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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1877
Page
3
Readable OCR notes show trains named Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway items with numbers and phrases like TRAINS GOING WH No 1 Past Ex No 7 Pac kx No 3 Ngt Fx. Content appears as a small rail timetable snippet with train identifiers and notations.
Farmers are urged to see A. B. Mc Curdy & Son advertisement at wholesale prices. H. V. Olney offers a large stock of ready made clothing and piece goods at wholesale, at Knapp's old stand. The Lima Accommodation train is now on service alongside the Fort Wayne and Chicago line, replacing the fast train. The Reading Room opened Saturday with a large audience and strong early patronage, expected to fulfill its purpose.
Mr C N Yokel has opened his undertaker business in Mr Hertz's building on West Main Street three doors west of the American House. His hearse is daily expected and he will fill orders promptly. A full line of coffins and caskets and a large selection of shrouds for all ages and sexes are available. The tabernacle dedicated for state camp meetings by the M EF Church of Columbia City Indiana was officiated by Rev Jones with a two hundred sixty dollar voluntary contribution. Trustees are S Rice C L Rawley Jonathan Dunfee David Jackson and Elisha Smith.
A Monday storm caused immense damage across the county. Timber, orchards, fences, and crops were ruined with south of town bearing the main losses. A portion of Nicodemus saw mill collapsed while Mr. Moore’s barn lost its roof and many other buildings were injured. Prizes Carried Off by Van Wert Students. Ella Alexander won a $25 Wooster prize for an oration on Signs of the Times, with judges and details noted. Annetta Jones graduated salutatorian from Wesleyan Seminary. Cincinnati Times reports Commencement at Wesleyan College with 16 students and ceremonies described.
Community notes report a baby show with prize for a red headed infant. Also details on a party, an egg and butter association meeting at Lima, a burglary on J. H Johns residence with $37 stolen, and a mayoral court with the Cobbs over a house of prostitution.
A partial fragment lists kindness and efficiency per heir assigned duty to Mr and his flag and to others. The readable text hints at duties or acknowledgments among recipients without full details. No clear names, places, or dates are discernible in the fragment.
The article notes Lima preparing for Independence Day with Durbin Ward as orator in Columbus Grove and Delphos hit by a recent storm. It reports the Delphos Narrow-Gauge Railroad will formally open on July Fourth and mentions various local events, crimes, and peculiar notices across Mercer and Putnam counties.
A series of notices urge Republican voters in Van Wert county to support various candidates for sheriff and clerk positions. Names include C M Watt, C P Ricney, Rus Biae Low, O J Comer, T W Gaskill, F M Shaffer, Jon W Herrick, J W Summerset, and Isma H Malick, all subject to the Republican County Convention or Nomination. The page also advertises dry goods including white goods and bed spreads from Bonewitz, Scoumma & Co.
From our own Correspondent W H Troup attends Ada North Western Ohio Normal School G W Allen to finish at National Normal School Lebanon Ohio Several community meetings announced Harrison Vigilance Society July fifth J F Ackom finds a six and a half inch Indian dart Various incidents include a theft attempt at Tommy Barricks grocery garden injuries and local bee hive innovations by I B Pruden Lutheran Sabbath School at Mt Zion Harrison Center grows with new superintendent Henry Baltzell Singing planned at Harrison Church A J Balyeat to lead J W Balyeat and wife visit from Michigan B F Bowers buys stock and praises cows Community remarks on reading room games schooling and paying teachers Dr Townsend arrives for a dancing tent Wiltshire bridge repairs a town fight and local farm stock notes Fourth of July plans Sheriff election chatter and a joke about the lamb in the flock.
From our correspondent the Willshire Band played on the public square last Saturday evening with a good debut. Heavy rains and a rising river troubled farmers, and Adam Straubinger and Thomas Thorp were ducked when their sailboat capsized, though they reached the bank. Several citizens visited Fountain Chapel eight miles southeast to aid a Murphy movement.
Middlepoint postpones the town Fourth of July picnic to the first Thursday in August due to harvest timing. A Sabbath School basket picnic is planned for August 2 after farm work. Neighbors are invited to still attend, with talk of an ice cream supper on the 4th in Davis’ hall if feasible.
Farmers begin haymaking but plan is slowed by last week’s heavy rain. Corn suffered from weekend showers. A sawmill smokestack was toppled by Monday wind. Local marriage announced as Joseph W. Craig and Belle Studabaker wed by Rev. J T Gladhill on Sunday June 24. The town notes a boisterous year for candidates approaching August, with frequent handshakes expected.
Black and white striped grenadines priced at 250 for 10 cents, fancy striped grenadines 30 cents for 12 1 2 cents, and jaconet lawns 25 and 30 cents for 12 1 20. These prices tempt early buyers. A. L. Teubner, successor to A L Teubner & Co.
A Jackson correspondent reports Judge Chisholm, mortally wounded by a Kemper county mob, whispered to Mrs. Chisholm that he was innocent and urged her to tell their children he never committed a crime. He said he was murdered for being a Republican and for wanting liberty.
The Washington Star reports that the Clerk Adams roll shows a Democratic majority of eight, though many contesting candidates are omitted. If several Republican contestants are seated, the majority could shrink, forcing Democrats to maintain steady attendance to prevent a GOP maneuver.
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