Another Van Wert Boy and Local Notices
From Glynn Gazette Brunswick Georgia Mr Fe t Woods formerly of this county is Principal of an academy in that city. Mrs Martin Wert aged lady fell last Friday morning broke her left arm. Real estate agents report dull but improving business. Kear's column revised with new offers and big bargains. Auditor Terry and Treasurer Corbet completed semi annual settlement with total collections shown 142168 37.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glynn Gazette
Brunswick
Georgia
Fe.t. Woods
Martin Wert
Kear
Terry
Corbet
Renee
Fox Hunts In Paulding County Townships Planned
A grand circle fox hunt is set for tomorrow covering Latty and Blue Creek townships with Levi Fast as officer of the day. On Wednesday March 10 a hunt will take place in Hoaglin township with James Fife as officer of the day and marshal of the west John Fife, south W. S. Giffin, east E. A. Wal born, north Albert Fife.
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Latty
Blue Creek
Paulding Co
Levi Fast
Hoaglin
James Fife
John Fife
W. S. Giffin
E. A. Walborn
Albert Fife
Bids for the New Hotel
Sealed bids for the erection of the new hotel were opened last Thursday. Contracts pending decision by Mr. Marsh. bids include Henry Gettinger 31681, Zook and Wilson 28757, Thes Brockman 26200, J R Mowen 24345, Weissman and Co 21000.
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Marsh
Henry Gettinger
Union City
Ind
Zook & Wilson
van Wert
Ohio
Thes. Brockman
Fremont
J. R
Young Workers Society Formed by Baptist Sunday School
Children organize a Young Workers group electing Flora Johnson president Cora McLaughlin vice Nora Brown secretary and Lillie Beal treasurer. First meeting set at H J McLaughlin residence on South street next Saturday at 2 pm with open invitation to all youths. Dried Fruits Preserves and Jellies advertised at S K Ream's. An excerpt from Rev J M Longfellow St Johns Ohio describes revival meetings on St Johns Circuit December 6 1885 and January 3 lasting seven weeks with many conversions and new members in the M E Church.
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Children of the Baptist Sunday School
The
Young Workers
Flora Johnson
Cora McLaughlin
Nora Brown
Lillie Beal
H. J. McLaughlin
South Street
J. M. Longfellow
St. Johns
Ohio
van Wert
Mt. Taborn Society
St. John’s Circuit
St. John’s
M. E. Church
Van Wert School Report and Local Deaths
Van Wert Schools report no tardiness in Nos. 4 7 and 12 west building and No. 2 east building for February. Rooms 8 10 11 and 14 west building had one tardiness case each. Deaths include Cora Campbell aged about fourteen. Georgie Carr 22. Henry Howe formerly of Van Wert died at Wyandotte Michigan and was buried here. Funeral conductors Rev F M Porch and Rev Hinderleiter.
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West Building
East Building
D. R. Boyd
Jacob Campbell
Cora
F. M. Porch
Georgie Carr
East van Wert
Zion Baptist Church
Henry Howe
van Wert
Wyandotte Mich
H. Hinderleiter
Community Society Meetings Announced
The Lutheran Mite Society will meet at Mrs. L. F. Gackenheimer's next Wednesday afternoon. The Presbyterian Woman’s Missionary Societies will gather at Rev. T. Elcock’s residence on Saturday, March 6th. The M E Mite Society meets next Wednesday at Mrs. A. N. Krout’s. Bring thimbles needles and lunch. Invincible Team of the I C C F Lodge to meet Monday evening March 7th for practice.
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Mite Society
Lutheran Mite Society
L. F. Gackenheimer
Woman's Missionary Societies
Presbyterian Church
T. Elcock
M. E. Mite Society
A. N. Krout
I. C. C. F. Lodge
J. L. Lowsry
D. P. Youna
Celina
Quinnas
Lima
St. Marys
Chicago
Reunion and Grange Meet At Van Wert In March 1886
Royal Arch Masons mark the 30th anniversary of Van Wert Chapter No 71 on March 13 1886 inviting all in good standing and families to attend with baskets. County Grange meets March 18 1886 to install officers at Van Wert Grange Hall with discussion on farm economy and program including an essay by George Lewis and readings by A R Merrick.
