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Newspaper

Van Wert Weekly Bulletin

Location

Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 13, 1886

Page

8

York Township Items From Our Own Correspondent

The Pan Pert Bulletin reports local notes from York Township including a few sick listed residents Mrs Byers and Mrs M W Granger and others. Farmers face dry conditions delaying fall plowing while some crops on black soil fare better than clay. A young Harp Brothers colt suffered a severe nose wound from a bite by another horse. Community leaders urge taxpayer unity to oppose pike and ditch taxes and call countywide meetings to strengthen organized resistance with Van Wert residents praised for support.

Byers M. W. Granger van Wert

Washington Township Items with Local News Notes

Our Correspondent reports Miss Addie Thornell and Lizzie Roush are very poorly. Preaching at the Valley next Sunday. Ruby Klinger sick list. Supervisor J. B. Roush fixed roads last week. H. Gisinger lost a horse hitched to a wagon. Mrs. Mollie South and family visited D. P. Klinger in Delphos. J. Klinger and Wm. Linton from Paulding rode to Delphos on business. Attend the convention and subscribe for Bunnerin. J. T. Mann lost a pocketbook with $5. F. B. Wade and E. Green and Mrs. Black visit in Union county. Thurman Wagner and others Sundayed in Allentown. Hugh Evans traded land for a saw mill near Dupont. Mr. and Mrs. Young visit Middlepoint. Mrs. Gisinger and Maggie Spelas’s horses ran away but no serious injuries.

Addie Thornell Lizzie Roush the Valley Ruby Klinger J. 8 J.T. Mann Wade E. Green Black Union County Thurman Wagner Charles Carmean Ona Wright Diana Roush Allentown Hugh Evans van Wert John Benson Dupont Mrs. Young Wm. Runnion Andrew Bordner Bear Swamp Emma Millikin Ontario Richland County Ohio Enterprise Lawrence Huron County

Jennings Township Items

Grandmother Williams is no better. Rain last Friday evening improved ground for wheat. Rev. Geyer and Rev. Williams conduct meetings near Monticello. J W Longsworth visits son and friends. Isaac Fackler on sick list. likely from eating blackberries. Richard Tucker threshes 124 bushels of oats from two acres.

Grandmother Williams Chester Smith Newton Rigdon Spencerville Olive Holland Olive Church Isaac Fackler George Longaworth van Wert Geyer Williams Monticello Ind

Union Center Items Show A Gala Farming Year

Wheat yields about twenty five bushels per acre. Geo Bittner sold surplus cattle and hogs with satisfactory prices. Lutheran Sabbath school picnic planned August 19 in the Grove. School to begin August 23 with H C Hill of West Virginia as teacher. Two citizens faced a lawsuit before Squire Bowers with an expected Republican gain in Union township. Corn looks good and more may be raised this season. Overall a gala year for farmers with broad smiles.

Geo. Bittner Squire Bowers Union Township

Convoy Items Highlight School Start and Local Happenings

Our Regular Correspondent notes the Sid of August start for public school and ongoing influx of new candidates for office. The Butler building nears occupancy while Messrs Kellys received a traction engine and thresher from Mt Vernon. A Mr Bartsfield from Union township visits Convoy to search the book trade and three sodger boys march to camp in full uniform. A baby girl weighing pounds is born to W B Stroupe and wife, with Will showing extra pride.

Butler Messrs. Kelly’s Mt. Vernon Ohio Bartsfield Union Township Stroupe Will

Pleasant Grove Items Showers Boost Corn and Plans Near

The article notes recent showers improving corn, threshing underway, and upcoming Pleasant Grove church basket picnic two Sundays hence. It mentions visits by Henry Werder and family to Indiana, residents attending a Soldiers Home excursion in Dayton, and Mrs. J Carothers visiting daughters in Ohio. The Runnions plan a trip to Huron county to harvest wheat for three to four weeks.

