Forepaughs Great Show Comes Next Month
Forepaughs great show will be in this place next month. His agent was here today and took out the necessary license. A Picnic. Ten or twelve couples of young people drove toward Shanes Crossing Wednesday morning to hold a picnic. A Fine Display. Gen A Jacobs has displayed the finest line of four in hand ties ever in this city. There are twenty styles and all are pretty. Call and examine them. Messrs Capper and Terry grocers made an assignment Saturday evening to D Newcomer. Skelton Watt and Wilt of Ft Wayne are the principal creditors. Liabilities unknown. Word is received there is great excitement at Delphos. Some one threatened to inject Brown Sequard elixir of life into the town and everybody is anxious to know effect on a corpse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forepaugh
Shanes Crossing
Gen. A. Jacobs
Messrs
Capper
Terry
Grocers
D. Newcomer
Skelton
Watt & Wilt
Ft. Wayne
Delphos
van Wert
Comer
Gray
Verne-Townsend
Verne Townsend
Gen
Gibson
Grandma Brown
Samuel Brown
Frank Anderson
Mrs. Brown
Columbia County
Pennsylvania
Eleanor Smith
Methodist Church
Brown
M. E
Clark Crawford
Woodland Cemetery
John F. Jones
Venedocia
Wales
Henry Springer
Eva
Lansing
Mich
Hila
Della Vance
Marsh
W. H. Phipps
Caldwell
Geo. Freshour
Covington
Richard Pearson
Ollie McQueene
Decatur
Ind
J. W. Allen
St. Louis
Parmorts and Brumbacks
Stanly Dustman
Bluffton
Fred Rausch
Buena Vista
L. O. F. Austin
Paulding
Amy Murphy
Gussie Rand
Mehaffy
Ella Alexander Boole
New York
Levi Meredith
T. D. Priddy
Third Ward Park
Preacher Davies Praises At Presbyterian Church
The Rev J Francis Davies preached morning and evening, acclaimed as a leading national pulpit orator. Frank Bickford to move sewing machines to the West Main street room vacated by G Lankart, with Bickford’s former space set for B Bradbury harness shop. On Monday August 19th a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Dayton Hard a son to Mr and Mrs S F Blake twins and to Mr and Mrs Adolph Cahn & son and to Mr and Mrs D M Poling a son Wednesday morning. Three arrests for dry ordinance violations were reported Geppert Berger and May pleading not guilty with trials scheduled Friday at 8 am, next Monday at 8 am, and Monday at 3 pm respectively. Cook’s trial moved to Friday at 1 pm. The proverb The way of the transgressor is rugged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Francis Davies
Presbyterian
Frank Bickford
G. Lankart
West Main Street
Bickford
B. Bradbury
Dayton Hard
S. F. Blake
Geppert
Berger
May
Cook
Boom the Fair in Van Wert County
Van Wert county promotes its fair as a strong local showcase to attract visitors and capital. Citizens are urged to publicize the event, engage farmers, directors, and outsiders, and view Comer's advertising schemes with curiosity as the band signals the approaching exhibition.
