Man Grabs Train Steps. Dragged Fifty Feet Then Survives
William Fitzpatrick of Poneto tried to board a Bluffton-bound train at the Bluffton platform last Saturday evening. He clung to the rear steps as the train pulled away, but intoxication slowed his footing and he was dragged along the track for about twenty feet before releasing. He claimed no injuries, though the rear car narrowly spared him from being ground beneath the wheels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Fitzpatrick
Poneto
Bluffton
Pushing the Work Opens New Survey Front Near Pennville
Grant Current Arthur Bergman and Carl Riley of Portland join a second surveyor gang moving south of Pennville. Right of way in Harrison township nearly secured. one mile south remains. Sixty-one cars of material including steel ties cattle guards and bridge timber staged for use. A Lake Erie and C B C line switch is ready. About one hundred workers to be housed in tents organized by George Walch of Chicago with Levy outfits. Depot debate in Reiffsburg links to nearby Petroleum and Notingham with locals fearing the first site north of the saw mill may host the depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Erie
George Walch
Chicago
Smith & Bell
Welch
Hayes & Sons
Stock Sale Notice at Rural Residence
Public sale at my residence one fourth mile east of the county infirmary on Tuesday September 8 offers a three year old colt six milch cows some fresh two year old steers a two year old heifer three darling heifers nine calves thirty head of shoats one wagon nine nine on sums over 8500 David Zoll.
Portland line progress eyed for completion before freeze
Superintendent A T Russell and a nine man survey party from the Chicago Bluff ton and Cincinnati railroad arrived in Portland from Pennville. The route to Portland is not yet fixed but work moves fast with rails and ties on site and forty teams grading Bluffton working toward Pennville and Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.T. Russell
Chicago, Bluffton & Cincinnati Railroad
Pennville
GC. S. Young
Russell
Portland
Bluffton
Cincinnati
Portland Review
Raid at Lew Irey road house ends with one guilty plea
Sheriff Johnson Deputy Freem Car liste and Constable William Crouse led a raid on the Lew Irey road house seeking several detainees. Proprietor Jim Morrison pleaded guilty to selling liquor without a license, fined $20 and costs, and was jailed for default. Others fled after learning of the planned raid, witnesses demanded fees, and costs could exceed $50. The case was moved to Squire Walbert after Marshal Starbuck declined service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Freem Carliste
William Crouse
Squire Walbert
Keystone
Lew Irey
Johnny Does
Jim” Morrison
Jim
Baker
Squire Marsh
Lew Trey
Morrison
Marsh
Marshal Starbuck
Starbuck
Walbert
Charles Shields
Costa
Crouse
Burns
Eastern Indiana Traction Line construction begins at Richmond
Construction started Friday on the Eastern Indiana Traction road at Richmond and will pass through Hartford City. J B Crankshaw of the Lamar firm opened construction headquarters in Richmond. Work starts north of Richmond with surveys to Ridgeville, with plans to extend toward Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Richmond
Hartford City
J. B. Crankshaw
Lamar Firm
New York
Ridgeville
Marion
Letters Uncalled For At Bluffton Post Office Week Ending August 24 1903
List of uncalled letters includes Miss Della Booker Miss L Chapman Geo Davenport O M Myers Miss Anna Macklin Recorder Bluffton Lodge No 66 A O U W John Reece A Rogers A E Shull Miss Pney Teat forth Mrs Margret Walter OD RaAREH PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluffton
Della Booker
L. Chapman
Geo. Davenport
O. M. Myers
Anna Macklin
Bluffton Lodge No
John Reece
A Rogers
A. E. Shull
Pney Teatforth
Margret Walter
OD Raareh
Husband Chases Wife From Home In Oklahoma Fracas
William Householder, a laborer on the west side, drove his wife from their home after a bitter quarrel. She slept at her sister’s, while lawyers discussed divorce options. The couple have two children ages nine and twelve, and Mrs. Householder also has children from a prior marriage. Householder sought a divorce himself, claiming her lack of dutiful companionship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
William Householder
West Side
Householder
Senator Smith
Water blamed for street damage by BarberCo crew
A Barber company highway crew claims excessive watering causes street deterioration. The foreman with fifteen years on the job cites Wabash Street as proof asphalt pavements crumble where moisture persists. He predicts dampness soaks and weakens cracks, unlike sprinkling free sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barber
Wabash Street
Apples Will Be Scarce This Fall and Winter
Indiana orchard superintendent Joseph A. Burton warns Senator Purviance that only about 100 barrels of apples will be shipped this fall, a drastic drop from 1,000 barrels. The note contrasts pale, sallow produce with fresh fruit and plugs Dr King’s New Life Pills as a remedy, touting 25 cent price at Charles Cream druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe A. Burton
