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Van Wert Weekly Bulletin

Location

Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 01, 1877

Page

2

County nominating convention awaited as two candidates enter race

The Democracy of this county has not called their convention for nominating county officers yet two would be candidates have announced their names through the Times. They are determined not to be left.

The New York Times Morton New York Commercial Stone Mississippi Kemper County Chisholm Times Cincinnat Gagette Ohio General Assembly Court of Appeal Court of Common Pleas Court of First Resort Court of Next Appeal District Court Common Pleas Judge of Common Pleas Divi Supreme Court Ohio Bar Ohio General Assembly Hamilton Supreme Bench Circuit Courts United States Judiciary George Kinder Ottawa Sentinel Murphy George Lockart Bowling Green Sentinel Smith Wauseon Republican Marnal Cronin Fouke Napoleon Signal Myers Tiffin Advertiser George Washington Potter Paulding Democrat Paulding Road Beb Patterson Bryan Democrat Jollmeyer Wauseon Expositor Ife Murphys Toledo

Dynamics of party ties in Ohio shaping the fall race

The Lima Gazette notes a cordial link between Greenback and Democratic factions with a Greenback County Convention planned in Lima next Saturday and a Democratic committee to review nomination methods meeting the same day. The Cincinnati Gazette argues Ohio can swing Republican if a strong ticket and platform unite progressives against Bourbon Democracy.

Lima Cincinnati Gazette Ohio A. D van Wert John ©. Blossom A. S Board of Education Thomas Culley John Blossom Epson & Brodnix

Ocean hoax sea serpent tale ends in newspaper sting

A Glasgow journalist exposed a sea serpent hoax linked to an earthquake report. The editor doubted the tale, prompting the indignant correspondent to publish a sensational capture account. The body of the serpent reportedly contained only a copy of the Glasgow paper with the doubtful article.

Oban Glasgow

Fashion and labor notes across early 1900s city life

New York gossip notes Mrs Slayes’s plain dress displeasing Washington society. A New York Times agitation seeks to ease shop girls’ fatigue with better seating, perhaps three legged stools for uncooperative employers. A Colorado church led by women runs smoothly with a paid for adobe building and timely payments.

New York Tribune New York City New York Times Trinidad Colorado New Mexico J. E. Rickards

Destructive tidal wave devastates Pacific coast and ships

Reports describe massive flooding and destruction from a powerful tidal wave affecting Antofagasta and surrounding mining districts in Bolivia, with ships wrecked and coastal works swept away. Estimated loss of 600 to 800 lives, while details remain incomplete and awaiting telegraph confirmations.

United States Fredonia Arica Antopagasta Caracoles Bolivia Pabellon de Pica Antofagasta Valparaiso Europe Charles F. Powell Iquique

Farm report notes corn rot and variable crop prospects

Our Correspondent reports many farmers complain corn rotted in the ground with replanting or incomplete first-time planting. Cool weather and frosts have yellowed corn. apple crop expected smaller, peaches few, cherries fair. Mr. H Banta defeated potato bugs. Wiltshire boys’ music charms town. some residents consider a short trip to refresh.

Wiltshire

A Poker Players Bluff With a Pair of Fours

The narrator recalls a high stakes poker night in a Virginia Virginia player bet $500 and a $3,500 certified check was waved as a fortune, yet the bluff failed when the man revealed only a pair of fours.

Washington Republican Virginia Coshocton

Doomed Cedar City in Maine Faces River's Destruction

The Fulton Me Telegraph reports Cedar City in Cumberland County is abandoned as residents depart. Moving houses and a depot inland, convicts work to halt river erosion but fail to save the town. Engineer Captain Eads recommends deep pilings as the only remedy against imminent land loss.

Fulton Cedar City Eads

Divorce Decree Questioned Over Becomes Case of Bigamy

Nelson P Hood of Aurora Indiana obtained a Utah divorce decree through a Chicago agency. The Hood case claims fornication and bigamy against his first wife, with a jury fining Hood and sentencing him to imprisonment. The judge clarifies territorial limits on divorce power and residency requirements for recognizing out of state decrees.

Cincinnati Inquirer Nelson P. Hood Aurora Ind Beaver County Utah Chicago Indiana Indiana Supreme Court Sodom and Gomorrah Roberts United States Congress

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