Pleasant Grove Church J. Carothers Huron County Ohio Sarah Jennie Runnion

Local Notices and Ads in Ridge Township Columns

A mixture of farming notes and local happenings includes rainfall wishes, carp pond expansion by J W Norris, chintz bug damage complaints, a red eagle hunt by Prof D R Boyd, Minnie McCoy's eleventh birthday party, a talk on line fences, and a Republican convention in Defiance Ohio on August 19 1986. Also advertised are excursion tickets on the Mackinaw Route, Grand Union Hotel in New York, Synvita Blackberry Blocks, Griggs Glycerine Salve, a Going West land excursion on August 16 1586, and travel details for land buyers at Delphos Ohio.

Minnie A. R. McCoy Soa Kani

Bucklen's Arnica Salve and Patent Cures

Bucklen's Arnica Salve advertised as the best for cuts bruises sores ulcers and other eruptions with a money back guarantee. Also advertised is Dr Fenner's Golden Relief and Woolford's Sanitary Lotion for ITCH MANGE and SCRATCHES with claimed quick cures sold by local druggists in Van Wert Ohio.

Grigg L. F. Gackenheimer Bucklen Woolford Hines & Son van Wert Ohio

Electric Bitters Promised Cure for Liver and Urinary Ailments

Advert says Electric Bitters cure liver complaints and diabetes, claim rapid relief for various conditions. It asserts thousands cured, purifying blood and regulating bowels, with a guarantee and price of 50 cents a bottle from L. F. Gackelheimer of Kidney or Bitters.

L. F. Gackelheimer

Electric Bitters Restored Health for Patient in Kentucky

Mr D I Wilcoxson of Horse Says suffered from phthisie and diabetes with severe pains. After six bottles of Electric Bitters he was cured, gaining eighteen pounds. The tonic, sold by L P Guckenheimer Cave Ky, claims to fortify brain and nerves and restore vitality without intoxication. Parker's Tonic is also touted for life energy and nerve comfort.

D. I. Wilcoxson Horse L, PF Guckenheimer Cave Parker R. D. Fister Indianapolis Ind Zoa-Phora Medicine Company H. F. Pisin van Wert

Grand Re-Union Encampment at Ft Wayne with Sham Battle

The committee for the Grand Re-Union and Encampment at Ft Wayne Ind on August 19 20 21 and 22 plans daily exercises ending with a Sham Battle and capture of Ft Donelson on Monday the 23rd. The railroad offers excursion tickets to Ft Wayne on those dates with reduced rates and a special train on the 23rd. All tickets good for return until August 24. Also noted is Dr Bigelow's Positive Cure touted for coughs and throat troubles, sold by L F Guckenheimer in 50c and 1.00 bottles.

Mackinaw Cincinnati Jackson Mackinaw R. R H. R. Johnston New York City Grand Union Hotel Grand Central Depot Ft. Wayne Ind Auugust Ft. Donelson Pittsburgh, Ft Dr. Bigelow L. F. Guckenheimer Parken All Drug Ohio Indiana Michigan Grand Army of the Republic Sherman Rosencrans Logan Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railroad Berets Swett Page Payne M. H. Tuttle

Castoria Ad Copy From Early 20th Century Ad Verse

A compact vintage line traces Castoria use from childhood to parenthood. The verse notes the product’s presence as a comforting constant through stages of life without broader context.

Unclear fragment on sale of fruit plantings

Fragmentary OCR mentions names and a sale of cranberries or fruit plantings, with garbled dates and items. Details are unreadable, making precise event or parties uncertain.

Lesson on Humility in the Upper Room at Passover

Sermon by Rev F D Hargreaves cites John 13 1 17 on Jesus washing disciples feet as a lesson in humility Two days include Bethany and Mount Olives with Judas noted as not clean The piece blends religious teaching with a note on Simmons Liver Regulator and later a GAR reunion and railroad excursion in Indiana Ohio and Michigan with details by H R Johnston.

Jerusalem Bethany Temple Jesus Mount of Olives Peter Christ Lelowmenos Nipsasthai Judas

Beware fake remedies for lung disease and demand Dr King's Discovery

Do not waste time with cheap imitations of Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption and throat lung and chest affections. Insist on the genuine remedy, with trial bottles free at the Ohio Drug Store, L. F. Gackenheimer, Prop.

Dr. King Ohio L. F, Gackenheimer

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