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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1880
Page
3
A notice indicates the Auglaize River ditch improvement sale date moved from the 1st to the 13th proximo. County bonds will fund ditching of Auglaize River and Town Creek and labor will be paid in cash upon completion. Also details of a Grand Concert and an Excursion to Detroit with timing, bands, and $5 fare.
At 12:10 emergency crews answered a blaze at the Ohio Wheel Co. in Delphos. Despite efforts and rapid response the fire spread, with Delphos and Lima engines assisting. By midafternoon a main building remained at risk while stock and yard machinery were saved. the incident caused extensive damage and telegraph service disruption.
The town council convenes this evening while an excursion to Detroit is planned for tomorrow with a three dollar round trip fare. News notes include rail company car updates, a moved clothing store, and multiple local meetings and weather incidents.
East and at All Times A L Feubner advertises boots and shoes clothing hats caps dry goods millinery and bird seed at 10 cents per pound and 25 cents per bundle at Ouro Drug Store. Fresh pound or two boxes of parlor matches 300 per box for 15 cents at Onmio Drug Store. Finest line of dress trimmings at Bonewitz and Schaumm’s.
The notice lists Miss Adda Scott returning from Lima and Miss Nettie Rhodes visiting friends at Napoleon. It details several other travelers and locals moving about Ohio, Indiana, and Nebraska, with names and destinations such as Fort Wayne and Fremont. The column notes social visits, start dates, and upcoming trips among residents.
The week ending August 23 1880 lists Dickinson C A Fuss Miss Delila Morton Miss Dellie Miller W A Near Marion Olsen Miss Edith Peters Mrs Rachel Roebuck Asa Roberts James Rogers Miss Cary Roberts Jas W Sellars Mrs Rachel Persons, customers must say advertised with date. Also for sale a good Winter Kitchen 10x20 feet for $10 inquire at this office.
Democratic candidates swarm Convoy as Republicans absent. Next Tuesday nominating day to field a full ticket and energize the campaign. L. H. Marlin returns to begin a six month school in Harrison Township District No.1. E. H. Waller dies near Convoy leaving a widow and four children. Mrs. Miss Jennie Baker of Pierceton visits A. B. Baker family. Lizzie Ahriman of Fort Wayne visits. Rev H Knodle and T S Butler attend General Synod in Mansfield Ohio.
The ad urges trying genuine Walker Boots and compares wear with custom-made boots. It promotes Walker Boots stamped on the bottom and offered at Teubner's Shoe Store. Also touts Mrs R Conn's hats and trimmings, Wilkinson's drug store, Gackenheimer medicines, and Clark pumps.
I H Mummma writes farewell to neighbors in Storm Corners before moving to Hancock county Ohio. He names Clark Wolf cale Aaron Pancake Jonathan McCon nel Samuel Sheets Peter Wise and Joseph Whittenbarger and wishes blessings to Zion and Bethel Sabbath Schools. He urges Republicans to stand by Garfield and liberty and to resist rebel Democrats, ending with farewell and prayers for the community.
Farmers plow for wheat while Miss Mattie Williams of Cincinnati and Miss Mary Jones of Gomer visit relatives. John George fell twelve feet from a building but survived with severe injuries. A Garfield and Arthur club formed. Next Saturday a pole raise and J M Jones talks on political issues. Barn frame for Mr Zeigier's new barn was raised last Saturday.
A public statement from Joan J. Humphreys announces she is not running for County Treasurer and will not appear as a candidate at the Republican County Convention despite urging from friends.
Announcement list shows candidates for Van Wert County offices. JacoB Fox for Treasurer, D P Donathan for County Treasurer Clerk, W A Clark for County Clerk, A H Hester for County Clerk, Thomas J Davis for County Commissioner, and David Newcomer for County Commissioner, all subject to the Republican Nominating Convention decisions on August 31.
Bulletin proclaims BEN YAA,MIN F Bowwers to be before the Republican Nominating Convention on August 31 for Infirmary Director. Friends endorse the candidate as a town staple, while local merchants James Clark & Son advertise boots and Shiloh’s Cure claims saturate the market with mass sales figures and testimonials for coughs, bronchitis, and related ailments.
Report notes opposition among Eastern Jewish communities to Judge Henry Hilton's selection as Chairman of the Finance Committee of the National Democratic Committee. The Cleveland Leader cites that Democrats chose a man deemed obnoxious to Jewish citizens and suggests Republicans may gain from his appointment. The piece also references Garfield and Hancock popularity among Ohio soldiers, based on a New York interview with John G. Thompson and a Columbus prisoner vote count reported by the Cincinnati Gazette.
Detroit Free Press description of a village post office rush as mail arrives. Farmers, merchants, laborers anticipate letters while a boy trails candy jars, a box renter eyes his box, and the postmaster exerts wary official pride. A few inquiries yield only “Nothing” for many, with lottery chatter and weather notes closing the scene.
Over 25 000 immigrants have arrived in New York this month at Castle Garden. The Main brought 751 from Bremen, the Celtic 601 from Liverpool, and the Olympus 255 from Liverpool, pushing July total to 25 108 and 1880 total to 202 470. More ships with immigrants were expected, likely raising July to about 26 500. May remains the peak month, December the smallest, with 2 560 in 1875.
A logging mishap near Vermontville Michigan left George Benedict with an ankle injury when a runaway oxen line dragged him after a hook ripped through boot and flesh. Orson Worden tried to halt the team as Benedict was dragged twenty rods through a fence. he survived and received medical care. The report also mentions political chatter from Norristown and a rural anecdote about a New Jersey farmer and a mysterious $500 reward.
Bucklen s Arnica Salve guarantees satisfaction or money back for skin injuries and is sold by Hunn WIlson in Van Wert Ohio. Also 240 acres of woods land for sale near Delphos with 80 acres cleared, plus a Delphos town lot. Parcel offered in whole or parts with sale urgent by Carles L Lemann of Delphos.
Nicholas Young Potts, age 44 years 5 months 16 days, son of Frederick and Elizabeth Potts, died in Lima. He moved with his parents to Van Wert county in 1852, traveled to Europe and the West Indies, then settled again in Van Wert. In 1877 he joined the M E Church under Rev Spicer and was received as a full member. He leaves three children, his mother, three brothers and one sister. his father seven brothers and four sisters preceded him.
Corrected weekly by T. Gilliland, grain and produce merchant in VAN Went Ohio, August 27, 1880. Listing apples butter beeswax beans buckwheat corn eggs flour hams shoulders lard oats potatoes pork suet seeds clover timothy flax wheat wool and related prices per bushel, per pound, or per hundredweight with assorted weights and conditions.
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