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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1887
Page
5
An antique listing shows roasted coffee prices per pound at 25 27 30 and 35 cents. Uncolored Japan and Hyson varieties appear with prices around 1.00 to 7.50 and 35 30 respectively.
A fragment from a 19th century advertisement lists canned fruits and related items with unit prices. Entries include corn at 8 cents and beans at 10 cents per unit, with mentions of cherries French peas chambers peaches apricots California pears capers and breakfast cocoa with varying per can or per bottle prices.
A vintage ad lists corned beef at 20 cents for a three pound can and features sardines salmon lobsters bluefish Cove oysters two pound granulated Rio and cracked wheat priced at 15 cents. Also advertised are rolled oats and breakfast hominy with several price points, reflecting a general grocery sale.
A reader notes items for sale including 1 quart Chow Chow 1 pint mixed pickles 1 dozen sour pickles with unclear vendor. The fragment suggests a small grocery listing or classified item lot.
Mess Mackerel and sugar cured ham priced by pound with Pork at 20 cents per pound and bacon at 12 cents per pound. The fragment lists odd or misread item lines including PARGOWDOT ID while referencing Ib pricing and sugar cured ham at 14 cents per pound.
Headquarters for Prices and Goods, Farmers, the best place in town to get your dinner. Hot coffee at all hours.
Lampe Bros of this county exhibited several Poland China hogs at the State Fair in Columbus last month and earned three premiums. The Van Wert Daily News begins its sixth year, editing by J. H. Foster. The First M. E. Church reports 73 new full members last Sunday and 20 more to enroll, with missions at $312 and benevolent funds paid in full.
Mr. D. Burt owns a half bushel measure sealed in 1817 and still in constant use. It is iron bound and braced and appears fit for another seventy years. The piece was bought by Mr. Burt’s grandfather for $2.50, the then cost of a bushel of wheat.
Farmers from this and neighboring counties plan a reunion and basket picnic at the Fairgrounds on Wednesday September 21. Eminent speakers include Mortimer Whitehead of New Jersey National Grange lecturer who will deliver an agriculture lecture. Exercises begin at 10 o clock a.m. Attendees are urged to bring well filled baskets.
In September 1887, Van Wert voters are urged to study a proposed water works contract with H De Richards. The document outlines construction, hydrants, rates, rentals, city rights, school water, and 30 year terms with possible extension. Editors warn the deal is one sided and too costly, urging a vote against it.
In a wind driven match at the fair grounds Van Wert defeated Delphos 18 to 16 as shooters faced gusty conditions causing erratic bird flight. Individual scores show Davis and Oberwegner among top marks for Delphos while Anderson Kemper and Hough led Van Wert. Referee Al. Brown and judges weighed the day’s fairness despite the wind, with a later report detailing county sheep damage claims and a local court action involving John Black.
During the Interstate Fair at Fort Wayne Indiana from September 26 to 30 1887 customers spending five dollars receive a free admission ticket. The ad promotes fall dress goods silks and wraps and notes agency for Butterick patterns. Fort Wayne retailer M Franx Co proprietors Calhoun Street corner Berry opposite Fruit House invites readers to clip the notice for cloak bargains at the New York Store from L G Seumar.
A theft reports about ninety dollars taken from John McCarr’s East End residence, earmarked as fair booth profits. Nearby notices include railway collision injuries near Creston, Iowa, and a Canton of Patriarchs Militant formation with named officers. Marriages listed include Stull Gillet, Hann Camp, and Saum Potts in Van Wert County during September.
Mary A. Adams of Van Wert county Ohio died August 26 1887 at age 34 years 1 month 25 days after measles and typhoid fever. The piece notes her religious faith and funeral at Mt Pleasant cemetery with Rev M R Geyer, leaving a husband and three children. It also records September 15 1887 resolutions by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union praising her faithfulness and urging continued temperance work. Also included are memorial resolutions by the United Order of Honor No 30 of Van Wert praising Virginia A. Clark and draping the lodge charter in mourning for 30 days.
The Star announces its fall and winter stock exceeds any V. W. clothing store, with plans to invest around twenty five thousand dollars in new goods. It emphasizes low prices, truth telling, and one price policy, aiming to boost the largest clothing trade in Van Wert County. It notes existing stock of nineteen thousand and sixty thousand more soon, asserting confidence in continued strong trade.
F P Hill and Company advertises ready stock of books slates pencils scratch books pens inks paper sponges erasers satchels and related schoolroom items. It promises the opening of a school and urges customers to visit or order with low prices in the state.
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