Pleasant Affair and Local Updates in Pan West
A Friday bulletin covers a pleasant picnic at Mrs. Kohn's, a new boiler at Strack and Angell’s saw-mill, and a townwide call to buy old potatoes. It notes hog cholera in York township, a $100 note from February 8, 1889, a legal filing in Van Wert, a Republican office move, a school board vacancy filled by T. B. Barrick, and a finger injury at McDonald’s saw mill. Also reports a Mackinaw wreck near Fort Jefferson with no injuries, upcoming wedding of Maggie Evans and Elmer Owens, and new Mackinaw passenger coaches costing $5,500 each.
Enterprise village Board sells bonds for school building
The Enterprise village Board of Education sold 10 000 six percent bonds to Lamprecht Bros. Co. of Cleveland for a 100 premium to fund a new schoolhouse. A local eight year old dislocated his right elbow at school and Dr. Eblen treated it. The shoe store on West Mainstreet is being repaired after settling and encroaching on a neighbor's property. Fraternal lodges donated to the Johnston sufferers totaling 35 dollars. Marion Encampment 61 conferred degrees on several residents, while the Golden Rule degree was given to all except one. A musical benefit concert netted 80 dollars to be sent to Johnstown. The Methodist Church awaits completion with frescoed auditorium, new carpet, and upcoming services in the renovated space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Village of
Enterprise
Lamprecht Bros. & Co
Cleveland
Charles Hough
Eblen
Methodist Church
Auditorum
Two Convicts and Busily Pleading in Van Wert
Yesterday morning Peter Miltenberger was arraigned before Mayor Browder for violating the local option ordinance. After three witnesses were examined, Miltenberger’s lawyers conceded defeat, and he was fined $100 plus costs, with an appeal noted. Katseh pleaded guilty and was fined $50 plus costs, also appealed. Matt Brown’s trial was scheduled for this afternoon, but this morning he pleaded guilty and was fined $50 plus costs. The record conveys a routine for saloon keepers and Mayor Browder’s readiness to receive them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Miltenberger
Matt Brown
A Grave Question A Knotty Burial Dilemma
A county woman dying in Indiana left instructions to be buried here, but her son-in-law refused. Despite the heirs wishes and legal consultations, the body remained with the son-in-law and was buried in Indiana. The case is noted as a highly unusual dispute over burial rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
The nameless Paul Revere of Johnstown
Telegraph reports tell of a bay horse rider named Park who rode through Conemaugh valley warning residents of the impending flood. His warning saved many, but he and his horse perished near the Pennsylvania Company bridge in the disaster. Park was a cousin to Thomas Nance of Convoy, with two Nance relatives traveling to Johnstown to aid kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Paul Revere
Conemaugh Valley
Pennsylvania Company
Park
Thomas Nance
Convoy
Boy shoots self in a Fort Wayne area incident
A four year old son of W F Moore on West First street seriously wounded himself with a 32 caliber self cocking revolver while playing with a neighbor's child. The ball passed through his right side and lodged in the house. His clothing caught fire and the skin burned before his mother could remove his garments. Dr Davis treated the wound and the child rests quietly. Seelberg promises bargains next week. Also reports on Pfingstay's tax case, Pleasant township railroad bond summons, and a not guilty abortion verdict for Mrs Sommers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Moore
