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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1890
Page
8
A fragment advertises Dr Acker’s English Blood Elixir as the best medicine for blood troubles and dyspepsia. It cites Pittston Pa resident Hutchinson and Valley City Dak resident Sugner praising the remedy. The ad claims the elixir cleanses impurities and is sold by J W Evans and Son.
The column reports rain praised for corn east of Van Wert and lists local movements and activities including visits to Niagara Falls, mill moves, store purchases, land case depositions, and residents moving between towns. A moral essay on openhanded charity contrasts generosity with practicality, citing a Chicago Advance critique.
The first fall term opened with good attendance and ongoing arrivals. Elsworth Brown and wife visited before departing for Georgia. many terms at the school, leaving with best wishes. Edith Jones from Cincinnati Conservatory to teach music. Butterfields of Lima visiting. J. J. Richards spent Sunday in Allen County. Mrs. Al Moore ill. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Shrider to Chicago. H. W. Shindelar still seen on streets. Charley Moehier moved to new house. B. Brown Jr. from Wiltshire township moves to town to attend the Normal. Literary was well attended. Dr. Ladd and family visiting Massachusetts.
The sick of our neighborhood are convalescing. Matt Miller of the city was in the community last week. Sam Bell was here on veterinary business. Tom Lepley will rebuild on his farm. T. B. Bell and others are in Delaware this week for their regiment reunion. Ed Jones of Delaware county is here on business. Ed reports Delaware county corn crops nearly a total failure. Mrs John Cramer of Van Wert visited her daughter Mrs J W Kensler last week. Why not paint the church and fix the fence. Subscriptions nearly cover the church repairs. Mr J Kerns has the best corn in the county. John Sanz of Paulding county spent Sunday with friends here. Mr and Mrs Jonh Ragon of Paulding were visiting Adam Fridley's last Sunday. The family of J A Johnson mourns the loss of their little daughter Daisy who died suddenly last Sabbath evening of cholera infantum. Miss Ollie Downing spent Sunday with her parents.
The drought has damaged crops in the vicinity and grain yields are low hurting threshing profits. The Ohio City band reunion on the 22d excites locals while residents Miss Florence Crawford of Columbus Grove and Miss Mary Exline work in Van Wert stores. The paper commends the village school house, notes the Morris block will improve Ohio City, and urges farmers to prepare for the county fair to ensure its success.
A new hat shop announces a full line of hats trimmings and latest styles at very low prices with guaranteed satisfaction. The proprietor offers dressmaking at minimal rates and invites customers to inspect goods above Hines and Son’s Pioneer Drug Store on Main Street Van Wert Ohio. Woolford's Sanitary Lotion promises 30 minute cures for itch mange and scratches and is sold by Hines and Son Druggists in Van Wert.
A tale of Turkish hospitality contrasts with modern religious thought, showing a Turk offering hospitality to an English visitor in Rustchuk and sharing grapes. It then discusses the anti dogmatic drift in current thought, arguing for a reverent, Christian critical approach that uses the Baconian method and seeks truth.
A Browne quotation from Ladies' Home Journal challenges the belief that women spend carelessly. It argues women are conservative with money, while men dissipate and speculate, harming themselves and others. The piece attributes these views to misapprehension and notes enlightened women are cautious.
A one armed man reflects on losing his arm and his life after the accident. He says he never served in a war, found happiness with his second partner, and they raised eight children while he adapts to life with one hand. He demonstrates his strength by eight repetitions and a two minute grip.
A New York state man named Peter vanished for a third time after a long history of disappearances and disputed claims. He was judged dead after years, his estate divided, then reappeared, vanished again, and the cycle continued, leaving heirs unsure how to proceed. The item cites a Detroit Free Press note and reflects on strange legal implications.
A Portland Oregonian note recounts a buyer in Alaska inadvertently misunderstanding an Indian fur dealer. After offering $15 for a silver fox skin valued at $50 to $60, the man raises to $16, only to be shown the price via counting on fingers. The Indian insists on $60, declaring six ten by counting six tens.
An ocean tale describes a dog tormented by fleas until sea water forces them from him. The dog, with a cotton wad, backs into the waves and fleas abandon the animal, floating away on the wad as the dog swims ashore. The event is recounted as historic by a doctor and lawyer in a Christian at Work note.
The New York Tribune reports on using activity like mountain climbing to strengthen the heart in selected patients while cautioning that atheroma is a contraindication. Fatty degeneration and obesity are discussed with diet and depleting plans, and stair climbing is proposed when mountaineering is impractical. A joke from New York Weekly follows about renting flats and family size.
Review details a broad market snapshot: money on call at 15 to 20 percent, exchange activity quiet with posted and actual rates, government securities active with varied coupon yields, and multiple rail and index stocks listed. Grain and livestock prices shown for wheat, wool, cattle, hogs, and sheep across Chicago and Pittsburgh, plus New York quotes and futures notes.
Adopted at the State Convention in Cleveland on July 16 1890 the Ohio Republicans reaffirm the 1888 Republican National platform. They commend President Harrison and the Republican Congress for tariff and currency measures the election law and disability pension bill and condemn Democratic obstructionism. They endorse Governor Foraker oppose Democratic legislature and praise McKinley tariff and measures to protect labor and agriculture. The resolution lists state officers and county agents and promotes pension and election law reforms.
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