Examinations Schedule At Swett Page Payne Texts Used
EREAFTER until further notice teacher examinations will be held on the last Saturday of each month with added sessions on the second Saturday in March April May September October and November. Textbooks Swett's School Methods Page's Theory and Practice of Teaching Payne's Science and Art of Education are recommended. All applicants pay a fee and must show good character certificates if not personally known to the Board. Examinations begin at a stated hour under the Board's order. M H Tutt le, Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swett
Page
Payne
Pee
M. H. Tuttle
Van Wert partition suit targets odd 36 land in Ohio
Elizabeth Harmon John Welch and Rachel M Welch residents of Adams county Indians along with Mary Ann Welch widow and Laura Welch William Welch with unknown residences are named in a Van Wert Ohio Common Pleas Court partition case filed by F O Current case 5367. The property lies in section 36 township 1 south range 1 east and is described as a square eighty rod by twelve rod and twelve foot parcel with a point of beginning at the southwest corner of the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter. Defendants must answer by the third Saturday after September 15 1887 or a judgment may be entered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Harmon
John Welch
Rachel M. Welch
Adams County
Mary Ann Welch
John Welch, Jr
Laura Welch
William Welch
F. O. Current
Common Pleas Court
van Wert County
Ohio
van Wert
Christopher
Geo. E. Wilson
Hankins
Brinkerhoff & Sons
Mercer
Paulding
Hankins, M. D
Attachment Notice in Ohio Case of Murphy et al
John Murphy as plaintiff and Nancy J Richards and others as defendants face an attachment order issued by Justice C P Richey in Van Wert County Ohio on July 38 1887 for $35.77 plus costs. The hearing before the justice is set for September 17 1887 at 9:00 am, with Alexander and Darnell as plaintiffs attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Richey
John Murphy
Alexander & Darnell
Local Correspondent Reports Hotel Scam And Tragic Death
From our own Correspondent Wm Sands Jr on August 24 bid adieu for St Louis. He encountered five counterfeiters who tried to learn his funds and arranged a meeting at the Commercial hotel in St Louis. Another swindle involved lightning rods with a man offering low costs and high pay. Mary Adams wife of William Adams died of typhoid fever August 26 at her parents home. She was 34 years old with a husband son two daughters and many relatives in mourning. Funeral was held August 28 at Mount Pleasant cemetery led by Rev Geyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Sands, Jr
St. Louis
Commercial Hotel
Planters
Buckeye
Wm. Sands
Amos Bucher
Bucher
Mary
William Adams
John Baker
Mount Pleasant
Mr. Geyer
W. L. Rank
Ridge Township Items Highlight Local Accidents and Moves
The Ridge Township column reports several accidents and local notes. James Shannon remains in critical condition, while G W Ford is recovering after a Grange Warehouse crush injury. Master P Fair wrecked a buggy but escaped with minor bruises. O L Reynolds fell from a wood load, bruising back and shoulders. W H Gibson family plans a move to Orange County Florida where Gibson will oversee an orange grove for a New York employer.
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G. W. Ford
Grange Warehouse
Bulletin
P. Fair
Peter
O. L. Reynolds
W. H. Gibson
Orange County
Florida
New York City
Harrison Township items summarize season end events
The last show of the season by Hindpaugh next Saturday in Van Wert. A Bethlehem meeting last Sunday drew a good crowd. Two children died last week, one from Smith McClure and one from Daniel Bowers. Locals attended the Baptist church dedication in Van Wert. Emerson Miller to teach in special district No 2 for a third term. Harrison offers two Democratic convention candidates. Jacob Hertle rents Convoy farm for next year. Rev E W Work of Van Wert to preach Harrison church next Sunday at 3. Allen Hartman starts school in district No 5 next Monday. Corn cutting underway. a local claims to cut 100 shocks in a day, possibly exaggerating.
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Baptist Church
van Wert
Emerson Miller
Harrison
Jacob Hertle
Convoy
D. R. Bonewitz
E. W. Work
Harrison Presbyterian Church
Allen Hartman
Grace Items from our Grace church and county notes
From our correspondent Andrew Clark attends Normal School at Middlepoint. John Ditto of Allen county spent Sunday with A Liest. Miss Collins leads a singing class of twenty four at Grace church. Charles and Anna Cramer of Van Wert visited J W Kensler and wife. Frank Temple of Union county engaged to work for Wm Davis. Samuel Stemen of Allen county visiting relatives nearby. Joseph Cushmaul lost cattle that founder ed on a treen corn Saturday night. Infant son of Wm and Amelia Shaner died last Saturday aged four months and twenty two days. Funeral by RK Ranch at Grace Church. Henry Clapper celebrated birthday August 20 with two hundred relatives and friends, gifts presented.
