Republican caucus in Harrison township meeting set
The Harrison township Republicans call a caucus in Mid dlebury on Tuesday August 24 1880 at 2 60 oclock p m to organize and plan a Mass Meeting attendance urged. M S Lauferty prepares to move his tailoring shop from Levi Zimmerman’s Main Street room to McKim’s North Washington room. Rev M S Bowser to preach a sermon series at the Baptist Church starting next Sabbath at 10 30 with Regeneration as the first topic. A cordial invitation to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Township
Caucus
Middlebury
8S. L. Lauferty
Levi Zimmerman
Main Street
McKim’s
M. S. Bowser
The
Baptist Church
Prostrated by Heart Disease and Local Notices
Judge I. D. Clark fainted at supper from heart trouble and revived after an hour. The Lutheran Church ladies host a lawn supper on South Washington Street next Tuesday evening with peaches and cream. Clara A. Tupright, nine, dies after spinal meningitis. Teachers Institute reports large attendance and lists names. Property valuations rise from 1870 to 1880 across Van Wert County. Reports include a railroad accident, Indian skeleton find near Uniopolis, and New England Supper at the M E Mite Society in Con Boyle? convoy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. D. Clark
The
Lutheran Church
Perry Zimmerman
South Washington Street
Clara A
John Tupright
G. Gruber
Hertz
Harrison Township
Teachers’ Institute
van Wert County
8. F. DeFord
Ottawa
M. H. Tuttle
New England
M.E. Mite Society of Convoy
W. W. Morse
Our Band at Chicago and Local Notices
Our Band at Chicago praises the Van Wert Silver Cornet for high audience praise in the marching line. A separate rental inquiry lists a good business room on Main Street. Indications point to Day Meredith and Robert Martin as nominees, with strong belief in their nomination.
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Chicago
Chicago Times
Locomotive Van Wert To Return To Service Soon
Narrow Gauge Rail Road Company reports their burned locomotive Van Wert will be repaired and back in duty early next week with trains expected to run regularly by Wednesday. Frankie Potter dies at two years five months from diphtheria at North Washington street home, beloved by many in the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Wert
Frankie
Nettie
James Potter
North
Washington Street
Town Creek
Auglaize River
M. F E. Church
Van Wert Resident Killed by Lightning at Lima Tower
Mr. Nicholas Potts, a well known Van Wert citizen, was killed by a lightning strike while working inside the tower of the new Catholic Church in Lima yesterday. He fell onto the scaffold, leaving only a mark on his foot. Remains expected to arrive at noon. James Clark & Son advertise Kip Boots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Potts
van Wert
Lima
Potts
New Catholic Church
Ohio
Le-Do
Guilmette Pad-making Co
P. M
New cider in market and local political notes
Local gossip notes new cider in market and a hot season day. Mentions Republican County Convention on August 51st, oyster plans by Leslie and Frankenberg, and candidates Beaty aiding Meredith for Clerk. Also reports a street lecture, bridge contract let with Edwards & Myers for stone work at 5.50 per perch, and police action against Polly Cobb's establishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie and Frankenberg
Edwards & Myers
van Wert
James Wilson
Wiltshire Independent
Local notices from Van Wert Wiltshire Lima and Cherished Encampment
A long community column records visits and arrivals in Van Wert Wiltshire Lima and nearby towns. It lists Mrs Lou Doran Mrs M J McFadden Miss Emma Woods assistant postmaster visitors from Chicago and Pittsburg and other residents visiting relatives or attending events. It also details planned lectures by Rev Frank Pier and a Sherman Brigade reunion at Odell's Lake with logistics and freight arrangements for attendees wives and children.
