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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1886
Page
1
Schedule in effect May 30 1886 shows trains departing Van Wert heading west including Mail neath Accommodation Express Local Mail and Fast Line with local service. Chicago & Atlantic timetable in effect January 3 1886 lists Spencerville as a station stop.
Miss Nellie Kent of Wellington writes of relief from chronic catarrh bronchitis and facial neuralgia after a month on Peruna. A Illinois patient regains hearing taste and smell after Peruna. a woman reports cramps easing and long-term relief. Dr Hartman & Co claim widespread satisfaction and offer bottles at $1 each or six for $5 with mail order.
Alvah Pinckney of Lake Mahopac asserts Dr Thomas Electron Oil cured his daughter of a severe cold and lung pain within 24 hours and mentions other family cures. The ad promises relief for coughs colds croup diphtheria sore throat catarrh bronchial troubles and neuralgia with immediate and permanent results.
Reports from New York on John Kelley’s death and a surge of immigration. Ohio legislators pass 437 bills, with 250 local. A stray memorandum in Hardin county ties tornado to Attica. Indiana swindle targets clocks on installment, stealing property after initial payment. Decorative days vary across counties as communities plan Sabbath closures.
A long summary discusses Jay Gould as a cutting edge financier, his rise from Roxbury New York to wealth through railroads telegraphs and influence, and notes his domestic tastes philanthropy and Lyndhurst home. It includes biographical milestones and ends with a sermon-like reflection on Moses and Jesus as bread of life and four lesson points for faith in Christ.
A historical sermon from June 6 at Capernaum discusses the crowd seeking a Messiah and the Bread of Life. Additional column notices promote Dr. Albert's June 15 appearance in Van Wert, and a series of investment ads for United States Land and Investment Company with bonds, stock bonuses, and cautions about potential financial opportunities. Also includes testimonies on Brown's Iron Bitters and other patent remedies.
Washington letter reports President Cleveland to wed Miss Folsom in a quiet ceremony in the Blue Room with a small party including Cabinet members and relatives. The White House will be transformed into a modest home setting, separating private life from official duties as Cleveland buys a country residence for his wife.
Ohio residents receive patent grants for lamp distillation oil apparatus steam boiler churn cable railway mining machine fence grain wheel adjuster toe weight pills lock and other devices. Notable names include Crittenden Davis Dean Dunn Fox Lane Legg McAllister Whiteley Wilcock Stimson Suydam Shuler VanDuren Walker Russell Munday Neuenschwander Newman Goodwin Clark Brandenburg Canfield Hervey Russell junior and other inventors. Advertisements promote Woolford's Sanitary Lotion and Dr Thomas Electric Oil products.
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