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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1894
Page
9
Nora Fouts of Bluffton Indiana recalls a near death vision of heaven after a religious awakening at age fifteen. She describes seeing loved ones and a bright Saviour, then waking and praising the Lord. The note ends with farmers in Texas yielding hopeful tobacco results after four years of work.
Mt Zion reports health in the area and ongoing farm work with oat sowing done and plowing for corn. Timber hauls on Henry Huffman and Silas Fleming farms, plus a potential Standard Oil expansion. Varying local opinions on oil leases and community loafers noted amid calls for action and farm repairs.
WILITE FOOT and H. S. King of Kreps visited Nottingham last Sunday. Measles decline in the neighborhood. Farmers sowing oats again after a snow storm. Lorain Stroud drove a new horse last Sunday. Oil well No 1 on George Dulinskey farm produced a gusher last week. Stella Bloxsom goes to Marion for summer schooling. Oil well No 3 on Sanford Temple’s farm drilled last Thursday and yields about 100 barrels. Terrell farm pumping power, built by G. W. Grimes Bluffton, now in operation and working well. Two old cronies who tried to write items last week are reminded to spell correctly.
Health is tolerably good Rev Page preaches Saturday night Everyone invited. G W Colbert of Marion visited last Sunday Isaac Colbert improves rheumatism James Baker learns blacksmithing at Montpelier Aunt Betty Cloud rheumatism still. Sunday school at Puckersville 9 50 every Sunday. H J Roby moving to Packersville next week. Drilling activity on Levi Huffman oil well progressing with sand expected later. Supt Jones hauled gravel improving the pike. Ropes and machinery moved to Chopson well. drilling to start immediately.
A local advertiser lists goods: a full line of boys shoes priced from one dollar to five dollars each. The catalog offers affordable footwear for boys with varied styles and sizes.
A fragment mentions Henry and Warren inviting someone to come over to learn their name and receive dinner, implying a social invitation or hospitality scene. The text is incomplete but centers on a personal greeting and meal gesture.
Circuit Court listings show multiple judgments and remands. Nancy Shoemaker wins title quieting real estate in her favor. Isaacs Neff and Union Central Life Insurance report rem in and mortgage foreclosures. notable verdicts include McCaffrey v Shadle with $300 to plaintiff after jury verdict. Other cases involve notes with specific sums and garnishment details across several defendants.
A memoir excerpt describes Napoleon's son the Duke of Reichstadt, his devotion to his father, the Austrian security measures at Cannes, and his early charm and ambition. It recounts his upbringing, illness, and a ballroom encounter with Mar mont and Maison, ending with his premature death from overexertion. The piece blends royal intrigue with a side note on a Cincinnati fortune tellers tale.
A Philadelphia Chronicle style note recalls a school oops when students recited a text about repentance and a girl misquoted about wearing pants. The piece also mentions a San Francisco Examiner quip on chewing gum aiding saliva in fevers and a Nicolae skaya case where a wife was sold for 160 rubles and kept by the buyer.
By virtue of the lost will of Berket M Elkins and a Wells circuit court order the executor will offer for private sale on the premises starting at an unspecified date. The sale proceeds go to the estate under court supervision.
On May 10 1894 a sale offers the north half of the southwest quarter and the south half of the northwest quarter of section twenty plus part of section nineteen in township twenty five north range ten east Wells county Indiana The sale requires one third cash with the balance in two equal payments at nine and eighteen months notes at 6 percent interest and a mortgage on the property The excenter attorneys Alpheast Good Watson Mock Simmona are listed as representatives.
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