Local Notes and Socials from Near Convoy
From our own Correspondent John Weaver and wife of near Convoy spent Sunday with friends here. John Davis is on the sick list. Frank Converse and S W Converse were in Van Wert on business. Wm Reynold’s saw and feed mill burned at Spencerville. Spencerville creamery praised by cream sellers. Frank Converse rented his farm to Henry Davis for five years. Henry Barber to sell personal effects at public sale on the twenty seventh. Ed Woolf and Miss Sarah Shobe wed at Lima last Wednesday. a send off followed. Rev J Holland preached farewell sermon at Olive. Sunday school reorganized with Superintendent Newton McMillen, Assistant Samuel Weaver, Secretary Miss Mary E Wheeler, Treasurer Joseph Burnett, Chorister C C McMillen, Librarians Miss Rosa J Converse and Miss Mollie Whyman. Citizens urged to participate in Sunday school to guide children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Converse
S. W. Converse
van Wert
Wm. Reynold
Spencerville
Henry Davis
Henry Barber
Ed. Woolf
Sarah Shobe
Lima
J. Holland
Olive
Newton McMillen
Samuel Weaver
Mary E. Wheeler
Joseph Burnett
C. C. McMillen
Rosa J. Converse
Mollie Whyman
Local notes on building and community moves
Isaac Dishong nears completion of his dwelling while H Jamison harvests timber for a new house. James Fegley prepares for a spring barn as Roush and Bigham move their saw mill onto D Eversole land. J L Roush relocates to Middlepoint. A neighbor offers a one third gross harrow for cash. The Rev Baldue preached his first sermon. Mrs J Z Parthamere returns to Hedges. Frank Reese by from Indiana visited. A reader asks who was first volunteer in the late Rebellion. David Eversole timbers a barn. A Democrat convention boast sparks a wager about Republican votes in Washington township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldue
J. Z. Parthamere
Hedges
Frank Reese
Indiana
David Eversole
Local News Briefs From the Hudspeth District and Nearby Areas
From our own Correspondent J. H. Cullen and James Pettit started to Chicago Monday. Leslie and Will are preparing to erect a school house on the Hudspeth district. Clem Leslie and wife, of Bucyrus, are visiting Mr. L.'s parents of this place. Mr. John Heath and wife were attending the fair at Paulding last week. Mrs. C. Marlin, of Shasta, Ohio, was here this week visiting her daughter, Mrs. R. L. Crooks. Mr. Ira Longeworth, of Lima, Ohio, spent Saturday and Sunday with his parents of this place. EK. P. McNeal and wife visited Payne, Ohio, Tuesday. We understand that H. G. Lehman is going to move into the Welch property in the south part of town. Mr. David Johnson, of this place, will commence his school two miles east of town on the First Monday in November. Ebon High has been furnishing meat to the people of the north woods for the past few weeks. Prof. C. H. Hill has been engaged for the coming winter to teach the young idea how to shoot in district No. 8 Union township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford Smith
Elizabeth VanGundy
Evan EK. Hughes
Common Pleas Court
van Wert County
Ohio
van Wert
J. H. Cullen
James Pettit
Chicago
Leslie
Will
Hudspeth
Clem Leslie
Bucyrus
Mr. L
John Heath
Paulding
C. Marlin
Shasta
R. L. Crooks
EK. P. McNeal
Payne
H. G. Lehman
Welch
David Johnson
Ebon High
North Woods
C. H. Hill
Union Township
Old York
Amos Mechling
Kansas Curry
The
Bulletin
Mackinaw
Los Angeles
Topeka
Achison
Lajunta Junction
Denver
Albe
York Township Items and Local Notices
Threshing nears completion corn cutting nearly done seeding advancing and ditching slow in the Nile area Gustavus Sprain plans a new barn next summer David Sagel escorted his twin daughters to the Columbus mute asylum last week A serious folk query about moral conduct follows a verse about salvation The dry spell affects wheat emergence but recent showers may help Residents urged to read the Banner’s September 16 piece the pauper pensioners The remains of Comrade Louis Tomlinson were buried on Sunday He was respected as a gentleman soldier husband and father with many friends extending sympathy to the bereaved
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustavus Sprain
David Sagel
Columbus
Bannerin
Louis Tomlinson
Tomlinson
Brother T
Whitfield items summarize a rural community update
The report notes abandoned Baxter ditch work due to dry weather, local elections looming for P N Simpson, Abbie Lybarger visiting Allen county, P M Ireland teaching winter school, Ridge township hunts for red squirrels, and York township pest control. It mentions oil well progress, a large two day meeting, happiness in Amos Mechling's family, Dr Hattery performing to a ten pound boy, Duprey & Sons fair premiums, and Frank Roberts with Maud Lockwood visiting Bertha Baxter.
