Largest hay crop claimed in Van Wert County
The Par Wert Bulletin notes the hay crop this year as possibly the largest ever known in Van Wert County. It mentions a channel being cut in Town creek to move stagnant water downstream. It urges mowing tall weeds along Woodland avenue and at the cemetery, and reports a baptismal service at Harrison Baptist church. Five thousand postal cards were mailed at the post office on Friday. R. J. Cavett delivered eighty five chairs to the Odd Fellows hall, praised as very pretty and boosting the fraternity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Wert County
R. J. Cavett
Odd Fellows
Ohio
Commissioners OK Grass Warning at Court House Yard
County authorities order keep off the grass in the courthouse yard or risk damaging the lawn. If ignored, arrests may follow. Locomotives bound for a southern road were delivered to the J. and M. yards after a Saturday night breaking of a front coupling. The engines, wood burners, were in the B and W road yard. one yard hand joked it as the Beer and Whisky road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Rhode Island
A Scott Lawsuit Over Bridge Accident and Loss
About a fortnight ago W. C. Johantgen of Leeson Cooperage Company hired a two-horse rig from a Scott liveryman taking two young ladies for a drive. Near Melrose the unsafe bridge over the Little Auglaize river caused a fall into water twelve feet deep. one horse died. The liveryman sought 35 dollars. Johantgen offered 10. A suit followed, tried before Mayor King with G M Saltzgaber for the defendant and R S Wilson for the plaintiff. decision reserved until Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. JoHantgen
Leeson Cooperage Company
Scott
Melrose
Jo Hantgen
King
G. M. Saltzgaber
R. S. Wilson
Sunday School Union Meeting and Township Pike News
At a Presbyterian church meeting the Sunday School Union completed its organization. Vice presidents were named for East End Friends Edward Stoop English Lutheran G H Wappner Presbyterian W S Johnson Methodist J F Longworth Baptist A J Murphy St Peters Evangelical J C Greenewald. A four member missionary committee from each school should be appointed and report to the supervisor through the vice president. Wiltshire township begins piking roads with a contract at 2160 per mile and crushed stone 55 cents per yard. Van Wert is central to trade but may lose it to neighbors. The Delphos Courant notes the county plans road upgrades to improve rural travel. Also an adopting Syrup White Pine and Tar for coughs and colds from I H Strong M D. Cincinnati. L F Gackenheimer sells it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
East End _ Friends
Edward Stoop
G. H. Wappner
W. 8. Johnson
J. F. Longworth
A. J. Murphy
St. Peters
J. C. Greenewald
Wiltshire Township
Washington Township
van Wert
Board of Trade
Delphos Courant
Wiltshire
Murder on a Train at Van Wert Alicks Victim and Suspect Confess
A Cincinnati engine crew on train No 4 crashes into yard engines at Van Wert. Engineer Mat VanDevander dies from head wounds after a quarrel with fireman Samuel Roadhouse. Roadhouse confesses to Sheriff saying self defense. Roadhouse in Van Wert jail awaiting trial, VanDevander 51, married with four years on the CJM line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bannerin
Mat VanDevander
Samuel Roadhouse
Cincinnati
Jackson & Mackinaw
van Wert
Mackinaw
Harry Overholt
Roadhouse
Fulton Street
Enterprise
VanDevander
J. K. Woods
Pyles
Kirkpatrick
van Devander
J. H. Fitzwater
Methodist Church
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Masonic Fraternity
Woodland Cemetery
Avery Scott
Young Roadhouse
Shoemaker
Van Wert and Paulding Baseball Clash Ends 7 to 3