Indiana
Orleans
Ind
H. M. Purviance
Huntington
Dr. King
Chas. Cream Druggist
Mrs Uriah Mast dies after long illness
After months of illness Mrs Uriah Mast died Thursday night at 10. She lived with her husband on a farm west of Boiling Springs for over twenty years. Born Lucretia Kassel she earlier lived in Pennsylvania and Fort Wayne. She married Mr Mast twenty three years ago and left no children. The funeral was held Sunday at St Paul church with Rev Welker presiding. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uriah Mast
Eliza Eichhorn
Charles Gingrich
Uniondale
Pennsylvania
St. Paul
Reformed Conggregation
Welker
Injunction Filed Over Interurban Rail Crossings
Attorney F P Dailey filed an injunction for Muncie Hartford and Fort Wayne against Cincinnati Bluffton and Chicago alleging no agreed crossings or damages terms in Wells county. Judge Leifer granted the temporary measure with hearing set for Wells circuit on Sept 7. A L Sharpe suggested a quick settlement with no work disruption by reallocating crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dailey
Muncie, Hartford & Fort Wayne Railway Company
Interurban
Cincinnati, Bluffton & Chicago Railroad Company
Wells County
Vaughn
Leifer
Delaware County
Wells
Hartford City Mob Indictment Planned By Prosecutor Burns
Prosecutor Burns will seek indictments against mob members who formed a lynch mob to seize imagined black men at Hartford City last month. They reputedly searched the jail with Sheriff Morrical’s consent after the alleged mutilation of George Hershey. The grand jury convenes in October to review the incident, with Governor Durbin praising Burns for his firmness. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund if it fails to cure. 1 W Grove Sleep Tablets on each box, cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burns
Hartford City
George Hershey
Morrical
Durbin
Obituary notices for Eisenhart and Walker in Huntington News
The Huntington News-Democrat reports the death of Heinerika Eisenhart born June 17 1883 in Woodenburg Germany who died after six weeks illness at her daughter’s home in Warrison township interred Salem cemetery with surviving children Ferflinand Eisenhart Mary Brennincer and Mrs French and siblings in Europe. Also noted is Wells county student Tarl Walker in Chicago hospital in critical condition after appendectomy with parents by his bedside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heinerika Eisenhart
Woodenburg
Germany
J. Geisel
America
Ferflinand Eisenhart
Salem
Mary Brennincer
French
Europe
Eisenhart
Evangelical Church
Tarl Walker
A. J. Walker
Wells County
Chicago
Huntington News-Democrat
County fair at Huntington set for September dates
Old fashioned county fair at Huntington runs September 15 to 19 with free entries and stalls. Straw free. The note mentions a humming exhibit B304.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Infant Mary Ransbottom, 3, Dies in Indiana
At Laidlaw Falls Ohio born July 23 1900 Mary Ellen Ransbottom died August 9 1903 at her Craigville Indiana home aged three years seventeen days. Survived by father mother one sister grandmother and relatives. Funeral August 11 at A church Craigville conducted by Rev J H Curry to a large crowd then interred at Zion Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laidlaw Falls
Miami County
Ohio
Mary Ellen Ransbottom
Craigville
Wells County
Indiana
Craizville
J. H. Curry
Zion Chapel
Shumaker's horses win big purses in Muncie races
Bert Shumaker rides a run of good fortune with his two horses Nancy G and Rex R. Nancy won second in the 2:24 trot at Elwood, while Rex captured first in the 2:24 pace on Saturday for a $360 purse. Both horses race in Muncie this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Shumaker
Nancy G
Rex R
Nancy
Elwood
Rex
Muncie
Frank Cotton Stricken By Illness at West Main Street
Frank Cotton, a stock buyer, was stricken with partial paralysis Thursday night at his home on West Main Street and remains in serious condition. This is the second time he has been afflicted and he is totally blind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Cotton
West Main Street
Hartford City Gazette
Mr Swathwood Ill At Son's Home With Lung Congestion
Mr Swathwood is sick at the home of his son with congestion of the lungs and has been so since Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swathwood
Ince
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Ayer
F. A. Soule
Billings, Mont
J.C. Ayer CO
Lowell, Mass
Wm. Fitzpatrick
Matt Ashbaucher
Reiffsburg
Petroleum
Nottingham
Bluffton’s Big Carpet Store
Frank Conklin
Winters & Co
Mast
A. L. Sharpe
Indiana Medical and Surgical Institute
Ino
W. Wayne St
Ft. Wayne
D. W. Tucker
American Association of Medical and Surgical Specialists
United States
Hotel Bliss
Dr Tucker
Tucker
Medical and Surgical Institute
J. W. Younge
Ft. Wayne, Indiana
MR. Swathwood
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