Delphos News Highlights High Church Spire Climb and Child Injury
Photographer G Roloson climbed ten feet above the cross on a new Catholic church spire, reaching 235 feet, and signed the top with a field glass in hand. Louisa Helmkamp, 13, near Ft Jennings, was seriously injured when thrown from a high wagon seat, fracturing her skull. she was improving in a later report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa
Henry Helmkamp
Ft. Jennings
New Fabrics Arrive at Zimmermans Including Prints Muslins
Just received at Zimmermans are 3 700 yards of new prints along with fresh stocks of muslins jeans tickings ginghams grain sacks carpet warp denims and brown duck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zimmerman’s
Advertised Letters Remaining in Van Wert Post Office
List of advertised letters remaining in the Van Wert Ohio post office for the week ending August 16 1880. Names include Bress Altice C Miller J F Robinson H N Smith Mrs Mary Thomas Emma Webster Mrs A Woods W Worters A C. Callers must say advertised and give the date. H H Uppegrove P M.
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van Wert
Ohio
Bress
Altice C. Miller
J. F. Robinson
H. N. Smith
Mary Thomas
Emma Webster
A. Woods
W. Worters
A. C
H. H. Uppegrove
P. M
Clark to Seek Republican County Clerk Nomination
W A Clark enters the race for County Clerk at the Republican convention. The announcement signals his bid for the party nomination and potential countywide election.
Captain Thomas J Davis Nominated for County Commissioner
The many friends of Captain Thomas J Davis will present his name before the Republican County Convention for the office of County Commissioner, subject to convention decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epiror
Thomas J. Davis
Ash Heading Bolts Offered by Eagle Stave Factory
GEO H MARSH secretary announces price offers for Number One White Ash Heading Bolts. 3S inch bolts priced at 4.00 per cord and 32 inch bolts at 3.50 per cord. Offers issued by Eagle Stave Factory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Stave
Geo. H. Marsh
Sece’ry
John Wedge Sale on Mendon Road August 26 1880
John Wedge offers for sale at the Mendon Road residence 614 miles south of Van Wert on Thursday August 26 1880 at 10 o clock the following property Dur ham Bull two Calves three Broad Sows eleven Shoats one Hog Hay in the mow Corn in the ground Potatoes in the ground Household and Kitchen Furniture Farming Utensils and other articles Terms made known on day of sale
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wedge
van Wert
Mendon Road
Forepaugh's Great Show Parade in Fort Wayne August 23
Forepaugh's Great Show will hold a free public street procession in Fort Wayne on Monday August 23 between 9 and 10 am. The parade features 15 harnessed elephants 300 prancing horses and a 100 horsepower electric engine with a Car of the Muses and Car of India among lavish pageantry. The exhibit opens at 1 630 oclock and the grand balloon ascension will close the event.
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Fort Wayne
Prof
Russell
The
Muses
Clio
Melpomene
Tersichore
Polyphymnia
Thalia
Urania
Euterpe
Erato
Calliope
Sultania
India
Vishnu
Hirst
Olympus
Vacinity
Local Notes Record Threshing, Weddings and Oddities
Our farmers have nearly completed threshing as Venedocia merchants push egg shipments by the Narrow Gauge. Young folks attend the Leachers Institute at Van Wert this week. Fifteen names are registered at Jonestown Hotel proving Mr. O Donell keeps a first class house. Mrs Eva Siders and Mrs A Wolf of Van Wert visit in this township. Silas Faurot marries Miss Alvina Zigler at Whitfield with Rev J F Mounts officiating. A noisy boys rehearsal at S D Faurot’s ends in chaos and giggles as music provokes tense reactions and humorous mishaps. Electric Bitters advertised as cure-alls for nervous weakness and digestive complaints, sold by Hill & Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonestown
O’donell
Eva Siders
A. Wolf
van Wert
Silas D. Faurot
Whitfield
Alvina Zigler
J. F. Mounts
Silas
S.D. Faurot
Globe
Faurot
Blaine Attacks Bayard and Thurman Over Financial Policy
Senator Blaine’s Bath speech assails Bayard and Thurman, arguing their Democratic leadership would have left the public debt unpaid and the nation dishonored. He cites funding and taxation provisions, the 1875 resumption act, and opposition to specie payments as evidence of Democratic obstruction and disaster for the national credit.
