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Newspaper

Van Wert Weekly Bulletin

Location

Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 07, 1890

Page

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Ohio farm and land listings in Blue Creek and Tully townships

Eight acres in Blue Creek township Paulding county with 12 acres cultivated and underdrained 1% stry hewed log house timber good ditch near a road four miles from a saw mill and Scott price 1800 cash 500 balance yearly Eight more acres in Tully township Van Wert county all cultivated underdrained with a five room frame house barn wagon shed granary fruit trees on a good road one and a half miles from school and Con VOY priced 40 per acre cash 800 to 1000 balance on easy terms or exchange for smaller farms Also 14 story frame house four rooms on Fulton Street Van Wert with strong fruit and a vacant lot 575 with part cash Vacant lots in Frisbie addition 10 each.

Blue Creek Paulding County Ohio Scott Tully Township van Wert Fulton Street Stern and Fine Fruit Frisbie Moneysmith Union Township van We County Wayne Street Hoaglin Township van Wei County Hoaglin van Wert Co. O Church Burt Street

Train timetable fragment shows routes and connections

The excerpt lists station stops including Gallipoli East, Columbus, Delaware, Upper Sandusky, Fostoria, Toledo, Detroit, and Chicago with times scattered across the fragment. It mentions multiple lines and connections, reflecting a historical station timetable segment.

Fealowesce A. MP M. Pomeroy Ehingtte Middleport Gallipoli Ig Ae Bs Micatonge East Enc Nelsonville Lancaster Columbus Delaware Freepec Peart Pp M. Ream A Eee Upper Sandusky P. m Ae Cow Os Ies Ask Fostoria Caerel Ca Toledo Detroit Chicago A. M.ia. M A. M Seen Ly Pp. M Eee Ly Toledo Eetee Fostoria Steretee Jarey Upper Rendinsky A. Meevee Marion Prospect Columbue Columbus Ly Logan Ie Nesonville Thens McArthur Gallipolis Pomeroy Pere

Only ten years of joys and tears poem excerpt

A Boston Globe lyric reflects ten years of joys and tears shared by a married couple. The speaker recalls youthful love and shared weathering of both merriment and clouds as they stand together again, noting the altar of Love and sanctified yearning.

Love Boston

The Clerk Survives a Notorious Indiana Robbery Plot

In 1866 a southern Indiana clerk at a crossroads store faced masked thieves led by a Chicago burglar known as Clawhammer Dick. He resisted, fired warnings, and triggered the spring gun, wounding three robbers and saving the $1,500 safe deposit. The trio fell through the trap door and were captured. one died, another wounded, with the ringleader later jailed.

Indiana Chicago Boston Commercial Bulletin

The Ball Player cartoons caption

A light cartoon caption features Bobby asking about a new house. Little Johnnie responds the home includes a vacant lot next door prompting a simple municipal joke tone. Published in Epoch.

Bobby Johnnie Epoch

Mines of the German Empire total production rise 1868 to 1888

Chicago Journal of Commerce reports a steady rise in German Empire mining output from 387,689,000 tons valued at 11,247,000 in 1868 to 65,866,200 tons valued at 24,735,000 in 1888. Coal, peat, iron, zinc, lead, and copper all grow substantially.

German Empire Luxemburg Chicago Journal of Commerce

Benighted People Mentioned in Witty Exchange

A Pittsburg Bulletin quip has a Narrator describe a four day trek through a wilderness with benighted inhabitants and a Doubter asking for clarification. The Narrator notes hearing no one whistling Annie Rooney during the journey, underscoring the joke.

Annie Rooney Pittsburg

Sherman’s forgotten shirt maker tale in Washington

One of Governor Curtin, One of Governor Alger and One of Gen Sherman. A story recalls Gen Sherman meeting a shirt maker who had furnished his shirts. The general misidentifies the maker, then learns the man is Maj Schurtz, who placed the order years earlier.

Curtin Alger Gen. Sherman Washington Pennsylvania Avenue Col. Wood Maj. Schurtz New York Press

Old Governor Curtin and the reading waiter tale

A story from the New York Tribune recounts Governor Curtin visiting a Saratoga hotel exhausted and asking for dinner after waving the menu aside. The waiter, impressed by his wealth yet surprised by his lack of education, delivers a full dinner, and Curtin leaves, paying the silver as usual with a gracious farewell.

New York Tribune

How He Got It at Bull Run

Governor Alger encounters a wounded soldier fleeing toward Washington after Bull Run. The man explains the facial wound occurred during the battle, then adds with a pause that he got it by looking back at the fight yesterday.

Battle of Bull Run Alger Washington Brooklyn

Fragmented hotel registry dialogue excerpt

The scene shows a hotel registry clerk asking for a guest name and spelling it back. The guest insists on a dramatic full spelling Calder Cadwalader and ends with a misread bungle, ending with Jones.

Calder Pol Jones Aeek

Real Estate Man Buys Out Hopkins Lots

A real estate man plans to move west to locate Hopkins after buying two blocks in the town center. He reports all the lots are sold and he intends to find a suitable location for a venture, while an investor questions the plan.

Hopkins New York Herald

Hamlet outing ends with forgotten caramels

Maud tells Mrs Moddle-Well that the Hamlet performance was not very engaging. The reason is humorous as they forgot to take any caramels, a lapse noted by Maud and her mother.

End of the Summer Play

A dialogue vignette from Frank Leslie's Weekly about near sightedness and winter clothing, contrasting visibility and subtle dress cues in urban life. The male and female speakers discuss meeting in the city, with a focus on his blazer and her perception.

Frank Leslie

No QQ in It Chappy 1 From Harper's Bazar

A playful exchange about the word persecute contains the line Dead boy there’s no Q in it. Harper’s Bazar features the joke in dialogue between Chappy No 1 and Chappy No 2.

