Flux of Ohio politics dominates Friday issue
The 1886 Ohio paper notes Republican control of the Columbus Penitentiary, debts and loans shaping state finance, and debates over the Dow law and tax effects. It highlights A H Hester as a strong Supreme Court clerk candidate, saloon interests reacting to two days labor law, and a corrective highway labor exemption for veterans and other groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Wert
Ohio
Miltenberger & Moneysmith
J. O. Browder
Henry Robinson
Washington Township Items Update from Local Correspondent
Our correspondent notes Simon Timbers shows improvement. Several locals including Manuel Clark and wife with a boy, John Catterman slowly recovering, and R F Freeman moving to Columbus Grove. Various visits, farm notes, and a 24th birthday celebration mark community life as wheat prospects stay strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Timbers
Manuel Clark
John Catterman
R. F. Freeman
Columbus Grove
Jackson Township Items Corn Plowing Begun In Spring Notes
Jackson Township item notes report corn planting underway and crop concerns from cutworms. several locals visited Allen county on business. a severe hail storm struck the north part. new schoolhouse planned in District No 6. library subscriptions pursued. baptisms at Zion Chapel and M E Church. stock ran at large remains a spring issue. various residents mentioned in brief updates.
Jennings Township items reveal local sickness, events, and farming notes
Mrs. Rebecca Burnett and Mrs. Nunemaker are sick. Ezra Burnett and David Wright report activity in corn and local farms. Families travel to Van Wert and Centerville. Yorkville sawmill boom. oil prospects discussed at Centerville. A funeral at Olive Chapel precedes a Spencerville M E Church meeting. Soldiers' graves decorated. Decoration Day in Spencerville draws crowds. Jacob Goodwin dies at 79. a Wright Cemetery service follows at Zion Church. A county fair swing at Burnett & Co. notes nickels and a mishap with a broken stay rod injuring no one.
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Rebecca Burnett
Nunemaker
Ezra Burnett
David Wright
Spencerville
M. E
Messrs
Converse
John Roller
Dan Burnett
Tobias Miller
van Wert
Wright Cemetery
Jacob Goodwin
Zion Church
Rev. Koogle
Wright
Convoy News Mixes People and Mortality Notices
Our correspondent notes visits by W. A. Butler and R. Ackom in Pleasant township. G. M. Stamm from Van Wert browses oil site, and A. J. Hill from West Virginia scouts a stove and tin store location. Deaths include Mrs Mahour of Paulding county and John Baxter, Van Wert county pioneer aged 80, with survivors Thomas and William.
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G. M. Stamm
van Wert
A. J. Hill
West Virginia
Clem Leslie
Dunkirk
Ohio
Mahour
Paulding County
South Washington Township Items Highlight Local News
Health is good and grasshoppers are plenty. Miss Lefa Mechling spent Sunday with Amos Mechling in Jennings township. J W Turner of Delphos visited relatives in this vicinity. Decoration day at Middle Point drew about 500 people. G A R members and veterans thanked Hill and Bell for supplying a rig and team to transport ladies to the cemetery.
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Lefa Mechling
Amos Mechling
Jennings Township
J. W. Turner
Delphos
Middlepoint
Messrs Hill & Bell
Four Corners Items and Local Notes
S B Jones and Albert Kuhl are in Miami county. A number of our people will go to Celina Tuesday. Many farms in this area leased to an oil company. Anti-pike petitions circulate with broad support. M Hook's horses ran away causing damage to his buggy. no one injured. John Sherman seen as a future candidate for 1888. Machine agents criticized by farmers. York township correspondent reports severe “snakes.” John Shaw discouraged by slow US Senate action. Prohibitionists plan county ticket this fall. Agricultural Society urged to bar gambling devices at fair. Wheels of fortune and bogus jewelry condemned to protect farmers and families. Principle demands resisting anything lowering moral standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sherman
York Township
John Shaw
LU. S. Senate
Union Township Items Show New Blaine Growth
Local items praise a shower and town pride as Union Township sprouts Blaine with a large saw mill, timber shipments, and plans for a provision store. Henry Berthold returns from Valparaiso to finish the week, while Henry Balty resumes teaching Lybold school amid ongoing oil fever and town attractions.