Visiting Paulding defeated Van Wert 7 to 3 in Thursday’s game marking Van Wert’s first baseball outing of the season. A return match is planned in two weeks with improvements urged for grounds including a grand stand. Revenue funds will support ground work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paulding
van Wert
Plot or not, McKinny faces new divorce fraud claims
John McKinny of Scott County again faces legal trouble as his estranged wife contests a May 1889 divorce granted with a disputed attorney acting for her. She alleges she never hired counsel and that the petition misstates property, seeking just alimony at the October term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McKinny
Scott
J. Y. Todd
Messrs. Alexander & Darnell
McKinny
Programs for a Mercer county fair in 1890
The Shanes Crossing Free Press notes Mercer county will likely have no fair this fall and urges forming an independent northern county fair. It warns such a fair would fail beside Van Wert county's annual event to be held September 2 3 4 and 5 inviting the north half of Mercer county to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanes Crossing
Bids Opened on Wiltshire Pike Bond Purchase
Bids for the Wiltshire Pike bond of 6900 dollars were opened by the pike commissioners in Beers law office on Tuesday afternoon. Competing bidders included Chas H Potter & Co of Cleveland and Bro & Co of Cleveland with premiums listed, while Pennell Van Wert offered 100. The record shows multiple Cleveland bidders and premiums for the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pike Commissioners
Beer
Chas. H. Potter & Co
Cleveland
Bro. & Co
Pennell, van Wert
Aie Neoerecht Bro. & Co
Miss Hopley Offers Painting Class in Bucyrus
Miss Hopley of Bucyrus is in the city arranging a painting class. She has samples on exhibition at the book store and is ready to answer questions about terms. She studied art in New York and can teach portrait or decorative painting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Hopley
Bucyrus
New York
Oil land leasing lull hits county as repairs loom
A lull in oil land leasing leaves county representatives absent while thousands of acres sit leased. A Main and Jefferson Street pump is broken, rendering the well nearly valueless though it yields good water, and residents urge immediate repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main
Jefferson Streets
Wheat and rye influx at Grange warehouse. paint firm touts durability
Superintendent Mitchner ships nine carloads of new wheat and the force handles large rye arrivals. The grain is in excellent condition with good weight. D. H. Sholl & Son now supply United States paint for metal roofs and ironwork, claimed the most durable. The west railing of Webster and Troup’s dry goods store bears this paint. circulars available from agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchner
Grange
D. H. Sholl & Son
United States
Webster & Troup
Marion Encampment Installs Officers After Meeting
Marion Encampment No. 61 I Q O F installed officers Wednesday night led by Chief Patriarch J I Ream High Priest D P Young Senior Warden W Martz Junior Warden O H Wade Scribe M B Evers Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
J. I. Ream
P. Young
W. Martz
O. H. Wade
M. B. Evers, Jr
Personal notes from many cities in transit and visitations
A compiled list shows numerous individuals visiting friends or returning home across Indiana Ohio Michigan and Illinois. Names include A Wolf Horace Bonewitz Wm Ervin W H Mozier Mrs Helen Bonewitz C B Johnson F C Cheney Mrs C A McConabay and others with movements to Lakeside Rome City Warsaw Chicago Toledo Fort Wayne Canton Shanes Crossing Samuels Depot Ky Marshall Mich Delta Dayton and Greenville. Several locals announce returns from travel and new positions plus a court case in Greenville and health updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. McConabay
Lakeside
B. L. Meredith
Canton
Thos. Noble
