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BY HARRY U HALB
Editor’s Note—This is
of a series of articles to appear
in the Bluffton News dealing
with early Ohio history. Others
will appear in forthcoming
issues.
one
Cradle Of Ohio
Commerce
Phone 142-W
the
Inflation "was unknown but
early years of Ohio commerce were
depression—there was no
one long
money.
Buckeye State grew up the hard
way and from a very small seed.
Barter and trade in the
The first store in Ohio was opened
by Peter Loramie, a French-Cana
dian trader, in 1769 on the site of
the old Indian town Pickawillany,
which had been sacked and burned
by the French and Indians in 1752.
Loramie’s store was up Loramie
creek about 15 miles and near
west end of Loramie reservoir,
creek was named after Loramie
the reservoir. after the creek.
the
The
and
There, until 1782 when his store
Make Van
Your Real Estate Man
Lime
Now Ready for Immediate Delivery
Farmers who have orders on file are
requested to notify us oU the date when
delivery is wanted.
Deliveries will be madfl on dates re
quested unless we already have too many
deliveries scheduled for that day. There
fore please notify us as soon|as possible to
be sure of getting delivery
it.
Canning Supplies
PINT & QUART FRUIT JARS
7 QT. PRESSURE CANNERS—
FOLEY FOOD MILL—LIGHTN
HEATER.
Harvest Supplie
GRAPPLE FORKS—HAY PULL
INE MANILA HAY ROPE
CABLE & CLAMPS.
Just Received
was robbed and burned by an expedi-1 haggling. If the price was too high
I
So Loramie,
whose name
associated with the state,
first
as its first storekeeper.
was well stocked with merchandise] nesh'va^
of the era and his trade w__---
with the red men.
No Price Haggling
I have homes, farms and business property for sale.
If you are interested in selling, phone or write me for ap
praisal.
Irvin Vandemark
Phone. 246 Day WEwmaIt
Blue 145 Nite
Agricultural
223 N. Main
Ada, Ohio
en you want
Bluffton Stone Co.
Bluffton, Ohio
RID JID DELUXE STEP LADDER:
STRAIGHT LADDERS, 14, 16, 18 AND 20 FT.
EXTENSION LADDERS, 24, 28, 32 AND 36 FT
RID JID REGULAR IRONING TABLES.
RID JID ALL STEEL IRONING TABLES.
The Only Table That’s Fully Ventilated
without comment.
shop and traded with the savages. I Loramie had to be a linguist. I Champaign Coun'
Big Indian Town There were no interpreters. It was foundry,
Pickawillany, about a n...~
of the Shelbv County line, had been "2th h‘n1 and "T,th,y **nt’d
the largest Indian town in Ohio and Afrt they sa.d a hat,| Salem,
was frequented by English traders|
as early as
established a
were peddlers.
wcuk"
Then and for many years after
wards skins were legal tender andl wyandottes were
were the only medium of exchange.] counted: s---
Their value never fluctuated.
muskrat skin always represented a
quarter a coon skin, one-third of al
dollar a doe-skin half a dollar and| ca-tu-raash
a buck skin, one dollar. T— —,
why, even today, we refer to the I
dollar as "a buck.”
Bread, to them, was
sugar,
That is anu-magh-ke-he-one,
'the white people’s
Come
I
Indians
I
When the
Indians never tried to beat down|amie’s store
the price asked for merchandise. came in twos or threes. They would
They pointed to it, asked the price] file in, sit down and say nothing,
and if they thought it fair, peeled] Then the storekeeper would pass out
off the right number of skins without] to each a small piece of tobacco.
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OMPARE PRICES ON OUR
BUILDERS’ HARDWARE
AND ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES
Yes, it s true here are extra values I prices are low, quality high supplies
abundant. Come and see!
