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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1868
Page
3
The Bucyras Journal lists a competent foreman needed with good wages. Ae Warren & Wells seek to buy flour barrel hoop poles and heading bolts in White Ash Red Oak Elm stave and flat ash hoops. Benpew's New Boot and Store advertises new stock unseen in paper. Mr E H Bendel offers a new stock worth viewing.
Mr Jeremiah Parry to auction at his York township residence on Monday Oct 22 a lot of horses cattle sheep hogs farming utensils and household goods. The notice mentions election day next Tuesday and notes a political comment about Van Wert County commissioners. A presidential election in Nov delays the Court of Common Pleas term to Nov 4. The Soldier's National Convention proceedings and a G A R grand ball are reported as upcoming events with music and affordable tickets.
The Van Wert Grant Guards present a new torch display tomorrow night. The event features music by The Union Gun and The Van Wert Brass Band, offering an evening of performance and light.
The Copperheads print candidate names on slips to paste on Republican ballots, aiming to deceive voters. Union men are warned to watch for such frauds and guard against manipulation at the polls.
Union men in Van Wert county announce a big rally to be held tomorrow with all preparations complete and speakers confirmed. They express confidence the event will be the most imposing in the county and aim to expose treasonous allies to obscurity if weather allows.
The Ohio State Journal reports on Democratic retrenchment, local commissioners’ graft claims, and public notices. It sketches Yankee Robinson shows in Van Wert, the Merchants’ Union Express consolidation, and a large dry goods stock from McKim & Zimmerman. A. B. McCurdy & Co. advertise hardware and a busy election eve sales push.
En T. E. Davis offers carpentry services and accepts orders at J. K. Scott's Grocery. A. B. McCurdy & Co. closes out carbon oil lamps at low prices. Mayer & Cahn's Melodeon Hall Clothing Store advertises savings on clothing hats and mens wear. McKim & Zimmerman report price drops in dry goods after buying in Eastern markets.
Read Mayer and Cahn's advertisement for bargains at Maye Melodeon Hall Clothing Store. The fragment signals a sale or promotional notice inviting shoppers to pursue low prices.
At a Grant Club meeting Maj. I. D. Clark appointed committees for the Republican Mass Rally on the 10th. Roles include banner and pole procurement, wagons and teams, inviting ladies to represent states, grounds, mottoes and plumes, chief marshal, speakers, and other preparations with listed members led by Clark and Merrick among others.
Business of importance calls me to Towa from September 21 to October 25. Those with contracts or seeking services are asked to await my return.
The notice promotes hardware and cutlery from A. B. McCurdy Co and fall and winter goods from McKim Zimmerman with Mr. Zimmerman traveling East for stock. It highlights low prices on hardware items and clothing from Melodeon Hall Clothing Store and mentions carbon oil at 150 cents per gallon.
An enormous crowds fill Independence Square as Soldiers and delegates gather for the convention. Speeches by Generals Burnside Kilpatrick and Mayor McMichael praise Union victory and urge support for Grant and Colfax amid looming political clashes. Police report arrests amid the bustling festivities and gas jet decorations illuminate Independence Hall and Walnut Street gateways.
A Sept 21 1868 note from General Oliver O Howard to General N A Barnum explains inability to attend a Philadelphia soldiers and sailors convention Oct 1-2. Howard praises unity and urges supporters to back liberty and justice in postwar policy.
A 1868 letter from Thomas Sel arriving from Philadelphia expresses loyalty to the Union and Grant, condemning Democratic opposition. Barnum and Chipman respond, noting the fall of the Conservative Soldiers and Sailors faction and urging support for Grant as essential for peace and national preservation.
A government discourse urges loyalty as respectable and condemns treason, asserting steadfast allegiance as a core value. The speaker signs as Jouy Pore, addressing the audience with a pledge of obedience.
A letter from Asureto Massachusetts dated September 20 1868 declines speaking at a Philadelphia soldiers convention. The writer argues rebel leaders and Democrats threaten unity and highlights loyal voters as a grand army from Vermont to Maine marching to secure victory and peace. He cites General Sedewick urging each regiment to do brigade duty.
Letters from Matthew H. Carpenter N P Chipman and Joan W Norte to the Soldier's and Sailor's National Republican Committee decline Philadelphia mass meeting invitations on October 1 2 while endorsing Grant and Colfax and urging support for Union supremacy and national honor.
Six men were arrested today for attempting to vote in wards where they did not reside. Thousands of naturalization papers reportedly lack voucher residence data, hindering perjury prosecutions. In nearby news, Fernando Wood and Senator Cragin visited Wyoming House, Cragin defending New England against Wood's claims as both ends of a lively serenading encounter.
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