Roasted Coffees Price List Details
A terse price notice lists roasted coffees at 25 27 30 and 35 cents per pound with line items for Young Hyson and other grades shown, including 75 50 1 00 60 35 30 as part of the reading.
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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1887
Page
5
A terse price notice lists roasted coffees at 25 27 30 and 35 cents per pound with line items for Young Hyson and other grades shown, including 75 50 1 00 60 35 30 as part of the reading.
Fragmented OCR lists canned fruits and groceries with prices and brands. Items include corn, string beans, cherries, peaches, apricots, California pears, Capres, breakfast cocoa, and per can or per bottle pricing.
A fragmented sale listing shows prices for corned beef at 20 cents per 3 pound can, plus various items such as sardines salmon lobsters German carp blue fish Cove oysters granulated tapioca cracked wheat rolled oats oats meal breakfast foods and pickles, all mentioned in a dense catalog of grocery goods.
Mess mackerel priced at 20 cents per tb. Pork at 10 cents per tb. Breakfast bacon 12 cents per tbh. Sugar cured ham listed at 14 cents per pound. The note includes unclear abbreviations and odd spacing, reflecting a small goods price list from a historical market page.
Three farmers advertise the best place in town for dinner with hot coffee available at all hours. The notice highlights meals and around the clock service.
City Clerk Henry Robinson recovers from a suspected paralysis, while a wheat stack fire near Venedocia burns about one hundred bushels. D. J. Edwards reports exceptional oat yields from York township. Upcoming sales include Uriah Dull presenting sixty head of Hereford cattle at the Farmers' feed lot and Henry Hudspeth's sale in Tully township near Convoy featuring cattle, stock sheep, eighty head of stock bees, and grain, ongoing if needed.
Mrs. William A. Clark dies at home after brief illness. funeral held at ten this morning. Obits also note Mrs. Joe Craig and Mrs. Edwards passing, with services and burials. A call for items from the Woman's Exchange, plus Soldiers' relief committee payments totaling hundreds of dollars to residents across multiple townships including Van Wert, Harrison, Tully, Washington, and others. names and amounts listed for each beneficiary.
A large Van Wert county Republican gathering convened at 10:30 with J W Summersett presiding and A L Sweet named temporary chairman. Delegates selected committees, announced candidates for eight offices, and adopted a platform while votes nominated Johnson for Representative and Hough, Hetrick, and Dailey for Probate Judge among others. The convention adjourned sine die.
The city mayor calls a September 20 vote to approve or reject a water works contract proposed by H De Richards of New York. The piece notes the election is about terms, not the desire for water works, and criticizes lack of investigations comparing to peer towns. The passage also recounts a recent institute program with lectures, music, and elected officers.
Cuarnes L Lehmann offers top strawberry varieties for August and September planting. Located four and one half miles west of Delphos in Van Wert county, Ohio, prices noted as low.
Lehman’s Cash Store at Convoy Ohio advertises a choice line of dry goods clothing and boots and shoes with prices low er than ever. You are invited to visit the Wo man’s Exchange on September 10 and to purchase the good things there.
In Van Wert, a mass Democratic convention met at the courthouse amid punctual attendance woes and delays. Leaders pressed support for Cleveland's administration, announced nominations for multiple offices, and reported ballots with Meredith winning Representative, Brotherton for Probate Judge, Will for Sheriff, and Sidle for Treasurer. A later note recalls printers defeating clerks in a local baseball mishap and a Woman's Exchange promotion, ending with a lost shawl notice between Van Wert and Convoy.
Notices announce weddings for Stetler Crawshaw Faurot Murphy Drake Wyborn Austin, with details of dates and officiants. Pleasant Grange mourns sister Josie Barrett, outlining resolutions, veil of mourning, and minutes for the local order.
In a pointed critique, the J P C of Van Wert vow to end deceptive selling ploys. They condemn high pressure pricing, mislabeling, and staged bargains, claiming Star Clothiers offers better cloth for less and inviting customers to visit.
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