Cleveland vetoes pension bills and temperance push spreads
President Cleveland vetoed two pension bills while the Democratic Central Committee met in Columbus to seek alignment. A new temperance movement led by Dr. O Cone of Akron urges strict enforcement and Sunday closing. Election logistics shift with 4 PM poll closings in Cleveland and Cincinnati. Legislative adjournment comes after five months, and calls for public reform echo through the district as campaign prospects form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. Cone
Akron
Washington Township Items From Our Correspondent
Lizzie Roush is improving slowly. Simon Timbers is bedfast with rheumatism. John Cotterman is very poorly with rheumatism. Jos Klinger of Paulding was in Delphos on business. Peter Ware sold his farm to Truman Stinemetz. David Eversole bought eighty acres from Evans & Co. Lydia Klinger of Paulding county visited in this vicinity. Memorial services at Lutheran Church in Middlepoint next Sabbath at ten. Anson Zeller and wife and Mrs John Stiverson visited Mr Joseph Klinger and family in Paulding county.
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Lizzie Roush
Simon Timbers
John Cotterman
Jos. Klinger
Paulding
Delphos
Peter Ware
Truman Stinemetz
David Eversole
Evans & Co
Lydia Klinger
Paulding County
Lutheran
Crops rise and reforms noted in Celina letter
Our Correspondent reports crop prospects in the county are improving with better wheat and seed corn yields. The piece also praises Secretary W. S. Chamberlain for his work with Farmers Institutes and notes his departure to Iowa. Local townsfolk discuss anti-pike sentiment, political leanings, and upcoming Ridge literary picnic on June 5.
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Ohio
W. S. Chamberlain
State Board of Agriculture
Iowa Agricultural College
Chamberlain
Venedocia News Briefs Highlight Local Movements
Rev Geyer preaches at school house next Sabbath at 7. H A Brown of this berg visits relatives in Van Wert. Dr Hagerman of Mendon scouts new location. Lew Morgan of Van Wert visits. J B Jones returns from Ada after three months at school. Annie and Ella Evans back from Cincinnati and Ironton. April egg shipments exceed eighteen thousand dozen. Isaac Edwards Horeb and T A Alban Salem attend Welsh Methodist conference at Oak Hill. T M Berry visits Youngstown for Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge as Venedocia rep. W B Jones of Van Wert aids Union Central Life and real estate trades. Welsh Sabbath schools hold quarterly meeting at Bethel next Sabbath. Asa Pollock & Sons unveil Turner Patent Self feeder on threshing outfit. Dr J M Miller from Celina locates in town with office at W E Jones’ house. a graduate of Ohio Medical College.
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Geyer
H. A. Brown
Berg
van Wert
Dr. Hagerman
Mendon
Lew Morgan
J. B. Jones
Ada
Ohio
Annie
Ella Evans
Cincinnati
Ironton
Isaac Edwards
Horeb
T. A. Alban
Salem
Oak Hill
T. M. Berry
Youngstown
Grand Lodge of Ohio
Knights of Pythias
Venedocia Lodge
W. B. Jones
Union Central Life Insurance Co
Asa Pollock & Sons
J. M. Miller
Celina
W. E. Jones
Miller
Ohio Medical College
Jennings Township Items Highlight Local Happenings
George Danison is on the sick list. A feather bed was found on a tree in south Jennings. Rev. Marlin preached at Olive last Thursday night. Corn planting progresses slowly due to rain. Mr. Johnson Roberts mourns a mare dying from lung fever. Mr. James Carmean attended Lima court last Thursday. Miss Rachel Jones is very sick with uncertain recovery. Charlee Hock sold his real estate to a Marion county man and moved back to the old home in Allen county. A sneak thief stole Tobias Miller’s buggy cushions at Olive Chapel. Mrs Abe Shear and son were injured when their team ran away near Spencerville, fracturing Anthony’s arm.
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George Danison
Jennings
Marlin
Olive
Johnson Roberts
James Carmean
Lima
Indiana
Rachel Jones
Charlee Hock
Marion County
Allen County
Tobias Miller
Olive Chapel
Abe Shear and Son
Spencerville
Anthony
Convoy Items and Local Happenings Reported
Bishop Bros. shipped wool for the first time on Wednesday. Master John Haley is unemployed in stone cutting. Friends from Lima visit Grandpa Richie and Dr. Longsworth’s families. Mollenkop Hentzlemen and Crooks attended a Defiance firemen meeting. Willie Anderson left home for a short excursion but was returned by a railroad detective. Citizens debate liberal subsidies and trading with Chicago for oil. Residents seen with guns touring the country, supposedly aiming for turtles, but researching a wool clip.
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Bishop Bros
John Haley
Lima
Richie
Longsworth
Messrs
Mollenkop
Hentzlemen
Crooks
Defiance
Willie Anderson
Chicago
Local notes from Union township on school, church, and rail plans
Literary remains active at Waltz school house and Sabbath school prospers at Center church. Reports on Mr. McClure’s illness, a major local lawsuit, and household changes. New buildings rise, farms expand, and Van Werth and Paulding Railroad plans extend northward. Ditches, drainage, and land improvement are urged to boost cultivation and prosperity.