West First Street
People on the Move in Lima and Vicinity
A parade of regional residents travel and visit relatives across Lima Ohio and nearby towns. Russel Ream visits his grandmother in Lima while Mrs I R Tudor visits her brother there. Multiple locals, including Miss Eliza Saunders from Fort Wayne and Dr J K Woods on an extended eastward trip, stop in Lima.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Farnshell
Toledo
A. S. Cottrell
Weston
Darrie County
Mayor Browder
Joe Scott
Perry Fox
Woolly West
Marriage at Rev Mounts Home Affects Local Hold
Married Sunday, Thomas Baxter and Annie Oglesbee wed by Rev J F Mounts at his residence. Also notes on kindergarten hiring, farm machinery, veterinary success, new Christian Endeavor officers, potential post office move, flood relief changes, pipe line projects, school board resignation, and ongoing rural civic affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Baxter
Annie Oglesbee
J. F. Mounts
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Star Bakery
Salt Lake Peach
Prunells
Lake Herring
Pickerel
California
A. Lynch
Pan, West Bulletin
Jacob
Gen. A. Jacobs
Strack and Angell
Third Ward
York Township
Old York
William Prophet
W. R. Cook
van Wert
The
Republican
Miller Block
Woodruff
Washington Street
T. B. Barrick
W. H. Corbet
Yorkville
Chas. Miller
McDonald’s Saw Mill
G. W. McGovern
Mackinaw
Fort Jefferson
Greenville
Venedocia
Maggie Evans
Elmer R. Owens
D. W. Evans
S. Rigby
Louisville
C. E. Wilkinson
West Main Street
Marion
LO. O. F
Johnston
J. H. Snider
Geo. A. Outland
John McCarnty
H. W. Karn
Paulding
Willie Hankammer
Mr. McCarnty
Kutsch and
Miltenberger
T. Nance
Seelberg
Ft. Wayne
Pfingstay
Pleasant Township
United States
Marshal Wade
Aetna Life Insurance Company
Col
I. N. Alexander
John Darnell
Lima
Dr. Sommers
Celina Ferguson
Upper Sandusky
T. C. Darling
West Virginia
John Leeson
Mamie
Chicago
Mrs
Nancy Lesley
Preble County
D. M. Hamilton
Emma Rice
Michigan
M. Bonner
Cladie
Bucyrus
Mansfield
Miss Unkerhouse
Dutcher
East Side
Sadie Suard
Rochester
Ind
Nannie
Wm. Hook
M. E
Cridersville
J. F
Col. Alexander
M. J. McFadden
Mankato
Minn
H.C. Glenn
West Unity
Odd Fellows Temple
Dr. Woods
Dayton
H. F. Webber
A. L. Sweet
Indianapolis
J. W. North
A. H. North
J. Wyandt
Harvey Plaiss
W. W. Ludwig
West
Geo. Soule
Billings
Montana
Dettmer
Rowland Evans
Richard Breese
Wales
J. M. Dustman
Bluffton
Mr. Dustman
Louis Wolf
Victor E. Wolf
S. Seelberg
A. C. Smith
Kansas City
W.H. Lilly
Jefferson Street
Emma Hufford
Middlepoint
Beaver Dam
Ohio
T. C. Campbell
New York
H. J. Wise
J. S. Bramback
J. P. Reed Jr
Sadie Brumback
Fort Wayne
Rev. C. Crawford
L. F. Ross
St. Marys
Wm. Beiber
Philadelphia
Chas. Berber
A. D. Baughman
Charlotte
Mich
H. C. Glenn
W.S. Johnson
W. H. Dailey
Ann Arbor
Hackathorn
Maud Lamerson
Pennsylvania
John Bilger
W. H. Pennel
Silver Lake
L. &. Gackenheimer
Allegheny
General Synod of the Lutheran Church
Carrie Bleock
la Mars
Iowa
Logansport
S. E. Roebuck
Lakeside
C. C. Sheets
Baptist Church
Christian Endeavor
Albert Murphy
Bert Gleason
Lillie Beale
Bert Webber
M. S. Cramer
Dayton Insane Asylum
Matt
Harrison Township
Germany
Lesley
Webster & Troup and
Laukart
Squire Richey
Levi Meredith
Celina
Mercer County
Shanes Crossing
W. H. Corbett
Corbet
Boards of Health
Art. Cowdin
Bicycle Agency
Delphos
Cloudinng
L. J. Germann & CO
Marsh
Ohio Drug Store
DRUC
L. F. Cackenheimer
Prop
JAS. Clark & Son
Eoogot
Aepear
JAS
Clark & Son
Sfelberg
Gloria
Helvetia
Windsor
Puritan
Challies
India
L. Seelbergh& CO
Fort Wayne Stiore
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