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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1889
Page
1
Entomologist Clarence M. Weep reports a severe grain plant louse outbreak across Ohio harming wheat and threatening oats. The pest multiplies rapidly, has many natural enemies including lady beetles and a four winged fly, and no practical chemical remedy exists beyond limited kerosene emulsion.
The piece surveys local happenings and state crop notes. It mentions Findlay stamp sales, Defiance baseball frames, Lima college prospects, Celina Standard's anti dry ordinance stance, and Van Wert governance concerns. It also contains a long June crop report with nationwide moisture, frost, and regional yields affecting maize and tobacco.
Quotations for money stock produce and cattle show firmer tone on western railroad optimism. Prices opened higher with Lake Shore and Erie lagging. Atchison St Paul Reading Lake Shore and New York and New England leading buying after 11 o'clock. Sugar trusts active and strong while several rail stocks including Missouri Pacific and Northwestern displayed gains amid firm opening figures.
A Sioux Falls dispatch reports the capital question in flux with candidates from Sioux Falls Watertown Pierre and Huron leading. A million dollars will be spent as the constitutional convention nears a session in a couple of weeks and state offices attract attention nationwide.
The Grand Lodge of Elks elected Dr. Mon Quinton of Chicago as exalted ruler Emile Bourlier of Louisville as leading grand knight and John P. Hill of Detroit as grand tiler. The constitution was amended to allow the secretary to reside outside New York.
Professor F M Webster of Purdue University has surveyed Gosnen Indiana fields infested by the green midge. He reports small black bugs following and destroying the midges, and predicts the pest will soon be halted.
Cleveland Ohio July 11 G W K Gordons Guy tratted an exhibition mile yesterday to 22114 beating his record a quarter of a second.
Cincinnati market notes list wheat prices 78 5c old and 31G aslec for corn, various wool grades with prices in cents, timothy hay three grades and straw values, cattle hogs sheep lambs priced by quality from Cincinnati to Philadelphia and New York markets, with ranges for prime, fair, common and yearlings.
Chicago market summary shows hogs sold fair to good at 4.39 to 4.60 for mixed packing and 4.30 for 1 dw. heavy to choice hogs at 4.25. Cattle ranged from choice to extra shipping at 3.50. calves 1.40 to 3.25. Sheep and lambs traded around 5.06 per head.
Market report lists Wheat No 2 state red and No 2 red winter at 9.31 to 9.75 cents, Corn mixed 3 to 14 cents, Oats No 2 white at 28 cents, No 2 mixed at high May prices, plus cattle quoted per 100 pounds live weight. Also cash Wheat and Corn steady, Oats steady in May, Clover seed cash around $4.50 per bushel.
The president appointed Emmons Clark of New York to Havre Archibald J. Sampson of Colorado to Acapulco Roswell G. Harr of Michigan to Valparaiso James F. Hartigan of Washington to Trieste and other Austrian ports John J. Chew of Washington as secretary of the delegation at Vienna.
Secretary Tracy received a cablegram from Rear Admiral Cherardi in Haiti waters reporting everything quiet with no material change. Tracy sent a copy of the dispatch to the state department.
The acting comptroller of the currency authorizes the First National Bank of Englewood to commence business in Lake town, Illinois, with a capital of 100000 dollars.
July 11 report that President nominates William B. Ellis Ost master at Franklin Indiana and William R. Bush master at Lake City Florida.
A severe storm near Crab Tree Greensburg Pennsylvania on July 11 caused torrents that washed away bridges and sections of the Crab Tree branch railroad. Flooding damaged crops wheat hay oats and corn with a hail storm destroying much of the corn. No lives reported. Water falling as area assesses losses.
A violent cloud burst above Santa Fe damaged tracks near Albuquerque washing away several miles of railway and destroying two high bridges. Trains from all directions are sidetracked at Wallace and service is disrupted as steel rails twisted under the torrent.
A dispatch from East Liverpool reports the proposed pottery trust has fallen through. All local potteries are running at full capacity with no summer shutdown this year. A new pottery company will soon begin operations. The East Liverpool potteries opposed the trust proposal.
Eighty five miles north of Van Wert in Michigan, Devil's Lake in Maniton Beach area is developing into a popular inland summer resort. Promoted by A L Doron H Butler and James M Rimer, 44 acres have been laid out for cottages, a depot, post office, hotels and amusements with steamers and boats serving seven landings.
A patent remedy claim promises to treat catarrh asthma sore throat bronchitis and consumption. It asserts a thorough trial will prove its value and revolutionize chronic throat and lung disease treatment. Sold by L F Gackenheimer in Van Wert Ohio.
Advert says Sezema Stehy Scaly ointment rapidly cures tetter salt rheum ring worm piles pimples sores and eczema with simple external use no internal medicine required and at a trifling cost.
Reprinted ad text traces Castoria use from infancy to motherhood. It highlights trust in Castoria across stages from baby to grandmother, emphasizing the product as a familiar remedy for children and a staple in family care practices.
An ad promoting the booklet Every Woman Should Have the book on diseases of women and children from the Zoa-Phora Medicine Company Kalamazoo Michigan priced at 10 cents mailed sealed.
Physician N J Andrews has long focused on skin diseases and urges readers to pass his advertisement to anyone suffering. The message invites interested individuals to seek his care or learn about treatments.
A 19th century tonic advertises Zoa-Phora as a safe gentle remedy for girls in their teens, claiming to counteract drains on physical and nervous systems and restore health and freshness from weakness and pallor. Sold by druggists.
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