Ditching Reform Urged by Burnett Voters
Letter to the editors from W. J. argues the ditch law is unfairly enforced to enrich upper landowners. He asks administrators to apply the law equitably, noting most farmers support proper ditching while paying for benefits received. He urges nonpartisan administration and ditching that matches the law’s spirit.
Local items roundup from towns in Ohio and oil news
A broad sketch of regional notes includes suicides and drownings, oil discoveries and refinery efforts, saloon tax impacts under the Dow law in Auglaize and surrounding counties, court house cornerstone plans at Findlay, forgery arrests in Lima and Bluffton oil activity, shareholders meeting for Citizens Oil and Gas at the Grand Opera House, and local notices on wood delivery, post office letters, and a memorial sermon acknowledgment.
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Dow
Celina
Wapakoneta
Findlay
Lima
Standard Oil Company
Citizens Oil and Gas Company
Grand Opera House
Pleasant Grove Items
Mrs. Starkey is afflicted with erysipelas. Messrs Kittles from Mercer visited Mr Wade. Our supervisor is on duty and road work will be the order of the day. Some residents attended decoration at Van Wert. Frank Potts of Van Wert visited neighbors. Attendees at M E quarterly meeting at Middlebury. Augustine of Van Wert and Sherman Albright and sister Cora at Dull station visited Mr Wm Albright family. Farmers crave rain as crops suffer from dryness and poor stand. Wheat will be short with small heads. request for scientists to report causes.
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van Wert
St. Wayne
Starkey
Messrs. Kittles
Mercer
M. E
Middlebury
Augustine
Sherman Albright
Cora
Dull Station
Wm, Albright
Sarah Leigh
Common
Scott Items
Miss Mamie Holtz is able to be out again. Beamer and Co. are in the Myers meat shop. Farmers have begun plowing corn. Mr and Mrs Wm Inwood spent days in Mercer county. Mrs A E Foust is very low with neuralgia of the stomach. Twelve persons sprinkled at the M E Church last Sunday week. Sunday school at the M E Church at 9 am. Preaching every two weeks at 10:30 am. Mr J H Biler was called to Holgate Monday week by telegram his father not expected to live. Last Sunday week a thirteen year old daughter of J King fell from a spring board and broke her arm doctor Hall of Pleasant Point attending physician.
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A. H. Hester
Supreme Court
General Assembly
State of
Ohio
Army of the United States
United States
Ohio National Guard
Lewis Carpenter
Lucy Klinger
Paulding County
Chas. Wright
Allentown
Miss Welch
van Wert
Israel Thornell
Frank Race
Indiana
Joseph Klinger
Paulding
Wm. Dunlap
Reuben Downing
Middlepoint
Elmer Stemen
Fred Markley
David Doner
Allen County
Jake Huston
Messrs
Scott and
Reed
Kramer
Houghbry
M. E. Church
Bennett Cochran
David Odum
John Elder
Huntington
Ind
Elder
Henry Berthold
Valparaiso
Henry Balty
Lybold School
F. P. Buttsfield
Mamie Holtz
Beamer & Co
Myers
Wm. Inwood
Mercer County
A. E. Foust
M. E
J. H. Biler
Holgate
J. King
Dr. Hall
Pleasant Point
Board of Education
Ully Township
Tully Township
A. B. Baker
van Wert CO
van Wert, C
W. W. Terry
Pleasant Township Items Highlight Local Happenings
Mrs. Molly McConahay cut her foot with an ax badly. Visitors and visits span Pleasant, Tully, Union, and Londontown townships with a mix of family gatherings and illness. District two hires T Fostnaught for winter school. Chautauqua Assembly in New York attracts multiple travelers. railroad sale offers reduced round trip fares for June to July return.
