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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1880
Page
3
A group of citizens plans an early excursion to the Northern Lakes. Next Monday and Tuesday the Union Schools will hold examinations for teacher applicants. Rev. C. S. Aves of Lima will conduct Episcopal services Friday evening at 8 at the Lutheran Church.
The last issue omitted honors for grades C and D. For Grade C first honor went to Carrie Elcock with 99.2, second to Fannie Day 98.354, third to George Cunningham 97.97. For Grade D first honor Maggie Rose 98.8, second Milton Evers 95.2, third Frank Bower 97.54.
The following licenses were issued by Pro bate Judge W H Mozier: Ludlow Conner and Maria Carmean Filmore Springer and Emma J Balliet C E Taylor and Catharine Dickerson Yack Aspy and Florence Redman Mat G Higgins and Nora F E Rippey A F Myers and Ida J Conley.
Public notices announce Excursion Tickets from Pittsburgh and allied lines for July 3 to 5 1880 at reduced rates good on all trains between stations. May form special trains with notice to Division Superintendents. Also cheap Columbus excursion June 26 with 2.75 round trip including prison visit. Law of the Road reports a case of faulty driving leading to damages. warning against fast reckless driving. General A Jacobs selling summer clothing at cost.
A 160 acre tract of well timbered land near Van Wert is offered for sale at a price so low that a buyer could pay it using timber proceeds alone. This sale emphasizes the forest value and proximity to town for easy access and potential timber revenue.
Mrs Rosa Ballew of the Pruden property west of town died after taking a large dose of Fluid Extract of Aconite. The act followed marital settlement tensions and a heart condition. Coroner and doctors attributed death to the overdose with heart disease as a contributing factor. burial followed Jewish rites at Ft Wayne.
The Silver Corner Band managed picnic announced for yesterday was postponed to next Wednesday due to heavy rain and bad weather conditions.
Mr F W Lesley at the People’s Restaurant on South Washington Street has purchased a Packer Ice Cream Freezer, largest pattern, and offers ice cream in large or small quantities. Call for a first class article.
A weekly list of names for letters remaining at the Van Wert Ohio post office. Baker Mrs Clarissa Harrigan Daniel Luking Henry Miller C R Mullen Miss Polly Smith Dr C Cc Waggoner Mr 5 A Persons must say advertised and provide the date when calling. H H Appea rove P M
Farmers advised to deliver their produce to A W Scott and Company located at 43 West Main Street for sale or purchase.
A farmer outlines a detailed plan to start a standalone poultry operation. He proposes a one acre yard with a high fence a central large house and corner coops keeping two hundred stock fowls with fifty per house, sunlit runs and drainage, aiming to raise Light Brahmas and report progress later. He invites feedback from experienced poultry keepers.
Miss Upham of Canton Ohio visits Miss Emma Alexander while Miss Ella Alexander plans part of her summer at Sing Sing New York. Various residents, including Mr West son of Judge West and Col I N Alexander, visit in Bellefontaine and Findlay. The Eagle Stave Company advertises bolt and heading bolt prices and timber specs, paying for white ash stave bolts and heading blocks. GEO H MARSH signs the notice.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve claims to treat cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chill rain cornful erup tions with money back guarantee. Price 25 cents. Sold by Hitt and Wilson in Van Wert Ohio.
Money to loan to first class farmers in sums from one to five years with no commissions or recording charges. Hill & Wilson's Drug Store offers Pershing's Sovereign Balm with a corkscrew per bottle and Mme Demorest summer patterns. Also sells Calico muslin and colored shirting at low prices. May 28-4t.
On this day June 1 1880 I form a partnership with Wm M Smith the firm to be known as Wm Smith and Son I request all who owe me to settle accounts by cash or note and ask that debts be paid promptly Wm Smith M D
A string of humorous clippings critiques girls craving ice cream and seconds in playful verse. The pieces mock appetite and romance with suggestive quips from Elmira Gazette IV. Y News Yonkers Gazette Newsboy Brooklyn Eagle and others.
G. A. Heisman editor of the Republican Pittsburgh writes that after two years of rheumatic pain and sleep loss a severe attack struck him. Two bottles of St Jacobs Oil relieved pain and fully cured the condition after eminent doctors failed. He urges others with rheumatism to try the remedy.
