Bluffton Local News Highlights April 11 1894
A twelve pound girl born to Will Burgan on South Main Street. Notable visits include R G Weisell from Neosho Times and Alex Hosier of Jackson township. Funeral of James England after cancer at Poneto aged 74. Rev J H Hawk to preach next Sunday. Conference notes and Measles tragedy at Six Mile church with two children buried together. Community events include Simmons Liver Regulator ad, doctor visits, and visitors returning from the conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Burgan
South Main Street
James England
Poneto
John Hardwidge
Six Mile
David Zoll
Hollie Clinton
Ethel May
W. OR. Custard
Harris Will Make It Go Tariff Bill Lead in Senate
Senator Harris of Tennessee takes charge of the tariff bill after Ingalls. He vows daily debate until a vote, brushing aside obstacles. House Democrats secure a voting quorum and Bland bill on silver and greenbacks faces swift action. Cooper’s greenback tax proposal gains support from the House coinage committee and Hall’s critique of banks fuels the push for reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Harris
Tennessee
Ingalls
Kansas
Senate
Voorhees
House
Committee On Electiors
O'Neill
Missouri
California
Representative Cooper
Indiana
House Committee On Coinage
Representative Hall
People’s
Cooper
Georgia
Congress
Colquitt
Patrick Walsh
Crisp
Morton
Agricultural Department
Tax Payers Reminder on Tax Deadlines 1894
Notice states no extension beyond the third Monday of April for tax payment and sets April 16 1894 as final date. It warns lists must be paid before that day and that the treasurer's office closes April 1 prior to settlement. unpaid taxes will be returned delinquent.
Sudden Death on the Road Ends Mrs Willis Sale's Life
Mrs Martha R Johnson Sale born 1847 in Wilkes NC died suddenly near Bluffton Indiana while traveling with family in a wagon. She united with Liberty Center Baptist Church as a young woman and leaves husband and six children. Funeral by Rev C S Winans at Rockford M E Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha R. (Johnson) Sale
Wilkes County
North Carolinia
Willis Sale
Wells County
Indiana
Baptist Church
Bluffton
Liberty Center Baptist Church
C. S. Winans
M. E
Rockford
Heavy Wagons and Farm Wagons Offered by Justus RoGers Co
Three heavy wagons advertised with swivel cup rings for heavy work. One wagon features a 34 inch skein and 3 inch tire, another a 3 inch skein and 4 inch tire, plus a car load of farm wagons from Justus RoGERs & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justus, Rogers & Co
Currency's Power Imagined In Pacific Concert Barter
The article recalls a Paris opera singer Mlle Zelle on a world tour who accepted payment for an aria from Norma with live pigs turkeys chickens coconuts bananas and citrus. The stock valued at about 4000 francs would be hard to sell locally and the fruit had to be fed to the animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mlle
Zelle
Theatre Lyrique
Paris
Society Islands
South Pacific
Cough Cure Claims Swift Relief for Severe Lungs
A brief item notes a remedy named One Minute Cough Cure advertised to banish congested lungs and severe coughs. The text lists Cc Deat as a source or sponsor and mentions general relief claims without medical evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Icus
Cc. C. Deat
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U.S
Dailey, the Dentist
R. G. Weisell
The
Neosho, Mo
Times
Alex Hosier
Jackson Township
Amy Craige
Coppes
Napannee
D. Klopfenstine
Baxter
J. H. Hawk
Greenfield
Geo. A. Wilson
Wabash
Muncie
Wilson
Boston University
Barner
City
Simmons Liver Regulator
Smithfield, N.C
FE. (. Vaughn
W. Huffman
Dr. C. E. Miller
Mrs. Wm. Householder
Samuel McAfee
Rockcreek Township
H. R. Wiley
McNatt
Wm. Flick
Markle
Banner
Ed. Shoemaker
Newville
C. E. Miller
Hatfield
James
Jonas Hedges
Vera Cruz
W. J. Beatty
Zanesville
J.C. Shields
North Main Street
Singer Sewing Machine Office
E. T. Gregg
Decatur
Gregg
Washington News
Harrington
Weather Bureau
Civil Service Commission
Morgan
Alabama
State Department
Cleveland
Gresham
Bering Sea
Court of Arbitration
United States
Great Britain
John W. Tribolet & Co
Mulberry Street
New York World
Maud
Charley Rounder
Millicent
Humph
Buffalo Courier
Germany
England
Germmany
Bluffton Markets
Ial
Agnes Quigg
Chicago
Lydia Keller
Lou Winters
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