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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1903
Page
2
The notice advises readers to discontinue the paper by card to the publisher and notes all arrearages must be paid. It explains the banse is never sent to someone else and asks for both old and new addresses when requesting a change of address.
John Wibel received a notice from Chickasaw Indian Territory that his son Forrest, age twenty four, has died. The body will be shipped for burial, expected Friday. Forrest was a fireman on the Rock Island road and had lived in Wells county all his life. He is survived by his parents two brothers Everet and Roy and two sisters Mrs Frank Hartman and Stella.
Ossian crowds packed the ball park to watch the hometown nine defeat a Indians crew 12 to in a standout show. Spears and Smith from Fort Wayne boosted Ossian with strong center garden play while rival Indians were tired and underperformed.
The Portland Sun reports a gang smeared red paint on the homes of anti-saloon signers after a bitter feud over the Bryant saloon. The incident, Saturday night, involved roughs seen in the area and a recent liquor license applicant linked to the group.
The notice promotes a land excursion to the new extension to Linton by the GM and St. P. railroad offering 85 to 15 per acre. It highlights wheat, corn, and stock country and directs readers to Frank M. McFadden at the sheriff's office for maps booklets and particulars for the next excursion on Tuesday August 18.
The Huffman family met at Pleasant Grove with Rev. Lewis Huffman presiding. The program included songs, sermons by Rev. Cyrus Smith and Rev. Joseph Spitzer, and a dinner. Officers for the next reunion were elected and the gathering adjourned for August 1904. Joseph Purvians supplied the organ for the event.
A stranger asked for a rig at a livery barn, claimed Mack Harbaugh sent him, and left for Poneto. The driver fled after nine o’clock, was located in McGeath's barn, then rode away on an interurban car. Marshal Crosbie chased the outfit, returning home at 4 30 Tuesday. The man, tall with tight complexion, had been in town a week and owed a board bill and a trunk fee.
Clerk Poulson of Keystone court fined Alden Kean and Ross Sharpe one dollar and costs each after pleading guilty to Sabbath desecration in connection with oil pumps last Sunday. George Mason, a discharged Ohio company employee, filed affadavits seeking revenge.
Rev. Blooker, a popular Baptist minister in Liberty Center, surprised his congregation Sunday evening by resigning as pastor and delivering a farewell sermon. He offered no reason or future assignment, and his three year tenure left a strong communal friendship that will be hard to replace.
George Y. Keller died at his home four miles north and one east of town after a two week illness. He suffered dropsy and Brights disease and was 70 years old. Survived by wife and four children Samuel Elmer Frank Laura Paugh. a Kansas-born brother Samuel Abern Fort Wayne sister Matilda Shives. Rev Robert of Locsin led funeral at the house with burial in Murray graveyard.
The Auglais county sheriffship denies any Fisher jail record for July 8 while Red Fisher claims to have no prior jail time and cites travel from May 25 through Lima Dayton and Bluffton before ending in jail after a drunken episode. Sheriff Butler notes Fisher did not appear intoxicated at arrest.
Located at Fort Cabuyao, P I, the party left San Francisco June 12 and reached Manila Bay June 26. They then traveled by smaller boats to inland quarters where they are quartered in a good place with ample food. They are now on garrison duty. Frank notes soldiers have rough treatment of natives but this is being stopped and native customs are entertainingly described. They claim 240 holidays yearly and join in celebrations. A Fort Worth reader seeks the address of an agency offering tickets to the 1893 World’s Fair in St Louis tied to a San Francisco mint. A Philadelphia firm S J and I Chapman sells coins, with 1896 dollars fetching about three dollars at their last sale a month ago, though the story of rail fare value was likely a mistake. The coins remain scarce and thus command a premium.
A physician visits the Indian communities monthly for a year and treats the sick using nature based remedies. He gathers Roots Barks Gums Buds Berries Leaves and Plants placed in the ground by the earth to heal ailments.
Notice of public sale at the William Kershner farm located five miles northwest of Bluffton and half a mile west of Murray on Tuesday August 25 1903. Items include cattle hogs sheep horses farm implements bees and miscellaneous articles with sale starting at 10 o’clock a.m. Auctioneers Jim and Jere Wai Kasramnen.
Jore Shire reports a letter from his son Frank stating he is now residing elsewhere and will assert contact in the future. The note hints at changes in family arrangement and potential plans to communicate further.
Senator Andrew Humphrey and his wife traveled from Linton to Liberty Center after receiving a telegram about Senator Rinear’s critical state. The two legislators, once close colleagues, were met with news that Rinear showed slight improvement but remained unconscious and without any hopeful prognosis from doctors.
The David Lehman eighty acre farm in Adams county was sold through Mosure agency to Emil Byley of this county for five thousand dollars, a figure described as a fancy price.
J E Moolelland applicant, a Harrison township male over 21, will apply at the Wells County September term 1903 for a license to sell intoxicants in a front ground floor room of a two story brick building on lot 85 Bluffton Market Street. The described premises occupy 17.5 feet by 140 feet with a glass front and no partitions, suitable for liquor sale with controls to prevent access.
Clerk Studa Baker reports the day’s marriage licenses setting a record for the period as couples flocked to the clerk’s desk. The last couple registered were Joel Rienhard and Miss Edith Pesley.
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