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Molly McConahay
Wm. Houck
Tully Township
Morris Fronfield
Ridge Township
Monroe Carl
Singer
Nantz
van Wert
Counterman
Londenville
Ashland County
John Wager
T. Fostnaught
A. McClure
Union Township
Mr. C
Chautauqua Assembly
Lake Chautauqua
New York
Ohio State Teachers’ Association
Chicago & Atlantic Railway
Ohio
W. Show
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Blummersett & Wyandt
Columbus
Omo
Buack
Williston
Bucyrus
Forum
Holbrook & Co
Kentucky
Democratic State Central Committee
Washington Township
John Klinger
Bert Benson
South
Wm. Wrighte
Wm. Alspaugh
D. P. Klinger
John Fremont, Jr
Jackson Township
Kesler
L. Spangler
A. Longwell
Mr. Huber
Christ and
Lige Carmean
Michigan
N. Poling
James Pangle
Mrs. Knittle
Mr. Kiger
Wm. McCracken
Cavett
Mr. Thos. Wert
J. Carmean
Zion Chapel
Mrs
J. B. Longsworth
C. C. Wilson
Wiltshire
Yorkville
Centerville
Andrew Mark
Maples
California
Charles Weaver
Olive Chapel
Hance
Burnett & Co
Mrs. R. 8. Ackom
Pleasant Township
John Baxter
van Wert County
Mr. Baxter
John K. Baxter
Thomas
This County
William
Plymouth
South Washington Township
Four Corners
S. B. Jones
Albert Kuhl
Miami County
KK. M. Hook
Kate
Union
Blaine
O. H. Paessler
Frederick Billman Esq
The
Burnett
W. J
Hak
Hal
Hardware ‘Store
East Main and
North Washington Streets
J. A. Grossenbach & Co
John
H. Kauese
Mansfield
St. Marys
Xenia
Auglaize County
Goldsberry
Bluffton
L. Hammer
J. P. Malick
W. M. Kear
W. H. Christopher
Meredith
Bloom
M. E. Montgomery
Mahala Clinton
J. A
Dayoan
Jos. Dorman
Frank Joslin
Persons
D. P. Donarvan, P. M
F. M. Porch
Lutheran Church
Eagle Factory
M. A. Youna
Dan Best
Adam Buechner
Barbara Buechner
Pleasant Grove
SCOTT
Staten Island
J. F. Longsworth & Co
Tou
Clark's Stove and Tin Store
Walehorst & CO
Jackson, Washington
Jennings Townships
W. H. Corbet
William Brown
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Court of Common Pleas
County of
C. M. Surphen
Jesse G. Zimmerman
Jesse G Zimmerman
Artin Brown
Union School
Joe
Rebecca Schultz
William H. Schultz
Peter A. Miller
John Everett
Anna Hunsinger
Adam Hunsinger
Mary Kern
Jacob Kern
Wa. M. Clouse
Elisabeth Clouse
J. W. Summersett
Chloe Longsworth
Daniel Snyder
William E. Reese
Mary KE. Reese
Catharine E. Reese
Margaret Marshall
Ira Allison Marshall
Earl Capper Marshall
William Miltenbarger
Mary Wendel
Amost. Dailey
Thomas A, Jones
Mer A. D
Mary Jane Jones
van Wert, O
Emma Capin
Lewin Eckhar
William Sheets
Mar
Isa Kum
Market Street
T.j.colee,v.s
Edison Mutual Telegraph Company
Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph
Melsheimer
L. Melsheimer
Meg’r
G. W. Beers
See’s
J. W. Dull
Abanaka, van Wert Co
Alexander
Washington Street
Opera House
Robacker
Boss CI
W. Beers
Alabastine Co
Grand Rapids
Mich
Dr. Fenner
New York Tribune
M. M. Fenner
Fredonia
N. Y
C. A. Tracy
Wm. H. Steiner
N. Y. Herald
Excise
New York City
Hon. H
Lake of the
Newark Custom House
Chicago
J. ¥. Farwell & Co
J. M. Pheops
L. F. Gackenheimer
W. M. Kear’s
Greenwood
South Range
School House
M. Hy
Harrison
Carroll
Wood
van Wertrice
van Wert Corporation
Corporation of
Ouse and
Lat
West van Wert
Ft. W
C.R.R. Price
Corporation of van Wert
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Terry County
Dixon
Crawford and
Tyler Streets
van Wert Union
Iowa
Arkansas
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M. Kear
Saltzgaber & Glenn
Kauke
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