Shanes Crossing
A. O. Springer
Samuels Depot
L. H. Price
Rochester
Indiana
C. R. Albery
Cherubusco
Ind
Carrie Moxs
Butler
Gene Spangler
Indianapolis
F. H
W. H. Pennell
Silver Lake
T. Noble
W. R. Cook
Oscar Goss
Clyde Cook
Chicago
W. J. Hayes
New York
Willard Pennell
The
Natural Gas Co
H. C McGavren
E. Lankart
N. C. Woods
Wapakoneta
Local social and travel notes from Coshocton and beyond
Mr and Mrs Lewis Graves and John Wisman are at Coshocton R H Van Devander returned to Bellwood Pennsylvania Laura and May Miller visit grandmother in Fort Wayne J L Johiel and family of Bryan visit Cyrus Wilkinson Dr and Mrs W C Hastings attended the funeral in Muncie 8 F Major special agent Royal Fire Insurance guest of Long Waponer Rev and Mrs J H Fitzwater and daughters head to West Virginia for three weeks Rev J E Thomas Mrs H J McLaughlin Miss Armen trout Nellie Harris Lillie and Carrie Beale and Messrs T Redrup and Vernie Barlow attended Baptist Sunday school institute at Spencerville
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ednah Clapp
Rochester
N. Y
D. P. Young
van Tilburt
Greenville
W. H. Grapes
Marsh
Effie Baxter
Convoy
May Vanstrander
Allie Miller
Springfield
John McCarr
Ella
Kate Geelan
Toledo
John Manton
W. O. Bassett
Cora
Shaffers
Urah Higley
Paulding
Charles Treeman
Logansport
Indiana
Joseph Cassel
Lewis Graves
John Wisman
Coshocton
R. H. van Devander
Bellwood
Pennsylvania
Laura
May Miller
Fort Wayne
J. L. Johiel
Bryan
Cyrus Wilkinson
F. Major
Cincinnati
Royal Fire Insurance Co
Long & Waponer
J. H. Fitzwater
West Virginia
J. E. Thomas
H. J. McLaughlin
Belle Armentrout
Nellie Harris
Lillie
Carrie Beale
Messrs
T. Redrup
Vernie Barlow
Baptist Sunday School Institute
Spencerville
Teachers' Institute Opens With D R Boyd and I N Saddler
D R Boyd former local educator and Arkansas City superintendent will join Perrysburg Schools Superintendent I N Saddler as instructors at the weeklong Teachers Institute starting August 4 in this city. Saddler, renowned as an able institute worker, will lecture on August 6 with the talk Queer Pedagogics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. R. Boyd
Arkansas City
Kansas
I. N. Saddler
Perrysburg
Saddler
Boyd
Advertised Letters at Van Wert Post Office 1890 List
List of letters remaining at the Van Wert Ohio post office for week ending July 24 1890. Bowdle Chas W Blossom Jennie Centers Ettie May Centers Nettie Fuheman Emma Harvey Edith Nye George Clinstock O Bider Simon Spridgeon Jos Wiseman. John Persons please say advertised with date A T Darney P M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Wert
Ohio
Bowdle
Chas.w. Blossom
Jennie Centers
Ettie May Centers
Nettie Fuheman
Emma _ Harvey
Edith Nye
George Clinstock
O. Bider
Simon Spridgeon
Jos. Wiseman
John Persons
A. T. Darney
P. M
Low Rate to Cincinnati From Van Wert to Cincinnati Ticket Offer
The Pennsylvania Company offers round trip fares from Van Wert to Cincinnati at 5.70 with return valid ten days from date of sale. The sale runs from now until August 9. This limited-time price targets local travelers seeking affordable weekend trips and implies a promotional schedule for rail service between the two cities.
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Pennsylvania Company
van Wert
Cincinnati
Water wells to Town Creek connected by six inch tile
A six inch tile has been run from water wells Nos 1 and 2 to Town creek, and that stream will now be a running one. This is a good idea and the creek will lose its reputation as a breeder of malaria.
Saloonist Fined for Sunday Sales and Injuries Reported
Peter Miltenberger of East Main street paid a $15 fine and costs to the mayor Friday for selling his wares on Sunday. Other saloon men face similar trouble. John Campbell suffered a side injury from a lever while aiding hay at Rupright Bros. sheds last Friday. injury not serious.
