Shares in Golden Rule Aid Society Sell Fast
Shares in the Golden Rule Aid Society are selling rapidly. T. S. Gilliland owns seven acres in the shock. J. S. Kyler will deliver fifty two Champion reapers and mowers to county farmers next Tuesday. J. B. Heppard of Mendon is agent for Aultman & Taylor threshing machines. A two month old son of Mr and Mrs L Slade died Wednesday of lung congestion. funeral yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Rule Aid Society
J. S. Kyler
J. B. Heppard
Mendon
Aultman & Taylor
U.S. Wise
Michigan
Henry Pease
Wisconsin
R. Rauch
Columbus Grove
H. H. Holbrook
Defiance
Dr. Maltbie
Elida
D. W. McCoy
Monticello
George Taylor
George
German School Opens In Dunathan Hall Next Monday
Rev C F W Hustedt will open a German learning school in Dunathan and Stumphreys Hall for those wishing to study the language starting Monday. Terms and details appear in another column. Pickpocket Arrested by Deputies Dunathan and Eagy. the suspect was released. Wind damages courthouse ornaments and Presbyterian Church slate. Jewell held for attempting rape. hearing set before Justice Richey Monday. A L Teubner advertises low prices on lawns buntings lace and white goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. W. Hustedt
Dunathan & Stumphreys’ Hall
George W. Jewell
Justice Richey
A. L. Teubner’s
Record turnout at park shows with horses and teams
A large turnout was seen as crowds gathered around racks and posts in the parks and commons. The display included 300 double teams, 25 single teams, 25 saddle horses, and 150 head taken to feed stables. Horses from the show were stabled at the show grounds while many were brought to town by farmers and visitors from abroad.
Teubner's Sells Wool Yarn and Flannels From Delphos Mill
Wool yarns and flannels from the Delphos Woolen Mills are offered for sale at Teubner's. White and colored yarns described for customers seeking domestic textiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphos Woolen Mills
Teubner’s
Population estimates for Van Wert Ward enrollments
Citizens expect Van Wert’s total population to exceed four thousand with many predicting five thousand. Enumerator Cc M Sutphen reports the Third and Fourth Wards nearly complete with about 1007 names in the latter and roughly 90 residents not yet enrolled. The ward is the largest in town and likely to push the four ward total above 4,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Wert
Cc. M. Sutphen
Roll of Honor for Van Wert Union Schools Year Ending 10th
The roll lists students by room and teacher across Primary to Grammar and High School. Honors detail first and second honors for grades C and A and the overall class averages, with names including Mahala Warrod, Nora Grandstat, Matthew Lawhead, Lee Bonewitz, Minnie Scott, Cora Graham, and Annie Johns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Wert Union
Julia Putnam
Myrtle Moneysmith
Clarence Hetrick
BM K
Rose
Orah Moneysmith
M. J. McFadden
Bennie Brodnix
Jennie Wilber
Mary Hornley
Ina Miller
Eva Exline
Sammy Arnold
Eddie Butler
Vance
Maude Ferguson
Ollie Deniston
Mahala Harrod
Katie Lambkin
Alice McSherry
George Lambkin
Eva Clark
Viola Harrod
Mike Rose
Nettie
Jwionors
Grammar C
Wno
Mahala Vwarrod
Nora Grandstat
Susie Hartzog
Matthew Lawhead
Levi Gilliland
Grammar A
Lee Bonewitz
Katie Miller
Rhoda Young
Minnie Scott
Cora Graham
Annie Johns
George Cunningham Milton Evers
Jessie Baker
Emma Rice
Ninth Annual Commencement Exercises at Van Wert High
The ninth annual commencement at Van Wert High School was held in School Hall with a large local audience. The program featured prayers, music, student essays by Cora Graham Anna Johns Egta Cottrell Addia Scottr Mayme Henderson Kate Beers, a diploma presentation by the superintendent, an original class song, and a final address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Wert High School
Cora C. Graham
Julia Putnan
C. 8
S. Crossman
Retribution Play Set for Waverly Hall June 16