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Andrew Clark
Middlepoint
John Ditto
Allen County
A. Liest
Miss Collins
Grace Church
Charles and
Anna Cramer
van Wert
J. W. Kensler
Frank Temple
Union County
Wm. Davis
Samuel Stemen
Joseph Cushmaul
Amelia Shaner
RK. Ranch
Henry Clapper
Washington Township Items
Mrs Luella Parthemere of Paulding visited her brother C H Wade. Wade and wife visited in Paulding county. Mr Babcock will soon have his dwelling ready for occupancy. Frank Stinemetz and wife of Van Wert visited his brother Truman. QO D Green and Mrs Emma Tucker of Paulding were united in holy matrimony on the 20th at the residence of J Z Parthemere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luella Parthemere
Paulding
C. H. Wade
Wade
Paulding County
Babcock
Frank Stinemetz
van Wert
Truman
QO. D. Green
Emma Tucker
Ohio
J. Z. Parthemere
Scott Items and local happenings in Paulding area
Local notes report political prep for next Tuesday convention and Scott campaign. Miss Maggie Winning improves. Rev Houghtley and J T Scott attended Paulding reunion. New wagon shop and Raine’s store room nearing completion. Tramp arrested for stolen property. Mayor Wilson fines him ten dollars and twenty days. Republicans urged to turnout, Powell asked about rebel flags, and May sells barber shop. wheat plowing and corn cutting active. E H Bennett undertaker ships caskets.
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Ad Sherman
Maggie Winning
Rev. Houghtley
J. T. Scott
Paulding
Nell Spring
Mr. Sherman
Morrow County
Mounts
J. W. Raine
Wilson
Leason
Smith
Convoy Items Show Local Changes and Social News
From our own Correspondent Convoy Public Schools will resume operation in a week led by Prof. A. B. Christy. New railroad siding nears completion and Henry Cress received new mill machinery. Several residents moved, visitors arrived, and social events entertained the town. The Copper Post meeting is announced and church debts cleared, with well wishes for Rev Mounts and other locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Convoy Public Schools
A. B. Christy
B. B. Kelmore
Henry Cress
Henry
Jennings Township Items spark gas light and reunion notes
Railroad hands loaded many ties Sunday stirring locals to halt Sunday work. Shanes Crossing reunion drew crowds with Jesse Burnett's buggy damage, and purchases by John Woolf, Joseph, and Ezra Burnett for a Middlepoint kitchen. Reports on gas light progress, school plans, church events, and health remedies fill the town notices, with obituaries and ads for Green's August Flower and Winslow Syrup.
Revival of rural growth and a wedding in Paulding county
Wise items report progress with Hull and Willoughby operating a chicken and egg wagon. Chas Carey of Allen county buys forty acres from G W George and plans a house. Peter George and Miss Jane Book, both from Paulding county, wed last Saturday and honeymoon nearby. William Robinson’s family relocates to Nebraska to pursue railroad contracting. Upcoming Republican County Convention urged to nominate principled, businesslike candidates to keep strong in the party. Also a patent medicine claim, Dr Kline’s nerve restorer, offers a free treatise and a $2 trial bottle for fits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull
W. Willoughby
Chas. Carey
Allen County
G. W. George
Peter George
Jane Book
Paulding County
William Robinson
Nebraska
Bill
Tully Township Items Highlight Local Happenings
Riley Parker is sick this week. Families attend funeral in Jennings township for Mrs. T's grandmother. Rev. E A Coil from Yellow Springs visited. Fred Reed raised a barn. J A Miller rents H C Cless' farm. Wm. Hickey visits from Michigan. Wesley Danbar's child ill. District No. 1 opens with John Webster. Miss Lucy Longeworth to begin second term in No. 7. Mase attends Kenton regiment reunion. Mounts preaches farewell at Mentzer Church. Pittsburgh Railroad halts ground material for Blue Creek crossing. Lizzie Taggart to teach Convoy primary. Board approves a strong selection. Republican convention Tuesday the sixth. Corn cutting begins. harvest ahead of expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Danbar
John Webster
Lucy Longeworth
Joseph Mase
Kenton
Mire
Lizzie Taggart
Castoria Slogan Recounts Generations Of Use In Advertising Tease
A vintage advertising fragment touts Castoria as a remedy used across generations. The playful jingle traces the product from infancy to motherhood, implying trusted continuity for babies, children, and mothers.
Bargain sale near court house in Van Wert Ohio
A house with two stories and seven rooms plus a summer kitchen sits on two lots three blocks from the Van Wert Court House. Fruit trees include apple pear cherries grapes and small fruit with cistern and other conveniences. Call I. B. Hartsock in Van Wert for terms. The G A R of Ohio holds its semi annual encampment in Piqua Miami county on September 7 8 9.
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Court House
van Wert
I. 8
Hartsock
Ohio
Piqua
Miami County
Wheat prep and weather affect farmers in Marshall County
Prominent local farmer Morrie Agler of Marshall County Indiana notes wheat readiness and potential rain delays. Reports from nearby Aleneie and Van Wert mention recent events and a show attended by residents, with mixed weather affecting early harvest plans and farm activity.
