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Newspaper

Van Wert Weekly Bulletin

Location

Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 06, 1877

Page

3

Improved Wind-Mill Plan At Plan Aller Bulletin

Rev Grahan manufactures an improved wind-mill and plans to introduce it. Miss Putnam opens a kindergarten for ages three to eight at 94 South Washington Street on Wednesday July 12. Terms are 3 dollars per ten week term with half due at the end of the first month.

Grahan Washington Cherry Streets Cherry Street Corporation L. E. & L. Railroad Company Celina Ohio Muncie Ind Union City Aaron J. Lones Lima Lones West Newton Hancock County Allen County Auglaize Tone’s Mill Cincinnati Gazette Constantinople Asia Montenegro Turkey Alexander Europe St. Banta Wisconsin Murphy Band

Marriage Licenses in June at Van Wert and nearby towns

Judge Baker issued hitching permits during June to Henry Eagy and Josephine A Sprague Melville Murphy and Huldah Harvey Benedict Schlatter and Mary Hymen Geo Brookhart and Sarah Mitterspaugh Daniel Burns and Rebecca Irwin T King and Loretta Shaffer Elijah Bowers and Mary Furl Milton Boroft and Mary Barber J W Craig and Isabella Studebaker W S Shrider and Catharine Breeding Wm P Maxon and Laura Hamilton Samuel Harsh and Mary Benson W J McClure and Henrietta Foust The Fourth passed quietly in Van Wert with limited celebration. citizens traveled to Rome City Wiltshire and Maysville Indiana. Main Street macadamizing prompts calls for faster progress and more workers.

W. Shrider Catharine L. Breeding Wm. P. Maxon Laura A. Hamilton Samuel A. Harsh Mary Benson W. J. McClure Henrietta Foust

Violation of Contract Ends With Fines and Contested Pay

Jim MecQ of Washington township faces mayoral scrutiny for drunkenness and unpaid fines. He sold corn at Brooks and Steckel for 45 cents a bushel, then disputed the weight at Gilliland's warehouse over a one cent shortfall per bushel. The clerk urged him to honor his contract and noted Gilliland would deduct fines from the payment.

Paulding Democrat U. B. Church Washington Township M. A. Lacy Jim Mecq Gilliland James Messrs Brooks & Steckel James McQ Jim

Lima Politician Switch Draws Local Color

Lima Gazette notes Gail Saltzgaber of Van Wert as Democratic State Senate nominee and mocks his party switch from Republican. Marble family heads to Colorado. temperance meetings held in Fort Wayne. a sick child of Dr A N Krout. visiting Saltzgabers from Lebanon. Society in London reports Prince of Wales and Princess amid public adulation and critique of royal morals.

Lima Gazette Gail Saltzgaber van Wert A. N. Krout Milton W. V. Saltzgaber Lebanon Indiana New York Times London Prince Princess of Wales Dispatch Globe Alexandra Louise Prince of Wales Gaiety

General Loring Pasha Awarded Medjidie and Osmanbe

General Loring Pasha formerly Confederate Lieutenant General now serving the Khedive has been decorated with the Medjidie and Osmanbe orders. The Osmanbe decoration is reserved for army commanders in the field. The Medjidie insignia feature a star of brilliants with crescent motifs for neck and breast.

Loring Pasha

Rome a peste bie and man stopped his paper

A fragmented report notes a poor man named Lupe and a five dollar dog as readable details amid a disrupted event. The snippet hints at poverty impacting access to a newspaper and a small pet provision.

Rome Ak Lupe

Mexico Makes More Revolutions Than Circular Saw

A New Jersey paper quips that Mexico yields more revolutions than a circular saw, using a sharp metaphor to comment on political or social energy in Mexico.

New Jersey Mexico

Local Clerk Candidacy Notices from County Republican Contenders

The Epiror and related bulletins urge T. J. Jones of York township J. W. Summ sett of Washington township and Isma H. Malick to seek the office of Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas subject to Republican conventions. A. H. Hester of Pleasant township also seeks the clerkship per local notices.