The production titled Retribution will be staged at Waverly Hall on Wednesday evening, June 16, with all cast members praised for their performance. A grand rehearsal with scenery and music is planned for Saturday evening, June 12, at 7:00, and all cast members are urged to attend. Junior cast members meet tomorrow at 2:00 PM at Waverly Hall for rehearsal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waverly Hall
Weverly Hall
Teubner's Clothing Department Showcases Eightie Patent Bosom Shirt
The Eightie Patent Bosom Shirt is promoted as the best choice at Teubner's Clothing Department inviting customers to view the featured garment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Teubner
Adv Letters Remaining in Van Wert Post Office Week Ended June 7 1880
Advertised letters include Jacob Barrick John Everett Mary Hendricks Jones J B Laylander FE E Miller Mrs L Moyer Mary Rhodes Mrs EF Shaner Jennie Thomas Mollie Walton Frank Waucey Walter Wolfe Rachel Walters Lizzie Yough George C. Persons calling for these letters must state they are advertised with date. IH H Appearove P M Brooks Miss Cora Friediey Lucinda Jarland John King Philip Miller Samuel H Miller Catharine Prunner George Linn B A Taylor Lizzie Vaughen Mary White Caroline Welch Ala J Walace Andy Weads L A
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Wert
Ohio
Barrick
Jacob Everett
John Hendricks
Mary Jones
J. B. Laylander
FE. E. Miller
L. Moyer
Mary Rhodes
EF. Shaner
Jennie Thomas
Mollie Walton
Frank Waucey
Walter Wolfe
Rachel Walters
Lizzie Yough
George C
IH. H. Appearove
P. M
Van Wert County Grain Cradles Sold by Henry Wassenburg
Henry Wassenburg at Casto's livery stable offers hand-made grain cradles crafted from natural wood bends and second-growth timber. No cross graining or paint coverings. Hundreds already in use locally with stated customer satisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wassenburg
Casto
van Wert
Girl Burned To Death In Harrison Township Accident
In Harrison township, a 14 year old girl Emma Gehres was set ablaze when her dress caught fire moving a pot near a stove. Her sister Mary, 16, aided but failed to save her. Emma died after five hours of agony. Mary suffered facial and hand burns but recovered. Parents Jacob and Mrs Gehres were away at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Township
Jacob Gehres
van Wert
Mary
Emma
Reuben Balyeat
Ferman
Kursaal
Benevolent Society
Pittsfield
Town Visitors and Returns Highlight Regional Notes
Local residents and visitors are listed with origins including Lima Columbus Grove Defiance Goshen Delphos Cincinnati and Colorado. Individuals travel for events and reunions while others attend the North Western Ohio Medical Association banquet in Toledo hosted at Bordy House with nine doctors in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar A. Balyeat
Colorado
Balyeat
West
Garfield
Georgia C. Glenn
E. L. Wilkinson
A. N. Krout
Wm. Smith, Jr
North-Western Ohio Medical Association
Bordy House
Toledo
Special Bargains in Millinery Department
Special bargains announced by A. L. Teubner in the millinery department run from now until the Fourth of July. The notice highlights limited time offers on hats and related accessories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Teubner
Death of Isaac J. Tolan in Delphos
An obituary from the Delphos Herald reports Isaac Jefferson Tolan 41 died suddenly in Delphos on Tuesday. He served in the 28th Pennsylvania U.S. and the 66th O.V.I. and was noted for his skilled printing work and many good traits. Funeral services were held at the editor’s home conducted by Rev E S Scott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
M. E. Church
Middlepoint
Joseph Ayers
Ottawa
I. R. Henderson
Appo
L. Rant
Lindsay
I. St. Henderson
R.ouch
A. T. Foster
W. T. Maltbie
L. H. Lindsay
Delphos
Thos
Isaac J. Tolan
Isaac Jefferson Tolan
Delphos Herald
Herald
Carrollton
Carroll County
Ohio
Pittsburgh Daily Post
Pennsylvania U. S
66Th O. V.1
E. 8
Scott
Presbyterian Church
Ike
Prices for American goods in London puzzling shoppers