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Blaine
Thurman
Bayard
Boston Transcript
Bath
Democratic Party
United States
Blaine Avers
Congress
Maine
Letter of recommendation turns into Navy ploy
An English voter asks for a letter of recommendation for his son to admiralty officials. The letter is mislaid but later found to urge obstructing the youth’s naval career. The father, unfazed, decides to “plague for a ship” and seizes the chance to back his son, succeeding in obtaining a nomination and a naval posting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiralty
Mysterious Spokane Falls Lake Promises Fountains of Youth
Springfield Republic reports a mile and a half long lake in Spokane Falls Washington Territory claimed to cure skin diseases and nervous ailments. Water reportedly salt borax flavored and buoyant with jellyfish life, feeding by streams yet with no outlet. The Greenback party is criticized as not reflecting Lee and Jackson’s principles, with Wade Hampton opposing through alleged ballot stuffing and gun arguments.
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Springfield Republican
Spokane Falls
Washington Territory
Ponce de Leon
Greenback
South
Lee
Jackson
Wade Hampton
Noted Gaffe by Isaac N. Jordan Reaches Voter Interest
The Hon. Isaac N. Jordan likened the Republican party to money changers driven from the temple. He did not explain what kind of Englishman would handle the whip, and hinted he might elaborate at his next speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac N. Jordan
Republican Party
Temple
Liberty Township Items Highlight Local Work And Moves
Health reports are good and threshing is under way. H C Williams bricks, Mr Chilcote builds at Beldon, and Garfield discussions rise. August 31 set for a project in Van Wert. Mrs FE Lininger dies, leaving husband and two children. Mr Organ relocates to McKee with family. Seed time near, fall crops favored. Stemen family from Allen Co visiting Holmes. Singing class meets weekly. Dr Louden and wife recover. T D B W Co expands track work with about twenty men per section.
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H. C. Williams
Chilcote
Beldon
Garfield
van Wert
FE. Lininger
Organ
McKee
Stemen
Allen County
Venedocia Items From Our Occasional Correspondent
George Heinel runs his saw mill full blast this week. Mrs. Tudor of Gomer Ohio visits town. George Gardener of Wiltshire was here seeking slaves. T D and B R R reports strong grain business. Telegraph poles go up along Narrow Gange line with a telegraph office soon. Town stirs as Rev J P Morgans honey bees swarm drawing crowds with tin pans and bells. A swarm settled on North Main street from D L Evans hive.
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J. P. Morgan
D. L. Evans
North Main Street
End of Season Threshing Noted with Local Events
Miss Vasta Saum marked the school closing with a grave picnic last Saturday. An infant of Mr Wm McCracken was buried on the Ist. A misbehaving pair caused a row after church Thursday. Rev Boggs preaches his final Grace Church sermon next Sunday. Teachers finish the Institute this week. Recent marriages include Samuel Wollet with Miss Wright and D Shaffer with Miss Lina Lewis. Ship-timber workers are damaging local bridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vasta Saum
Wm. McCracken
Boggs
Grace Church
Samuel Wollet
Wright
D. Shaffer
Lina Lewis
Ready Made Clothing Sale Opens at Teubner’s
A. L. Teubner announces a large stock of Men s and Boys Ready Made Clothing in the clothing department. Boots and shoes offered at competitive prices. Also advertising farm and lantern items and a London Standard quotation about cats and a New Orleans Picayune note on a contributing orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teubner’s
A. L. Teubner
Boot and Shoe Department
London Standard
Thomas Orchestra
New Orleans Picayune
Ilkinson's
Electric Bitters touted as cure all medicine
An advertisement proclaims Electric Bitters as the best tonic and cathartic remedy for biliousness liver complaints constipation and general debility. It claims swift cures and urges purchase from HsiLu & Wilson at fifty cents a bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HsiLu & Wilson
Bucklen's Arnica Salve advertised locally
The ad promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a universal skin healer for cuts bruises sores ulcers and more with a 25 cent price and money back guarantee. It lists Hunt Wilson Van Wert Ohio as sellers and notes a later plug for Pershing's Sovereign Balm at Hill Wilson's Drug Store claiming life and health benefits. A corkscrew accompanies each bottle.
