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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1890
Page
1
Daily train numbers 8 12 16 3 5 and 15 run without time shown they do not stop. Numbers 17 and 18 run daily except Sunday with stop on signal. G M Beach general manager and F C Donald general passenger agent Chicago Illinois.
A sweeping digest notes Findlay needs 75 teachers for next year and a new opera house proposal in Van Wert while Lima rejects electric street railways. It mentions a Cincinnati widow with her seventh husband, ongoing public debates on tariffs, railways, and the World’s Fair funding, plus legal and editorial disputes and calls for reform in the Ohio press and legal profession.
The piece critiques northern boomtown speculation in Kentucky and Tennessee mirrors Ohio patterns, warns of inflated reports and debt, cites Findlay as a cautionary tale of a now dull town, and urges calm growth for Van Wert while fearing unwarranted booms endanger progress. It also includes the full text of Judge Jackson's decision in the Pleasant Township Bond Case, favoring the plaintiff and upholding the act to authorize township rail construction.
A critical editorial denounces a proposed Georgia constitutional amendment to fund white education with whites taxes while Negro education would rely on minimal, property-based funds. It warns such racial allocation would halt Black schooling, erode citizenship rights, and shame Georgia and the United States, citing the state’s Grady legacy.
Long in Congress proposed recognizing the Confederacy. Garfield rebutted with a stirring 1864 speech, likening Arnold to treason and Fairfax to loyalty, urging Ohio and the nation to defend the flag amid civil war. He warned against traitors and urged unity and duty for the Union.
The Urbana Citizen extols Urbana under May sun and showers but praises Van Wert for its shaded streets, parks, handsome homes, and well kept lawns. The piece notes many residents already realize Van Wert’s peerless livability and invites visitors to see the town.
Through Evers and Manship, Mrs. Belle Campbell has received a widow's pension. Theo Culp and Wm Ireland have been granted an increase of pension.
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