Prohibition politics and Ohio campaign notes
In this column the Kentucky and Ohio political scene is surveyed. Details include 2000 votes for state offices, remarks on Prohibition tickets, and commentary on General Powell naming, with notes on Foraker, Cleveland, and turn in party alignments. Also referenced are university scholarships and upcoming reunions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Powell
Foraker
Toledo
Mr. Powell
Grover Cleveland
Lutheran and Baptist Mite Society Meetings
The Lutheran Mite Society will meet with Mrs. H Wassenberg next Wednesday after noon. The Baptist Mite Society will meet at Mrs. France s Wednesday afternoon August 17. All are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mite Society
Lutheran Mite Society
H. Wassenberg
Baptist Mite
Baptist Mite Society
Mrs
Presbyterian Church Service Notice
Rev Edward Elcock of Galion will conduct services next Sabbath morning with the pastor preaching in the evening.
M E Mite Society to Meet at Mrs McKim Residence
The M. E. Mite Society will meet next Wednesday evening at the residence of Mrs. T. S. McKim. Ice cream will be served. Everybody invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Mite Society
T. S. McKim
Young Workers and Teachers Plan Church Event and Institute
The Young Workers of the First Baptist Church will meet Miss Cora McLaughlin on South street Saturday at 2 pm with Sunday school at 9 30 am and various services throughout the day. The Van Wert County Teachers Institute opens in Van Wert on August 20 with Supts Bennett and Knott directing daily programs and evening lectures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Weible
W. W. Lance
Dailey
A. S. Burt
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Martin Brown
Wiltshire
Weible
Delphos
G. W. Allen
Oregon
Hattie Strong
Defiance
McKim & Co
W. H. Mosier
R. Pearson
Miami County
Will Dailey
Toledo
Conrad Greenwald
van Wert
E. T. Hoover
Anglaize County
Tully Township
Bullelly
Messrs
David and
Stephen Balyeat
la Grange
Indiana
Miss M. Kent
O. Bayliss
Geo. R. Eldredge
Frankfort
F. L. Webster
H. Kemper
Jas. Higgins
Harry Grapes
Warsaw
A. K. Ervin
Zimmerman
J. D. Ervin
St. Paul
Daily Globe
The
First Baptist Church
Cora McLauaghlin
South Street
van Wert County
Teachers’ Institute
C. W. Bennett
Pigna
J. W. Knott
Tiffia
Knott
Mackinaw Makes First Entry into Cincinnati with New Rail Service
The Mackinaw enters Cincinnati for the first time as trains now run through car service via the C H D. A new gravel plow was built this week at the shop. Trains from Van Wert to Cincinnati times changed to morning and late afternoon departures. A well is being dug behind the pump house to provide a reliable water supply due to drought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Wert
Cincinnati
Cecil
Town Creek
Volunteer Service of
America
Logan
Local Gossip Highlights Town Happenings And Averages
Citizens face illness and the Gazette suspends weekly editions while Kears real estate column promises guidance next week. Ottumwa visits, fair ground development, meat market stake sale, saloon law questions, rebuilt Smith residence, 46th reunion planning, Work reception praised, Lawhead arrested for petit larceny, Wert reaches eighty with celebratory feast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Kear
J. F. Rank
Ottumwa
Iowa
Fair Ground
West Side
John Tanquary
Dr. Smith
46Th Re-Union
Normal Notes From Middle School Social Scene
From our own Correspondent the item notes lively school opening and plans for new buildings. Local real estate buyers visit, hay baling commerce expands, and visitors include Clee Longsworth, Charles, Rev Manning, Mr Peterson, W F Schrader, and a new student from Kenton. The 114th O V I reunion is set for Circleville on Sept 14 and 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clee Longsworth
Charles
Circleville
Ohio
Moore & Hire
House and Two Lots Near Court House in Van Wert
Two story house with seven rooms and a summer kitchen sits three blocks from the court house in Van Wert Ohio. Fruit includes apple pear cherries grapes and other small fruit with cistern and conveniences. Call LS Hartfocx Van Wert Ohio to save a commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
van Wert
Hartfocx
Ohio
Sale and reunion notices and ads in Ohio paper