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Bucklen
Arnica
Hunt & Wilson, van Wert, O
Hill & Wilson
Pershing
Land for sale near Delphos Ohio and a town lot
Charles L. Lehmann advertises 240 acres of woods land for sale west of Delphos Ohio with 10 acres cleared, available whole or in lots, plus a Delphos town lot. He insists a bargain awaits and notes he is 44 miles west of Delphos. Also one lot of women’s Kip shoes offered for $1.00 at Eubner’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphos
Ohio
Charles L. Lehmann
Eubner’s
English Subscriptions and Mortgage Foreclosures Highlight Albany Journal
The Albany Journal notes English donated a dollar to a Chicago fire fund, later subsidized to one cent by ninety-nine penny subscriptions from Chicagoans. It recalls English foreclosing 800 mortgages in three years, harming poor homeowners facing hard times. It mentions Butler being mocked in Virginia City as the man in the moon and a humorous Enterprise description of his imagined moonlit nod.
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Albany Journal
English
Chicago Fire Fund
United States
General Butler
Virginia City
Nevada
Enterprise
Sierra Navada
Union Consolidated
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Chow-Chow
Aan,West Bulletin
Priday
Republican Caucus
Pie
James Clark & Son
the Star Bakery
James Clark «& Son
Emma Alexander
Laura Furgerson
Mary Hartiey
Edith Smith
Tha Holland
Julia Kline
Maud Rose
Ae Crates
Maggie Crates
Pbbnewitz
Ida Conant
Blanche Holmes
Sarah Fowler
Minnie Woodruff
Anna Johns
Tona Collier
Ada Moltz
Mary Young
Ella Alexander
Phena McIntosh
Mary A. Pence
M. J. McFadden
J. M. Buttsfield
J. H. Engle
P. M. Ireland
M.H. Tuttle
W. .Troup
Shannon Alfen
Willet Smith
J.B. Ireland
J. J. Balyeat
J. N. Herrel
W. Sidle
J. W. Hoaglin
Omar Lepley
Qoscar Balyeat
A. I. Belch
G. W. Davis
Vesta Saums
J. M. Fairchild
Orvil Lewis
M. Saum
Igs
J. Reiner
W.H. Lee
V. Mullen
J. Martin
Docia
Hinderleiter
Michigan
St. Joseph County
Amos Sturgis
Sturgis Journal
Sturgis
ESS WL
SOI
Augusta Kopelke
Crown Point
Ind
Laurana Todo
Wiltshire
Liza Lichstenstiger
J. M. Pearce
D. Moore
W.F. Hughes
J. Johnson
Abanaka
SF. Armstrong
Kenton
Samuel Fortney
Dixon
Iss
A. E. Austin
Pittsburg
Minnie Watt
K. T
Halladay
G. W. Walker
W. KK. Boone
A. N. Smith
W. H. Standish
D. Nichol F. Ashton
A. B. Johns
J.S. Zook
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J. K. Cooper
W. Cooper
DO. C. McCurdy
G. W. McGary
L. Patterson
A. P. McConm
D. Crites
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BR. R. Sutherlan
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A. D. McClure
J. M. Bently
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G. H. Zugsebs
T. A. Grable
Ss. K. Karns
F. W. Ferman
J. H. Malick
S. Neel
