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Van Wert Weekly Bulletin

Location

Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 15, 1877

Page

3

Public School Commencement Exercises Conforme to Tradition

The annual closing exercises at the Union Schoolhouse featured a decorated hall, mottoes, and a fountain as pupils from Grammar and High Schools performed songs and declamations. Rev Thomas Elcock offered prayer and Minnie Scott gave the salutatory before honors were conferred by the Superintendent.

Union School Grammar Thomas Elcock Minnie Scott Davis Cable Betsey and Ettie Bonewitz Damon and Pythias Mary Hornley George W. Kohn United States Iona P. Collier George W. Beers Lotta E. Royce Gertie C. Sholl Hattie Hornley Ira Longsworth Heistand William Jones van Wert D. L. Corbin G. M. Saltzgaber Tantalus Board of Education

Tramp burglar in jail break fails. Sheriff injured lightly

Harry alias Richard Allison, a tramp burglar who had pleaded guilty to breaking into H Butler Co. offices and stealing a watch, attempted to escape as Sheriff Billman entered the jail. Allison struck the sheriff with a club and blinded one eye with ashes, but Billman overpowered him and locked him in a cell. Deputy Sheriff Conger later took Allison to Columbus.

Harry Richard Allison Messrs. H. Butler & Co Billman Allison Sheriff B Conger Columbus Judge Baker

Temperance Meeting and Town Council Sessions Reported

Local items note a temperance meeting at the opera house and a town council gathering this evening. The fire company drills with a new steamer, bids for county wood, and a Murphy pledge draw strong attendance in Van Wert county.

Opera House Messrs Rusk Reddick van Wert Delaware Ohio Murphy Dasher

Grammar School Honors Read aloud from Classes and Pupils

Grammar school grades B and C honors announced with students Milton B. Evers Ellis Melsheimer Emma Rice Katie Miller Etta DeMoss Rhoda Young. The text notes these pupils were not subjected to discrimination.

Grammar School Milton B. Evers Ellis Melsheimer Tara Emma Rice Katie Miller Etta DeMoss Rhoda Young Mary Hornley Myrtle Baker Emma McGavyre Lida Conant Florence Ehret Maud Rose Julia Cline Henry Blachley May Cassel Lizzie Farna Jennie Hill Minnie Scott Addie Scott Don Brumbas May Casto Rozella Jacobs Lama Wilmore Levi Jacobs Clarence Geiger Estella Brumback Charles McFadden Ross Longsworth Gaylord McCullen Ida Smith

Reunion of the 15th Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Shelby

Ex Sheriff J R Updegrove, a former Captain in the 15th O V I, attended the regiment reunion in Shelby yesterday. Dr H G Davis visits Ross County for three weeks to see patients and friends. James Clark and daughter Emma travel to Rochester Minnesota to visit. Clark returns in three weeks but Emma stays the summer. E L Tristal of Sidney visited on Monday. Van Wert County Medical Society to hold a picnic in the grove east of town on Ridge road at 1 pm Tuesday with expected full attendance and baskets.

Shelby County Sidney Murphy’s Thos. Dailey Forest Lima Kenton Ohio Volunteers McLaughlin Wapokeneta St. Marys Pat Linahen Linahen Port Clinton Watson Paulding County J. R. Updegrove 15Th Shelby H. G. Davis Ross County Ohio James Clark Emma Rochester Minnesota Clark van Wert County Medical Society

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