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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1877
Page
3
The Friday issue announces a reduced yearly subscription to one dollar and fifty cents for advance payers, with credit adjustments for those paying from September first. Publisher names Glenn & Foster urge broad support to extend circulation and usefulness.
A stream of items from Lima and surrounding communities covers temperance meetings, pestering pavement conditions, local arrests, railroad plans, fire losses, and notable deaths. Notable notes include Murphy temperance events, county rail questions, Hillcrest lawyers and saloon changes, and a fatal neck wound near Lockington amid intoxication.
From our own Correspondent snowing roads rough. Convoy Lyceum thriving. hogs shipped to Chicago by three loads. Stamm and Holmes visited Chicago on business. Stamm to visit brother in law west of the city. Local deaths include Thomas Carroll typhoid pneumonia and William Aukerman. Lizzie Thompson moves millinery to Van Wert. Mrs. Fredenburg offers stock locally. Harrison Grange hall nearing completion. All districts now have teachers. Ada Normal School praised as model. J W Pearce lauded as champion teacher. A cross dog reportedly treed a local gallant.
A man named Jonas Gehret gunned from a fallen tree when the weapon exploded injuring his hand. Amputation of the third and fourth fingers at the knuckles was required by surgeon Dr. J. L. Reid. The incident occurred last Monday in the township southeast.
A car load of good three and four year old colts weighing eleven to thirteen hundred pounds is sought at Brooks and Steckel Livery and Feed Stables on December 11th or 12th with payment offered at good prices.
Joan Van Liew, agent at Pennell’s, advertises round trip tickets to Kansas City and routes to the West, including excursions to Kinsley and Elis Kansas. She guarantees cheap rates on all ticket classes at the station and offers photographs, autograph albums, work boxes and card cases.
A. P. McConnellay Jeweler invites readers to call and see goods with no obligation to buy. Doors open to all and advertisements appear in the paper near the Courthouse area.
Parties holding a fine linen sheet found last fall are asked to leave it at the office or D Newcomer's grocery. Two ladies identified as Mrs John Smith and J C Rupert were present when found. It should have been left at T S Gilliland's but was not. Those in possession are urged to return it promptly or risk exposure. S RaDER
Andrew Waltz offers for sale at his residence 414 miles southeast of Van Wert in Ridge township on Saturday December 8 beginning at 10 o clock a m four head of horses a Milch cow a heifer a fatted cow a threshing machine corn and cob crusher plows and many other things terms to be made known on day of sale
Mr. S Swineford, confined to his room for weeks due to sickness, is able to go out again. Mr W A Buckingham of Buckingham Brothers Greeley Colorado visits town with his family. Miss Alice Sink a Ft Wayne Union School teacher spent Thanksgiving in town with her cousin Mr I B Weible.
A public note urges systematic study of United States history in schools. It praises Prof. J. C. Ridpath's History of the United States for its clear, unbiased narrative and rich illustrations. Jones Brothers & Co. publish the Cincinnati edition.
Rainy spells and steady trades mark Wiltshire Ohio news. A forged clothing order worth 28 dollars leads to caution as a young man fled with the suit. Widow Jones recovers a stolen horse. the town backs the Toledo Delphos Kokomo railroad project and pledges support. Mayor Fostnaught and Clerk Beall sign off.
The report lists residents visiting Mr. Robert Thomas in Pennsylvania and Crawford County Ohio, an engineering party on the Toledo Delphos and Kokomo Railroad, rental of John Wallick’s farm, new buildings by several residents, widespread hog sales and tile work, and Smith's tile factory struggling to meet demand. It notes quail catches, a clock heard seven miles away, and the Kingsly society aiding Van Wert M E Church. It also covers political commentary on House action and a mild divorce case of Rev Jacob R Shipherd, plus a racially charged attack in Amite county with no arrests.
A luckless weight escapes a dungeon grate and laments stealing a loaf of bread. A bystander, a wealthy rider with entourage, boasts he stole a million with a sly glint in his eye.
Bluffton and Lancaster townships in Wells county Indiana approved a 47000 dollar measure to extend the Delphos Narrow Gauge Railway to Bluffton. The near unanimous result is hailed as a hopeful sign for the enterprise and urged for decisive local support along the line.
A. L. Teubner touts the largest stock and brisk sales in town with a rush to Teubner's for ladies' misses' and children's hose priced 25 cents from 40 to 50 cent value.
A sale listing shows mourning handkerchiefs at half price and ladies silk handkerchiefs priced at 35 cents. Best horses available for 1.25 dollars. The terse ad reflects a mid century retail roundup with several discounted fabric items.
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