Reunion of the 46th O V V I at Shanes Crossing
The 11th annual reunion of the 46th regiment O V V I will be at Shanes Crossing on Wednesday and Thursday August 28 and 29. Shanesville citizens plan royal entertainment for the veterans and A M Truby secretary at Shanes Crossing will provide reunion information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
46Th Regiment
Shanes Crossing
Shanesville
A. M. Truby
Fromme to Join Local Law Office September First
G V Fromme of St Paris will enter the law office with H G Richie on September first. He is a nephew of ex Commissioner Carlo and regarded as a bright, industrious young man. Van Wert is ready to welcome such arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. V. Fromme
St. Paris
H. G. Richie
Mr. Fromme
Carlo
van Wert
Reunion of county ex soldiers honors Gen Gibson in Van Wert
The annual county veterans reunion in Van Wert drew two thousand to third ward park where Gen W H Gibson spoke after a march from Hotel Marsh. The event lauded soldiers and patriotism as the Verne Townsend band entertained and two hundred fifty registered at City Hall reports note a typhoid outbreak nearby and a death in the Wolf family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Gibson
Third Ward Park
Tiffin
Hotel Marsh
Verne-Townsend
Gen. Gibson
Gibson
van Wert
Jail crime tale of Langlois arrest by Ohio agent
Wilson Blaze of Enterprise with three or four men arrested Henry Langlois, marshal of Enterprise, for stealing a pocket book with $30 and notes totaling 67 dollars. Blaze traced the bill, found the book in Langlois room, and Langlois bound over to Common Pleas Court with $1,000 bond. He is in Sheriff Tudor’s custody awaiting trial. The report notes Blaze’s secret service work and swift arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Blaze
Enterprise
Henry Langlois
Langlois
Wm. Bechtel
Bechtel
Squire Stith
Common
Van Wert Band Reorganizes for County Fair
A local appeal urges raising 200 annually to re organize Heistands famous band for the county fair. The Battery and eight firms pledge support, aiming to keep the band active and a town pride. Also reports of pioneer era deaths including Grandma Brown and others, with funeral details and burial places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heistand
van Wert
Brethren
Bulletix
Stand at fair grounds to aid soldiers monument fund
A stand will be conducted at the fair grounds during the fair with proceeds to go to the soldiers' monument fund. It should be well patronized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soldiers’ Monument Fund
Ada Fair Draws many visitors and notable arrivals
Frank Rigley visits Indiana while many locals attend Ada fair. Numerous residents go to Ada and surrounding towns for business, family visits, and social events. The piece lists names such as Mrs. I. Lisk, Dr. J. K. Woods, Miss Mamie Otis, Mrs. Isabel Struble, and Mr. J. S. Brumback with towns including Detroit Warsaw Toledo Lima Delphos St. Louis and Philadelphia. Community activities include a temperance mass meeting and public notices about postmasters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Rigley
Indiana
I. Lisk
Sister
Detroit
Wilbur Moore
Ada
J. K. Woods
Toledo
A. P. Conn
Warsaw
Mamie Otis
Norwalk
J. W. Allen
St. Louis
J. J. Shoemaker
Paulding
Gussie Rand
Lathrop
Will Smith
Kansas City
J. S. Brumback
the Lakes
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Clothing For
Mats
Merchant Tailoring Department
Vain Wert, Ohio
Par
West Bulletin
Mrs
Adolph Cahn
New Lawyer
Jennings Township
Wrights
Barnetts
George Wolf
Millner’s
Scott Maxson
Neapolis
J. W. Denham
LaPorte
Daniel Pence
Turner Witten
Liberty Township
Harry Gleason
M. J. Mcfadden
Mansfield
W. W. DePuy
Rome City
A. J. Gleason
Isabel Struble
Morrow County
Will Chambers
N. Dailey
Levi Fireover
Mendon
Crate Clark
H. W. Blachley Esq
W.H. Mozier
Petoskey
Roland Evans
Richard Breese
York Township
Lizzie
Carrie Bleeck
Omaha
Neb
Carrie
la Mars
LeRoy Davis
Millner's Restaurant
Adam Booker
Annie Miller
Marshal Hall
Millner’s New
Bulletin
He Is
Todd
Harrison Township
Williams Brothers
Conroy
D. M. Riley
Wren
J. L. Moser
Dixon
Charles Craig
D. A. Edwards
Elgin
John E. Johnson
Prohibition County
Prohibtion
Court House
Ohio
Friends of Temperance
EB. Laukart
E. Laukart
Cleveland
Boards of Health
Ohio Drug Store
DRUC
L. F. Cackenheimer
Prop
Jas. Clarke Son
JAS
Clark & Son
Clothin
Jacobs
SIC
Bambercer
Hana
I. Reasv
Post-Office
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