I
tion of Kentuckians who were ini the Indian passed the article by I Carrollton, Carrol! County, had six|
pursuit of the Indians, Loramie kept
I
I “ethapete” and the deer, “peshikthe.”| residents. Defiance, Defiance Coun-1
the first white man! When they wanted bread the In-1 ty, had 16 stores, a flour mill and
became permanently! d’ans Mfced for tequane tea was! 800 residents. Defiance, Defiance
was its| shiskewapo and salt, nepepimme.| County, five stores and 700 citizens,
well! Sugar was me-las-sa. Their num-1 Delaware, Delaware County, 15
permanent resident as
I
His shop| hers, from one to ten were: negate,] stores, four taverns and also nad
nithese, newe, nialinwe,| five mills, 275 homes and 2,000 in
yas'entirely! negotewathe, neshwathe, sashakswa,] habitants—including eight lawyers.
chakatswa and metathwe. Sandusky, Erie County, had “a
That was the Shawnoese. The large number” of stores, several
different. They commission houses, two banks, some
scat, tin-dee, shaight, an-] factories and 3,000 citizens. Lan
A|daght, wee-ish, wa-shaw, soo-ta-re,| caster, Fairfield County, 20 stores
ace-tarai, ain-tru, and augh-sagh.| and 2,100 inhabitants. Washington
Indians came to Lor
to trade, they usually
Indians would then take out
p0Uch, mix the tobacco with an
equal part of sumach bark and
I
smoke the mixture. The Shawanoes|
The same procedure was followed]
in all the pioneer stores that follow-1
ed Peter Loramie into Ohio. Old I
accounts indicate they found the I
Indian trade better and more depend-1
able than the white. Nothing ever I
was filched from the stores—not by
the Indians.
How, from the little store of
Peter Loramie, Ohio commerce and
trade has grown can best be seen by I
what the commercial part of some of
its most important cities and towns
looked like just 100 years ago.'
These, all that space will permit,!
have been taken at random.
FRUIT JAR FILLERS
QT. COLD PACK CANNERS
JG ELECTRIC HOT WATER
YS—HAY
scVthes
FETT’S HARIJWAKE
FORKS—GENU
SNATHS—WIRE
&
AND 8 FT
i, 5, 6, 7
THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO
shops and a population of 1,409.1
stores and 800
mile south! the Shawanoese who were dealing] machine shops. Population then,
Ohio and| sbirt they “peleneea
peleneca a hat,
“petecowa” blanket, “aquewa” and] stores, eight factories and 1,300 pop-1
1749 but none had! Hie skin to them was not a muskrat] ulation. Greenville, Darke County,
st re Thev merely!—wa? “oshasqua.” The coon waslhad 16 stores, a flour mill and 800
We^inO Solemnized
I
A m__
At Pandora Chur chi
called the tobacco “siamo.”
After they had loafed around
awhile and conversed among them
selves they -would step up to the ice,
counter and do their trading, each] Miss Sara Jane Schutz, daughter of the rained-out performance.
in the turn in which he had come| Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Schutz, of| Joanne Leonhard, youthful blond
into the store. There was no crowd-] Pandora, became the bride of Ralph] soprano will sing the title role in
ing nor attempt to get waited on] C. Balmer, son of Mr. and Mrs.I Naughty Marietta.
out of turn. They had more courtesy
than have we of today. Ernest Bohn officiated at the dou-]by Fontaine Productions of New
Loramie’s customers were stoical-1 ble ring ceremony in the Grace I York and seats are on sale at Grin
ly proud and would not ask credit! Mennonite church at Pandora. nell’s Music store, Toledo.
nor favors but if it were voluntarily! White delphiniums and madonna] Karl Ramet, New York scenic de
extended, invariably were honest andllBies with palms interspersed with I signer is in charge of stage settings
would travel miles to return and pay| Rreenery decorated the chancel of and Edward Meltzer, noted conduct
what they owned at the time it had! the church for the ceremony. Tall I or will direct the orchestra and
been promised. white tapers burned in a seven-] chorus.
Indians Honest branch candelabrum Rosettes of
red and white marked the pews.
Conneaut had 111 Gor{jon
town,
brother
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Rpley. Brown County, had 20l an,g sekctions inciuded “Liebes
I stores, an iron foundry, three flourl traum/, ..Av, Maria,” Sanctus, “Per
mills and 1,245 population. Hamilton,!,^ r,av .. ,.Q perfect Love
Butler County, 16 stores, three cot- A four caRe topped wj(h I
ton and three flour mills, three saw lminiature bride and groom was scrv.