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Royal Arch Masons
van Wert
County Grange
Art Lectures To Return Series After Lima Visit
Mr D D Stillman manager for the Art Lectures plans to bring the same entertainments now delighting crowds at Faurot Opera House Lima. Professor Harrison presented an art lecture on Germany Rhine Vienna scenes with dissolving view Fight of Mercury and The Rock of Ages was repeated. Gilliland's Opera House hosts one week from March 8 with 10 and 20 cent admission.
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D. D. Stillman
Faurot Opera House
Lima
Lima Republican
Harrison
Opera House
Germany
Rhine
Vienna
Gilliland
Steam Engine For Sale In Office
The four horse power Steam Engine now used in this office will be sold on very reasonable terms as we wish to purchase a gas engine.
February subscription list and court report mix
A long February subscription roll shows many names with varied payments from 150 to 300 dollars plus a court note. The court of common pleas adjourned after weeks, a Kear versus Corathers case yielded 50 dollars to the plaintiff. It also notes local sports results and encores a medical remedy advert for Woolford’s Sanitary Lotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Common Pleas
Kear
Corathers
Corather
First Baptist Church Sermons by Rev Gardner
Rev N B H Gardner preaches at morning and evening services. Morning theme centers on the church life higher than social or emotional nature. evening theme declares Christianity a religion that stands upon its merits.
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First Baptist Church
First M E Church March 7 Services
Services listed for March 7 at the First M E Church include a 10:30 a.m. sermon titled Christ Our Only Hope Testament of Death and of Universal Adaptation. A 12:00 noon Sunday school session follows. An evening lecture at 7:00 p.m. is The Intinerancy. Everyone is welcome to attend any seat.
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M. E
Local social notes and visits across county towns
W J Beers attends Defiance court. Miss Saltzgaber visits Andrews Indiana. Miss Kate Craig from Van Wert visits in the city. Mr and Mrs Ross visit Ada. Prof Boyd lectures at Spencerville Teachers Institute. Mrs Cassell returns from Chicago. Mrs McNeal of Convoy visits. Rev McCune of Mercersburg visits Wooster. A T McDonald from Independence Iowa arrives with wife. Chas W Clark travels to Green County and Columbus. Redrup family called to Warren Indiana. E L Giffin buys land in London County Tennessee trip planned. Brewer of Bowling Green Sentinel visits. T L Watkins S A A R of the House visits. Grange reorganizations near Latty. S D Lance of Cash and Wagon Co visits. Hinn and Towns send enroll for bulletin. Father O Neil to Berea. church to be vacant till July. Rev G H Priddy visits for real estate work. A K Sweet and wife from Kansas City in town. Balyeats noted among subscribers. Calf boot measure offer from Wilkinson’s. County Auditor sells $11,500 ditch bonds with $234 premium. Spitzer & Co Toledo win bids. New clothing, hats, trunks, valises, neckwear at Stamm’s. Furnishings at No. 9 West Main Street.
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W. J. Beers
Defiance
Hattie Saltzgaber
Andrews
Indiana
Kate Craig
van Wert
Upper Sandusky Union
Joe Ross
Ada
W. W. Crooks
D. R. Boyd
Teachers’ Institute
Spencerville
Joseph Cassell
Chicago
E. P. McNeal
Convoy
J. Wyandt
Geo. Redrup
Carter
Thos. Redrup and Son
Warren
James Redrup
E. L. Giffin
Tennessee
London County
Brewer
Bowling Green Sentinel
T. L. Watkins
Columbus
Messrs
George Lewis
A. R. Merrick
F. L. Dustman
A. A. Giffin
Latty
S. D. Lance
Cash and Wagon Company
Ohio
W. W. Lance
M. E. Church
A. Hinn
W. A. Townsend
Jennings Township
BuLieTin
Father O'Neil
Berea
G. H. Priddy
Port Clinton
Ottawa County
A. K. Sweet
Kansas City
Missouri
Suicide in Columbus Prison Yard Described in Brief
Fred. Kittan hanged himself in a shed in the penitentiary yard at Columbus on last Monday between nine and ten in the morning. He had been sent from this county in November for one year under the tramp act after burglary in Washington township. Despondent for days, he used a tar rope about three feet long.
