Eisteddfod at Salem Church Draws Wide Attendance
Davie Alban of Ada University visited locally with friends and returned to Ada Tuesday. Rev. Evan Jones of Wales preached at Salem Church, which hosted five preachers last Sunday. The Eisteddfod, though lengthy, ended in a successful, financially favorable program with praise for the bands and speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davie Alban
Ada University
Ada
H. Howells
Tom
Mamie
Cincinnati
Evan Jones
Wales
Griffith
Jones
Owen Evans
New York
Pryse Beaghler
Middlepoint
Decatur
Ind
Evan Roberts
Lima
Gomer
Rev. Jones
Caernarfon
Jennings Prairie
Auglaize
Horeb
Board Fence Brigade
Convoy Fourth Celebrations and Local Moves Mentioned
From our Correspondent the Fourth passed off very nicely with a large crowd. Mrs. Johnson is poorly. John Ramsey is resting east of town. The Convoy Corner Band performed excellent music. Several residents moved or planned business ventures, including Charlie McGill relocating to Greenwood and Marion York to Van Wert. Convoy seeks a harness shop. several visits and visits by Prof. Fowler and others noted. Local civic acts include I O O F lodge officers installed and council meeting planned with liquor issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ramsey
Convoy Corner
Charlie McGill
Greenwood
Marion York
van Wert
Ed Bishop
Miss Tisher
Delphos
Stone
Lutheran Church
Daniel Young
Lippman
S. Young
J. W. Summersett
J. Wyandt
Wm. Young
I. O. O. F. Lodge
Jennings Township Items Highlight Local News
Mrs. Frank Converse is on the sick list. Stewart Burnett and family from Mercer County visited here over Sunday. George Baker's child died last Tuesday. Many went to Lima the Fourth for a grand time. Spencerville had a big day but most went to Lima. The Fourth was rainy yet people enjoyed it. Wheat harvest is nearly done and haying has begun. crops are better than expected. Miss Mary Wheeler’s school closes Friday at Yorkville. Mrs. J. B. Longaworth is on the sick list. Our village remains busy and booming despite the rain. Spencerville hopes its gas well will run the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Converse
Stewart Burnett
Mercer County
George Baker
Lima
Spencerville
James Burnett
Mary Wheeler
Yorkville
J. B. Longaworth
York Township Items Harvest News and Local Notes
Harvest is here in York Township. The piece notes there is no Narrow Gauge railroad in Van Wert county. A rattlesnake was killed on the Nile and another near Mr. D. Thomas who narrowly escaped a bite. Corn growth is rapid where plowing is done. This column reflects old soldier reminiscences and local weather observations.
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van Wert County
Jennings Township
Enterprise Items of Past Week and Local News
Harvesting is past. A house owned by Ed Myers burned completely last week. W G Carothers left C J M to become a patent bee hive agent. A free street concert and medicine sale drew crowds. S L Exline plans penmanship lessons for Enterprise. Ben Hoffman left F P Morris to work for his brother. Joseph Gillett will replace him in the wagon. I Holbrook injured in sack race, briefly knocked senseless. Fourth of July events were quiet with racing, a parade, and absent speakers. L E Collier entertained with a lively though critical review of Britain. Afternoon included egg and sack races and fireworks. one arrest for bad behavior.
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S. L. Exline
Enterprise
Ben. Hoffman
F. P. Morris
Joseph Gillett
I. Holbrook
L. E. Collier
Great Britain
East Ridge Sunday-school convention notes and local updates
The East Ridge Sunday-school convention at Ridge church June 25 and 26 drew good attendance though not as strong as hoped. Officers elected for the year: President M. Melchi, Vice President E. A. Leathers, Secretary Ella Crooks, Treasurer 8S. Snodgrass, Executive Committee S. R. Moneysmith, M. H. McCoy, J. R. Crooks. Ft Wayne's Griswold family visited Samuel Kesler. Henry Fair visited his father-in-law J. C. Bear. Mrs. S. Melchi lost a brood mare. David Mohler reports a new Champion binder. A Parlett added an agricultural barn and cowstable. R. Kesler drove his binder team its harvest with a 30-year-old colt called old man. Samuel Kesler lost a fine mare. a horse died in harness near T. Stewart's while returning from Van Wert.
