27 Aug 1886
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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1886
Page
1
A damaged timetable from East Main Street lists freight and passenger stopping times for several stops including Rochester Bolivar North Judson Huntington W Kingsland Decatur Spencerville Lima and Preston Kenton with varying P M and A M entries and numbers that suggest station times and freight connections.
Trains depart Van Wert daily except Sunday heading west. Local service runs daily except Sunday with departures around 11:05 a.m. 12:10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. The schedule lists multiple departures including 4:51 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. entries.
County Fair notes and church meeting set for Bellefontaine Ohio on September 9 1930. Paragraphs cover soldiers in Texas, convicts in Ohio Penitentiary, newspaper errors, union boycotts, freight equipment, Old Fellow Gabriel Fox, Niagara whirlpool swimmer, veterans encampments, a proposed duel between Halstead and McLean, Grant’s farm machinery, evangelists Jones and Small, and the Cincinnati Illustrated News Exposition Number with a sales pitch for copies.
Revered F D Hargreaves notes Jesus comforts His disciples in the upper room as arrest nears. He promises a heavenly home with many mansions, salvation through the Way and faith in Him, and future works and answered prayers in His name. The lesson emphasizes comfort, belief, and mission.
The seventh annual Dix family reunion gathered August 19 1586 at P M Dix’s home three miles west of Van Wert Ohio. About one hundred attendees photographed together and a dinner and evening program followed with speeches on early family history education and reunion planning led by S C Dix and others.
The Royal Baking Powder is praised for strict purity and uniform quality. Twenty years of experience, tested ingredients, and expert chemists ensure exact strength and leavening, with government reports placing it at the top for strength and wholesomeness.
The Columbus Hocking Valley and Toledo Bay offers excursion tickets from all stations to Columbus and return for one fare. Tickets are valid Aug 30 to Sept 3 for outbound and up to Sept 4 for returns. A special train runs Sept 1 3 from Carey to Columbus with the 6 30 p m service limited to Sept 1 2 3 and extending to Carey.
Mrs. Livermore promotes equal intellectual and industrial training for girls and equal health care. The ad touts Brown's Iron Bitters as the safest iron preparation for paleness and debility, with a testimonial from Miss Barton of Chestnut St Louisville Ky claiming rheumatism cure when others failed.
The tonic is advertised as purifying blood and gently purging to remove obstructions from the internal organs. It claims rapid, thorough relief for dyspepsia costiveness bad breath piles pimples low spirits headaches malaria and stomach liver and kidney troubles. Price fifty cents from L. F. Gackenheimer.
Railway workers report cross ties laid along the P., Ft. W. & C. Railroad line observed by G. W. Bress, indicating continued track maintenance activity.
The ad touts a salve claimed to cure cuts bruises sores ulcers and many skin eruptions with guaranteed satisfaction or money refunded at 25 cents per box. Sold by L F Gackenheimer at the Ohio Drug Store with additional claim of Dr Fenner's Golden Relief curing any pain in five to thirty minutes.
An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a universal cure for Bright's disease diabetes and urinary issues. It promises rapid blood purification bowel regulation and direct action on diseased parts with a guaranteed result. Also promotes Dr Bigelow's Positive Cure for coughs colds and throat and lung troubles sold in fifty cent and one dollar bottles.
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