T. C. Shermsh
Lakefront Park
A. D. Wiese Hi
C. Steward
Wm. Guyton
L. C. Conn
A. Eblery
D. L. Grable
D. Snyder
F. A. Ditzier
N. Lamison
R. H. Dague
R. Sutton
C. Reichelderter
Wykott
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D. L. Crites
S A. Baxter
W. H. Stevens
O. Cooper
P. Zimmerman
O. D. Swartout
Ss. Butler
J. van Liew
Jus. Roush
T. W., Dobbins
Niles
B. Fk. Kimmons
B. Huffmann
W. H. Haven
Samuel Collins
J. BE. Lowry
J. B. Chesney
D. S. Fisher
G. P. Leasure
J. Parker
Shelby Taylor
Dire “Donathan
A. F. Wheeler
J. P. Sowers
Norris
Union Yard
Alice Watt
Callie Coe
Caroline Perry
Ss. W. Stewart
Tully Township
Harrison
Willshire Township
Willshire Corporation
Saeees
Union
Pleasant Township
van Wert Corporation
Liberty Township
Eereesreees
Hoaglin Township
Ridge Township
York
Washington Township
Delphos Corporation
Middlepoint Corporation
Jennings Township
Cecsssesere
Tmctcasc
Ccceceeerecenenenre Eensees
Wm. Comeri
Wapakoneta
Bellefontaine
John Watt
Uniopolis
Walker
Teubner's
DR. Prices
Royal and
L. F. Zimmerman
Day
Meredith
Robert Martin
Dry Goods Department
Mr. Beaty
Delphos Herald
Dan Burns
Marshal Redrup
Clippinger
Polly Cobb
Ixline
A. S. Hester
John S. Hunter
Wiltshire Township
John J. Humphreys
W. D. Halfhill
Ira P. Shissler
Lou Doran
Joliet, Illinois
Ira Lincoln
Findlay
Emma Woods
Maggie Fair
S. J. Roebuck
Belville
Leila Zimmerman
DuLuth
Katie
Nellie Austin
Middlepoint
S. F. DeFord
Our Union School
Sophia Vance
Jackson, Marshall
FE. E. Lichtenstiger
R. A. Dettmer
Emor Pennypacker
S. B. Austin
Lillie Wakefield
Shiloh, O
Frank Hammer
Frankie Pier
Old Presbyterian Church
Lima Gazelle
Isma H H. Malick
Bloomington
Nebraska
A. B. Gleason
McCready
Appleton & Co
Institute
Appleton
J. Wilson Clark
Florida
Ada
C. W. Strawther
Casto
Lollie Blachett
Minnie Tolan
Grace Cookston
Lula Spangler
Jacob Feltner
G. Laukart
Ed. Webster
Mr. Feltner
G. H. Koepple
Cleveland Herald
Charles S. Aves
All Saints’ Church
Burton
Sherman’s Brigade
Odell’s Lake
Holmes County
Chippewa Lake
Bradley
Ohio Battery
McLaughilin
Crestline
P. Ft. W
Army of the Cumberland
JE. Moore
L. R. Hoagland
A. J. Stiffler
W. F. Hinman
Tanner
London Telegraph
Esparto
Telegraph
Dr. Tanner
St. Anthony
St. Mungo
Anne Moore
England
Tutbury
Henderson
Ireland
Barney Cavanagh
Barney
Sarah Jacobs
Eorror
W. A. Clark
Sale
Wayne
A. L. Teubner’s
Winer’s
Venedocia
Leachers’ Institute
Venedocia Items
George Heinel
Star Bakery
Anine
Call
ARK & Son
S. Sulky Plow
C. P. Clark & Son
W. S. G. Moore
Malt Bitters Company
A. Gleason & Bro
Mason
Tiger Brand
Slade & Conn
van Wert Markets
Gilliland
Swineford’s Corner
Csc
Ccvesierdis
Wilkinson & Son's
Wilkinson's
Wilkinson
Philadelphia
Wilkinson & SO
Lises
Dug
JAS
Clark & Son
Clark, Richey & Co
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