Ahead of Time Bulletin Seeks Move to New Office on Jordan Bank
An alert bulletin notes the office will relocate to a new building on the banks of Jordan next week. Census figures show about 4,200 residents, up from 2,600 ten years ago. Elder S H Smith will speak in McGills Grove on Wisdom and the Mystery of Accumulation. A P McConahay improves his storefront front with J S Zook credit. York township Board of Education invites bids to build a schoolhouse offering a cash job to a capable mechanic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. H. Smith
McGills Grove
Middlebury
Board of Education of
York Township
Removal of Bulletin Office and Local Social Notices
The Bulletin office will be removed on Friday and Saturday to Kennedy's building a few doors south of the present location. A St Marks Catholic Church ice cream social is planned for Tuesday evening June 29 at Mr Al Lowns residence three doors west of the Presbyterian Church with music by the Citizens Band. Also changes at the depot: W W Crooks promoted to Ft Wayne. James W Roebuck takes his place. Bruce Oyler promoted to Agent at Ada. A E Bride from Larwell fills his clerk post. O K Fisher remains Night Operator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies of St. Marks Catholic Church
W. W. Crooks
Ft. Wayne
James W. Roebuck
Bruce Oyler
Ada
A. E. Bride
Larwell
O. K. Fisher
Local Gossip and County News Tidbits
Tuesday marked the longest day of the year with town notes on arrests for mischief, new schools, fence building, fishing trips, and a worm invention. The BULLETIN reports on rail extension surveys, a small Crestline fire loss, census pay, bank condition, harvest progress, hog laws, and upcoming conventions.
Garfield Defends Pavement Contract In Defense and Story
General Garfield recounts his limited role in the DeGolyer pavement matter, denying any connection to contracts or congressional appropriations. He asserts he prepared a brief on pavement merits only and faced a political attack via a conjoined press campaign and a three-year joint inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Golyer
Garfield
Congress
District Board of Public Works
Board of Public Works
de Golyer & McClelland
Great Britain
Richard C. Parsons
Cleveland
Supreme Court
Committee On Appropriations
Parsons
District of Columbia
Mr. Chittenden
DeGolyer and McClelland
Wilson
House
Connersville
Ind
Geo
W. Steele
Sim
DeGolyer & McClelland
Washington
General Garfield
Board
Harvest Activities and Local Notices in Convoy
Harvesting is the order of the day with considerable wheat cutting planned this week. M. F. Richie installs a new picket fence at his residence. Dr. A. J. Leslie and Pat Cullen attend the National Democratic Convention in Cincinnati. Baptist Sunday School plans a July 4 concert at their church. Grange State Lecturer Mr. Whitehead spoke at the Grange Hall last Tuesday. J. O. Moyer hired by Patterson & Halfhill of Van Wert to pack butter and eggs locally. Convoy notes Van Wert Times about Chicago nomination. locals say they’re satisfied with the ticket. D. Stamm remains west. Jake Wyandt and Jimmy Pettit sell goods here in his absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liver Corner
Wert’s Grove
Ohio
Cincinnati
Chicago
J. O. Moyer
Messrs. Patterson & Halfhill
van Wert
Teachers Institute Opens August 16 at Van Wert
The Van Wert County Teachers' Institute will begin Monday August 16 with instruction by Profs. S. F. DeFord of Ottawa and M. H. Tuttle of Van Wert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Wert County
Teachers’ Institute
Cottage Suppers And Lawn Fete Announced In Local Notices
The M E Mite Society hosts a cottage supper at Mrs J M C Marble residence on Wednesday evening June 30 from 5 to 730. St Marys Church ladies plan a lawn fete at Mr A W Lown on the South Side next Tuesday evening with refreshments. Taxpayers targeted notices list locations Wiltshire Convoy Delphos Venedocia and July dates for collection. Clark Bouton advertise expanded stock of hardware building material and agricultural implements ready to serve customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Mite Society
J. M. C. Marble
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
A. W. Lown
Montgomery
Wiltshire
Convoy
Delphos
Venedocia
The
Times
Messrs
Clark & Bouton
Cherries Yield and Curious Calf At York Township
Mr McCoy of Ridge Township reports a large Yellow Spanish cherry harvest selling at 3.15 to 3.20 per bushel and marketing eighty bushels in one week. A cow in York Township bore a two headed calf with two wind-pipes and two lungs, dying shortly after birth. A boy narrowly escaped a train jump while another boy rode a passenger coach platform watching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. McCoy