Gilbert's Mills Items and Local News Notes
Mr. Allen Clark and wife of Columbus Ohio visited his father and family here last week. Mr. J W Hammond and wife and Mrs Stone of Hardin county near Kenton paid relatives a pleasant visit last Sunday. Mrs. Cogswell and family subscribe for the Bunartin to stay informed on home markets and general news. Wages for teachers remain high amid surplus, while other occupations are depressed. Sabbath school organization details list several churches with their officers and librarians. Middle Creek Christian Sunday school shows a full slate of officers and teachers.
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Allen Clark
Columbus
Ohio
J. W. Hammond
Stone
Hardin County
Kenton
Cogswell
York Township Items Spark Grasshopper Fears and Rally for Liberty
Report notes strong local health and good crops with wheat and rye headed, but grasshoppers numerous and a rattler tally of seven. A horse valued at about 150 dollars was killed by a fast train near the OC and A Railroad. An anti-pike meeting formed the Liberty Township Arbitration Society at Meeks hall in Enterprise, urging other townships to unite against road and ditch taxes and defend local liberties.
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Thomas
York
T. Ian
Sweet
George W. Clemmons
OC & A
Meeks
Enterprise
Liberty Township Arbitration Society
Boys of Liberty
Grasshoppers, gas talk, and town notes from Ridge
In Ridge Township reports grasshoppers are plentiful and fattening on clover. I N Giffin teaches a large vocal music class in the special district. A R McCoy plans a new grocery and feed store on the Frisbie lot East Main. Town Creek overflows with gas and oil chatter. Crops look good rye blooming wheat heading with June harvest outlook. A few young men drink and cause trouble, inviting legal action by authorities.
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I. N. Giffin
A. R. McCoy
Frisbie Lot
East Main Street
Willshire Items Highlight Local Moves And Plans
Alex Beall and Alex Parks visited Fort Wayne and Spencerville on business while J P Dysert, Neptune and Briggs from Geneva were in Willshire. Local visits included Barney Cramer greeting residents. A quarterly M E Church meeting is set for next Sat and Sun. Mrs Ira Neptune travels to Grand Island to visit daughter Mrs John Braddock. Mrs Effie Seaman returns from the south. A Memorial Day sermon at the Baptist Church May 30 will cover Decorated Graves. Wilshire to get a new railroad from Dayton to Fort Wayne with work starting July 1. G A R plans Decoration Day events with Prof Boyd of Van Wert as orator. Church interior and carpet updates noted.
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Alex Beall
Fort Wayne
Alex Parks
Spencerville
J. P. Dysert
Shanes Crossing
Willshire
Messrs
Neptune and Briggs
Geneva
Ind
Barney Cramer
M. E
Ira Neptune
Grand Island
Neb
John Braddock
Effie Seaman
Baptist Church
Dixon Items From Our Own Corresponent
Corn still to plant scarce items of interest for farmers say wheat prospects are very good. Miss D Leathers visits the Hudspeth family south of Van Wert. Henry Elliott returns from Clinton county visiting sister Mrs Kirk. Question if 18 stragglers have returned from the sunny south. J Lewis looks upward predicting a Republican vote in twenty one years.
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D. Leathers
van Wert
Hudspeth
Henry Elliott
Clinton County
Dixon
Allen County
Indiana
Pleasant Grove items and local notes
Corn planting is nearing completion in Pleasant Grove. Mr B F Bowers and wife returned from Indiana. Sexton Omerichouse is scrubbing and cleaning the church. Henry Werder works at his hay shed with help from Parker. Wilbert Carothers and wife of Van Wert visited last Sunday. William Albright becomes a father again, with a bouncing boy noted to have two thumbs on each hand, a curious trait.
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Bulierin
Ohio
B. F. Bowers
Ind
Omerichouse
Henry Werder
Parker
Wilbert Carothers
van Wert
William Albright
South Washington Township items brief report
Wheat and rye look fine. Ringwald White and Glass visited the reservoir last week. Mrs Henry Johns of Van Wert spent Sunday in the neighborhood. Miss Libbie and Effie Tipple were Sunday guests. Subscribe for the Bulletin, the best weekly paper printed in the state. W H Pollock and family visited Van Wert Monday. Pollock Bros received their threshing machine Tuesday and expect to do some No 1 threshing this fall.
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Ringwald
White
Glass
Henry Johns
van Wert
Libbie
Effie Tipple
W. Pollock
Pollock Bros
Oil wells and fires mark Ohio oil region news
Reports from Delphos Lima and surrounding towns describe oil activities, a small fire at Shanes Crossing, a new oil refinery group forming in Lima, a gas well drive by Fort Wayne citizens, and a municipal electric light contract in Fostoria. The era sees many burials of old wells, a courthouse project at Paulding, a failed well depth test, and local burglaries along with a deadly Breckman factory boiler blast.
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Lima
Spencerville
Fort Wayne
Fostoria
Davies
Temple
Bluffton
Ohio
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