Eorror C. P. Ricuery Pleasant Township Republican County Convention Eprron Bulletin O. J. Comer Eprron Belletin T. W. Gaskill F. M. Shaffer Epiror T. J. Jones York Township Court of Common Pleas J. W. Summersett Washington Township van Wert Bprrork Isma H. Malick Eprror BeulLetin Friends A. H. Hester

Threshers and cow for sale in Van Wert County

Parties desiring Aultman and Taylor Threshers should order early due to unusually high demand. For prices and terms contact A B McCurdy and Son, sole agents for Van Wert county. Also a brindle cow about eight years old. finder please leave word at Moore and Havens butcher shop Van Wert, Ohio.

Aultman & Taylor A. B. McCurdy & Son van Wert County Moore & Haven van Wert O. Jacob Haven

A Big Lot of em sleeve buttons at A P McConal

A local sale item notes a large collection of sleeve buttons offered by A P McConal. The brief notice lists the quaint abundance as a draw for buyers seeking vintage menswear accessories.

A. P. McConal

Summers Offer Notable Bargains From Bonewitz Schumm Co

A local ad touts unprecedented bargains in summer goods from Bonewitz Schumm & Co. The piece also recounts a Mollie Maguires-linked tragedy noting McGehan’s wife, a fresh twenty year old, supported her husband before his execution and faced the arrest with courage.

Bonewitz, Schumm & Co McGehan Mollie Maguires

Salaries Cut at Michigan Southern Railroad Company

The Michigan Southern Railroad Company issued a circular announcing a ten percent salary reduction for employees, effective July 1. The cut will not affect workers earning less than ten cents per hour.

Michigan Southern Railroad Company

Death of Merrimac commander in Selma street fight

Catesby Jones commander of the rebel ram Merrimac was killed last week in Selma Alabama in a street fight over a quarrel between their children. The dying scene contrasts with his famed mastery of the iron ram.

Catesby Jones Merrimac Selma Alabama

Prince Paskievitch Upbraids Powder Guy in Siege Tale

The father of Princess Volkovsky and grandfather of Princess Kourakine confronts a Polish battery during a siege after its shells fail to explode. A captain calmly tests a live fuse, proving the shell harmless, and earns the Cross of St. Vladimir for bravery in the field.

Prince Paskievitch Volkovsky Kourakine Warsaw Paskievitch

Kendallville Widow Wed by Supposed Rev Hovey Then Flees

A self proclaimed ordained minister calling himself Rev Mr Hovey of Fort Wayne arrives in Kendallville Indiana on a Saturday and quickly marries a local widow before preaching that evening. He then becomes intoxicated and departs for Fort Wayne where he is reportedly employed by a tombstone factory.

Reuben Frisbie Mr. Frisbie Bieber’s Hall Egypt Mark Twain Bayard Taylor Reuben Sidney Journal P. J. Louis von Retting Wapakoneta Troy Kendallville Ind Hovey Fort Wayne Shrider T. W. Corbett George W.shrider Cassie L. Breeding Middlepoint Ohio

Temperance Quest Needs Wisdom and Patience

The piece argues for broader wisdom and charity among temperance advocates. It urges patience and reason over vindictiveness, warns against excluding opponents, and calls for a public sentiment built on self restraint to advance the temperance cause. It also suggests addressing Germans politely about self-government and restraint.

Murphy Movement Dominates Wiltshire News and Sheriff Talk

Our Correspondent reports Wiltshire politics center on the Murphy movement with discussion of sheriff candidates led by W. H. Beall. The note on crops, weather, baptisms, and local quirks rounds out a lively local update with warnings about health and harvest plans.

Murphy

New Prints at Zimmermans and Dr Marshall’s Lung Syrup

New Prints received this week at Zimmermans. Coughs colds hoarseness sore throat and all lung and chest diseases are cured with Dr Marshall's Lung Syrup. It never fails. Price 25 cents. For sale by W. H. Pennell and C. A. Melsheimer.

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