11 Nov 1887
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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1887
Page
1
The notice lists subscription terms with prices for one copy for one year six months and three months in advance. It notes the expiry time printed on wrappers and urges renewals before expiration. Specimen copies and ad insertion deadlines are provided, with a Thursday noon deadline for same week insertions.
The article traces French and English incursions in the Ohio region from 1680 to 1750, detailing Maumee, Vincennes, and Detroit posts, Iroquois treaties, and early Ohio Company efforts led by George Washington’s kin. It notes La Salle and Frontenac’s posts, Perrot and Joncaire activities, Celeron plates, and Christopher Gist’s 1750 survey guiding colonial land aims.
Ten acres in the southeast part of Van Wert town and twenty additional acres with a house on South Washington street are offered from the Engleright estate. Purchases should be directed to C. P. Richey or Dr. W. A. France, who also headlines a Toledo visit and a consultation at the Hotel Marsh in Van Wert on November 17.
A Defiance Ohio meeting of postmasters on October 11 1887 organized a permanent body with J Weaner of Hicksville as President S C Haag of Napoleon as Treasurer and F J Klein of Bryan as Secretary Delegates were appointed to the December 13 1887 National Convention in Washington and plans were made to reform postal laws and salaries based on duties and revenue.
The text warns Biliousness with symptoms like poor appetite for solids, coated tongue, digestive upset, diarrhea or constipation, and possible hemorrhoids. It touts Green's August Flower and Boschee's German Syrup as cures, claiming many attest to cure and urging readers to buy a 75 cent bottle through druggists.
An Ohio paper, the Weekly Ohio State Journal, touts its August enlargement and old line Republican stance. It outlines subscription deals, advertisements for Dr King’s New Discovery and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, and notes a time change on the Columbus Hocking Valley and Toledo Railroad departing Upper Sandusky.
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