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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1889
Page
1
The report details grain and livestock prices with Wheat, Corn, Hogs, Cattle, Sheep and Lamb quotes. It includes future and current prices, terms for different grades, and regional notes such as Toledo receipts and shipments.
A miscellany of items recounts William Goddard's 35,000 fine for liquor law violation in Bemont, debates on protectionism and editor jokes, New York reform talk against Tammany Hall, and various regional anecdotes from newspapers including Toledo and Detroit. It bundles political commentary with stray local tales.
A Ridge township listing offers twenty three acres one mile from Van Wert featuring a four room frame house, a 28 by 30 foot barn under drained, a good water well and an orchard of 60 trees apples cherries pears, one mile to school. Call C P Richey at the courthouse Augnat Smo for details. The funeral of H L Estry was held at the Methodist church with a full audience, led by the Red Men in regalia, conducted by Rev J H Fitzwater.
In the Atlanta campaign near Big Shanty on about June 20 1864 Pete Cupp left his night picket and with two deserters captured a rebel company. Facing a line of gunfire he boldly offered surrender to the captor and led twenty three prisoners to Union forces. The incident boosted his standing as a bold single handed action during the war.
The advertisement claims Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup is the prescription of top female nurses and physicians in the United States. It says the remedy has been used for forty years by millions of mothers for teething pain, cures dysentery and diarrhoea, and relieves griping and wind-cold. Price 25e per bottle.
Over 60 people evacuated their homes yesterday to demand a free trial package of Lane's Family Medicine. The ad promises a grand remedy for bad blood liver and kidney issues constipation headaches and complexion. It urges readers to visit any druggist today for a free sample and notes praise from ladies and widespread approval. A large size package is offered at W cents.
An advertisement invites readers to call on any druggist to obtain a free trial bottle of Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Langs, claiming relief and cure for chronic and acute coughs, asthma, bronchitis, and consumption. It also promotes Swayne's Uni ment for skin ailments and English Spavin Liniment for horses, asserting effectiveness and low cost, with Hines & Son, Druggists, Van Wert, as sellers.
An advertisement touts Zoa-Phora as a remedy for diseases of women. It invites testimonials and advice from H. G. Colman, secretary of the Zoa-Phora Medicine Company in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and notes sale through Hines & Son.
The Zoa-Phora Medicine Company of Kalamazoo Michigan offers a medical book on diseases of women and children priced at ten cents, mailed sealed for delivery.
A Wyoming reader from Garen Rever in Rawlins recounts the town’s features, history, and nearby sites. It mentions Rawlins population, altitude, county seats, sandstone quarries, red mineral paint, a sulphur spring, stockyards, lynching sites, the old Onur House saloon, Separation artesian well, Continental Divide, Red Desert, Table Rock, and Rock Springs with a note on the 1885 Chinese massacre.
The writer urges forming Educational Societies in each district to boost parental engagement in schools. Citing Pleasant Township District No. 4 as a model, weekly meetings covered arithmetic spelling and literature with strong turnout. Contacts include H Runion, W W Wilson, and Mrs W W Wilson of Van Wert Ohio. Also notes Ohio WCTU State Convention at Findlay October 16 18 with Miss Willard and Dr Mary A Allen addressing large crowds.
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