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Devil’s Lake
Franklin
Peter Miltenberger
East Main Street
John Campbell
Rupright Bros
Brakeman Isaac Vaney Severely Injured in Local Crash
Isaac Vaney brakeman on the Mackinaw south local broke his right leg below the knee at Shanes Cross ing Saturday. He was brought here on the afternoon train for medical attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Vaney
Mackinaw South
Shanes Crossing
Van Wert county oats crop and fair season note
Local gossip notes a small oats crop in Van Wert County while the county fair approaches. Potatoes now sell for thirty five cents a peck amid market tightness. Optimism grows for rapid future development as new industries may boost life and prosperity in the town.
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van Wert
Death Comes After Long Illness Mrs Spangler Dies
Mrs Lydia Hertz Spangler aged 50 years dies after consumption. She lived in Van Wert twenty years since moving from Union County Pennsylvania and was a longtime member of St. Mark's Lutheran Church. Survived by husband four daughters and two sons. Funeral services were held Sunday with Rev. Gottwald and Rev. Lilly officiating. Remains laid to rest at Greenwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Spangler
Spangler
Lydia Hertz
van Wert
Union County
Pennsylvania
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Gottwald
Springfield
W. H. Lilly
Greenwood
Deaths in Town and Nearby Homes
Herbert Norveill died of typhoid fever at Mrs Dr Blackley's home north of town last Friday. May Conn seven months old daughter of Frank and Mrs Conn died at home on Tile Factory street Friday morning. William Arley infant son of J N Summersett of Midd lepoint died last Friday afternoon. Funerals were held at the Presbyterian church in Middle Point and at home today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Norveill
Dr. Blackley
May
Frank Conn
Tile Factory Street
William Arley
J. N. Summersett
Middlepoint
Presbyterian Church
J. Q. Cline
Harold Williams Returns To Van Wert Office
Harold Williams has returned to Van Wert and will be found at the office of the Natural Gas Company. His wife will come next week. Van Wert gladly welcomes them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Williams
van Wert
Natural Gas Company
Marriage Licenses for Local Couples List
Sherman Schonepp wed Emma M. J. Harken. S. Walters married Ella Medaugh. I. J. Clair united with Elnora B. Thornell. George Scaer and Emma German tied in marriage. Joseph Mathews joined Lizzie Snyder in wedlock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman Schonepp
Emma M. J. Harken
S. Walters
Ella Medaugh
I. J. Clair
Elnora B. Thornell
George Scaer
Emma German
Joseph Mathews
Lizzie Snyder
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ing Department
China
Ridge Road
Wo. Johnson, JR
Par Wert Bulletin
Town Creek
Woodland Avenue
Baptist Church
Harrison Baptist Church
I. H. Strong
M. D
L. F. Gackenheimer
Van
Dr. Woods
Pittsburg
Ft. Wayne
Lima
Calderwood
A. L. Sweet
Huntington
Wabash
Vermont Granite Company
Western
Leesville
Woodruff
Joe Cassel
Mr. Cassel
Sherman Brigade
Sherman
Mansfield
64Th
McLaughlin’s
15Th Regiment
Pomona
Middlebury Hall
George Lewis
A. A. Gitlin
Oscar Miller
Noah Lang
Wwee Callow
B. Tone
Sarah Montgomery
Alexander Freck
A. Wolf
Horace Bonewitz
Rome City
Wm. Ervin
Warsaw
Busi
Ness
W. H. Mozier
Mrs
Helen Bonewitz
C. B. Johnson
F. C. Cheney
Chas. Slater
Minnie Hayes
John Strandler
M. D. Mahn
Colorado
M. L. Purmort
E. Wilson
L H. Malick
J. L. Price
Grace Irvin
Misses May
Bonnie Lance
Edna Hertz
Defiance
L. K. Eaton
Elkhart
Cloyd Brotherton
Frank McElroy
Delaware
Judge Brotherton
Geo. W. Asher
Galion
Fremont Lowry
Presque Isle Park
J. O. Roberts
Mr. O’brien
H. G. Lehmann & Son
W. C. Hastings
Muncie
Mr. Hastings
JAS
Clark & Son
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