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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1877
Page
3
The Bulletin lowers subscription to one dollar and fifty cents for advance payers with credit from September and new year uptake. Glenn & Foster publish. A. P. McConahay notes holiday ad. Also reports lamp explosion at depot, horse shipments to Michigan, and local religious and civic notices across December events and town improvements.
County roads cripple factories and labor. Van Wert Stave Co threatens to move mills for relief, urging swift action and a $30,000 road project from town to the Paulding line to secure bolts and timber. The note cites pike construction ready under $3,000 per mile and warns of broader economic decline if roads remain muddy.
From our own Correspondent Middlepoint reports efforts to pay a church debt at the M E Parsonage aided by a Martha Washington Tea Party at Davis Hall on December 27. The piece notes local trades, rail crew changes, school holidays, shipping concerns, and community deaths including Elizabeth Plumley.
From our own correspondent the column notes health in the neighborhood, a broom-maker, a tin-pan serenade, travel to Kansas and Michigan, a Brick schoolhouse show, emigration through Sidney, legal woes of Jim Ward, a death from diabetes, and Perry Close’s sentence amid gubernatorial pardon efforts.
The Van Wert Dancing Club invites readers to a Christmas dance on Tuesday evening the 25th. The dances are described as well conducted with a five cent three ruches offer at Zimmerman’s.
The Van Wert Dramatic Company presents All that Glitters is not Gold on Monday evening, with proceeds donated to the poor. A worthy object, the company promises a solid, entertaining show and good value for admission. Home made socks and mittens at ...
Mr. A Lynch prepares a wide range of pure candies for the holiday trade. He offers caramels free from poisonous colorings and adulterations common in eastern manufacturers, inviting parents to consider his varied selections.
The Holiday Trade offers Pee Ladies' ties collars and cuffs in sets and singles at Zimmerman’s. A compact display highlights practical accessories for festive outfits and present ideas.
Multiple shops promote toys, leather pocket books, albums, chromes, wagons, dolls, caramels, pocket books, portmonies, home goods, and clothing. Wenger Pennypacker, Weible Thomas, Pennell’s Drug Store, Zimmerman's, Olney’s advertise seasonal stock and discounts for Christmas gifts and holiday presents.
The Toledo Delphos and Kokomo line survey through Wiltshire spurs donations for the project. If support continues, construction may start soon and trains could run at 2:40. Community leaders urge subscribers to join the effort and be listed on the honor roll.
Muddy roads and busy workshops mark Harrison Township with blacksmiths boxing, wagon roof work, and a pending appraisal of Hiram Whittenbarger's property. Funeral for Grandmother McPeak. Harrison Debating Society to discuss abolishing corporal punishment. Pleasant Grange No. 199 elects officers. hog theft reward offered.
Mud and sunmark December as hog market slows with low prices. Morse and Anderson buy the John Albright property for 1206 dollars, planning repairs. H Richmond returns from Indiana with a portable engine for his hub factory after a broken contract with Altoona Hoop. Sabbaths plan Christmas feasts and concerts at local schools.
Numerous brief notices cover civic and social happenings across Ohio. Topics include the Celina rail line work pause, Putnam County auditor succession, marriages of seniors Lewis Lemkuhle and Sophia Dennis, a Northwestern Band teaching incident, Sid ney Sunday School charity, a Springfield detective dispute, a Degraff cattle incident injuring a shoe shop worker, Findlay grocery clash with a reporter, a plum tree revival in Hancock County, Ada manslaughter linked to drinking, a Fontaine Republican view on marriage and drinking, and Ft Wayne farmer John Cartwright’s morphine death after drinking.
The Presbyterian Church in this place will be dedicated on the last Sabbath of the month, the 30th. Rev. A A E Taylor D D of Wooster University will preach the dedicatory sermon with others expected to participate. Public invitation is extended.
Fearful slaughter in prices on Dress Goods at Teubner’s with a large lot of new and desirable fabrics marked from 35c to 50c down to 25c to close out. A few collars and cuffs remain at 10c per set. Black cashmeres now 75c and $1. Silk handkerchiefs ties ruchings collars and other fancy holiday goods featured.
On December 18, 1877, at the Parsonage, Rev. I. R Henderson officiated the marriage of William Swayne Doran and Minta Deniston.
A 1877 Van Wert market list shows varied prices for goods including apples, butter, beans, corn meal, eggs, flour, wheat, oats, potatoes, pork, hams, shoulders, tallow, salt, seeds, wool, and other staples. Reads like a price sheet with figures attached to each item and unit.
Advertisement urges readers to visit the shop for tailored overcoats and suits crafted to order in a premium style. It highlights custom fit and quality, inviting inquiries at the store.
Closing out millinery goods at A L Teubner with bargains on shawls and children furs at 75 cents. New stock of ladies' cloaks arriving and available to order. shop offers custom cloak services.
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