May 81st Decoration Day open hours and notices
Will Decorate on Decoration Day Monday May 31st the post office hours 7 am to noon and 4 to 6 pm In absence of Chas Nation Rosa Donathan sworn as post office deputy Last week two couples licensed to wed by Judge Dailey list includes Howard Rison and Alice Fairfield Frank O Counsellor and Ella Westler plus J J Hill and Eliza E Crowder etc Local ads note wallpaper books framing and crops sales Slade's Stamm's and the Book Store Also article lists births and deaths by township in the county with tallies by ward and township
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Nation
Mackinaw
Rosa Donathan
Post Office
Dailey
Howard Rison
Alice Fairfield
Frank O. Counsellor
Ella Westler
J.J. Hill
Eliza E. Crowder
John Parent
Elma Hartman
Samuel M. Gorham
Outtin Cupp
No Footsteps Backward at Van Wert Commencement
The Van Wert Union High School graduation held last Thursday at the Grand Opera House drew a packed audience, many standing as seats filled. Graduates Ola B Deniston Jennie Webster L Rosa Donathan Ettie McConahay Frank Boroff and Wm Dailey delivered essays and orations. farewell by Superintendent Boyd. diplomas presented by Captain D P Donathan. Critics praised the program and the graduates’ training amid notes of local notices and upcoming Mozart concert events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Opera House
Ola B. Deniston
Jennie Webster
L. Rosa Donathan
Ettie B. McConahay
Messrs
Frank J. Boroff
Wm. H. Dailey
Ola R. Deniston
Boyd
D. P. Donathan
Board of Education
Rev
Bowers
Porch
Decoration Day Memorial Services Planned by Scott Post and Women’s Relief Corps
Decoration Day events set for Monday May 1st with processions and graveside tributes. Committees named for marking graves, speakers, invitation, music, color guard, and marshal. Orator Col. Smith of Cuyahoga Falls and Rev. Mounts to lead prayers. several local figures named in committee roles. Van Wert Lodge I O O F elects new officers for July term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Lee
P. C
J. A. Gleason
Geo
E. Wells
J. I. Wert
J. W. Hetrick
J. I. Cable
L. W. Scott
Jacob Fenter
G. W. Lawhead
L. Guinn
T. E. Davis
A. J. Gleason
C. W. Webster
J. F. Wert
George Crosset
Jesse Longsworth
Chas. Henschkel
B. F. Fronefield
A. J. Burch
Col
Wm. Smith
Main Street
Washington
Old Cemetery
Lynn
Woodland Avenue
New Cemetery
Col. Smith
Cuyahoga Falls
Andersonville
J. F. Mounts
N. B. H. Gardner
van Wert Lodge
Noble Grand
J. L. Lowery
August Stitz
F. A. Cramer
Stamm's and Union Schools Highlight Local Life and Rail '86
The region reports a double occasion with a Mansfield marriage by Rev J A Bower and reception at the bride’s home. Auditor Terry appraises Chicago & Atlantic and Dayton & Toledo rail lines per mile. A long list notes Van Wert Union Schools pupils with perfect attendance across grades and rooms, while Stamm's promotes cheap goods and a wool purchase offer. A Citizens Oil and Gas Fund meeting at Gilliland's Opera House is scheduled for May 31, 1886, with officers S Neer and O D Swarrour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens’ Oil and Gas Fund
Gilliland’s Opera House
Church Services and Meetings May 30 1886 Remembrances
Presbyterian, A M E Wiltshire settlement and M E Church announce worship sets May 30 with sermons lectures and Sunday school. Rev N M Mitchell presides at A M E. Scott Post 100 and Scott Relief Corps attend St Mark’s Lutheran service featuring Rev Porch and Col Smith. Commencement of Women’s Foreign Missionary Society event in Collett Hornley’s hall on East Main Street next Friday afternoon. Seats free. all invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. E. Church of
Wiltshire
N. M. Mitchell
van Wert
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society
M. E. Church
Collett & Hornley
East Main Street
Jane
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Porch
Col. Smith
Cuyahoga Falls
Scott Post No
Scott Relief Corps
Personal Notes From Mendon and Nearby Towns
Local notices recount visits and greetings among residents of Mendon Spencerville and surrounding areas. Mentions include Rev H Kohn, Rev J A Bower, Mrs J W Lee, Prof D R Boyd, Lizzie Dunathan, and Hon E F Johnson. A town reunion, subscription updates, and a high school picnic are announced along with telegraphy studies and medical society meetings.