Ridge Township
Edward T. Jones
York Township
Mr. Jones
Smith
Tragic Narrow Gauge Accident Claims Young McKim
Sunday accident on the Narrow Gauge Railway near Wert's grove nearly killed Joseph L. McKim of the Silver Cornet Bind. He fell from a hand-car, the car passed over him, scalp torn ear to ear, flesh split, but no bones broken. He was taken home for medical care and is improving rapidly under Dr. G W Mc Gavren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph L. McKim
McKim
Wert’s Grove
Mr. McKim
G. W. McGavren
Delphos Normal Institute Opens July at Union School
Delphos Union School will host the Delphos Normal Institute starting July 15 at 9 a.m. for six weeks. Ample accommodations available. For full information contact Mr. Gideon Ditto in Delphos, under whose auspices the institute will be conducted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphos Normal Institute
Delphos Union School
Gideon Ditto
Delphos
Consolidation Creates Toledo Delphos and Burlington Line
The Toledo Delphos and Burlington railroad company absorbs Dayton Covington and Toledo rail and preserves its name. A full board of directors is elected with Gen. John M. Corse as president, James Irvine as vice president and general manager, and Louis Curth Jr. as secretary and treasurer. Construction proceeds quickly for fall trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Press
Toledo, Delphos & Burlington Railroad Company
Dayton, Covington and Toledo Railroad Company
Toledo, Delphos and Burlington Railroad Company
John M. Corse
James Irvine
Louis Curth, Jr
Welsh brothers open steam egg barrel factory in tannery
Messrs. C. O. and N. D. Welsh open a steam egg barrel factory in John Malick's tannery building. They also produce dustless graded egg packing made from finely cut straw. A straw cutting and grading machine reduces dust and improves packing density, benefiting egg preservation and worker health. The invention offers promising profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. C. O. & N. D. Welsh
John Malick
Messrs. Welsh
Van Wert Union Schools Annual Report 1880 Summary
The Van Wert Union Schools report for the year ending June 11 1880 notes higher attendance and a strong average daily attendance with over 700 total enrolled across departments. Superintendent I W Leagg praises the schools for good management and faithful instruction and states the attendance shows a larger percentage than comparable districts. Census notes from Lima estimate ward populations nearing 580 2425 7969 and project city population near 8000 with Northwestern Band hiring H V Peden to lead tenor drum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Wert Union Schools
I. W. Leagg
Aeeeanee
Fatal Scalding at Dinner Time in Delphos
A child of Henry Finkenhour was fatally scalded when a boiling coffee pot toppled onto it during dinner. The funeral occurred last Sunday. A stranger young lady fainted at the P Ft W and C depot while waiting for a train. An excursion drew about three hundred passengers from nearby stations along the Narrow Gauge line. A herd of fifty or sixty horses was driven through Delphos, bound west. G Fideli of Ft Wayne is busy frescoing the new Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphos Herald
Henry Finkenhour
G. Fideli
Ft. Wayne
New Methodist Church
Post Office Adverts for Van Wert Week Ending June 21 1880
Remaining in the Van Wert Ohio post office for the week ending June 21 1880. Letters addressed to Butler M D Foster Frank W Galvert Mrs Mary Hood Ellen Hayter Joseph Richards C Knight Caroline Maine Miss Eace MccGragh C A Rice Jennie Rogers Lyda Ruckles Theodore Shilt Mrs Jerry Stevens C F Persons. Please say advertised when claiming with date. H UppEGRovE P M
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
M.D. Foster
Frank W. Galvert
Mary Hood
Ellen Hayter
Joseph Richards
C. Knight
Caroline Maine
Eace MccGragh
C. A. Rice
Jennie Rogers
Lyda Ruckles
Theodore Shilt
Jerry Stevens
C.F
H. H. Uppegrove
P. M
Timbered 160 Acre Land Near Van Wert for Sale
Within four miles of Van Wert this 160 acre tract offers abundant timber and is priced so the timber alone can cover the purchase. The sale emphasizes quick payoff through timber value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Wert
Door-lock Key Stamped M. W. & Co Found on South Side
A door-lock key stamped with the initials M. W. & Co. was found on the South Side and left at this office for return.