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Prom
Mir
Morrie Agler
Marshal County
Indi- Ahale
Wimethy
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Endorsed by Doctors for Croup
Prominent physicians from Georgia Tennessee and Texas praise Ayer's Cherry Pectoral as a top emergency remedy for coughs croup and lung troubles. They report rapid relief and a thorough cure with continued use and urge families to keep a bottle on hand for sudden emergencies.
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Ayer
H. Latimer
Mt. Vernon
A. J. Kidson
M. D
Middletown
Tenn
Ayers
E. Jragdon
Palestine
Texas
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Henry Robinson
Sweet & Blackly
Wit
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Alexei B. Richards
Frank B. Richards
William B. Richards
Pleasant
Hio
Hooker Nurseries
O& Linexal
E. Hooker CO
Rochester
Grand Inventic
Be Quick
U. & Lome FG. CO
Royal Dept
Chicago
West Bulletin
Gilberts Mills
Stringtown
James Shannon
Misa
Brother Chip
York
Harrison Township
Hindpaugh
Bethlehem
Smith McClure
Daniel Bowers
Washington Township
SCOTT
D. L. Clippinger
J. W. Hetrick
Powell
Foraker
Mr. May
Sells Bros
Beamer
Wm. Cork
E. H. Bennett
Maggie Shell
Monroeville, Ind
Dr. Longsworth
Richey
Henry Temple
F. C. Current
Mrs. Young
Columbus Grove
Peter Kiehl
Franklin Street
W. F. Johnson
Daisie VanStrandelar
A. B. Penny
A. B. Baker
Dixon
Copper Post
Rambler
M. E. Church
M. E
Jennings Township
Spencerville
Shanes Crossing
Jesse Burnett
John Woolf
Joseph
Ezra Burnett
The
Normal
Ness
A. J. Roller
Mercer County
Henry Weller
Lima
Walter Hayresman
Jackson Township
Polly Berry
Venedocia
Orlando Marlin
Yorkville
Olive
Kohn
Wiltshire
John Roller
Monticello
Green
Ohio Reform Sanitarium and Medical Institute
Columbus
Avenue House
Bucklen
L. F. Gackenheimer
Lybold
Crestline
Party of Protection
Steiner
Augusta
Simmons
Wa. M. Kersi
Fort Valley
Zeulein & CO
Philadely bin
Pease OP
Spittsburgh PA
Aa Ee
Seltzer
Tarrant
Victor
Monarch
Newark Machine CO
Eastern Branch House
Hagerstown
Synvita
Amla
Synvite Co
Delphos
Mason Long
Fr. Wayne
Detpuos
J. Banzhaf
Price
Synvita Co
Arbuckles Coffee
Arbuckeles
East Main Street
Albert
Hotel Marsh
Flupror St
St Cleveland
Alex Bert
CO. B
United States
North Washington Street
H. A. Arcuer
M.D
Oxford St
Brooklyn
N. Y
Tus Centaur Company
Fulton Street, N. Y
Tully Township
Riley Parker
Fred Reed
Curt Taylor
Mrs. T
E. A. Coil
Yellow Springs
J. A. Miller
H. C. Cless’ Farm
Wm. Hickey
Michigan
Tully
Castoria
Aleneie
Jerry Avier
War
Alenake
Or, J
Ayer & Co
Lowell, Mass
Brinkerhoff
A. P. M’conahay Oe
A. P. McConahay
Dr. G. McLane
Dr. Cc. McLane
Fleming Bros
Pittsburgh
Eele
VOSA
Special Department For Fitting
LF. Cackenhemer
P. S
Chicago & Atlantis
Enterprise
Spencerville Sims
Preston Kenton
Marion
New York
Boston
A.M
A. M. St
Enterprise Decature
Kingsland
Huntington
Huntington Bolivar
Akron
North
Judson
NTR
Crown Point Hronmond
Englewood
A. Me
Chicago & Atlantic Ilway
Union
Lne
Chicago & Atlantic Railroad
Broughton
Gen. Mangr
F.C. Donald
Pass
Agt
Chicago, Ill
Pace Cai
Kline
Brain & NeRys
P. O
Arch St
Philadelphia
W. M. Kerr
Kauke
Cin, Jackson & Mackinaw
R. R
SWI
Rset
Reyes Russsens
Ooo eRae
Esis
Cincinnati
van Liew
Gen
F. B
Drake
H. Kk
Johnston
O10
PFT
W. & G. Railway
Traia
Atlantic Express
Day
Fast
Eastern Express
Pacific Express
Cresthine Express
Pullman
Pittsburg
Harrisburg
Baltimore
Washington
Ww.m. Plarbarty
Awent
Ge. A. Ford
Pacaenger
James Mechea
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