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Fred. Kittan
Columbus
Washington Township
Local Gossip and Notable Fires in Our Town
Local notes report church revival ongoing and a city mill shutdown due to machinery break. Residents recall visitors, entertainments at the Opera House, and a Davies lecture interruption. Multiple fires threaten homes on Dr Stutsman farm and J W Summersett residence while neighbors assist. losses range from modest to thirteen hundred dollars with various vacancies and recoveries.
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Evangelical Church
Mackinaw route eyed as new rail expansion looms
A large water tank rises near the Mackinaw round house to serve engines. Excursions may run Cincinnati to the lakes over the Mackinaw route within a year. Talks of the Van Wert road buying the C H D persist while local interest in the Mackinaw path grows. A Toledo to Wiltshire line is expected under the Toledo Dupont Western Railway name. Kip Boots sold at 3.95 by Wilkinson. Mr John Green and wife, moving from Convoy to Tennessee, were robbed on a D M line train after a man exposed a valise and a thief searched their clothes losing about 65 in money and tickets. They marooned at Criderville and returned to Convoy.
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Defiance
Toledo
Wiltshire
Toledo, Dupont & Western Railway Company
John Green
Convoy
Tennessee
Lima
Mr. Green
Criderville
Democratic fraud claims and Hamilton county returns debate
Colum bus letter from March 2 1886 reports ongoing Senate investigations into alleged frauds in Hamilton county with charges against Republicans and Democrats Emphasizes Dalton case and planned distribution of forged returns while noting bills and laws passed in Ohio and potential river channel proposals in Cincinnati to Kentucky Signed by E F Johnson
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Comumeaus
The
Bulletin
Cleveland
Senate
Cincinnati
VanCleaf
Ringsters
Dalton
Hamilton County
House Committee
House
Rannels
Common Schools of
Ohio
Pugsley
Board of
Toledo
Columbus
Dayton
Board of Public Works Authority
Ohio River
Kentucky
E. F Jounson
Expressions of Gratitude After Bereavement
Mrs Henry Howe and Chipren thank friends and neighbors for kindness during illness and burial of their daughter. Mr and Mrs J L Campbell express thanks to neighbors and friends for support. Mrs Carr extends grateful thanks to those who assisted in her bereavement.
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Henry Howe and
Chipren
J. L. Campbell
Mrs. Carr
Grigg's Glycerine Salve Advertises Sure Cure
Local spacer ad promotes Grigg's Glycerine Salve as a safe speedy cure for cuts bruises burns and wounds with claimed effectiveness on piles tetter and skin eruptions. Sells for 25 cents via L. F. Gackenheimer.
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Grigg
L. F. Gackenheimer
Grosce Cirpprners Named Candidate for City Marshal
The City Marshal race gains a Republican Borough Convention bound candidate, Grosce W. Cirpprners, as announced by party authorities.
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Grosce W. Cirpprners
Marriages Recorded in Local Parishes and Homes
In late February 1886 and early March 1886 several nuptials are noted. Charles Webb and Ella Bucher wed at the Lutheran parsonage on February 27. Robert D. Tennis and Laura J. Everett married at the bride’s Pleasant township home. Charles H. Jones and Delila Donavin tied the knot in Union township on February 27. John A. Shaner and Amelia Priddy wed February 25 at A. B. Alspach’s residence. Elwood L. Donaldson and Tina E. Walters married March 4 at the officiating minister’s residence in Van Wert.
