Local notes from Bluffton and vicinity reflect daily life
Frank Conklin returns to Bee Hive. Simon Bickle and wife visit Darke county fair. Lake Erie offers half fare to Muncie for Delaware county fair. A. B. Cline’s stolen bicycle remains missing. fire department responds to a small blaze at W. H. Stephenson building. several residents travel, marry, or change duties. public notices include school and church assignments. multiple community events, oil prospects, and local trades appear with names like Merriman, Fouts, and Kunkel.
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Frank Conklin
Simon Bickle
Darke County
Ohio
W. H. Stephenson
North Main Street
William Harvey
Ingram Merriman
Central
Meyer & Klopfenstine
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Crouse & Brandegee
Utica
New York
McFarren & Sons
Douglas
Hamilton Brown
Lake Erie
Muncie
Delaware County
John Houck
City
Dakotas
Mr. Houck
North Dakota
A. B. Cline
Henry Morrow
Route
Linn Grove
Frank Nelson
Mr. Morrow
Will Palmer
Z. T. Fetters
Mr. Curtis
Ellingham Farm
Abe Mosure
Berne
J. M. Vernon
Rumley Threshing Company
Union City
Mr. Mosure
Vernon
John Falk
West Market Street
Wanrep
R. E
Bluffton
Indiana
C. W. Sessford
Toledo, Ohio
Timothy Fouts
Near Linn Grove
J.S. Postal
Summertown
Tenn
A. F. Cotton
J. W. Rinear
Samuel Caley
Zanesville
Blocher
Liberty Center
Rev. Blocher
Susannah K. Fudge
Hartford City
John L.thompson
Gas City
Thompson
Indiana State Board of Agriculture
Clara van Emmon
South Whitley
J. Will Payne
Methodist Protestant Conference
Will Jones
Tocsin
James Morrison
Walbert
Keystone
Mew
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Fairmount
Congregational
The
United Church
Unitas Brethren
Odd Fellows Lodge
Washington
Post Office Department
Post Office
Theodore G. Scheid
Bluffton, C
Poneto
Merriman
Jonathan Michaels
James Boyd
Mt Zion
Warren and
Marion
J.R. Rinehart
Oskaloosa
Iowa
J. R. Rinehart
Union Township
George W. Carnes
Amos King
Abe Hesher
Lancaster Center
A. A. Waughn
Robert A.starris
Daviess County
McCulloch
O. E. Hagler
A. R. Huyettte
J. Q. Merriman
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Mr. Merriman
Bruce Merriman
Montpelier
Will Harris
Lon Oxley
Wallace
Lon
Hat
Stout’s
K. G. Smith
J. A. Barnes
Murray
Lillie Strohm
T. R. Stokes
Kewanee, Il
Mr. Stokes
Combine
George Huffman
Springfield
A. Santer
Harry Cutting
Fort Wayne
Labor Day
Sweeney Park
Montel Coons
G. E. Gardiner
G. F. Markley & Son
Frank Smith
Merle
Albany
N. Y
New Jersey
Henry Houtz
J. E. Kunkel
Blumenthal & Company
Mr. Kunkel
Marion Chronicle
Morris Lipinski
Will Ewing
West
San Jose
Cal
University of the Pacific
J. R. Bennett
Meffarren’s
Hub Clothing
Elwood Slusher
Pleasant Mills
Adams County
Durand
Mich
Alpheus Elmore
Rennsalent
Ind
Mr. Elmore
Geneva
White River
United Brethern Church
W. J. Borer
Domestic
George King
Arch Gordon
Poneto Baptist Church
Lillie Redding
Warren
Merriman-Woods
J. N. Ensly
Henry Gilliam
Auburn
E. R. Horton
Mrs
Fred Tracey
Buffaalo
Hi. L. McAfee
Nottingham
Pennsylvania
Henry Schmidt
Preble
Harry L. Stout
Samuel Purdy
George Matlack
Curtis Merriman
Bertha Woods
Martha Hatfeld
People’s
Mary Houser
Nancy Granger
A. R. Huyette
Neystone
Nan Oxley
James Wisesman
Whitman Station, O
Paseto
John Evans
Lizzie Bartlemay
Huntington
Stout
Wilson Grove
Forrest
Wils
Snyder Shoe
Mary Sixbey
Milks Blanche Cunningham
Corrine Dailey
Harry Spencer
Forrest Allen
Laurel Lanning
John Julian
Charles Skiver
W. J. Sherman
Chatauqua
Claude King
Dave Waltz
Decatur
Knights of Fidelity
Seabold
Mary Grant
Boston
Dr. Waldron
M. J. Moon
Gus van DeHende
Charley Monro
Gus
East Central Avenue
John and Mock
Charles Henninger
John French
Elmer Kline
Jefferson Street
L. A. Beeks
Eis Farm
Unionington
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