Local Visitors and Functionaries In Town This Week
Mr J O Steel has been in town this week. Mrs Judge W H Mozier of Delphos was in town Wednesday. Dr J W Underhill, after four months in his room, is back in his office. Mrs John Bacome of Lima is visiting Mrs L H Wise. Miss Lizzie Holmes of Kenton visits her cousin Miss Blanche Holmes. Mr George W Beers works as civil engineer on the Nar row Gauge Railway extension. Mrs 8 Jacobs and daughter Miss Fannie of Cleveland are guests of Mr and Mrs A Cahn. John Darnell will deliver a temperance address at Delphos next Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Mozier
Delphos
J. W. Underhill
John Bacome
Lima
L. H. Wise
Lizzie Holmes
Kenton
Blanche Holmes
George W. Beers
8. Jacobs
Fannie
Cleveland
A. Cahn
John Darnell
Ice Cream Freezers Sold at People's Restaurant
Mr F W Lesley at the People's Rest on South Washington Street has purchased a large Packer Ice Cream Freezer and offers to supply ice cream in any quantity. Calls to Mr Lesley secure a first class article for buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Lesley
People’s Restaurant
South
Washington Stree
Mr. Lesley
Notice of medical practice partnership change
On June 1, 1880 I enter into partnership with Wm M Smith. The firm becomes Wm Smith & Son. Old accounts must be settled by cash or note. Debtors are urged to call promptly to settle. Wm Smith M D.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. M. Smith
Wm. Smith & Son
Wm. Smith
M. D
Millinery and Ready-made Suits Open in City Shop
Mrs. R. Conn expands daily stock with the choicest flowers and trimmings. The store offers the largest array of ladies ready-made suits in the city, boasting quality and competitive prices.
Ice Cream Soda Water and Lemonade All Hours at Lesley’s
A local sales notice notes F. W. Lesley offers ice cream soda water and lemonade around the clock. Patrons find cold treats available any hour at the shop, highlighting continuous service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Lesley’s
F. W. Lesley'’S
Hartford Man Colors Roses on Streetcar
A Hartford youth rode a horse car with three roses, one white one green and one flesh tinted. Passengers admired the flowers and learned the colors were artificial, achieved by dipping stems in green and red inks. the color set in ten minutes and did not rub off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford Courant
Hartford
Nike
Ring Lost in Wakulla Spring Recovered from Trout
A Florida woman dropped a ring in Wakulla Spring and watched a trout swallow it. An inventive man used a borrowed ring tied to a hook and paid out ninety feet of line to reel in the trout. He opened the fish and retrieved the ring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakulla
Florida
German silver not real silver alloy from copper nickel zinc
The piece explains that German silver is not true silver but a white copper alloy popularized in Germany. It contains copper, nickel and zinc with no real silver, a fact long known in China as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
China
Captain Ericson's auto motor for force pumps raised
A new automatic motor by Captain Ericson claims perpetual motion in part by a jet of gas costing two cents per hour. The scene includes a colored preacher joking about stolen turkeys and a warning about children's clothes as Jane closes the draft of breeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ericson
Milwaukee House of Correction Moral Suasion Plain
The Milwaukee House of Correction adopts moral suasion methods. Report notes that even the sternest inmates appear cheerful when praised for good behavior all day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee House of Correction
Saloon Keeper Draws Offer to Lead First Ward School
A strange woman who arrived in Deadwood was urged with liberal terms to abandon plans for a waiter job and become the head of the First Ward School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deadwood
First Ward
Counterfeit $100 Note Seized In Baltimore Bank Report
A new dangerous counterfeit $100 note has appeared at the National Exchange Bank of Baltimore Maryland. The note is printed on excellent counterfeited fibre paper and alarms bank officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Exchange Bank of
Baltimore
Harvest and Moves in Hoaglin Township News
Harvest is plentiful as farmers rejoice in bumper yield. Residents S Pentzer, S Carmean, Reubin Timbers, and B McGinnis relocate to Kenton Auglaize county Michigan Elida Ohio while others plan to Columbus. Miss Jennie Kohn of Van Wert visits. Mrs Boggs urged sermons on the short meter order as warm weather lasts. Canadians haul ship timber to the Canal. Miss Iowa Collier held a spelling school at Elm School-house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. McGinnis
Elida
Columbus
Jennie Kohn
van Wert
Mr. Boggs
Iowa Collier
Elm
Liberty Township Prospects and Road Developments
The article notes good prospects for peaches and apples in Liberty Township. It reports F. Lewis reorganizing a Sabbath school in District No 6 and mentions Commissioner Lilich examining the Coal Road extension route to Shanesville Road, improving access to Van Wert Junction from the East and West. The T and D B railroad has widened its right of way to sixty three feet and plans further westward road construction to oppose the Wabash line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Lewis
Ford
Lilich
Shanesville Road
van Wert Junction
Wabash Railroad
German minister praises St Jacobs Oil for rheumatism relief
A well known German minister Rev A Opitz from Schlessingerville Wisconsin writes that after years suffering rheumatism he tried St Jacobs Oil. He reports relief after the first bottle and complete cure after the second and says he will recommend the remedy whenever possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Opitz
Schlessingerville
Wis
ST. Jacobs
Soda Water and Lemonade at F. W. Lesley’s
Soda water and lemonade offerings are advertised at F W Lesley’s, a local shop. The item list highlights beverages available to customers in the period a reader would expect from the era.
