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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1890
Page
5
Davies & Jones advertises new neckwear hats and custom made suits. The county fair is next week with forecast rain or shine and expected record attendance, plus a display of fine clothing and furnishings as a sample of in-store stock.
The notice praises the Wert Bulletin for offering twelve pages of fresh news weekly at under three cents, claiming it rivals papers in larger towns. It urges readers to subscribe and tell neighbors, asserting it is the most popular plan ever offered to the reading public.
Jas. Grant shipped a car load of good line horses to Buffalo last Friday for sale or use.
An infant child of Mr and Mrs Doehler, south of town, died Friday and was buried Saturday.
Union township resident J L Tossey reports the loss of three head of fine cattle this week after they broke into a corn field and fed on excessive green corn, causing damage and death.
The National Loan and Investment Company of Detroit seeks to organize an auxiliary in this city. The institution is well recommended.
The congregation accepted Mr. Illy's resignation as pastor and retained him as supply through the end of January, keeping his services available for continued guidance.
The bulletin notes Jack Frost’s first appearance on a Saturday morning with no damage. Overcoats were in demand and some affection was shown for gas stoves as winter began.
Saturday James Ryan of Harrison township sold wheat at Peoples’ Mills in this city with a test weight of 64 pounds to the bushel and a selling price of 98 cents. The wheat is of the Hungarian variety and rated as the season’s best quality bought at that mill.
Letter from Reverend Work to Mr. T 8 Gilliland states the pastor resigns in this city. He has accepted a professorship at Wooster and will begin duties this fall.
A German tailor, once employed in the city, befriended by a stranger, was robbed after dark in Gleason Bros. mill yard. The pair, aided by a third man posing as an officer, persuaded the tailor to hand over his gold watch and about four dollars. Nightwatch Price and Springer witnessed the events. no arrests have been made. The two strangers are suspected Mackinaw brakemen, one from Fort Wayne.
Pumping continued at well No 6 from Thursday evening to Saturday night with engineer Mr Hill estimating capacity over 200000 gallons per day. Five wells of this size would supply the city. pumping lowered water in well No 8 by about ten feet and affected nearby wells No 4 and Walborn. A second pump will be sent and Nos 6 and 8 will run simultaneously.
A Fine Duroc Jersey Hog. EK. A. Walborn of Hoaglin township purchased from 8. E. Morton of Camden the finest Jersey hog in the county. The pig named Benton 2121 won sweepstakes at Detroit and at the St. Louis fair last fall and earned first premiums at several leading fairs. It strengthens the county’s fine stock.
Henry Robinson longtime Van Wert resident and public servant died at his home on East Jackson Street at 2 PM Monday after long illness. A former county auditor and longtime Justice of the Peace known as Squire Robinson he served Pleasant township as clerk for 25 years and held corporation clerk for 20 years. The funeral was at the Presbyterian Church Wednesday at 2 PM.
The agri cultural department announces updated exhibit arrangements. Pies cakes bread and butter will be shown in glass cases for full view, allowing exhibitors to proudly present premium baked goods and butter to visitors.
Mr. Frank Gamble reports from Prince Edward Island, urging similar protections as in the United States. He notes daily wages of fifty cents for laborers and one to one and a half dollars for skilled mechanics, asking why the island’s standards differ given its proximity to Maine.
Harry Moltz, once of this city and connected with a Wauseon dry goods firm, has bought into the largest dry goods establishment in Decatur. Friends here commend his prosperity and Decatur residents are assured he is honest, enterprising, and worthy of confidence.
Mr. C A Files now visiting Defiance county reports in a private message to Barrerin that since leaving home he has driven through Allen Auglaize Hardin Wyandot Hancock Putnam and Defiance counties and nowhere finds crops as good as in Van Wert.
Passenger train No. 1 from the east was three hours late yesterday due to a wreck at Dunkirk. The train routed via Forest, Kenton and Lima. A stock train derailed ten car loads of live stock. both main line and sidings blocked with heavy property loss.
The Prohibitionists of Van Wert County convened on an overcast Wednesday for a picnic, ticket nominations, and speeches by congressional candidate Henry L. Price and state committee member E C Dimviddie. Attendance was sparse due to rain and a smaller vote than in prior years.