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Webb—Bucher
Lutheran Parsonage
F. M. Poreh
Chas. Webb
Ella Bucher
Everett
Pleasant Township
H. H. Shreve
Robert D. Tennis
Laura J. Everett
Jones—Donavin
A. Hagers
Union Township
Tina E. Walters
J. F. Mounts
van Wert
Van Wert Markets Listings Note Goods and Prices
Market items show butter at 350 and 450, chickens turkeys geese and rags listed with prices and weights. Local buyers scan the Van Wert market segment for available livestock produce and textiles.
Bought Sold and Exchanged at Coles Market Street Livery
Livery stable offers horses buggies carriages carts and hacks at reasonable rates with boarding for private rigs delivered to customers' homes free of charge. Also provides remedies for diseases of horses cattle sheep hogs dogs and poultry with extra facilities for transient feeders.
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California Fruit
California
Maryland
London
Valencia
Java
Conn & Co
Hyson
Conn & Co.’s
S. K. Ream's
A. Lynch
Ruant
W.M. S
M. E. Mite
Invincible
Ingine
Roll of Honor
Martha Giffin
W. M. Kear
A. Calhoun
F. M. Cone
A. A. Giffi
G. W. Forsythe
B. Frerts
C. Miller
J. M. Gardner
William Heath
A. P. Wisman
D. Matthews
Joseph Fife
Goush H Waltz
Ss. van Gundy
Marion Heath
M. Thomas
D. W. Williams
J.C. Reed
W. T. Sterling
A. J. Boo
M. Gillil
W.E. Switzer
J. P. Dysert
J. W. Donart
RE. L. Spiritod
Robert Dolby
Jason Youn
Anna Myers
K. H. Bennett
David Smith
Ax A. Heist
Joseph Mark
Crosby
W. T. Hughes
J. J. Haom
J.B. Metz
Phreys
J. Spridgeon
Mrs. A. Balyeat
Phil Balyeat
T.colp
D. Augustine
A. Butler
Joel Stiverson
Roe Painter
Sam'l McClure
E. N. Runyon
C. W. Goss
Q. Wa
Mrs.t. Hardes
Hobart Ireland
Semel ‘Foust
Austin Johnson
A. W
Geo. Dennison
W. H. Galt
B. Hoover
F. M. Capper
Saltzgaber
J. Everett
Vesta Kershawens
D.C. Dustman
W.a.bolden
Kennedy
Jane Ku
Thos. E. Singer
S. W. McMichael
W.cunningham
Joshua Wagers
Thos. Johnson
J. M. Wilkinson
K. Baxter J. Faulkner
Baxter
Chas
F. Taylor
Faust
Scott Norveil
James Collier
Jos
K. Klinger
J.G. Just
Daniel Shi
S. K
New York
Polo
Woolford
Hines & Son
Robert McCune
Mercersburg
Iowa
8. B. Swarts
Wooster
A. T. McDonald
Independence
Chas. W. Clark
Green County
Springfield
Wilkinson's
Spitzer & Co
Stamm’s
Stamm's
West Main Street
Washington
Balierry
Olney
Main Street
Oil Well Supply Co
Wodiska Company
Enoch Arden
Marble Heart
Two Johns
Paulding
DePuy
J. K. Cooper
Dr. Stutsman
Craten Leathers
Levi Mosier
Ridge Township
J. W. Summersett
Butler
Mackinaw Round House
Lakes
van Wert Road
Wilkinsons
Columbus Letter
Sile
van Wert Markets
TOR
Star Bakery
Ohio Drug Store
Bouton & Lawrence
Homeworth Corn Shelter
Vineyard
South B Bend
Bailey
Washburn & Moon
South
Washington Street
Cole's Market Street Livery Stable
T. J. Cole
M. D
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