An 1880 advertisement touts West's Cough Syrup with a $1000 forfeit for any case of coughs colds sore throat influenza hoarseness bronchitis consumption in early stages whooping cough and lung diseases when used as directed. Sample bottles 5 cents large bottles $1. Genuine blue wrappers sold by Hitt & Wilson or by express from John C West & Co Chicago Illinois. April 9 1880.
A lengthy piece extols competition as a natural and positive force in commerce. It argues fair methods and real superiority drive progress, prevent stagnation, and benefit the public with lower prices and better goods, while noting dishonesty can arise but honorable competition remains beneficent. References to Garfield 1880 census and local matters follow.
A reflection on suicides caused by love disappointment among women and money loss among men. The piece cites Henry Schaefer, a Los Angeles florist, who shot himself after debt and indorsing for friends, noting sympathy can drive self-destruction while unscrupulous gain favors prospering indorsers.
In a family poultry yard a handsome game-cock wins many wives but is betrayed by them after a leg injury. A faithful brown hen shelters him, while the roosters attack. Ralph dies, and his devoted mate dies soon after, her loyalty mirrored by the brown hen.
The Lewiston Journal recalls Father Stewall of Maine who, when asked to lead devotions at a world conversion prayer concert, fumbled for a coin and then gave it to the presiding officer noting “It can’t pray till I’ve given some thing.”
A vast planting of raisin grapes takes root in California driven by high profits and export demand. A large capitalist company plans to introduce raisin culture in Fresno County and predicts California raisins will dominate the U.S. market within five years.
A fervent appeal in the Scotch paper criticizes the Established Church for feeble opposition to disestablishment. It questions church strength while urging a more earnest, determined effort, citing biblical figures and foes as allegory.
Workmen digging at Bradford Pennsylvania uncovered cannon balls and grape-shot in a trench over the former Fort Bedford. A cannister three and a half inches wide six inches long held iron balls seven eighths of an inch in diameter. The rusted cannister may be tin or thin iron. Likely from the era of King George II with Fort Bedford built by the British by 1758.
An enterprising theatre manager seeks a famous artist to paint a drop scene. Meissonier estimates the curtain at 80 000 francs per metre, sizing it 15 by 18 metres, for 21 600 000 francs, and notes it would take 190 years to complete at his rate. He quits, saying he is too old for the undertaking.
A Correctionville farmer tried to cheat a grain dealer by stepping on the scales during weighing and driving away. The dealer later weighed the wagon, paid full price, and refused to let the farmer leave until the agreed terms were honored, raising questions about honesty and due compensation.
Republicans praise Garfield and Arthur while corn plowing suffers from rain and wheat prospects look good. McLaughlin buys a hearse and moves to Shanesville. Dillsover moves into his vacated house. Dull’s brick kiln will supply brick next week. Mrs. Johnson of Iowa visits. Harp buys cattle locally. Rev. Kemp preaches at Greenbrier. Rev. Beaty speaks on Heart Purity. A Dayton Nursery peddler sells over a thousand dollars of fruit trees for Wilshire delivery this fall.
The week brings heavy rains hindering farmers especially corn plowing. McNeal Mill Co shipped a car of hubs and runs near full time. W W Morse visits New York. Dr Henderson and wife visit James Pettit family. Rhamy and Wilt open Blacksmith and wagon shop near the depot. Clerk advertises contract for thirty cords wood on 26th inst. Whooping cough is active. Census enumerator Heatherman reports 400 inhabitants.
The passage notes farmers happy after rains and a church gathering at Kessler's Schoolhouse. It also documents Charles Metzdorf praising St Jacobs Oil for a boy named Edward who recovered from rheumatism, plus advertisement for Guilmette Kidney Pad sold by L. F. Gackenheimer.
The sinking of the steamer Arabian in the Missouri River left six hundred barrels of whisky buried forty feet under sand after twenty two years. Efforts to raise it failed until river currents shifted. A curious stranger buying several hundred dollars worth goods in Utica is reportedly followed by a policeman and committed to an asylum as insane.
Archaeologists near Sandefjord Norway uncover a roughly sixty foot long mound feature likely a Viking ship used for raiding a millennium ago. A barber recalls disciplining a disrespectful son in his parlor. An exchange questions harvest prospects while a caller teases a harvest bee. A joke about a mother-in-law and a man with a father in jail closes the item.
A commentator ponders why Nihilists have not used a kerosene lamp against the Czar or planted an empty shotgun in his cupboard, noting the absence of such drastic acts. The remark hints at frustration with revolutionary methods and the safety of leadership.
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