Convoy Items and Local Happenings in Convoy
Regular report from Convoy notes Jobo Ehreshman a boy, Alonzo Jones sick, and grist mill agitation. Seeding season, sick list, Walnut Grove picnic success with delegates, and mayoralty appeal. Local trades and visits mention Van Wert croquet player selling fruit trees, cigar shop opening, and council meeting with adjournment due to lack of quorum.
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Jobo Ehreshman
Alonzo Jones
Walnut Grove
van Wert
Farm notes and local anecdotes from Ridge Township
Our Ridge Township correspondent reports on sowing wheat dates from September 10 to 20, E Stewart building on M Richie land, rapid corn ripening, and a Bible Society agent noting Van Wert county families lacking scriptures. A stumping blast by M H McCoy sent cattle scrambling, while locals await a farmers harvest feast and suggest naming farms for travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Stewart
M. Richie
Bible Societie
van Wert County
South Ridge Township Items
Mr. B. Grubb is having his house repaired. Financial meeting at Salem Church next Sunday. Mr. J. S. Blackey and wife were at the State Fair this week. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Springer and Mr. S. Arnold attend the State Fair this week. We are glad to learn that Jon Hantgen has written home that he is rapidly recovering his health.
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M. D
John Etter
Mr. B. Grubb
Salem Church
Mr. J. S. Blackey
Henry Springer
Mr. S. Arnold
Jon Hantgen
Leslie E. Keeley
Leslie F. Keeley
Jackson Township Items and Local Notes
Our Correspondent reports corn nearing harvest and school openings next Monday. A list of fall and winter teachers includes J S Hale J B Snodgrass Oscar Hires Hollis Straley E Moneysmith and G W Davis. Mrs Don Pentzer died August 23 after a six month illness and is interred at Middlepoint cemetery. D E VanVorh shipped five carloads of cattle to Pittsburgh last week. Mr Hester’s success before the State Convention is noted. Mr Kester of Allen county visited for wheat work. A J Stewart threshed oats averaging 62 bushels per acre. The item writer A Descrlbe hopes to return soon with more notes.
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J.S. Hale
J. 8. Snodgrass
Oscar Hires
Hollis Straley
E. Moneysmith
G. W. Davis
Don Pentzer
Middlepoint
Hester
Kester
Allen County
Convoy Notes Highlight Local Life and Moves
Tully Township items report Henry Hudspeth returning from California and a child injuring a collarbone. Teachers attend Convoy fall term. Wert to move from Harrison to Van Wert after renting his farm. Grange feast, wheat yield at 26 1 4 bushels per acre, and political jabs at local Democrat and Republican figures.
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G. W. Wert
Harrison
van Wert
Middlepoint Items Highlight Local News And Visits
Local residents report F C Holden and wife visiting in Lima and Henry Cover visiting Perry county. A grove picnic last Saturday drew many enterprising farmers and was enjoyed by all. C E and P K Whitmer from Des Moines Town are en route to Pa to attend college. Maudie Askins, a beloved girl, was buried in Elida on Tuesday with community sympathy. An excursion offers half fare to the west on Sept 7 1886 tickets on sale locally. The town council’s saloon ban prompted the former saloon keeper Honeyfelt to relocate to Ft Recovery. Nor mal vocal music flourishes under Prof Lehr who also teaches at Grace Church with Saturday classes.
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Chas. McGill
Eva Stroupe
Lima
Wm. Stroupe
Walnut
Henry Young
Wm. Freck
Columbus
Timothy Marlin
Mendon
Mercer County
R. L. Crooks
R.S. Ackom
Scott
van Wert
Convoy
Henry Cover
Perry County
C. E
P. K. Whitmer
Des Moines
Maudie Askins
Elida
Honeyfelt
Ft. Recovery
The
Normal
Lehr
Grace Church
York Township items highlight church meeting and local notes
The column notes a basket meeting at Kingsley M E Church on September fourth and fifth led by Rev O Marlin. It also covers visiting relatives, a lunatic found in a barn helped home by locals, and remarks on corn, wheat, and Grange warehouse honesty in town and surrounding areas.
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Kingsley M. E
O. Marlin
Brother M
Synvita Blackberry Blocks Promoted Over Cheaper Substitutes
An advertisement warns against cheap drugstore substitutes for Synvita Blackberry Blocks. It claims cheaper remedies profit druggists more and threatens safety for families. The Blocks are sold in Van Wert with 25 doses for 25 cents and Woolford's Sanitary Lotion promises rapid cure for mange and scratches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Wert
Woolford
Hines& Son
Ohi
Red Clover Tonic Promises Wide Health Benefits
Dr Jones The tonic claims blood purifying and aperitive action removing restraint from organs. It purportedly cures dyspepsia constipation bad breath piles pimples low spirits headaches bilious ailments and digestive liver and kidney troubles. Price fifty cents Lt Guacken heimer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Jones
Guackenheimer
Dr Fenner's Golden Relief Promises Quick Pain Cure
Advertises Dr Fenner's Golden Relief claiming relief from any pain in five to thirty minutes for bruises and cuts without soreness. Also promotes La dies' Cure Kid Shoes at Model Shoe Store priced at $2.25, valued at $3.00.
