Local Notes and Business Openings in Mendon and Nearby
Alan Wert Bulletin Off for New York. Mr. O. C. McCurdy travels to buy hardware. John H. Miller opens a Mendon blacksmith shop. Cloth peddlers establish town headquarters and canvass surrounding areas. Snashal jewelry store moves to Burt bank building to prepare two story brick block. Delphos restaurant offers fresh oysters and attentive service. Wm Henderson builds cisterns from Wall and Caroline streets, ready to fill orders. Fire destroys Dr. Estill’s barn at Shanesville. two horses and hay burned. barn insured in Watertown.
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Messrs. Snashal
A. S. Burt’s Bank
Wm. Henderson
Wall and
Caroline Streets
Shanesville
Estill
Watertown
Episcopal and Lutheran Services Announced for Sunday
Episcopal services will be held at Sons of Temperance Hall Sunday morning at 10 o clock and evening at the usual hour with Rev. E S Kemp of Gambier Ohio officiating. He will meet Sabbath School children at 3 p m. The Rev T S Hooper will preach at the Lutheran Church next Sabbath September 30 at 10 o'clock a m.
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Kemp
Gambier, O
Episcopal
T. S. Hooper
Lutheran Church
Painful Accident in Van Wert and Courtroom News
The article reports Dr. Georgia C. Glenn’s fall while trying to disentangle a harness after a collision with a drunken team, causing a foot dislocation. It covers local notices, forgery arrest of Alex Leonard, residence news, community events, railroad plans, a shooting gallery opening, and letters defending Dr. C A Melsheimer.
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Georgia C. Glenn
Glenn
Alex. Leonard
Samuel Collins
Leonard
Collins
Businsse
Robert McDowell
Gilliland
Hand Shakers and Honest Election Voices
A reader letter lampoons two hand shaking types in politics, praising Sheriff Charley Richey as a natural, gracious politician. It warns against demagogues, cites distress over railroad dividends and McMahon claims, questions newspapers’ truth, and urges restraint and sobriety after campaigns.
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Charley
North Woods
Richey
Times
van Wert
Sheriff’s Office
Harrison Township Items Show Busy Community Life
Our Harrison township notes report a new district school taught by James McDonald, construction of brick schoolhouses, and a rising number of buildings including a wagon shop. Local folk speak of religion, weddings, a death of George W Howell, several illness cases, and political chatter around Stith and Bronson.
DROWNING DEATH OF SIX-YEAR-OLD IN DELPHOS CANAL
A six year old boy, son of James Hanley, was found drowned in the canal near the old Commercial House after not returning from school. A search by hundreds of citizens, aided by a fire alarm, recovered the body about 11 o'clock. Condolences go to the grieving family. The Hunting Grounds expedition to Northern Michigan departs next Monday for three weeks. The T D I Railway invites bids on two miles of track north of Dupont with plans available at E W Dimmock’s office.
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Delphos
Herald
James Hanley
Joseph Welch
H. D. Clark
Peter Morton
Elisha Pangle
Jason Young
William Point
Michigan
T., D. & I. Railway
Dupont
E. W. Dimmock
Town Notes On Visits And Moves From Area
Mrs. S Saltzgaber and sister Mrs Gamble travel to Shelby Ohio. Mrs Charles Mahan Sr shows slow health improvement. Captain FE Updegrove Fire Chief Washington Ohio visits with family. Dan Wallick returns from five months in Kansas reporting good crops and times. David G Spahr and family in town and plan to locate at Ft Wayne.
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S. Saltzgaber
Gamble
Iowa
Shelby
Ohio
Charles Mahan
FE. B. Updegrove
Washington
Dan Wallick
York Township
Kansas
David G. Spahr
Spahr
Ft. Wayne
L Meredith & Co Pays Top Prices for Grains in Van Wert
L Meredith and Co offers the highest prices for grain flax and clover seed in Van Wert. The firm is praised for securing good prices for farmers and is urged to be remembered by anyone selling grain or seeds.
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L. Meredith & Co
van Wert
McConaHays Jewelry Store Ad Promises Wide Selection
To see is to be convinced you can get any and everything you desire in fashionable jewelry silverware pocket books violins Italian violin strings spectacles watches clocks at A P McConaHays nearly opposite courthouse.
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A. P. McConaahay’s
Boots and goods offered by local merchants for cash
Clark Richey Co advertises a large stock of men s home made Kip and calf boots of all qualities offered cheap for cash. Pennell s sells school books. T S Gilliland promises flour and feed cheaper than elsewhere. Emerson Marble seek to buy a line of choice prompt paying business paper.
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Clark, Richey & Co
T. S. Gilliland
Emerson & Marble
Weapons at the Rifle Match Highlight Armored Rifle Use
The California team scored over eighty two percent using the United States Springfield rifle while Connecticut used the Peabody and New York relied on the Remington. The piece compares Remington and Sharpe rifles to Rigby and Metford, noting breechloaders’ performance and the supposed Halford mishap.
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New York Times
California
Connecticut
New York
Remington
Sharpe
Henry Halford
Willshire Notes Report Quiet Village and Local Happenings
Local items record weather, business, fires, and road repairs in Willshire. E Townsend plans to leave for Indiana. J Estill barn fire. tile makers and sawmill additions. town social life and church activities described. political tensions and local elections noted. several residents visiting and shifting property trades mentioned.
Died Beck infant in Union Township Van Wert County Ohio
Lawrence Denman Beck, only son of Adam T. and Rebecca E. Beck, was born June 27, 1872 and died September 17, 1877 in Union Township. Funeral at Evangelical Lutheran Church conducted by Rev A Leathers with a comforting sermon from I Thessalonians 4 14. Parents urged to find solace in God’s will.
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Beck
Union Township
van Wert County
Lawrence
Adam T
Rebecca E. Beck
Lawrence Denman Beck
A. Leathers
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Jesus
Jesus Christ
Weather note and local visit report from Mansfield
Jack Frost has paid us several visits during the past two weeks. I have not heard of anybody getting bit by him. Miss A. E. Logan of Mansfield Ohio is visiting Mrs. Joseph Berry of this township.
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Jack Frost
A. E. Logan
Mansfield
Ohio
Joseph Berry
This
Township
Grand opening of A L Teubner millinery and goods
Teubners announces a grand opening this Saturday September 15 featuring hats flowers and plumes for ladies and a wide range of Dry Goods Clothing Boots Shoes and accessories. Store emphasizes low prices with large purchasing power and a diverse fourfold offering.
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A. L. Teubner
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