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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1889
Page
4
Postal entry from Van Wert Ohio notes item entered at the post office as second class mail matter with the classification 2100. The brief item records a routine mailing status designation for local mail processing.
The piece lists county and state official nominees including governor candidates J B Foraker and E L Lampson and others. It notes the Warren county treasurer dispute within the Republican ranks and announces the 24th annual reunion of the 49th O V V I at North Baltimore, Wood county, on Sept 19. It also covers Chicago saloon debates and Sunday closing protests, plus a request to settle debts in Van Wert Ohio by Sept 15, 1889.
Governor Foraker opened his campaign at Xenia with a forceful address attacking Jim Campbell’s integrity and trade stance. He labeled Campbell inconsistent on trusts and free trade, asserted Ohio will vote Republican by 25,000, and urged support for Foraker to preserve state credit and dignity.
An interview with Mr. Marble suggests that a popular vote is needed to allow new electric light or gas competition under the amended law. The article notes no new works can be built without voter consent, except the existing gas company. It also includes a long obituary for John C. Baker of Stockton Missouri detailing his life, public service, and Survivors.
The Times-Star urges displaying the stars and stripes on all school houses nationwide to inspire students from their first day onward and touts education as the republic’s cornerstone. It notes Ohio laws closing saloons near fairs, backs water works and electric light votes, announces Harry Pence’s death from consumption, and cites Ayer’s Ague Cure as a remedy for malaria linked fevers.
The Boston Budget reports Cuba's crust cracking with fissures in the Matanzas area. Measurements indicate openings up to 600 feet long twenty four feet wide and twenty feet deep. Scientists link inland pressure to coast line instability and compare it to earlier Atlantic coast disturbances.
Meeting notices advertise excursion tickets to Columbus Ohio via Pennsylvania Lines west of Pittsburgh at low rates for September 15 16 17 with return by September 25. Also various patent medicines and tonics advertised with prices and agents listed.
The piece recalls Jimmy Riley and William Nye touring the country with humorous lectures and quips, including pranks at hotels. It notes Nye’s humor about Riley and a claim that their antics helped Riley’s reputation. It also mentions a wild brawl involving Tim Doolan, Mrs Doolan, and O’Grady, with a lesson about unspoken wise words. Washington Post Fair week headlines Van Wert County pride and local happenings.
The Millinery Store of Mrs R Dettmer has moved from South Washington Street to No 11 West Main. All old and new customers will be welcomed to the new location.
I own fifty acres near the Court House in Van Wert Ohio with a good pasture meadow and timothy, a fair house, stable and sheds for twenty cattle, abundant water, and sixteen first class Jersey cows. Four heifers will soon be cows, the rest in milk or fresh. I will sell the herd as a whole to buyers seeking a dairy business on easy terms and rent the farm for one to five years for cash rent. This is a grand opportunity for a profitable venture.
Prof. L. Brewer offers cleaning, repairing, coloring, and restoring old clothing to its original color at No.7 South Washington Street Van Wert Ohio. The notice stresses savings and quality through renovation services.
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