Coming Events and Meetings at Local Churches and Societies
A roundup of upcoming society events includes the Little Workers meeting with Miss Alice Swartout on Saturday May 29 at Lutheran Church, the W C T U meeting with Mrs. Dettmer next Tuesday at 4 PM, and an officer election. Also notes a Grand Opera House lecture on prison life by Rev E J Smith on May 31, with 15 cent admission, and a Mozart Glee Club concert next Wednesday at the Grand Opera House with performers from Lima and Ada under Prof William Miles. The Van Wert County Grange meets June 3 at 10 AM at Hoaglin Grange hall with essays and readings planned and a community dinner provided by Hoaglin Grange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Workers” of the
Lutheran Church
Alice Swartout
E. J. Smith
Cuyahoga, Falls
Libby
Grand Opera House
Mozart Glee Club
Lima
Ada
Wm. Miles
van Wert
W. H. Nicodemus
A. A. Giffin
J. W. Hester, Sr
George Lewis
Jas. Giffin
Wm. Callow
P. R. Mentzer
Geo. Cunningham
Hoaglin Grange
Local Gossip and Upcoming Events Prompt Community Notices
Court resumes next Monday and attendees are urged to attend the Mozart concert. Alumni Association banquet tonight. An excursion to Celina June 8 for the band tournament. Post office room refurbished. Churches plan to observe Children's Day on June 27. Commissioners inspected a new swing bridge in Defiance. Many elderly men visiting town. large land leases being signed. A wrecked flat car near the Patrons' warehouse delayed trains. Sixteen hundred Bulletins printed. Ciceronian society hosted a pleasant evening at the school hall last Friday. Old folks' concert participants to meet Tuesday at the M E Church. Guckenheimer the druggist remarks on truss line items inside. Oil well pumping not yet started but well contains oil. gas piped to Union Mill furnace. Domestic cyclone reports pale in comparison to our escape. New asbestos paints advertisement featured. Mr. Clark has a booming trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defiance
Ciceronian Society
M. E
Guckenheimer
Union Mill
Hats and fabrics advertised at Stamm's department store
A mixture of notices lists cheap sales on Wool Fur Cloth Felt Linen and Straw at Stamm's. A lap robe and shawl were picked up near the stock yards last Saturday and are to be returned to Scheidt's blacksmith shop. Also a birth notice states a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Crosby on May 23 and a son to Mr and Mrs Andrews on Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamm’s
Scheidt
C. S. Crosby
Charlie
Mamma
Wm. Andrews
Obituary of Mrs. Mary Hertz of Union County
Mrs Mary Hertz wife of John Hertz died May 13 1886 at her son J F Hertz residence aged 85 years 10 months 20 days She bore ten children seven living all married and with families Grandmother Hertz was a Lutheran member seventy years Burial was in Woodland cemetery Funeral services were by Rev S P Snyder of the Lutheran Church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandmother Hertz
Lutheran Church
J. F. Hertz
Woodland Cemetery
5. P. Snyder
Buckeye Mower style harvester claims unique features
A description extols a folding harvester that a single man can fold in five minutes and pass an eleven foot gate. It touts the smallest elevator largest drive wheel and single chain operation. Claims quick motion cutting apparatus like Buckeye mower and thirty years of proven reputation with platform canvas bearers and non steel construction.
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