Election to fill vacancy after resignation of A J Porter
Notice from Captain J W Hetrick calls Company D to vote in the evening of the 28th inst to fill the vacancy caused by First Lieutenant Porter resigning. Members urged to participate in a full vote by order of the commanding officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Porter
J. W. Hetrick
Farmers urged to view local twine binders at two farms
Farmers are asked to visit Lewis Flager near Jennings Road and Joseph Tomlinson near Tomlin Church to see Walter A. Wood Twine Binders in operation. O. P. Clark & Son promote Pershing's Sovereign Balm at Hill & Wilson's Drug Store, claiming life and health benefits and a corkscrew with each bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Flager
Jennings Road
Joseph Tomlinson
Tomlin Church
Walter A. Wood
O. P. Clark & Son
Hill & Wilson
Pershing
Shiloh's Consumption Cure Promoted For Children
A mother’s pride and home life are touched by illness as coughs, croup, and whooping cough threaten children. The ad warns of consumption risk and claims Shiloh's Consumption Cure guarantees cure, priced 10 cents or 1 dollar, with Shiloh's Porous Plaster for 25 cents, sold by L. F. Gackenheimer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiloh
L. F. Gackenheimer
Shilohs Catarrh Remedy and Electric Bitters Sold Locally
Advertises Shilohs Catarrh Remedy with a nasal injector and Electric Bitters as a cure for diphtheria catarrh canker mouth and headache and general debility. Claims health breath improvement and full satisfaction guarantee. Sold by L F Gackenheimer and Hitt Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiloh
L. F. Gackenheimer
Hitt & Wilson’s
Kidney Pad Helps Stricken Pennsylvania Conductor
A Pennsylvania railway conductor crediting kidney pads for relief after nine years of kidney disease. He reports reduced medicines, improved health, and resumed duty with only four dollars spent. The pads are sold by druggists and offered locally by L. F. Gackenheimer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railway
Pittsburgh
Prof. Guilmette
L. F. Gackenheimer
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Ad Promises Guaranteed Satisfaction
Advertises Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best remedy for cuts bruises sores ulcers and skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. Priced at 25 cents and sold by Hint & Wilson in Van Wert Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
Arnica
Hint & Wilson, van Wert, O
Farm mortgage offer with no commissions or agents fees
To first class farmers in sums to suit from one to five years no commissions or agents fees no charge for drawing and recording mortgage don't mortgage your farm to Eastern capitalists and pay large commissions for the privilege use home.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Star Bakery
Citrons
Rrunes
Barle
Pickerel
Banks of
Jordan
A. P. McConahay
J.S. Zook
DR. Prices
Royal and
the Bulletin Office
Kennedy
H. C. McGavren
Sons of Temperance
Rhine
M. E. Church
St. Marys River
Minnie Woodruff
Pleasant Township
van Wert Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Crestline
Bulletin
Silver Corner
First National Bank
Gillisland
DeGolyer
Shepherd
Gen. Garfield
Benjamin P. Nickerson
New York Sun
Nickerson
Thurman
Ife
M. Wilson
Jonestown
D. J. Hughes
W.T. Hughes
John George
Johny
Republican
Arthur
H. SF. Jones
David Davis
S. D. Faurote
M. F. Richie
A. J. Leslie
Pat Cullen
the Baptist Sunday School
Grange State
Whitehead
Grange Hall
D. Stamm
Jake Wyandt
Jimmy Pettit
Lawn Fete
S. B. Austin
Canpegesedar
Cacoseers Boasebevke Dustoncesarever von Teases
Xsiees Scaeuennenee
Pergeatte Paeles Sf Capeds
Northwestern
H. V. Peden
Knightstown
Indiana
Mr. Peden
Comer’s
A. W. Scott & CO
West Main Street
Gilliland’s
A. W Scott'a& Cos
Gilliland's
A. W. Scott «&O.’S
A. W. Scott & Co.s
Jane
Jack
Hoaglin Township
S. Pentzer
Kenton, Ohio
S. Carmean
Auglaize County
Reubin Timbers
Mich
Igan
Liberty Township
A. W. Scott & Ccoo
Gibbon
Iron Bridge
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Grant
General Gibbon
Mrs. Gibbon
Frank Schwarz
Cincinnati, Ohio
West
John C. West & Co
Madison Street
Hitt & Wilson
Eagle Stave Company
Geo. H. Marsh
Beery & Swartout
van Wert Markets
Gilliland
Swineford’s Corner
Esserereees
Tiger Coffee
Wilkinson & Son's
Wilkinson's
Wilkinson
of & S
Skinson'’S
Philadelphia
G Wilkinson
Eiko
Clark, Richey & Co
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