The state’s case against Miss Russel, also Mrs. Oglesbee of Middlepoint, for an attempted shooting of C. L. Ireland dominated Monday’s mayor’s court. Prosecution testimony was direct, defense weak, and the defendant’s own account damaged her. She was bound over to Common Pleas Court in $400 bail. Ireland’s innocence was established beyond doubt.
A private Wednesday evening ceremony at the bride’s home united Mr. D A Clark and Miss Wilma McGavren with Rev. W H Lilly officiating. A small group attended while a serenade by O J Comer W C Lawrence Carey Clark O D Swartout and Henry Heymann accompanied the couple. All neighbors wish them lasting happiness.
James Lowrey Sr died at his West Side home after a three year paralysis. His wife Mrs Lowrey had died just three weeks earlier. He was 74. The funeral will be held at the residence Saturday morning at 10 o’clock conducted by Rev Lilly.
Michael Weaver of Jennings township died at his home Wednesday morning. He was one of the pioneers of that part of the county. His funeral was held yesterday.
Next week the Van Wert county fair opens with extensive preparations, larger stock and prize purses, and a new ladies department building. Strangers arrive to view the county’s wealth as locals urged to attend and exhibit. Red letter days in the fair week promise strong visitor interest and community pride.
John D. Tweedy, a north west resident, suffered a severe nosebleed from Monday 5 PM until Tuesday 8 PM. Despite multiple doctors, he remained weak as blood loss continued until Christ Sparber, a local German farmer, finally stopped the flow.
The passage urges local business leaders to cooperate to attract manufactories and improve markets, urges responsible credit use by merchants, promotes positive town image to outsiders, warns against heavy debt, and calls for a moral, law abiding populace and mutual support among businessmen.
The Daily Ballerin will publish a special fair week edition from its fair grounds office. Large editions will be printed daily and distributed to reach every corner of the county and adjoining areas. Advertisers are urged to place ads to reach every county family via this medium.
The new west side stock yards will be ready for use in two or three weeks. Men are installing floors. The contract for furnishing scales was awarded to L. H. Wise who will install scales and construct a scale house. Mr. H. J. Wise will serve as weigh master.
Old friends and new ones are invited to call and see us at the fair ground headquarters. Subscription books will be there and money received and receipted for. Campaign subscriptions also received. Visitors may secure the weekly Bulletrim and the weekly Commercial Gazette together for $1.50, or the BulleTin alone for $1.00.
A long list of visitors and residents in the area includes John Hines clerking in a Scott drug store Emma Roebuck visiting Middlepoint Bessie and Harry Fife in Bourbon Indiana Mrs Al Reichenbach visiting Galion and Marion Mrs A H Hester with her husband in Columbus T C Campbell of New York City guest of L H Wise Miss Idora Rose of Boston visiting her parents J P Reed Sr of Sharon Pa visiting his son J P Reed Jr John A Arnold of the Bullery went to Cincinnati Oscar Longsworth of Toledo Iowa visiting many friends in the city Mr and Mrs Jacob Musselman of Crestline guests of Mona Tuttle John K Brice brother of Senator elect Calvin S Brice in the city Miss Gertie Clippinger of Fort Wayne guest of Pearl Clippinger Miss Emma Betts returned to Sidney after visiting Miss Mamie Clark Rev J S Detarler of Omaha Neb guest of Rev W H Lilly Miss Lizzie Elcock left for Omaha to resume school work Mrs D S Patterson and daughters of Crestline guests of D P Donathan Mrs Reed of Oil City Pa guest of her daughter Mrs Reynolds on North Jefferson St Harry Giffin and sister Nina of Hoaglin township visiting Logansport Miss Bertha Wolcott of Salem Mo guest of W P Wolcott family Will McConahay to Chicago for engraving course Rev and Mrs T A Humphreys returned to Cyclone after visiting in the city Miss Belle Haight guest of Miss Alice Hammel returned to Cincinnati Arthur Gilpin left Crescent laundry for Jacobs & Bamberger tour of northern pleasure resorts J S Brumback and daughters Miss Sadie and Mrs J P Reed returned from outing trip
The Butterin newspaper in northwest Ohio shifts from an eight page patent inside format to a four page home print edition. Subscribers will receive the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette weekly. combined cost remains $1.50 a year. Local news stays with the Butterin. Commercial Gazette adds foreign and general reading.
The Democratic State Convention at Springfield Wednesday nominated T. E. Crumley of Pickaway county for secretary of state George B. Okey of Franklin county for supreme court judge and Leopold Keifer of Miami county for member board of public works.
