Star Bakery Promises Coffee Price Reductions
At the Star Bakery in Van Wert announces a price cut of 5 cents per pound on all grades of roasted coffees to attract local customers and boost sales.
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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1887
Page
5
Fragmentary Market Prices List From French Peas Chambers
Readable items show prices for fruits and vegetables including French peas chambers cream tomatoes corn peas string beans eggs plums peaches and cherries with scattered figures like 124 18 123 10. The text appears as a damaged OCR market listing with partial entries and no complete items or dates.
Grocery Price List fragment 2 pounds items
A fragment listing grocery prices including two pounds of granulated Rio tapioca for 15 cents two pounds of cracked wheat for 124 two pounds of rolled oats and breakfast items with unclear spelling and amounts. The readable entries show small commodity prices typical of a past era.
Pickles Listed In Quarter Quart and Dozen Varieties
A fragment lists pickle varieties including Chow Chow one quart Mince Pickles one quarter and Sour Pickles a dozen. The notice shows pantry items with scant details and no dates or sources.
Meats prices note breakfast bacon and ham
Meats list shows mess mackerel at 20 cents per pound, bacon at 12 cents, sugar cured ham at 14 cents, with figures for DOE TO 05.0.5 and 500.040.
Pay Wert Bulletin July 1 1887 highlights and notices
Pay Wert Bulletin reports pension gains for Levi M. Rowland of Wiltshire Josiah Hoffman of Van Wert and John Boroff of Mendon receive increases A fine Dur ham calf bought near Ridge township weighs eight hundred fifty pounds A Till Tapper thief steals fifteen dollars from Mrs R Conn's millinery store during a hot evening The Board of Health holds a meeting in the Mayor's office George Watson named sanitary police officer County fair premium list praised to spur local improvement Van Wert county poised to become Ohio's garden through friendly competition and growth
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi M. Rowland
Wiltshire
Josiah Hoffman
van Wert
John Boroff
Mendon
Board of Health
George Watson
Buterin
Garden of
Ohio
County committee works to mark unmarked soldiers graves
A county committee of John S. Cable E Dippery and Fred Billman seeks names burial places death dates company and regiment of every unmarked soldier grave to place tombstones. The village council met approved minutes paid bills and passed resolutions to clear obstructions and adjust wards. The Young Men's Christian Association elected officers and set meeting dates. The Japanese Wedding fundraiser by Methodist ladies raised 350 63 in gross receipts net about 250 and cleared church debt with thanks to Mrs Glenn and committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Cable
E. Dippery
Fred Billman
Mullen
Woodruff
Edwards
Jacobs
Clippinger
Cook
Johns
South
Tyler
South Race
South Chestnut
Franklin
Philip
Young Mens’ Christian Association
Gilliland
Opera House
Timothy Fostnaught
John Reidenbach
Albert Murphy
Harry Wolcott
Charles Cramer
E. W. Work
J. A. Arnold
M. P. McCoy
H. ©. Glenn
First Methodist Episcopal Church
van Wert
Rose-Edson well reveals mainly Paleozoic rocks in Ohio
D. L. Cortry reports on the Rose Edson well showing a 70 to 75 foot Lower Helderberg section with no Mammalian or Devonian strata above the Silurian limestone. The drillers note sedimentary origin, potential for gas near Wiltshire and petroleum near Van Wert, and suggest tests near Palmer quarry and drift-thin areas for possible oil prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helderberg
Niagara
Rose- Edson
Ohio
Palmer
Wiltshire
van Wert
D. L. Cortry
Soldiers Relief Fund fixes monthly aid to indigent soldiers families
Regular meeting of the Soldiers' Relief Fund Commission of this county fixed the monthly aid rate for indigent soldiers and their families. A long list of beneficiaries by township and widow or orphan status followed, including residents in Tully, Jackson, Liberty, Washington, Ridge, Union townships, with case details and guardians named. The item notes the death of Elmer Van Gundy, aged about seventeen, from consumption at his uncle D. D. Rhodes's residence on South Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