[mills, two foundries, two machine ed at the reception held in the
church basement. Hosts and host
esses were Russell Suter and Oliver
Appears In Summer
Urbana,
persons.
had 20 stores, a
a woolen factory and two
Columbiana County, had 24
Light Opera
da-ta-rah shirt,|
Court House, Fayette County, eight] ience ag a granj anj light opera] Ernest was best man.
se-ke-ta salt,] stores, five factories and 97 homes.] singer as wen as actor and motion! A reception followed in the
which meant] Population was then not counted. pjc^ure star has been engaged to I Hie bride’s parents, after which
sugar.” I The commercial picture of only al ging tJie iea(jjng ma}e roie jn the first!the couple left for a week’s eastern
To Trade few of Ohio’s towns a century ago I two productions on this summer’s op-| ^P^.
can be given here but that of thef
hundreds of others remaining are
similar. Only a half-century had
elapsed since Loramie’s little store
was opened and trade and commerce,
with industry, was spreading over
all the state.
Henry Balmer of Bluffton. The Rev. I The operettas are being produced
I
Given in marriage by her father,]
the bride wore a gown of traditional]
white satin with fitted bodice and a]
deep off-the-shoulder yoke of nylon
I
marquisette edged with a
of satin shirring. A band of satin]
shirring was repeated in the full]
skirt which fell into a long train.]
Her finger-tip veil of illusion was|
caught to a halo of marquisette and
pleated net. She carried a shower]
bouquet of white rose buds.
The bride’s sister Miss
Kathryn Schutz, was maid of
and only attendant for the
She wore a gown of aqua
with matching mitts and carried a
heart-shaped bouquet of pink and
white carnations.
Business Enterprises Grow
West Union, Adams County, had
nine stores and 460 population, a
gain of 54 persons since 1820. Ash
land, Ashland County, had nine dry
goods, two drug, four grocery and a
book store. rThere
sons living there,
stores and 1,000 inhabitants. Jeffer
son, three stores, four churches and
73 dwellings. Athens, Athens County,
had 11 stores and 7in residents St. I "ofor^nisTforltcr M^ilyn.
IClairsnlle, Belmont County had 12| the raMica| prelnde with Roger[
stores, a map engraving shop andl Howe of Bluffton sjn?ing “Because”
829 residents. I and “The Lord's Prayer.” Mrs. Leh-
Best man for the bridegroom was
his cousin, Maynard Amstutz. Seat
ing the guests were the
Mrs.
bride's
were 1,300 per-| “^hers Ohv'er'and” Maurice Schut^l Mrs- Jo€ Davi8’ Ada’ Mr‘ and Mrs-
Neuenschwander of
Pa., and Harold
of the groom.
Earl Lehman, former room-
Schutz, Mrs. Harold Balmer, the
Misses Geraldine Basinger, Alice
Mae Locher, Esther Schumacher.
Anna Ruth I hman, Ruth Burkhold
er, Mary .1 Steiner, Mary Louise
Balmer and Beverly Schutz.
The registry was in charge of
Stanley Schutz of Pittsburgh, cousin
of the bride.
The bride's mother wore a black
sheer dress with white accessories.
The groom’s mother wore a blue silk
print dress with navy accessories.
They wore identical corsages of red
roses.
Miss Schutz is a graduate of Pan
dora High school and attended Bluff
ton college.
CARD OF THANKS
extended to
sorrow and
and brother.
Loraine
Mr. and Mrs.
Badertscher and daughter
Phyllis Ann.
Vegetable growers are invited to
visit the Washington County Experi
ment Farm, four miles north of
Marietta just off Route 77, to in
spect work being done there. A tour
of the grounds starts at 2:00 p. m.,
and the experiments on pest and di
sease control, variety tests, fertiliza
tion, and cultural practices will be
explained by members of the Experi
ment Station Staff.
News Want Ads get results.
Roles
Family Dinner
A family dinner was held at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Oberly,
deep 'band I Sunday' their eon-in-law
1 and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Porter of Toledo
here.
Mr.
A. F.
from
24 on
who are visiting
served in the R.
five years sailed
Porter who
for nearly
Southampton, England, June
the Aquitania and landed in
Mary Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 29.
honor! ^as ^een ^ar ^or
bride I paat yyears and ’n sixteen coun
moireltries since he last saw his wife, the
formerly Dorothy Oberly in Septem
ber 1944. They were married the
previous June.
Those attending the dinner
day were:
Mr. and Mrs. Porter Mr.
Quaker-| James Oberly and daughters Janicel
Balmer I and Te*11* Mr. and Mrs. Fred Reich
enbach, son. Norman, Mr. and Mrs.]
