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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1868
Page
3
The issue lists July 4th political conventions in Van Wert and a July 4th picnic at Vestry Rawlrons grove. It reports railroad development hopes for the Cincinnati Mackinaw line, local businesses Mayer & Cain and Jacob in clothing, and notices addresses by R. B. Excill and others with community updates.
Reports from Sandusky and Highland counties note a 135 acre potato patch and wheat weevils while Morgan County yields 314 541 pounds of wool. Kenton drownings and a Troy murder lead to legal action. Canton firm ships 30 000 pounds this season. Local ads tout bargains at Decker Bros and a Colfax biography by A Y Moore with a May 30 letter from Washington.
Notice from J. W. PExy Treasurer of Van Wert County announcing he will be in Delphos on July 10 and 11, 1868 to receive the June installment of the 1867 taxes.
An English officer near Dinigul confronts an immense snake in a ruined building. Soldiers corner it with bayonets, the creature lashes five men, but is finally killed after injury. The incident is followed by Civil War era notices on discipline, wool fraud, and a child killed by a westbound train near Plymouth.
Notice states the annual election at the Van Wert County Courthouse in Van Wert on Saturday July 4 at 2 PM to elect one President one Vice President and four managers for ten years. Also features local notices and requests for payment.
The June 1918 Van Wert report from Gattitann and Mereprin lists grain and farm product prices including Wheat Flour Rye Oats Flax Seed Crover Seed Timothy Seed Hams smoked Turkeys live and many others with per unit values. The sheet covers a broad range of staples and farm commodities with price quotes per bushel per pound or per barrel as printed.
On and after Bey 1 1868 trains depart daily from Chicago at 5 35 P M and from Pittsburg at 1 45 P M with stops at Rochester Salem Alliance Canton Mansfield Crestline Bucyrus Upper Sandusky Lima Van Wert Fort Wayne and Valparaiso. The notice lists stations and time points for daily departures and arrivals with the express line operated by F R Myers.
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