The local M. E. church plans a meeting at the Cavett area schoolhouse four and a half miles west of town next Sunday August 31. Preaching starts at 10 30 in the morning and a general invitation is extended for all to attend with well filled baskets.
The list of letters remaining at the Van Wert Ohio post office for week ending August 28 1890 includes John Adama James Cushin Mrs Nancy Eller Mr P Kembe Mr Hiram Ries John Rutter Mr Charles Willie John Webber. People must say advertised and give the date when calling for these letters. A T Darzzy P M.
A ten year old son of Eli Moltz fell fifteen feet from a cherry tree Monday afternoon north of town. He struck his head and suffered a concussion but friends expect a quick recovery. Dr J A Hines attended him.
The first troupe presented Larking at the Pavilion Wednesday night. It was a ridiculously funny show and among the city's best comedies in years. If repeated, it would deserve stronger patronage.
Nine weeks after a stray dog attack in Ottoville a fifteen year old boy contracted hydrophobia and died on Tuesday. The dog was killed following the incident.
Tickets for the county fair are available at Melsheimer's drug store to avoid gate rush. Col Conly will publicly sell on fairground the third day of the fair a thoroughbred imported Clydesdale stallion.
Base Ball action today features the Paulding nine facing the city’s second nine at the ball park this afternoon.
Two car loads of lumber arrived Wednesday for the construction of the Mackinaw depot, signaling progress on the new facility.
A shopkeeper moves millinery stock to the room above G M Hall’s dry goods store and will sell at far below cost to close out the stock as the proprietor quits the business. Visit to see the bargains.
An 19th century remedy advertises a universal cure for diarrhea flux cholera morbus and dysentery for children and adults. It promises prompt relief from summer complaint colic wind and bowel pain with satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded.
Bradfield Regulator praised as a tonic for young women and those with disorders of the female reproductive system. The ad urges writing Bradfield Reg Co of Atlanta Georgia for details and notes Hines & Son carries the product.
Local gossip says good weather is forecast as Van Wert hosts a fair next week with enthusiasm for a first class opera house. The Battery office has a flag staff, steam swing arrives, and neighboring towns plan visits to attend the event.
The Baptist Ladies Mite Society hosts a dime social at H. J. McLaughlin's South Street residence this Friday evening August 29. Ice cream and cake offered at no extra charge with proceeds to be applied to the indebtedness of seats. All are invited.
The Womans Home and Foreign Missionary Society of St Mark's Lutheran Church will meet in the Lecture Room Friday at 7 30 PM. Members are urged to pay dues for the year now ending to finish reports for the synodical meeting.
An advertisement offers a $10,000 loan at 7 percent on first mortgage farm security. It also promotes Loose's Extract of Red Clover as a remedy for rheumatism skin issues indigestion and other ailments, claiming its fluid extract contains only Red Clover and is safe for babies, with sales by Hines & Son.
J H Benham, a Golconda druggist, praises Chamberlain's Coke Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for flux epidemics. He reports over five hundred bottles sold in Pope County and claims it cured the worst cases, with many locals traveling miles at night to obtain it. Bottles priced 25 and 50 cents sold by J W Evans & Son.
An old time medicinal advertisement promotes Syrup White Pine and Tar as a cure for coughs colds croup and whooping cough. Bottles sold for 25 and 50 cents by L. F. Gackenheimer.
Mr John Carpenter of Goodland Indiana reports using Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for diarrhoea cramps and stomach pains with excellent results. He notes rarely needing more than one or two doses to cure and finds it pleasant to take. Bottles priced at 25 and 50 cents sold by J W Evans Son.
Loose's Red Clover Pills advertised as a remedy for sick headache dispepsia indigestion and constipation priced 250 per box with a special 5 boxes for 1 sale by Hines and Son displayed in a vintage classifieds style.
A test of relief devices for deafness from around the world chose the invention of A. H. Wales of Bridgeport Connecticut as successful where others failed. The device described as invisible was praised for restoring hearing in many cases.
A South Carolina woman reports a shorter labor with less pain on a third birth and thanks Mother's Friend. She says physicians were astonished and urges others to write to The Bradfield Reg. Co. Atlanta for particulars.
An advertisement proclaims Dr Acker's English Pills as active and pure remedies for sick headache disordered stomach loss of appetite bad complexion and biliousness. J W Evans and Son promote the remedy as unequaled in America or abroad.
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