 1 school house brick building. Huston school literary society active with Lewis Stemen as president. Literary exercises and debates held Tuesdays.
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Jennie Saum
Lillie Reed
Irven Stewart
Mt. Pleasant
Hoaglin Township
Battle Clark
Ridge Township
Huston School
Lewis Stemen
County Notes From Tully Township Ledger
Hudspeth returns from California J8 Boyer improving slowly E Tracy sick Mrs H D Young of Columbus Grove visiting Sponseller ditch improvement sold on the 25th by Engineer McCoy Albert Mollenkopf and the Webster sisters with Freck sisters Sunday in Dixon School board seeks location for new schoolhouse John Underwood longtime resident dies July 30 and is buried July 1 another county pioneer called away
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Boyer
E. Tracy
H. D. Young
Columbus Grove
McCoy
Messrs
Albert
Mollenkopf
Mary
Altha
Effie Webster
Emma
Anna Freck
Ip Dixon
Tully Township
John Underwood
Tully
Local updates and obituaries from Venedocia area
Mrs H Howell and daughter Mamie returned to the city this week. Several locals travel from Gomer for the Sabbath visit. Rev T E Edwards of Cwmafon Wales will preach at Horeb and Salem in upcoming days. Wales arrivals eyeing Cambrian Wisconsin creamery. Daisy McDonnel broke her arm after a chair fall. A grave meeting is planned at Monticello. Thomas Davis died of lung hemorrhage, leaving seven children. The Prohibition convention is anticipated and local notables visit. Morgan Ringwalds engine accident causes damage. repairs ordered in Richmond Indiana. Remains of Thomas Davis laid to rest at Venedocia cemetery.
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T. E. Edwards
Cwmafon
Wales
Horeb
Salem
Edwards
Kymry
Venedocia
Moses Williams
Putnam County
York Township
T. M. Berry
T. C. Davies
Pittsburg
Morgan & Ringwald
Jonestown Bridge
W.C. Morgan
Richmond
Ind
Thomas Davis
Jennings Township
Whitfield Items Spark Local Doings and Notes
Health is good in the vicinity. Aaron Zeigler finished Owens granary. Preaching at M E Church next Sunday at 2 PM. Mr and Mrs John Tipple guests of James Pusey family last Sunday. Sunday school picnic at Maple Grove next Saturday August 6. Owens recovering from foot surgery. Charles Troup roams near Jno Leathers. Baxter ditch work has begun. Gum chewing at Asa Pollock's next Tuesday night. Auglaize Literary Society resumes after six weeks next Saturday. Dave Jones gaining notoriety and conflict with Supervisor over road work. Nancy Zeigler guest of I C Lybarger. Question about Jake of Little Auglaize. Many church and schoolhouse improvements discussed. Buildings dilapidated compared with nearby homes and barns.
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M. E
Jno. Tipple
James Pusey
Maple Grove
David R. Owens
Dave Jones
Nancy Zeigler
I. C. Lybarger and
Jake
Little Auglaize
Ridge Township Items and Local News Snippets
Local notes report a dusty ridge road and heated term with no break in sight. A reader recalls Nick's drum corps serenading the burg. Mrs H Hall and Miss Blanch Hirst visit W H Gibson in Burlington Michigan. A two hundred bushel oat yield is reported from three acres. A barn once stored hay burned days earlier. A layoff split due to sickness and harvest. A basket picnic drew townsfolk and countryside residents to Blackburn woods last Friday. Fall term begins August 9.
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Nick
H. Hall
Blanch Hirst
Burlington
Calhoun County, Mich
W. H. Gibson
Hoaglin Town Ship Items Summary
D J Gillin suffers mumps and bilious attack. Quarterly meeting held at Pleasant View. Rev Clark Crawford of Van Wert preached. John Heymen had a runaway incident last week with two young women in a wagon who leapt free. no injuries reported. Isaac Merrick raised a barn. F P Barrow handling carpentry. Lutheran church concert well attended with Glee Club help from Miss Ella Crooks Miss Hattie Pence and Mr R M Hook of Ridge township.
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D. J. Gillin
Pleasant View
Clark Crawford
van Wert
John Heymen
Della Squibb
Stella Myers
Ella Crooks
Hattie Pence
R. M. Hook
Ridge Township
Glee Club
Ayer's Sarsaparilla Claimed To Cure Ills
Rev Coté of the Mass Home Missionary Society reports stomach trouble disturbed sleep and impure blood but a perfect cure with Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Frederick W Pratt of Boston says his daughter recovered from nervous debility. William F Bowker of Erie Pa reports relief from nervousness and sleeplessness after two months use with weight gain.
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T. G. A. Coté
Mass. Home Missionary Society
Ayer
Frederick W. Pratt
Washington Street
Boston
William F. Bowker
Erie
Westerville association expands with 53 agents nationwide
The Farmers and Breeders' Association of Westerville Ohio reports fifty three commissioned agents in Ohio Indiana Illinois and northern and eastern states with broad success. Advertisements tout Gilmore remedies and serve as testimonials from Rev Whitney Rev Requa Willis Culver James Sullivan praising Aromatic Wine and Magnetic Elixir sold by L F Gackenheimer. Prohibition voters set for August 6 1887 in Van Wert County for ticket nomination.
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Farmers and Breeders’ Association of
Westerville, C
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
E. J. Whitney
Clarkson, N. Y
Gilmore
L. F. Gackenheimer
James Sullivan
Salem
Oregon
H. B. Ewell
Pavilion N. Y
Convoy Local Items Highlight Depot Repaint and Westward Move
Our Convoy correspondent notes the P. Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad depot at Convoy was repainted and a new side track laid. Bart Holmes returns from Colorado. Emma Ehresman visitsVan Wert. Miss Grooves seen in town. Rambler editor criticized for past conduct. village calls for calmer discourse.
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P., Ft. W. & C. Railroad
Jennings Township Notes Highlight Local Happenings
Report from Jennings Township records a hot dry spell with residents ill like Robert Haver and Owen Davis. Community events include an ice cream supper at Andrew Stages and Buckwheat harvest by A J Roller. Warnings about rattlesnakes on York correspondent count. James Carmean and others gather crops. three deaths on Wm Rigdon farm with one escape.
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York
Wm. Rigdon
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