Plant sellers advertise strawberry stock in August and September planting. An August 16–19 1887 Crestline excursion promotes Gov Foraker Sherman reunion with Verdeore participants Findlay Guards Galion Artillery and war songs. Tickets via Pittsburgh Ft Wayne Chicago line with 0.10 cigar at Hire’s. Also ad for Jersey heifer calf and elderly contact Da. Wat. Smrru.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman Brigade
Bauer's Grove
Crestline
Gov. Foraker
John Sherman
Thos. E. Powell
Ohio
Findlay Guards
Galion Artillery
Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago
Van Wert Ohio approves sewer district boundaries ordinance
The village council of Van Wert Ohio passes an ordinance dividing the village into sewer districts. Civil engineer Marion P McCoy submitted maps and boundary lines which the council finds correct and equitable. Districts include identifiers by ward and street names, with effect ten days after publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Wert
Ohio
Marion P. McCoy
1St Ward
Washington and Market Street
Woodland Avenue
George Street
Shannon Street
Elm Street
Washington Street
Webster
Grove
Little
J. O. Browder
Henry Romnsey
Village Resolution on Sewer District Improvements
A resolution by the Village of Van Wert Ohio declares the necessity to improve Sewer District No 14 by constructing sewers and drains with appurtenances. Costs and damages will be assessed to Sewer District No 14 per valuation. clerk to publish for four weeks. Passed July 20 1847. Henry Rowinson Clerk. August 12 1547 w4
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van Wert
Ohio
J. O. Browder
Henry Rowinson
Partitions Sought In Van Wert Ohio Real Estate
Elizabeth Harmon, John Welch, Rachel M Welch, Mary Ann Welch, Laura Welch, and William Welch are named in case No. 8367 filed by F. O. Current in Van Wert Common Pleas Court seeking partition of a described parcel in section 36, township 1 south range 1 east. Defendants must answer by the third Saturday after September 7, 1547, or default judgment may be entered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On
Prohibition
van Wert
Lizabeth Harmon
John Welch
Rachel M. Welch
Adams County
Indiana
Mary Ann Welch
John Welch, Jr
Laura Welch
William Welch
Anguat
A. D
F. O. Current
Common Pleas Court
Ohio
First Street
Cherry Street
van Wert County
Geo. FE
Wells
F G. Browder
Tenry Robinson
Eri
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. B. Poraker
Hamilton
W. C. Lyon
Licking
Supreme Court
WM. T. Spear
Trumbull
F. J. Dickman
Cuyahoga
E. W. Poe
Wood
J. C. Brown
Jefferson
D. K. Watson
Franklin
Board of Public Works, Co
A. Flickinger
Tory
Kentucky
the Times
T. E. Powell
Delaware Herald
Eugene Powell
National Committee
Prohibition Party
Chicago
Fort Wayne
Ohio State University
Agricultural Society
Caldwell
J. B. Foraker
Noble County
Society of the Army of West Virginia
Wheeling
3D Ohio Cavalry
Lakeside
Republican Central Committee
Grover
Addie Hill
M. B. Evers, Jr
Kalamazoo, Mich
Madge Craighead
W. M. Flaharty
Clarence Corbin
Newt. Clark
Henry Heyman
Ft. Wayne
L. Taylor
Mt. Vernon
Wm. Smith
Arthur Strother
Frank Gamble
Ada
Emerson Priddy
Young Workers
Evangelical Church
Queen City
Niagara Falls
Harry Keller
St. Marys
Mr. Buckmaster
Greenville
E. W. Work
Charles Lawhead
South Washington
Water Streets
Peter Harvey
Kear Town
Martin Wert
Manning
Mendon
Peterson
R. W. Poling
Hufford
Rowland
Melrose
Nettie Keopple
W. F. Schrader
Kenton
Bill Manship
George Daniels
Hay Baling
L. M. McCreery
Pennsylvania
Renin
Charles L. Leumann
Jersey
Warni
WERT
Celina
Real Roman Hippodrome
Earth
Ente
Sweet & Blackly
Attachment Notich
Jobn Murphy
Nancy J. Richards
Alex
C. P. Richey
J. Ander
Richards
Pleasant T
van Frank
West County
William Kk. Richards
Iz Perdefendante
C. PB. Richey
Justice of the Peace
John Murphy
Alexander & Darnell
Frank Homer
G. W. Lillie
U.S. A
Plains
Little Big Horn
Bishop Bros
West Main Street
Volunteer Soldiers
John A. Logan
Jesse Longsworth
Ag’t.Van Wert
Rajah
Sid
Rome
O'Neil
Willian Jacobs
W Liam Tacohe
PVE van
Pe Pesca
Henry Robinson
Wm. J. Lyon
Sarah E. Everett
Louisa Foster
Chas
B. Foster
Samuel A. Foster
Henry Banta
Rosa
William and Maud Fearsel
William Mantzinger
Charles G. Mantzinger
J. W. Wallick
Etta Flager
Wm. Chilcote
James
Heathcote
Mary B. Chilcote
Elron Stewart
Laura J. Stewart
P. M. Ireland
Christopher Hoffman
Susan Kline
Amos T. Dailey
A. Newton Gause
John Hawk
Sewatupee Ayer N. We
Ayer G& Son
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