Grand Union Hotel Promoted Near Grand Central
The Grand Union Hotel opposite Grand Central Depot offers elegant rooms once costing a million dollars, now priced from $1.00 per day and up under a European plan. Elevator and restaurant services available with horse cars, stages, and elevated rail to all depots. Families can save money by choosing this first class hotel.
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New York City
Baggage
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
Teaspoon Remedy Mentioned in Pocket Sized Note
A terse line notes a reliable remedy called WO TEASPOON carried in a vest pocket. The fragment hints at convenience and stickiness of the Bore and suggests a practical, portable solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean
Michael Davitt hailed as a leading Irish reformer abroad
A profile outlines Michael Davitt as a central Irish orator and organizer, detailing his youth in Mayo, imprisonment as a Fenian, and role in founding the Land League and National League. It notes his political influence, multiple imprisonments, and repeated U S and Atlantic support, with tour dates announced in Mercer, Van Wert, Paulding, and Darke counties. It also advertises excursion rail tickets and liver health remedies amid the Exposition season.
Train Schedules and Connections Out of Columbus Ohio
Train timetable details list north bound service from Columbus with through sleepers to Chicago and connections at Union Depot to Newark Zanesville Pittsburgh Wheeling Baltimore Washington Philadelphia Dayton Cincinnati and more. Times for arrivals departures and connections noted with standard central time and staff names included.
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Columbus
Chicago
Fostoria
Washington
Baltimore
Union Depot
Newark
Zanesville
Pittsburgh
Wheeling
Philadelphia
Dayton
Cincinnati
Louisville
Toledo
Detroit
Michigan
Canada
I. J. Falkenbach
Ohio
G.R. Carr
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Ella
W. Stroupe
Dunkirk
Bishop Bro.'’s
J. C. Joseph
Mr. Alonzo Jones
W. W. Terry
Baker
McNeal
Mallenkopf
Leslie
Jack Frost
Toilera
M. H. McCoy
Gordon
South Ridge Township
Jackson Township
D. E. VanVorh
A. J. Stewart
de Scribe
Tully Township
Henry Hudspeth
California
J. D. Larve
Sanford Leap
Convoy Grange
Samuel Neversweat
Fred
F. C. Holden
York Township
George P. Deal
Nile
George Byers
Daniel Slagel
David Wallick
Willis Wallick
Delphos
Courant
Ft. Wayne
Herald
Tolan
Buetin
Grange
Grange Warehouse
United States
P., Ft. W. & C. Railroad
G. W. Berns
Buecklean
Armen
L. F. Gackenheimer
Ohio Drug Store
Castoria
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Black's Crossing
Union Township
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Latty Township
Padding County
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Washington Street
Pleasant Township
Tokio
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Father
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Brown Chemical CO
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Simmons
J. H. Zeilin & CO
Crricaco
Illinois Trust and Savings Bank
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Union Cigar Co
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T. J. Jones & CO
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Ireland
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Land League
Gladstone
National League
Cetral
Dublin
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Bist
Paulding County
Paulding
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Greenville
H. R. Johnston
Simmons Liver Regulator
Cincinnati Exposition
Cincinnati, Jackson & Mackinaw R. R. Company
Canada Presbyterian
C. Blackett Robinson
Dr. Fenner
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Missouri
Nebraska
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Pennsylvania Lines
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Chicago, St. Louis & Pittsburg Railroad Company
Delaware
Docationi
C. W. Michael
Delaware, Ohio
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New York Tribune
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Taraunr
M. M. Fenner
Fredonia
A. Tracy
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Passode
N. Y. Herald
Excise
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H. C. Lake
New York Custom House
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N. Y
J. M
Thomas
Dora Koch
Buffalo
Jacob Mellisor
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W N. Y
C. R. Hall
Grayville
E. H. Perkins
Creek Centre
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Alvah Pinckney
Lake Mahopac
James
Means &Co
Lincoln St
Boston
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N. D. Thon Publishing CO
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Maine
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Spruce St
R. D. Fisner
Indianapolis
Ind
Zoa-Phora Medicine Company
Mrs. Fisher
H. F. Fisner
Raigor
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Cooper & Humphreys
S. High St
James E. Whitney
Nurseryman
Rochester
Brewster
Forterius
E. E. Brewster
Holty
Mich
Swett
Page
Payne
M. H. Tuttle
Yeurs
Lydia E. Pinkhars
Kitis
Atx Tt
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynn
Geo. P. Rowell & Co
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