\Couple Is Wed In
Michael Bartlett, lyric tenor with|flowers wer« white carnations,
an imposing background of exper-| Holland Ernest, brother of
eretta season program at Toledo's Bhiffton high school and is employed
Zoological park amphitheatre, open-|a* Triplett Electrical Instru
ing Thursday night, July 10. ment Co- The bridegroom was a
Bartlett will be starred in Victor| Kraduate of Lafayette high school
Herbert’s musical, “Naughty Ma-1 and ’s cniplpoyed at the Ohio Steel
rietta” and in Sigmund Romberg’s
“Blossom Time” as well as the third,
Rudolph Friml’s “Vagabond King.”
The three productions will be pre-
w----- sented on successive weeks, Thurs-
day through Sunday night and in
event of rain an extra performance
In an impressive candle light serv-|will be given the following Monday
i, Saturday evening at 8 o’clock, night for those holding tickets for
Sun­
and
Reno Oberly, son Wade and daugh-]
^dfriotiPuol45
Sweet land ol Liberty df thee I sing
I795 49
'T'HE happiness, I
A prosperity and
zancement of
advancement
our country have
been the offspring
of freedom and
not of power.
n
is a graduate of
Mr. Balmer i_
Bluffton High school and Bluffton
college and is
the public schools at Oak Harbor.
I For her going avray outfit the
bride wore a light pink dress with
I brown accessories.
music instructor in
We wish to express our heartfeltl *,lf ”f ‘he beets are Planted there
thanks and appreciation to ouj y at ate.
friends, relatives, neighbors, Rev.
Clark and Hartman & Sons for the
kindness and sympathy
us during our days of
loss of our beloved son
Beaverdam Church
Miss Edna Huber, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Huber of Bluff
ton, became the bride of Cloyce
Ernest, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe
Trout of Lima.
The double ring ceremony was per
formed Sunday afternoon July 6 at
2:30 o’clock in the parsonage of
Beaverdam Methodist church by
Rev. L. D. Fauver.
1
I
i
James K. Polk
Polk owns the distinction ol being one
mtn who on election to the presidency
declared he would serve but one term
and would not seek another. He kept
his promise. He was president during
the Mexican war and vigorously sup
ported the right cd Texans to their
independence.
•Farmers in the Saginaw, Michigan,
area had 16 per cent of their 1947
beets plants on May 16. Normally,
ACOUSTICON
UNIPAC
Dependability Assured
by 44 Years’ Experience
wr
jnv’te
rnM»A»isoM
Fittings by appointment at
110 So. Lawn Ave„ by
Mrs. Walter Gratz
Bluffton, Ohio
the
the
her
The bride was attractive in
street length frock of white crepe
with lace inserts in the bodice. Her
accessories were w’hite, and her cor
sage w’as red roses with white baby’s
breath.
The matron of honor, Mrs. Rolland
Ernest was dressed in a pink
frock with white accessories.
linen
Her
Mr.
home
The bride graduated from
VACCINATE WORM
THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1947
Co., Lima. After the trip the cou
ple will reside in their new furnish
home near Bluffton.
7.22 Inches Of Rain
In June This Year
Despite high water and floods dur
ing the early part of the month,
June’s rainfall was only slightly
above the precipitation
month last year, and
records locally.
Market experts tell us eggs will be high
this fall. Keep your pullets in good health
by vaccinating them against fowl pox and
worming now. We are equipped to give
you this service at a reasonable price.
Highest prices paid
for the same
set no new
was charted
Total June rainfall
by weather observers at 7.22 inches,
as compared with 7.17 inches in
1946 and 6.42 inches in 1945. Aver
age rainfall for the month, however,,
is only 3.88 inches.
Two days of the month, however,,
had rainfall exceeding one and one
half inches, accounting for
June floods.
early
Mr. were
mini-
for driveways lanes barnyards
Twelve days of the month
clear 11 were cloudy and a
mum temperature of 90 degrees was
recorded on June 27, and again on
June 29. Minimum temperature for
the month was a reading of 41 on
June 4.
HOT MIX
Not affected by Hot Wea1 her or Frost
All work guaranteed. Estimates
Inquire—
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The hen is the only biped that
can produce just by sitting arounH..
—The National Publisher
without obligation.
Station
y
3 Streets
Edgar Conaw
N. Main and Jeffersc
for poultry.
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