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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1903
Page
3
Threshing outfit offered includes a 10-hp Rumley engine with cab jacket and head light in good condition, used two seasons. Also a 30-hp Homley engine in good line order and a Whitman Steel King trailing header with specifications noted as good and nearly new.
New subscribers are informed of the switch from the Into People’s Press to the Banner. The Banner promises full Wells County news coverage and will honor existing Press accounts until their due time, extending free service until paid.
The notice highlights the combined circulation of the Weekly and Daily Banner in Wells county surpassing 3,200 readers. It asserts theBanner offers the best advertising proposition with unchanged price and greater potential reach, challenging advertisers to beat the figure.
The piece critiques how people overuse and misname ailments as grippe, noting that many illnesses are lumped under the label. It argues the desire for sympathy drives exaggerated illness labels and cites the term as fashionable and sometimes financially prohibitive. An odd sale note mentions the western grown Big 4 at Studabaker, Ca.
The Fairview Cemetery Association meets at Studabaker Sale Co to set bylaws and begin a permanent endowment. They aim to raise 5000 more, beautify grounds, add drives and fences, hire a landscape gardener, and fund a sexton residence to ensure a self sustaining cemetery for generations.
The Shiloh Commission plans a grand excursion with Nellie Satoris Grant and Mrs General Lawton to the Shiloh dedication. Steamer fleet will anchor at Pittsburg landing for two days and nights with free access to all vessels. Indiana travelers urged to join the event and honor veterans of the Civil War battle.
An old advertisement touts Bitter tonics like Electric Bitters and Jaylee Bitters as cures for malaria and related fevers in Virginia marshlands. It also notes a forthcoming normal school opening in Poneto with two courses and a tuition of five dollars for eight weeks.
A Baptist church afternoon meeting for children led by Anna B Gordon, national vice president of the W C T U, drew a large crowd and spurred plans for a Loyal Legion for youngsters. In the evening, Mrs Stevens spoke at the Methodist church detailing W C T U aims and past successes, citing Maine's prohibitory example and urging renewed local effort by Bluffton’s members.
An editorial mocks the idea of specialized diets for body parts and urges a balanced diet plus prevention of indigestion. It promotes Green's August Flower as a regular aid to digestion liver function blood purification and overall vigor available at druggists with Green's Special Almanac.
A movement among city clerks to form a Merks' union as a branch of the National Clerks Union is under discussion. No concrete steps have been taken yet but a committee may meet in early part of the coming week to gather views from members.
Citizens marvel at a new tonic, Dre Wine's New Life PINS, touted to cure stomach liver bowel dyspepsia loss of appetite jaundice biliousness fever malaria. Claims appear in an advertisement from C Deam's drug store offering the remedy for 25 cents.
Postal notice lists uncalled letters including Fouse o Warab Chatecley Hey Obtai Lesh Wane de Nuit Joneut Plank Charley Zakhiner Aprs Abice A TL Siarrne M Reyedino Cox of Wake Ark quotes on electric Bitters curing long illness. Also mentions Putnam Priceless Dyes sold by Davenport Hhic with price per package.
A Wells county Prohibition convention will meet in the court room on Thursday in April. Key matters require all local prohibitionists to attend, with afternoon and evening addresses by Ma Newlin of Indianapolis. Topics include The Prohibition Party and The Twentieth Century Problem in our Give and Industrial Life. no admission charge.
Bay Joe and Black Prince will stand the coming season at Liberty Center starting April 1. The breeder indicates plans for other horses and mentions P. Burcaw.
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