Normal Notes From Middle Point
Notes from Middle Point review prospects for the fall term and local trade. Prof Hufford visits Circleville, a new baker livens the town, hay trade is heavy, telegraph office needed as important dispatches lag. Frank Webster trains the Van Wert choir, a new church bell impresses, Rev McCreery visits Ada. Empty houses scarce, street talk suggests town harming trade through constant criticism and overbearing buyers. Dr Beaghler recounts a man entering his room by window. no names given.
Delphos Items and Local Happenings
Joseph Welch left for Detroit to work as a millwright. A German pioneer picnic was held at Eysenbach’s grave last week. The Democratic postmaster stirs unease among local party bosses. Lewis Peters, 53, died of stomach cancer at his northwest home last week. Street improvements progress. Canal street will be handsome when finished, Van Wert noted. The council adopts an ordinance regulating hitching posts. The A M E festival succeeded. Mollie Higgins will wed a Kansas City gentleman next Sunday. John Elston, a one armed Paulding veteran, arrived with pension money and was robbed by Jim Callahan, who was arrested and bonded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Peters
Here
Canal Street
van Wert
Mollie Higgins
Kansas City
John Elston
Paulding County
Jim Callahan
Callahan
Ridge Township Items Seeks Rain For Wheat Planting
A rural bulletin notes wells failing and farmers delaying wheat sowing due to lack of rain. Credit given to Miss Lou Nail at Middlepoint Normal for study. W R Wallace returns from Jefferson county aiming to regain farm possession. Jacob Balyeat upgrades his house. Rev T Evans’s mother, age 104, remains spry and walks half a mile. The writer jokes about a dry month and mentions a Hamilton county reader praising the paper for clarity and familiar Richland county names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Nail
Middlepoint Normal School
W. R. Wallace
Jefferson County
Hamilton County
Iowa
Old Richland County
Letters from the People from Kansas to Los Angeles Route
A Kansas reader letters recount a long emigrant journey by Mackinaw railroad to Los Angeles area in 1887. The writer describes crowded trains, delays, and layovers at Topeka and La Junta Junction, noting divisions toward Denver and Albuquerque, with dry plains and green valleys, and expressing overall health and enjoyment of the trip. The note ends with H. S. Hupstern’s sign-off.
