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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1870
Page
3
An election on the 4th reelected the Van Wert County Bank old Board of Directors led by D W Burt and others. Sheriff Richey and Deputy Merrick retire. Abraham Gleason becomes sheriff with Robert McIntosh as deputy.
A fragmented collection of remarks on advertising from Amos Lawrence Nicholas Longworth Stephen Girard and others. The lines emphasize commerce and wealth through persistent promotion. The source presents a collage of attributed statements with little context or dates.
The Van Wert Union School term began Monday with very large student attendance. Other items note a pleasant marriage notice under marriages, a Presbyterian social at the Sabbath School, and a call for warm clothing from Melodeon Mall. Local store ads highlight Ready Made Clothing from A Jacobs and a furniture stock by John W Penn opposite the Courthouse. Star Bakery offers cranberries and dried blackberries.
The Hedding Chapel M. E. Church near Gomer burned the night of December 28 1869. Fire likely started in the ceiling between midnight and 2 AM. Loss estimated at 800 dollars with no insurance. The Lima Gazette notes immediate rebuilding planned. Also reports several deaths from illness in 1869 including Mrs E Tucker of printerbillum, J W Shumaker, and L C Sayles with a brief eulogy.
Report notes David Marshall was tried for killing his wife in Van Wert Ohio. The jury found assault and battery and sentenced him to six months in jail, drawing editorials condemning the lenient punishment and linking it to political power and judge selection.
The Evangelical Alliance designated the first week in January for a week of prayer. Readings include topics on the Holy Spirit, thanksgiving, national prayer for President and authorities, domestic and social prayers, Christian union, and world missions. A Van Wert party visited Delphos for a sledding event and supper at Commercial House after a Desposian gathering.
G. W. Day acts as agent for Howe Sewing Machine in this and Mercer counties. The advertisement claims Howe to be the best sewing machine ever invented and urges purchases based on merit. Call at O. P. Clark & Son store to acquire one. December 31 1941.
A review of Theophilus Parsons’s Laws of Business praises its comprehensive scope and clear style. It extols the Harvard professor’s work as a masterly, practical guide for merchants farmers manufacturers and traders.
A compendium of brief items notes Greely starting a farming essay series in the New York Tribune, Faber’s weight, Dix’s Alaska idol, Fillmore’s monument, solar and lunar eclipses, relief funds for Secretary Stanton’s widow, Motley’s stance on Alabama claims, a water issue in Russian baths, Pere Hyacinthe and the M E Church, McFarland’s indictment for murder, anti convent inspection petitions in Britain, a Pittsburgh boy’s suicide after a rejected skating invitation, a Liberia religion revival, Canada annexation debates, Russia building locomotives, a St Louis woman securing a $12 000 paving contract, a rumored foreign appointment for Cumback, and Robert Schenck as Father of the House since 1843.
A Toledo drummer defied guardians and weather to marry the young woman he loved. After clandestine meetings and a planned elopement, the couple boarded two sleighs in a snowstorm and traveled to Vienna Michigan where marriage licenses were not required.
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