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Van Wert Weekly Bulletin

Location

Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 17, 1886

Page

7

Mentzer church sermon and local notes in Tully

From our own Correspondent the Friday morning issue reports preaching at the Mentzer church next Sunday at 5 p m by Rev A C Martin of the Lutheran church. Local items include Oliver Koogle from Enterprise on business, Atmos Beatty from Ceylon selling school supplies, a map gift offer to subscribers, sheep killed by a passing freight train, and various community updates in Tully township Indiana.

Mentzer Church A. C. Martin Lutheran Church Oliver Koogle Enterprise Atmos Beatty Ceylon Ind Tully Burnerin Tully Township Barret Beniwrix P. K. Mentzer Alex. Lewis van Wert Aaron Keever

Jennings Township Items From Our Own Correspondent

Mr. Godfrey Haven suffers with his eyes. Households travel and visits occur across counties. Van Wert fair praised as the best seen. Converse & Co. plan for Paulding fair. Several locals visit Mercer and Union counties. Widespread travel and social calls noted. Wheat sowing and corn cutting active. dryness threatens harvest. D. Deny sells farm to Allen county buyer and plans westward move. Roof repairs and ditch work for teamsters reflect community concerns.

Gilberts Mills Items and Local News

Miss Ellen Coil of Mercer county visits relatives in Gilberts Mills. A soap thief strikes Edward Sour's. Mr. Oscar Black leaves for Kansas to train as a dentist. Mr. B J Gilbert’s saw mill to run soon with shingle and circle saws. H Kohn, Prohibition candidate for Commissioner, seeks votes locally. Local girls canvass for foreign missions and raise funds led by Katie Grove with 5.30. F P Severns to sell personal property then move to Colorado. N A Decamp may withdraw from church book amid persecution concerns.

Ellen Coil Mercer County Edward Sour Oscar Black Kansas Gilberts Mills B. J

Union Center Items and community notices

Prom from our correspondent notes cool nights and upcoming events. Frank Burtsfield will start school in District No 2 next Monday. The Union Center Sunday School plans a picnic with Sugar Ridge next Saturday. A misprint in our last item corrected to West Virginia not Van Wert. A map of Union Township offers to subscribers. call for a free copy. Local attacks on county clerk embezzlement claims are dismissed as political tactics.

Jack Frost Frank Burtsfield Union Center Sugar Ridge Sunday School Hampy van Wert West Virginia Eah Jeff. Davis Union Township Iester Leslie KE. Keeley Kasay Leslie E. Keeley Swett Page Payne M. H. Tuttle

South Ridge Township Items Highlight Local News

A. A. Manship teaches at Grove school. Robert Rowan builds a new house. Clark Callahan returns to Washington county. Lima’s Miss Sarah Clendening visits the community this week. Heffner and sister from Dayton visit Mrs. Hiller. Gamble and Strother depart for Delaware College. Revs Kohn and Porch plan prohibition speeches at the Dover schoolhouse near Grange Hall next Tuesday. Geo Prill’s near-accident after a wheel damage incident while passing through town last week.

Heffner Dayton Christian Hiller Frank Gamble Arthur Strother Delaware College Kohn Porch Dover Grange Hall Geo. Prill

Dixon items announce family news and local remedies

Farmers busy cutting corn. A birth to Wm. Feasley and wife. Mr Wim. Brown to wear a goatee as a joke about a forthcoming boy. McNeal starts molasses making. Mrs. Soloman Klinger and son visit Crawford and Wyandot counties. Singer and Gilbert gain in-laws through a wedding. Synvita Blackberry Blocks advertised as a cure for diarrheal diseases with 25 doses for 25 cents. Salvation Oil and Simmons Liver Regulator touted as cures and preventives for rheumatism and malaria.

Wm. Feasley Wim. Brown Daniel McNeal

Cincinnati Exposition Excursion Tickets Offer

The Mackinaw Route Cincinnati Jackson and Mackinaw R R Co will sell excursion tickets to Cincinnati and return for a single round trip fare during the exposition in Cincinnati Ohio. For train times and fair dates contact H R Johnsfox General Passenger Agent.

Cincinnati Ohio Mackinaw Cincinnati, Jackson & Mackinaw R. R. Company H. R. Johnsfox

Royal Baking Powder purity questioned in 19th century debate

The article discusses why cheaper baking powders use lime and alum, noting health risks and heat resistance. It cites Professor McMurtrie confirming Royal Baking Powder’s cream of tartar is pure and lime free, following a New York Times description of a refining process funded by the company. It also promotes Dr. Jones' Red Clover Tonic for broad health benefits.

New York Times Royal Baking Powder Company McMurtrie Department of Agriculture Washington, D.C Royal Baking Powder

Grand Union Hotel advertises grand rooms and low prices

The notice promotes the Grand Union Hotel near Grand Central Depot. It promises elegant rooms costing one million dollars in total but from $1.00 per day, with European plan, elevator, restaurant, and transportation to all depots. It claims families can live better for less money than at any other first class hotel in the city.

R. D. Fisner Indianapolis Ind Zoa-Phora Medicine Company Mrs. Fisher J. F. Fisner van Wert New York City Grand Union Hotel Grand Central Depot

Cure by Parker's Tonic Prompts Personal Testimony

A claimant writes that inherited scrofula left them lost and unpurified blood. After trying various remedies with no relief they credit Parker's Tonic with a complete cure. They continue using it for its noted improvement to health and complexion.

Parker

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