Timber Wanted for Spokes and Bending Lumber
Advertises purchase of oak split spokes oak and hickory logs bending lumber single tree neck-yoke timber and oak butts for spokes. Requests call at spoke factory for dimensions and price J A Gleason & Bro Van Wert Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Gleason & Bro
van Wert
Ohio
Bargain House For Sale In Van Wert Near Court House
A two story house with seven rooms and a summer kitchen offers two lots three blocks from the court house in Van Wert. Fruit trees include apples pears cherries grapes and other small fruit with cistern and conveniences. Call I. S. Hamrsock to save a commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
van Wert
Hamrsock
Ohio
For Sale or Trade 20 Acres near Ada Normal
For Sale or Trade. I have 20 acres of cleared land, a new six room frame house with summer kitchen, barn, out buildings, well, cistern and good orchards. Located one fourth mile from Ada Normal on a fine public road. I will trade on good terms for land near Middlepoint. Call on or address Prof. W. F. Harrorp, Middlepoint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Normal
Middlepoint
W. F. Harrorp
A Matter of Business Invoices Due for Settlement Now
We are making our yearly settlement of accounts and all debtors are asked to call and settle at once. Dr Eblen will shortly depart for New York to pursue a Post Graduate course in Surgery and funds are needed. Cuutstorner Epien.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eblen
New York
For Sale Strawberry Plants in Van Wert County Ohio
Strawberry plants of top varieties offered by Charles L Leamann four and a half miles west of Delphos Ohio in Van Wert county. August and September are good months to set them out. Also notes on wedding coverage in The Buckeye Pun and a list of letters remaining at Van Wert post office plus upcoming Inter-State Fair excursion rates and medical cures advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Leamann
Delphos
van Wert County
Ohio
Minneapolis, Minn
Our Lady
Buckeye Pun, Co
Minneapolis
P., F. W. & C. Railway
Ft. Wayne
Daughters Wives and Mothers Cure of Female Diseases
An 19th century notice advertises Dr Marchisi Catholicon Female Remedy with claims to cure ovarian troubles inflammation ulceration bearing down irregularity barrenness and life changes plus related symptoms. It promotes prices 1.00 and 1.50 per bottle, pamphlet free, and lists Dr J B Marchisi Utica NY and L F Guckenheimer as sellers, with travel and train times for Mackinaw line and ticket inquiries via C J M agent Jno Van Liew G P A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marchisi
J. B. Marchisi
Utica
New York
L. F. Guckenheimer
Castoria Endures Through Generations Phrase
An old advertising couplet traces Castoria use from infancy to motherhood. It emphasizes the product as a trusted remedy for children and a keepsake for mothers, asserting enduring reliance across life stages.
Advertisements and medicinal claims from a late 19th century page
The piece promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as teething relief, touts it calming the child and aiding sleep. It also advertises Pennsylvania Company excursion tickets for a 1887 G A R encampment in St Louis with date windows and extended return terms, and promotes Ayer's Ague Cure as a malaria antidote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayer
Corn cutting winds down as local activity buzzes
From our own Correspondent, Corn cutting is about over in these parts. Mr. M.T. Beaver and T. B. Shaffer were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Agler on last Sabbath. The baseball game was quite a lively one on last Saturday. Abanaka boys are hard to beat for scrubs. From the noise we heard around, we think coon hunters are busily engaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.T. Beaver
T. B. Shaffer
Jerry Agler
