Law of Average in Van Wert Population Estimate
A 19th century reader recalls the law of average to estimate Van Wert city and county populations. They calculate about 4,126 for the city from 58 guesses and place county figures near 31,000, while noting potential local pride inflating numbers. A letter from Op Farmer voices concerns about taxes, court house affairs, and local officials amid community debate.
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van Wert
The
Butners
van Wert Times
George Watermellons
Audeter
Malick
McCoy
Theresa
Tully
Harvest News and Local Notices From Jennings Township
Harvesting is near with wheat better than expected ready to cut next week. Local updates include school closings in districts 9 and No. 4, a Mendon contractor for two township schoolhouses, and corn growing well. Social notes mention visits, a quarter meeting at Olive, a veteran preacher’s memories, a treasuring turkey hatch, and a sad bereavement for Nellie Post’s family. The Standard Oil Company plans a new Lima to Chicago pipeline along the OC and A Ry this summer.
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Richard Tucker
Roller
Marian Burnett
John Woolfe
Minnesota
Miriam Jones
Reece Simmons
Allen County
Laban Woolfe
Indiana
Joseph
Olive
A. Harmont
Spencerville
Nellie Post
Charles Post
Standard Oil Company
Lima
Chicago
Local Social News From Wetsel and Nearby
Miss Minnie Jackson works for Mrs Simpson this summer. R T Edwards and sister Maggie visited friends at Wetsel last weekend. J Robison stays with R T and W O Edwards this week. G W Beyington visited his parents last weekend. J B Metz, returning from Findlay, stays the rest of summer. R L Prichard bought a new buggy. Spelling at school district No 5 drew a large, orderly crowd last Wednesday.
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R.T. Edwards
Maggie
Wetsel
G. W. Beyington
J. B. Metz
Findlay
R. L. Prichard
Special Excursion to St Paul for National Education Meet
For the National Educational Association meeting in St Paul from July 8 to 11, the Chicago St Paul Kansas City Railway offers a one fare round trip excursion with connecting East lines. Tickets on sale June 28 to July 5, return good until Sept 30. Descriptive circulars and routes available from J A Graner Ohio Pass Agent 23 Clinton Building Columbus Ohio. Also ad for Woolford's Sanitary Lotion cure and Hines Son druggist Van Wert.
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St. Paul
National Educational Association
Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City
J. A. Granerr
Ohio Pass
Agt
Clinton Building
Columbus
Irony and endurance in lectures and feats of will
A Chambers' Journal vignette recalls a lecturer who clung to words until the last line faded, provoking ironic applause and time wasted. The piece shifts to anecdotes about Governor Beaver's one leg and two crutches, a maimed classmate, and a warning on India’s lions disappearing due to railways, ending with a note on horses balking from mismanagement and the driver’s harsh treatment.
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Chambers’ Journal
Beaver
Pennsylvania
Jefferson College
Canonsburg
Jim
Chicago Herald
New York Times
Maker’s Clock Delights Brooklyn Window Shoppers
In a Court Street jeweler’s window, a brass ten inch clock features a seesaw platform and a steel ball that zigzags along a groove. F. T. Kraft, who runs the shop, rebuilt the mechanism after seeing a similar English clock twenty-five years earlier. The ball travels five seconds per trip, covers about 21,790 miles a year, and the device requires regular adjustment with weather changes. Kraft will not recreate the clock, despite numerous offers.
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Court Street
Brooklyn
F. T. Kraft
Kraft
Broadway
England
Mr. Kraft
New York Sun
Dispatch in business by steady progress, not haste
A New York Ledger quote warns that rushed dispatch harms business like predigestion. True speed comes from steady focus, avoiding false time contractions. The message favors consistent advancement over abrupt, repeated briefings that lead to erratic, backward flow.
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New York Ledger
First Great Railroad Accident on the Great Western Road
The 1841 disaster on England's Great Western line saw earth and stones crash onto a rushing train, killing eight and injuring many. A coroner's jury ruled accidental deaths and a deodand of £1000 for an engine, tender, and carriages, reflecting old law that forfeit personal chattels causing death to the king. Parliament later abolished this practice in 1847.
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England
Detroit Free Press
Theebaw Explains Loss Of Burmese Throne In 1900s Note
The Rangoon Gazette prints ex King Theebaw explanation of how he lost his throne. He cites his father Mindoon Min, the white elephant, and opium drugged roots from Manila and trash from San Francisco as factors in his downfall.
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Theebaw
Rangoon Gazette
Mindoon Min
Manila
San Francisco
Longest conductor run spans Washington to Mobile and back
The Chicago Railway Age notes the Pullman conductors’ longest schedule from Washington D C to Mobile Alabama then to Philadelphia to New Orleans and back to Washington. The fourteen day circuit lets a conductor reach home only twice a month, with lay offs at each terminal.
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Washington, D. C
Mobile
Ala
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Washington
Chicago
Old Deakin Brown and the Bay Team Rally
Old Deakin Brown drives a prancing team of bays through Cum town four miles from home. When he overtakes a pedestrian he stops, calls Tullo to jump in, and the jolly red faced owner beams with pride as the horses rush along. He sits perched at one end, watching their feet, while his neighbors laugh at his shouting, Hallo climb in and hev a lift.
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Deakin Brown
George Horton
Chicago Herald
Carter
Cartgb Medicine CO
New York
Baldness Theories And Odd Remedies Across Newspapers
A compilation of varied opinions on baldness from medical authorities and popular practice. It cites dandruff theories, hairdresser transmission, home remedies, vaseline experiments with rabbits, and cautions about cutting hair. It notes barber practices like singeing ends and compares hair growth to tree sap, plus assorted miscellaneous notes from multiple papers.
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Washington Star
Waiting for the Walk and a Magnetized Watch
A six year old Nell begs for an Aunt Mary walk while the aunt delays until after lunch. Nell repeats questions, prompting a stern warning from Aunt Mary. In Albany a youth tests a gold watch on an electric car floor, magnetizing it and ruining the works with repeated trials.
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Mamma
Nell
Mary
Aunt Mary
Nell Osgood
Nell Ozzer
Albany
Custer’s Heart Plant Reported by Sioux Legend
The Sioux tell of a deadly ambusecade legend tied to the hill where Custer fell. A strange plant grows there with tall slender leaves curved like a saber. It bears a golden heart shaped blossom with a red central spot and leaves a blood red stain if crushed. The tribe reveres it and avoids touching it.
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Custer Fell
Custer
Denver Republican
Markets Review June 25 Wall Street and Commodities
Review of the June 25 markets covering money loaned at 3 4 percent exchange rates and posted actuals around 484 488. Stock quotations list numerous railroad and utility issues with prices, while wheat corn and textile fibers show varied bid ranges. Cattle hogs sheep and lambs price ranges are given for major markets including Pittsburg Philadelphia and Chicago with futures-like notes on cash rosters.
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