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the Ridge Church
M. Melchi
E. A. Leathers
Ella Crooks
8S. Snodgrass
S. R. Moneysmith
M. H. McCoy
J. R. Crooks
C. Griswo
Henry Fair
J. C. Bear
Melchi
David Mohler
R. Kesler
Samuel Kesler
van Wert
T. Stewart
Fourth of July election results in Scott Items
Mayor Wilson leads with thirteen vote margin over Bennett after a turnout of ninety four votes, yielding a total population estimate of around four hundred seventy. A Paulding side schoolhouse burned Monday night, suspected careless activity. A late Fourth platform dance sparked a knife fight west of town. Citizens anticipate stable governance now that the entire ticket has secured victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paulding
Wilson
Bennett
Greenwood Items Note Local Developments
J L and N Moser sold their grocery store to Josiah Foster and Washington Moser. Greenwood hosts a well attended picnic and plans a creamery. Local youths discuss forming a brass band. N Moser’s new residence praised by Silas Hardman painter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. & N. Moser
Josiah Foster
Washington Moser
N. Moser
Silas Hardman
Normal Notes From Middle Point Fourth of July
The notes describe a Fourth of July celebration at Griswold's with Miss Nora Stumm and many friends. Ada residents J. L. Hetrick and Mrs. Bell Sousley visited, while Flora McGinnis joined the gathering. Amanda Lehr’s father traveled from Dunkirk to see her, and Mrs. Cary also spent the day with Prof. Hafford. Nobody can tell us what he saw at Lima.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Stumm
Nora
J. L. Hetrick
Ada
Flora McGinnis
Bell Sousley
Cary
Prof. Hafford
Amanda Lehr
Dunkirk
Lima
Local Notes from Delphos and Vicinity
John Benson of Delphos spent Sunday in the area. H M Boroff suffers from catarrh fever and is very poorly. Adolphus Martin of Jackson Township lies buried in Paulding. A Zeller has been on the sick list for some time. Adam Miller nears completion of a new house. Bruce Priddy grows the best new ground corn in the township. R H Wade traveled to West Virginia last.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Benson
Delphos
H. M. Boroff
Adolphus Martin
Jackson Township
Paulding
A. Zeller
Adam Miller
Bruce Priddy
R. H. Wade
West Virginia
Harvest Busy as Wheat Crops Begin in Leslie Area
Miss Susie Wade and Miss Rosa Wade spent the Fourth with relatives at Montezuma in Mercer county. Eli Americk and wife visited friends near Glenmore. D Dippery and wife were guests of W S Rhodes Sunday. Fad Allen and Sherman Morehead visited J A Switzer Sunday. Spelling school at Potts Corners drew a large attendance.
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Susie
Rosa Wade
Montezuma
Mercer County
Allen
Sherman Morehead
J. A. Switzer
Didn't Know 't was Loaded Sarsaparilla Ad Teaser
An 1880s advertisement extols Ayer's Sarsaparilla as a superior blood medicine. It features testimonials from Boston and Brooklyn readers praising health restoration, spring debility relief, and vitality gains after using the tonic and pills. Also promotes Synvita Blackberry Blocks with a money-back guarantee and purchasable in small packs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayer
Nathan
S. Cleveland
E. Canton Sr
Boston
Fresh Lime and Quarry Stone Offerings by Milton Welker
Palmer Quarry supplies building stone from three to ten inches thick sold at three four and five cents per cubic foot delivered to Van Wert. Pal mer lime formerly sold by J P Malik now by M B Evers Jr at the gas works. Judson dynamite for stump blasting twenty eight cents per pound. Crushed stone on hand one dollar per yard. Patronize home industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmer
van Wert
J. P. Malick
M. B. Evers, Jr
Judson
Milton Welker
Health and travel notes with dyspepsia cures and railroad lines
The article touts Green's August Flower for dyspepsia and gasps at a Cincinnati to St. Louis solid train service by C H D and Vandalia. It also extols Boschee's German Syrup for lung and throat ailments and notes 6033 Grand Army Posts in the United States with health and travel as recurring themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Army
United States
Daughters Wives and Mothers Promote Dr Marchisi Remedy
Advertises Dr Marchisi Catholicon and Female Remedy for ovarian troubles inflammation ulceration and other female weaknesses. Mentions prices 1.00 and 1.50 and offer of pamphlet free. Includes testimonial from Knoxville police chief J J Atkins praising Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption with trial bottles and price 1.00.
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Marchisi
J. B. Marchisi
Utica
New York
L. F. Gackenheimer
J. J. Atkins
Knoxville
L. F. Guckenheimer
Castoria Through Generations Keeps a Family Healthy
An old advertising line highlights Castoria as a trusted remedy across decades. A mother recalls giving Castoria to her baby, child, and when she became a mother herself, continuing the health routine for her own children. The slogan emphasizes continuity and family trust in the product.
The Best Salve and Educational Train Tickets Ad
An 1887 ad-primer describes a salve promising cure for bruises sores and skin eruptions with money back guarantee and 25 cent price. It also advertises Pennsylvania Lines excursion tickets to Chicago for the National Educational Association meeting July 5 to 12 with return by July 18 and notes Pullman cars and routes via multiple railways. Ayer's Ague Cure is marketed for chills and fever as a sure cure when taken per directions.
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L. F. Gackenheimer
Ohio Drug Store
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Chicago
National Educational Association
W. D. Parker
Pennsylvania Lines
Pennsylvania Company
Cincinnati & St. Louis
Ayer
Piles Treatments Promised Cure by Brinkerhoff Firm
An advertisement touts painless permanent cures for piles fissures and rectal ulcers with a $1000 guarantee against failure. It lists symptoms from external piles to systemic effects and urges readers to request a 50 page pamphlet. Drs Kiskadden and Brinkerhoff plan monthly clinic visits in Delphos Van Wert and Celina in August 1857.
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A. W. Brinkerhoff & Sons
Upper Sandusky
Ohio
DRS
Rail schedule excerpt showing stops on the Going South line
A dated rail timetable lists stations and connections from Cincinnati to Van Wert with stops at Manchester St. L. & P. and other towns. The fragment notes daily trains except Sundays and identifies R. Johnston as General Passenger Agent.
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Sanday
Arhea
R. Johnston
Gen. Pass
Chicago & Atlantic Railways Plan Promises Comfort
The Chicago and Atlantic Railway markets its service as the fastest route with popular trains from Enterprise to Englewood and Chicago stations. It touts day coaches and Pullman sleeping cars, direct Union Depot connections, lowest rates, and convenience over a well built road bed. Promotions by Broughton, General Manager, and F C Donald, General Passenger Agent, Chicago Illinois.
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Chicago & Atlantic Railway
Union
Chicago & Atlantic Railroad
Broughton
F. C. Donald
Pass
Chicago, Ill
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