Charles Harper’s Bazar

Picture Talk Turns Into Grumbing Gaffe

In a brief humorous exchange from Harpers Bazaar a caller asks about a picture and suggests rubbing it out while Noodle-Bah Jove exclaims the need to erase it. The tidbit captures a playful, witty moment in the page's chatter.

Harper’s Bazar

A Superior Person Jab at Richer Fathers

A short playful exchange features a boast about wealth and a retort that the money lent by one father will not be repaid, reflecting a humorous clash of pride in Harner's Weekly.

Johnnie Freddy Harner

Schoolyard Mischief and a Lamb Tale

A child follows a girl to school and causes laughter by scratching the children, then discovers his eyes are out and hides in a bush to glimpse a lamb at school. Lawrence Ameriana.

Mary

Father, dear father, is it really you

A narrator recalls kneeling before a father figure, touchingly greeting him with longing and relief. The passage centers on a dramatic reunion and the easing of doubts after a long period of separation and hardship, emphasizing emotional resolution.

The Marshal Wins A Billiards Duel Amid Battle Noise

In a rain soaked French campaign town the marshal plays billiards with his staff while the army staggers under cannon fire and waiting orders. The duel ends as a cannon blast seals the game and the battlefield silence follows.

Louis XIII France Compiegne Turenne Phonse Daudet

The Quaker Garb Has Had Its Day

The Boston Journal notes the decline of old fashioned Quaker dress as modern coats replace the plain garb. It observes Jonathan Chace and his wife maintaining simple habits yet adopting finer broadcloth, lamenting the fading scene of Mary Dyer era attire and suggesting Shaker parallels.

Mary Dyer Jonathan Chace Senate United States Boston Journal

Coincidental Pike and Peak Meeting in Colorado

A Lowell visitor narrates a chance encounter in Manitou between two strangers who discover they share the Pike and Peak names. They marvel at Pike's Peak, exchanged smiles, and the exchange ends with mutual amusement at the odd coincidence.

Forehead kiss as reverence in Chicago Tribune tease

A playful exchange between Andromeda and Perseus mocks intellect and affection. The maiden asks why a kiss lands on the forehead and the sophomore replies with a swaggering line about reverence for intellect, creating a comic contrast.

Perseus Andromeda Chicago Tribune

Letters From The People Admonishes Gossip Scandal

An advisory letter condemns everlasting gossip and intrusion into private matters. It urges readers to act with conscience, mind their own business, and avoid spreading rumors, promising reform if they reject deception and uphold virtue.

Opening Meeting of P. of I. at Dix's School

The opening meeting of P. of I. on Oct. 27 1890 at Dix's schoolhouse was a complete success. The house was filled and the audience showed good behavior and earnest attention. Rev. C. Snow of Missouri, Horace Snow's brother, delivered a strong talk on western farmers low spirits and awakening to self interest. He spoke with clear reasoning and sincerity and inspired those present. The audience wishes him a safe journey home and thanks all attendees. H. G. Berroux, Chairman.

Dix P. of I C. Snow Missouri Horace Snow H. G. Berruoxp

In Memoriam Bertie Norman of Hoaglin Grange

Hoaglin Grange mourns sister Bertie Norman a loyal member and beloved friend. Resolutions express sorrow commend sympathy to her family and order a 30 day charter mourning and publication in the Grange Bulletin and county papers. Committee: Carre Puruipy Lizziz Grrftin Nettie Mounts.

Waerras Bertie Norman Hoaglin Grange Grange Grange Bulletin Carre Puruipy Lizziz Grrftin Nettie Mounts

Resolutions on Dollie Holmes Death Adopted by Empire Grange

Resolutions dated October 24 1890 honor Dollie Holmes a devoted member of Empire Lodge No 1353. The lodge commends her zeal charity and integrity and votes mourning drapings for thirty days while sending copies to family and two county papers.

Dollie Holmes Empire Grange Wuereas Empire Lodge C. H. Curerracesi Emma Nerano Cuanza Atkinson

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G. J. Eblen Main Street Court House South Washington Street Athceover Hill & Co Dain Street Gi. W. Megaveen, M.D North Washington Street A. Ou WM. Smith, M. D W. C. Hastings, MM. B Slade J. A. Hines, M.D MES S. B. Dex, M.D Attorneys AT Law Hathaway Emper Alice A. Jacobs A. L. Sweet H. W. Bjachly Sweet & Blacil Cens van Weet Ortice A. F. Dbouckabay G. L. Marble Lehmann A & Son West Main Street Todd Unio H. C. Glenn W. 5. Johnson Glenn & Johnson, Ctornkeys AT Law Collectiols Promipily Winde Provbale A. Bair Barbers Bain & Ehresman Haven’s Block Miller & Wistner’s J. Jd. Ehresman Jones & Wilson Andagent BS Ww. M. Kear Notaries Public KF. L. Houghtry van Wert County FAN Wert Lodge No McCurdy Block F. A. Cramer N. G. J.O. Anderson Aoe Post Union Hall McKim's J.W Lee United States Pension ED. Edwards Ontario Veterinary College Toronto Canada East Canal Street Schiller Hall Delphos Calesme Chase Brothers Company Rochester N. Y J. W. Evans & Sun W. Long Ss. W. Long. van Wert Hocking Valle Toledo Railway Soutil Falkenach Chas I Rockwell Glothing Renovator Prof. L. Brewer South Washingon Street Ur. W. Boe Market and Third Streets Van W. Boor Ject E. U. Belover & CO Geneva N.Y Lawrence Ameriana U. S Lowell Colorado Manitou Pike’s Peak Pike Peak Datty Brauety Devurtscuer Hines & Son
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