The writer notes cheap London prices for Blue Point oysters, American periodicals, and canned goods, asking why Americans pay higher prices at home. He contrasts beef, butter, and cheese costs in Britain with wholesale and retail rates in the United States and calls for explanation from producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Scribner's
Old Fashioned Furniture Fad Sparks Art Trade
New York correspondent notes a craze for antique furniture in Louisville. William Beards studio hosts a quaint sideboard valued by fashion, once offered $50 by a Syracuse dealer who recalls last week's $450 decline. The piece reflects evolving taste and social status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Louisville Courier-Journal
William Beard
Syracuse
Antipholus
Destructive Wind Storm Hits Nonnamaker Church Bluffton Ohio
A violent windstorm struck the Nonnamaker church near Bluffton in Orange township Hancock county on a Sunday morning. The brick structure partly collapsed, about half the roof torn away, and 50 to 60 worshippers were crushed by brick and timber. Dozens were injured. initial deaths were reported then revised. Relatives and neighbors rushed to aid, and physicians treated around thirty hurt as rescue and comfort efforts continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hancock County
Bluffton
Orange Township
Ohio
Martin Mann
Blufftoe News
Farmer Life Foretells Peaceful Old Age
Robert Ingersoll contrasts farming with business life noting a farmer finds harmony with nature. He argues farmers gain rest, sleep, and a serene future tending fields, trees, and livestock, as younger rivals outpace businessmen. The farmer’s life blends work with family and future generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Ingersoll
Sicilian Brigands Took Son Then Fell to Cannibal Evidence
A Sicilian gang abducted a father’s son at Valle della Vita and demanded 6000 francs for his return. Police traced the crime, leading to a Cal tabellotta cave where the boy’s bones lay, flesh reportedly eaten by dogs and vultures. The brigands allegedly killed him in revenge for the father’s tip to authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valle Dela Vita
Caltabellotta
Electro-Technical Society forms in Berlin and other notes
Reports note Werner Siemens and the German postmaster general founding an Electro-Technical Society in Berlin. A dynamic engine claims 80 percent cheaper than a locomotive for short distances and possible use on light rails. Other items cover vine pests in Sonoma, Krupp gun, social jests, legal cases, and local town updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Werner Siemens
Berlin
Herr von Hefner
London
Riley
Paris
Was & Drug
Brave Pennsylvania Woman Fights Beside Husband in War
Mary Owens of Pennsylvania joined the army under the name John Evans and served over eighteen months, taking part in three major battles. She was wounded in the face and arm, revealed her sex in the hospital, and returned home as a widow after witnessing her husband fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Owens
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Danville
Montour County
John Evans
Owens
Sala
Anl
Mary
America
Woman in Careggi Sacrifices Life to Save Her Children From Plague
In Careggi during a plague outbreak a poor wife and mother, fearing for her two sons, abandons her home to die elsewhere. She locks her husband out, carries away bedding to prevent contagion, but returns when her child pleads. She ultimately reaches the grave with tears, after bidding farewell to her family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Careggi
Corn Plowing Underway as Ground Rides for Harvest
The passages note rains improving corn plowing conditions and looming overlap with harvest. Local Supervisor orders boys to work while several residents are mentioned with farms, marriages, new buggies, and school activities. Community events include Olive Chapel meeting, cemetery burials, and Monticello village growth.
