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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1887
Page
4
For Probate Judge Joel W. Etrick of Pleasant is listed alongside Treasurer D. P. Donathan of Pleasant as nominees. The brief notice records two local official candidacies and their shared hometown.
The Plain Dealer cites Governor Foraker urging careful legislative action on state finances in Ohio. It praises the Dow law for temperance gains, warns Democrats to oppose repeal, and notes party platforms pledging further anti liquor measures to align with public sentiment and a potential constitutional prohibition.
The piece notes the Democratic press and various officials in the Cleveland administration era avoiding duty. It cites Endicott in Massachusetts, Lamar with his wife, Vilas on the president’s southern trip, Bayard at home, Fairchild with Wall Street, Garland at Supreme Court sessions, and a general critique of absentee governance amid indictments for property taxation and tax dodging. It also mentions press attacks on Auditor Terry, praise for him by county citizens, and calls for GOP support in Ohio in the scope of Foraker’s message and local races.
Gen Kennedy visits to address the people on Nov 2 while voters are urged to support Powell and Tudor. Cincinnati's David Davis will speak in Venedocia on Oct 26. Prohibition and Republican party rhetoric dominate the column with warnings on ballot integrity and voter participation. Obituaries trace deaths in local families and a barn fire ruin described at Scott Johnson’s Bear Swamp farm.
The Saltzgaber family held a pleasant reunion last Sunday. Del Clippinger reportedly has a new fox hound. The McKinney trial date is set for next Friday. Col Bennett once boarded with Mr M F Richie. Miss Mc Gavren's millinery store praised among show windows. A carload of Michigan apples will arrive next Thursday via Wm Allen. Humphrey & Hughes and H V Olney consider a new block on Main and Market next summer. The president and directors of the Pennsylvania company train passed for track inspection. H Was senberg’s 13 year old son broke his left elbow in a ladder fall. Peter Roach’s ward sewer trench dig continues from Cherry Street. W H Free, Van Wert county guard at the Penitentiary, arrived with John Cave for the State vs Foust case. Cave aids in hog theft charges tied to Foust. Cloaks advertised at the New York Store. Beech, Hickory or Sugar wood wanted for about 30 cards. Enquire of W M Kear or W A Clark in Van Wert.
A claimant thanks Augustine and Frasher for promptly settling a lightning loss dated October 11, 1887. The Queen Insurance Company sent a draft in full of the loss on October 19, 1887.
August Stitz, boots and shoes maker, offers factory stock and a full line of his own manufacture. He also has rubber goods, repairs leather and rubber goods, and can be reached at 39 West Main Street.
Yesterday morning Mayor Carlin’s uncompleted residence at Findlay burned with an estimated loss of about 5000 dollars. McCoy of Paulding county received an eight year sentence for manslaughter. John A. Duden died near Cridersville aged ninety four. Bowling Green votes for water works. George Beuhler killed after leaping from a moving train in Chicago. Lima nears natural gas delivery. Celina reports diphtheria cases.
A reader from Los Angeles writes of arriving in September and moving into a house worth five thousand dollars. He notes rapid town growth, new buildings, and available cheap property. He describes San Barnadena fruit farms, artesian water, large grape and peach yields, and orange orchards selling at seven dollars per box. He mentions land prices from twenty to eight hundred fifteen hundred per acre and nearby gold mines, with a mixed climate compared to Ohio.
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