Hoaglin Township Items and Local Notes
W W Ludwig is visiting in Hancock County. John Hymen has moved to Paulding. Welch is visiting in Morrow County. Geo Reed, who has been quite sick, is improving. Geo Holtry is building a new house. John Giffin and wife of Cass County Indiana are visiting his brothers in the township. School in district No 1 will begin Oct 9. Town Creek ditch is nearly completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Ludwig
Hancock County
John Hymen
Paulding County
Welch
Morrow County
Geo. Reed
John Giffin
Cass County
Ind
Town Creek
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Hotel Marsh
Ft. Wayne, Ind
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Imp
Ted Pinchecks
Henry Weible
John Letting
Francis Langmeyer
C. Langmeyer
W. H. Christopher
Blackburn
Thomas A. Alban
Elizabeth Jones
Jonathan Mapaugh
Lydia Kissell
Jonathan Alspaugh
Melissa Kissell
Amos T. Dailey
Edison Mutual Telegraph Com Y
Vanert
GEO
BEERS
Sec
Ary Wert Bulletin
Jennings Township
John Weaver
John Davis
Washington Township
Isaac Dishong
H. Jamison
James Fegley
Roush & Bigham
D. Eversole
J. L. Roush
Ira Longeworth
York Township
Nile
ANG
Paesement
ATSK
Hooker Nurseries
HM. Ker. Hooker CO
Rochester
Home Mfg. CO
Royal Dept
Synvita
Synvita Co
Mason Long
Fr. Wayne, Inc
Lua, O
Jon G. Robbinson
Demos
J, Banzhar
Price
Whitfield
Baxter Ditch
P. N. Simpson
Abbie Lybarger
Allen County
P. M. Ireland
Walter Stuckey
Ridge Township
Young Lybarger
Ed Pusey
Higbee & Jackson
New Orleans
R. M. Hughes
Prof. Hufford
Circleville
M. R. Hire
Frank Webster
Normal
Rev. L. M. McCreery
Ada
Joseph Welch
Detroit
Eysenbach
Jacob Balyeat
Jonas
Philip
Western Letter
Cuutstorner & Epien
Rosa Boroff
Dan Burnett
Jennie Cavett
A. C. Decker
George Drickell
M. Dannen
Frank
Belle Volney Gillett
Fletcher
George Gabriel
George Halvern
W J. Heine
M.N
Jones
Pousk Murphy
Mr. McMullen
Violan Mosare
Molly Perry
J.W. Phillips
John Renee
Northwestern Ohio Teachers’ Association
Fostoria
Carey
D. E. van Voornts
Wetsel, van Wert, Co
O. Jackson Township
St. Louis
Jno
van Liew
Raby
Castoria
Miss
Simmons Liver Regulator
J. Huse
Middleport
J. A. Zellin & CO
Philadelphia
St. Louis, Mo
Pennsylvania Company
GEO. Ih
Magbeth
Pittsburgh
Thomas Munday
Sharon Grove
Mabel C. Hardy
Delavan
Ill
Sia
Seltzer
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Dr. Clane
Fleming Bros
Superior Street
Postoffice
Cleveland
Albert
Maller
Cs Express
North Washington Street
Avenue House
Chicago & Atlantic
Enterprise
Preston Kenton Marion
Boston
A. Mi
Na Wert
Ard
Btatliund
A. M. A. M. Pr. Re Enterprise
Atc
Decature
Kingsland
Huntington
Obat Ab
Iree
Brot Ye
Pte
North Judson
Kouts
Crown Point
Hammond
Englewood
Sveep. M. A
Chicago & Atlantic Railway
Union
Lne
Chicago & Atlantic Railroad
F. Broughton
Gen. Manger
F.C. Donald
Pass
Chicago, Ill
Brinkerhoff
Hankens
Brinkerhoff & Sons
Mercer
Adams County
Paulding House
W. W. Harper's
Patesos
Phelan
Mrndon
Mendon House
T. Hankins
M. D
Victor
EE & Farm Wagons
Monarch
Ree
Newaik Machine CO
Eastern Branch House
Hagerstown
J. C. Ayer & Co
Lowell
Mass
Kirks
Woss
Arbuckles
Ariola
Atlantic
Pacific
Hoaglin Township
Geo. Holtry
Swett
Page
M. H. Tuttle
PFT
W. & G. Railway
Atlantic Express
Day
Fast
Eastern Express
Pacific Express
Crestling Express
Pullman
Pittsburg
Harrisburg
Baltimore
Washington
WW. M. Plan Amtiv
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BR. A. Ford
James Mechea
Jackson & Mackinaw R. R. Time Table
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Sauneengagee
Heneedenwim Eledsararsert
Cincinnati
Gen. Pass
Agt
B. Drake
H. R. Johnston
TOL., ST. L. & Kan City RR
Malo
Toledo
Holgate
P. M
A. M
MAJA
Venedocia
Rey Enterprise
Wiltshire
Decatur
Bluffton
Marion
Kokomo
Frankfort
P.M
Dep
Dan
Ridge Farm
Charleston
P. MP. M
P. M-Ja. M
P.M. Chaleston
Edwardsville
East, St. Louis
Jenkins, Gen
Toledo, Ohio
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