Garfield and Arthur in Local Republican View
Garfield and Arthur receive favorable remarks on the Chicago Convention for the Republican party. Local notes cover new tile factory dies, residents relocating, a successful Band concert with proceeds over 40 dollars, farm building activity, travel, a death, a birth, shipments to Baltimore, cattle sales, and a general sense that business is slow in town while farming booms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
W. H. Zimmerman
Richmond
Indiana
B. F. Leslie
Jacob Wilt
Leslie
Wilt
Bee Hives For Sale At Several Farms Near Delphos
Bee hives honey boxes and frame stuff for sale at Gabriel Lehmann farm four miles west of Delphos Also for sale at A Poling farm Hoaglin township and Elder farm Jackson township half mile north of Bechtel Schoolhouse May 28 31 Charles L Lehmann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gabriel Lehmann
Delphos
A. Poling
Hoaglin Township
Jackson Township
Elder
Bechtel
Charles L. Lehmann
Go Feel What I Have Felt A Temperance Plea Poem
A New York writer for the Philadelphia Ledger crafts a heartfelt temperance appeal. The piece details a daughter’s trials from a drunkard father to a wife and childleft in despair, urging readers to see the harm of alcohol and the pain it causes. Mr JouN MuHLtG of Poyner Iowa praises St Jacobs Oil for rheumatism relief after six years of suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philadelphia Ledger
Joun Muhltg
Poyner
Towa
Messrs. Wangler Bros
Waterloo
Iowa
St. Jacobs
Hitt & Wilson
Rand All
Also Mentioned on This Page
Star Bakery
Ron S
P ‘I Sy
Chow-Chow
Ackerel and
Pickerel
DR. Prices
Erty
el Elie
T. S. Gilliland
D. Dunathan
Oliver Eagy
Monday
Rascal
Toubner’s Clothing Department
Willshire
John Seaman
D. Thorp
Wiltshire
Justice of the Peace
Zephyr
Anna V. Johns
Awk
Egta Cottrell
Addia M. Scottr
Mayme L. C. Henderson
Kate Beers
Blanche Ihlolmes
Issay
Minnis
J. Scott
Don Gilliland’s
Teubner’s Clothing Department
Gillilan
Teubner
Wm. M. Smith
Wm. Smith & Son
Ws. Situ
M. D
Mr. Thodore Campbell
James D. Foster
Goshen, Ind
C. A. Beery
Misses Collins
Ridge Township
A. E. Clutter
J. K. Scott
Bixby
J. M.C. Marble
Emma Clark
Cincinnati
Theodore Thomas Music School
Gilliland
T.s.mchim & Son
S. B. Austin
A. W. Scott & CO
Boot and Shoe Department
Living With Nature
Cie
Sonoma
Krupp
American Association of Amateur Poets
Fannie Kemble
Franky
Susan
Green River
Dyonisius
Edric Bob Turner Phelps
Thompson Baker
Samson Boanerges Phelps
Liberty Township
Charles Hoffmann, Jr
Liberty
Beldon
McKee
Holgate
C. B. Reed
Luthern Church
Den
Eng Land
Jennings Township
John Price
Olive Chapel
Elder Berry
Christopher Dacis
Joseph Wolfe
Ada
Mollie Carr
Mr. John Cotton
South Jennings
A. J. Roller
Wright
W. Williams
Clippenfostenstader
Paulding County
Jenzy Keith
Spencerville
Frank Southard
George Baker
James Converse
Ir. J. Trippey
Allen County
S. Whyman
W. P. Wright
Arthur
Mr. D. Stamm
Ida Beamer
E. P. McNeal
Dark
Union
Susan Magner
Dave Pettit
Messrs
D. Shepard & Son
Baltimore
Joe Feasley
Chas. Wells
D. Mills
A. Co
West Main Street
W. Scott
Beery & Swartout
A. W. Scott & Co.s
L. F. Zimmerman
Mme
Demorest
McHim & Son’s
Hill & Wilson
Pershing
Java Coffee
Gio
Hell
L. FE. Gackenneimer
Shiloh
L. F. Gackenhfeimer
John C. West & Co
Pul Makers
Madison Street
van Wert Markets
Swineford’s Corner
DEE
Timothy
Cseseerseereres
Wilkinson & Son's
Wilkinson’s
Wilkinson
Ilkinson's
Wilkinson & Bon
Ware Lode
Tiger Coffee
Slade & Conn
JAS. Clark & Som
Clark, Richey & Co
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