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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1889
Page
5
A local firm advertises a broad range of clothing and furnishings including hats caps underwear and more at low prices. The one price policy promises cheap rates and large quantity purchases provide savings. Readers urged to buy today for better service and lower costs.
Davies and Jones announce their fall and winter stock is now complete in all departments with full range across categories ready for shoppers.
Local merchants claim the largest overcoat stock in the city with prices lower than last winter. Shoppers are urged to visit early as the line is developing quickly and staff will gladly show the goods.
The message to customers stresses careful attention to product quality and how items are trimmed. It notes that statements about quality should be trusted as accurate reflections of the product.
The item notes a patriotic wish to see the stars and stripes over public schools, mentions ongoing canal navigation, a death and funeral in town, court business concluding with a case dismissal, plans for a telephone exchange, a meat market change to Collins Kern, a Lampe Bros stock sale with prices, Van Wert photographic views coming to market, Standard Oil pipeline expansion to Chicago with 50 000 barrel daily capacity, and the Citizens Electric Light plant’s pole erection for November readiness.
Village council has retained counsel to sue the County Commissioners to compel opening East Court street. The dispute reopens the old jail question and a new jail. Tudor remains sheriff. In 1874 the county deeded the strip to the village, with a pact that the alley would not be extended north of A Jacobs' clothing shop. The two-year deadline passed November 3 1876, and the strip has belonged to the village since. The village seeks compliance with the contract through legal action.
The article notes thirteen divorce cases to be heard this term, a typical number. It argues many couples rush into marriage and later seek relief, suggesting reform to curb early permits and urging greater consideration of marital duties to reduce unhappy homes and court filings.
Van Wert proclaims Albert Wagner as the smallest Odd Fellow in Ohio and possibly the nation. Standing 54 inches tall, he is noted for his future as a Patriarch Militant with a sword described as long as a lead pencil.
In a town debate the Board of Education’s vaccination mandate is upheld by School Commissioner Hancock as within statutory power. Local reports also cover Pleasant township trustees foreseeing Mackinaw shops returning, water works coming next year, and a colorful portrait of Stephen A. Douglas Jr., a Chicago lawyer known for his energy, appetite, and ability to captivate audiences.
The Euterpean Society offers an evening program with poems readings, recitations, solos, band music, a drama and a comic recital. Performers include L Mason, Rev McCreery, Florence Wade Quartet, Miriam Jones, Callie Hoffman, Nora Kelly, H W Owens, H A Hartman, and others. Doors open 6:30, program starts 7:30 with Owens as musical director. Also reporting Prof A J Howe medical surgery in Cincinnati aiding Turner Witten near Shasta and Dr E T Nelson to lecture Friday Oct 18 on Left Handed People to fund a public library.
In Henry County the Republican candidate for Coroner has challenged the Democratic candidate to a joint debate on the manner and mode of holding an official inquest. The exchange spotlights campaign tensions and differing views on coronial procedures.
The Methodist event moves to the lecture room of the church next Wednesday evening. Admission includes coffee and cake. Oysters will be served, and the program will feature excellent music for attendees.
The article notes that within two years Van Wert will have natural gas, electric lights, water works, two depots, a new jail, an opera house, standard time, street railways, and a telephone exchange. It mentions a stock sale at Jehmann & Son's and acknowledges an invitation to the wedding of Miss Edith Hudspeth of Los Angeles and Robert Sherer, with best wishes from county friends.
The Bellefontaine Republican notes a quiet fair week with only four arrests, one for theft of a whip and three for pocket picking, all discharged for lack of evidence. The paper credits the prohibition ordinance for the decline. Lehmann and Son advertise affordable eiderdown jackets and children’s wraps.
The Presbyterian Church ladies host a Lemon Levee on Tuesday evening October 15 at Col. Alexanders residence to raise funds for the pipe organ. Admission is one lemon or buy one at the door. A fine musical program features leading town musicians and refreshments will be served.
Sunday noon the fire department battled a blaze at G W Tristler’s West Main street causing heavy smoke and water damage. A separate alarm led to Pat Conn’s barn near the Baptist church where area children reportedly extinguished the fire before responders arrived.
Dr Nelson of Delaware lectures to raise funds for a town library. Proceeds support a local public and school library, stressing need for well selected books to boost literary taste and culture in the community and schools. Citizens urged to buy tickets.
Miss Idora Rose returns from Chicago and others, including D L Brumback and wife, John Smalley and wife, and Mrs. Ford Lewis of Celina, report trips to Kansas Illinois Michigan and Ohio. Locals visit relatives in St. Louis Toledo Rochester N Y and Glasgow while several families plan winter travel and attendance at statewide church gatherings.
Saturday a petition began circulating urging a Council vote on water works. Almost every man approached signed, many twice. Citizens see water as vital to health and property, and believe water works are necessary and self sustaining. The petition will be presented to the Council this evening. If approved, the Mayor will call an election soon, showing near unanimous support.
The Northwestern Normal at Wauseon adds a splendid new hall to improve boarding and facilities. Attendance is expected to rise next term, opening October 21. Soloman Mrrzner of Wauseen is handling catalog requests. The Grand Jury reported after examining sixty nine witnesses across eleven cases. They found the jail unfit and urged abandonment. Foreman was O. D. Swartout. Wedding licenses issued include Dysert with Mollie King and Evans with Sarah Davies. Albert K. Mollenkoif and Altha B. Webster wed in Tully township. The Forbes Black Diamond Dramatic Company visits for a night of comedy at Pavilion, with Jen the Little Wail set for Saturday matinee.
A solemn verse honors a fallen banner, praising its fame in bright pages penned by poets and sages. Though its folds lie in dust, the banner’s legacy will echo through ages in song and story.
Dr. Washington Gladden argues in the Forum that wealth comes from disciplined labor and saving. He urges workers to save instead of spend on beer tobacco and baseball, claiming saved capital can become ownership and dividends, shifting wealth from lenders to labor and broadening prosperity.
The Atlanta Constitution and Southern editors deride General Sherman as a crank while noting his frank truths. His Cincinnati speech lauds the Civil War as holy, argues emancipation and voting rights, and criticizes resistance to black suffrage. The piece also contrasts Vermont and New Hampshire land prices with West lands, and praises farming without drills or nitro.
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