H. P. Holmes
Eli Downing
I. H. Malick
Soldiers’ Relief Fund Commission
County
Commissioners’ Office
Harvey Springer
D. L. Clippinger
John Campbell
Jackson Township
Samuel E. Sterling
W. D. ER Te
Hss
Jennings
William W. Jones
Christian Shaffer
M. Lintermoor
Willshire
Marinda Ainsworth
Amanda Bennett
Ellen Conlin
OUP
Aces
Pheas Bans
Matilda Brown
Margaret Hanley
Andrew Luck
Biram Reeth
Jonathan Jones
Liberty Township
Washington Township
Elizabeth Surles
Sarah Breunner
Elmer van Gundy
D. D. Rhodes
South Washington Street
Local notes on fishing at Black Lake and new well plans
Em McIntosh and associates planned a fishing trip to Black Lake in Michigan. M T Bedford promotes a patented auto flood gate now in use, with sales through Kauke's store. Well No 3 to start near Wash ington Street, No 4 location to lease land. Funeral notes on Dr S F Conklin of Delphos, aged about sixty one, a former county commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. T. Bedford
Kauke
Solomon Walborn
Town Creek
Washington Street
van Wert County Natural Gas and Oil Company
F. Conklin
Delphos
Presbyterian Church
J. H. Sherrard
R. R. Bryan
Masonic and
Royal Arcanum Lodges
Fourth of July Preparations and City Happenings
Local gossip notes Fourth of July preparations with open post hours, park concert by Hiestand's band, and a gas range exhibit. It mentions city mills trade, upcoming store closings, and the Mackinaw line’s speedy run. A pistol firing at night near the city hall prompts police search with no suspect found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiestand
Gas Company
Mackinaw
Times
Court Street
Jacobs
Lynch
Star Bakery
Geppert
E. Noble
George Watson
Watson
Seance Recount and Oil Well Drift Near Lima
A report details a seance with a dramatic briny spray from a Rose Edson well and an explosion that yielded little gas. It notes a Toledo council tour of the C. J. & M. line, a railroad dinner, and Darke county gravel-bank sights. It also covers Joseph Allen’s four fingers damaged by a reaper gear and doctors hoping for save.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Toledo
Board elects six women as teachers for coming year
Tuesday evening the board of education elected six teachers for the coming year. The new appointees are Mrs. M. J. McFadden, Jennie Christopher, Dora Thomas, Ola Deniston, Carrie Pearson, and Florence Ehret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
M. J. McFadden
Jennie Christopher
Dora Thomas
Ola Deniston
Carrie Pearson
Florence Ehret
Pioneer Vermont Woman Dies in Kansas at Eighty
Eunice Johnson born in Vermont united in marriage to Ancil Patterson and later to John Johnson, mother of six. After migrations to Pennsylvania Ohio and Kansas she died April 2 1887 in Neosho County leaving four daughters and many friends. She departed aged about eighty in faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eunice Johnson
Vermont
Ancil Patterson
Pennsylvania
Western Reserve
Ohio
John Johnson
van Wert County
Star Clothiers Bully Pulpit Promises Low Prices In Northwest Ohio
In five months The Star Clothiers claim the largest clothing trade in Van Wert among six stores, offering best American goods at low prices with fair practices. They recount customers comparing prices, debate leaders to draw trade, and assert profit remains fair. They vow to keep prices down and continue pleasing customers while expanding to Northwest Ohio outside Toledo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Wert
Ohio
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Os Ormmior
Dodegers i
CPO
Cereals
A.lynch
James Johnson
Town
Durham
James Spridgeon
Ridge Township
Lower Helderberg
Clinton
Medina
Hudson River
Utica
Trenton
Tully Township
Pee
Daniel Little
Jacob P. Branam
Benj. Welch
Tiopvoy- Whooesor
Csc Ceeecs Vevabase
I. N. Groscost
Ruth Mott
Reuben Hinderleiter
David C. Farmer
Julia Maxson
Bishop Bros
Em. McIntosh
G. W. McGavren
E. Boehm
Lor
Swineford
Black Lake
Mich
Comer
Johnston
Bedford
Pioneer
F. B. Drake
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Sedalia
Mr. Drake
Col. Marble
Joseph Allen
P. Fail. 1. & CO
THE
Druccists
Tomers
Ing
Star Clothiers
Verily
Trapr
Marsh
EE. P. Bill, & CO
Jas
Clark & Son
Columbus Watch
Northwestern
Meredith & Rowland
LF. Gackenheimer
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