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Van Wert Weekly Bulletin

Location

Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1890

Page

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STATIONS Schedule Clippings for Ohio Rail Lines and Stops

Timetables list multiple stations from Pomeroy to Columbus including Middleport Gallipolis Nelsonville Athens and Delaware with arrival and departure times. The snippet also mentions Chicago Detroit Toledo Fostoria Marion Prospect and Upper Sandusky among routes, showing a network map with train connections and journey windows for AM and PM services.

A.mas Chicago Detroit Toledo Fostoria Upper Sandusky Marion Prospect Delaware Columbue Columbus Cartel Voce Ee Cease Nelsonville Athens McArthur Gallipolis Middleport Pomeroy

Upper Sandusky town stock sales and civic notes

A packed page outlines Upper Sandusky monthly stock sales, Defiance County corn losses from crows, Sumter and Lima politics, Springfield Democratic convention, Findlay glass industry plans, and local public works updates. It cites John L. Sullivan on stage, census quirks for Kentucky officers, and a parade of regional events.

Defiance County Sumter Springfield Fort Wayne John L. Sullivan

Oil field plan eyed for Mercer reservoir water

The Lima Gazette reports a proposed lease for the Mercer county reservoir to a syndicate linked to Standard Oil. The plan: lease 16,000 acres, drill through the water to tap oil while preventing water contamination, with bids and bonds to reassure the canal commission. Officials weigh the risk of syndicate collusion and seek bids for drilling rights.

Lima Gazette Mercer County Standard Oil Company Canal Commission State Board of Public Works Naval Commission Dayton

Spend Your Money Where You Earn It Van Wert Plea

A local businessman urges BuLierin residents to patronize home firms. He cites a Fort Wayne dental bill of sixty dollars for four gold fillings that could have cost under fifteen locally. He argues for town loyalty, tax support, and mutual aid to grow Van Wert. He stresses keeping wealth within the community.

van Wert Fort Wayne

Castoria Endures Through Generations

An old advertising jingle notes a mother’s habit of giving Castoria to her child from infancy through adulthood, highlighting trust in the remedy as a constant in family life across stages. The tagline frames Castoria as a timeless remedy tied to care.

Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething

An advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a forty year proven remedy by leading nurses and physicians for teething pain. It claims to relieve teething distress and treat dysentery diarrhea griping and wind in bowels, pricing at 25 cents per bottle.

Canal boat timing and the old railroad owner

In a terse exchange, Higgins is pressed for the next canal boat to Spencerville. An elder asserts ignorance about the canal, while another man reveals Higgins’s true claim to ownership of the railroad, underscoring a hidden stake in regional transit.

Higgins Spencerville

Wild passenger train run on Southern Pacific line

A San Francisco eastbound ten-coach train exceeded control on Tehachapi Pass as brakes failed. Despite speeds near seventy five miles an hour the crash wrecked coaches but caused no fatalities except one seriously injured woman. miners and engineers blamed the brake failure and the line plans dining cars on Nos. 4 and push for chair cars to boost comfort and popularity.

Pittsburgh Southern Pacific San Francisco Tehachapi Pass Pennsylvania Company

No Room for Drones: Do Something and Succeed

A stern editorial urges individuals to reject purposeless drifting. It condemns drones who complain of limited opportunities and praise persistent effort as the path to prominence and victory.

Fair Street

Swayne's Ointment Promises Cure All Skin Eruptions

The advertisement touts Swayne's Ointment as a universal cure for tetter eczema itch and eruptions on the face hands and nose claiming it leaves skin clear white and healthy and urges readers to ask their druggist for the product.

Swayne

A Sensible Man Would Use Kemp's Balsam for Throat and Lungs

A historical ad promotes Kemp's Balsam as the remedy for coughs colds asthma bronchitis croup and throat and lung troubles. The proprietor authorizes druggists to give a free sample bottle to prove its merit. Large bottles priced at 50 cents and one dollar.

Brethren of the Exchanges Address the Floor

The piece notes the busy summer in the literary world with authors and publishers planning holiday material. It reflects on warnings for pedestrians and warns readers about crossroad dangers and private property signs as a dedication to the Van Wert Times and urges patriotism and appreciation for the flag and its costs.

Times-Star

Economist survey on student trade views in colleges

An American economist in New York polled about 1,500 seniors across American colleges on protection versus tariff reform and free trade. Results show 458 favor protection, 674 tariff reform, and 274 free trade. Two thirds say instruction leaned toward tariff reform or free trade. views may shift after entering business.

Toledo Blade New York City

Rememberers Her Defenders in Cleveland Leader

A collection of historical notes from the Cleveland Leader and Galion Inquirer recounts Lincoln era finances and pensions, highlighting wartime costs and gratitude to veterans, paired with a satirical quip about gender roles from a Baltimore girl deemed insane for not being born a man.

Cleveland Abraham Lincoln Galion Inquirer Baltimore

Prohibition a State Issue Says National Temperance Leader

The Rev Dr H K Carroll editor of the New York Independent argues in a National Temperance Congress speech that Congress can only limit liquor sales in certain areas and that prohibition is primarily a state question. He asserts a national party must champion broadly dominant issues and urges temperance supporters to focus on state legislatures where real impact occurs.

Congress Territories District of Columbia United States National Temperance Congress H. K. Carroll New York Independent Carroll Friends of Temperance

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