Market summary shows weak cattle and hog prices in Chicago
Livestock receipts in Chicago were 17,000 cattle 25,000 sheep and 20,000 hogs, with prices mixed to lower. Hogs elsewhere in Kansas City and Omaha reported receipts around 10,000 and 7,500 respectively amid uneven highs and lows. Wheat oats clover and timothy seed prices listed in a fragmented market page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Higdon
Eason
Chicago
Weansas City
Omeha Hogs
Marti
Public Sale Notice Near Poneto Indiana 1904 Event
The undersigned offers at public sale at his residence one mile east and two and three-fourths miles south of Poneto or one-fourth mile north of Hermann school house on Wednesday August 31 1904. Items include two work horses two cows twelve shoats weighing about 100 lbs four brood sows with pigs at side three dozen chickens one two horse wagon two sets of harness and fly nets one breaking plow one harrow one cultivator one open top buggy twenty seven acres of corn in the field five tons of hay and other articles too numerous to mention. Sale begins at 10 am. CHAS KEMPER JOS BURNS Auctioneer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poneto
Hermann School House
Chas. Kemper
Jos Burns
Nine Persons In Jail In County Custody
Nine inmates occupy the county jail, the highest count since winter when thirteen were confined. Through summer numbers dwindled to three or four. Current detainees range from drunk to theft, horse theft, and a bicycle theft, with one charged in a serious case. Sheriff Johnston feeds them well and a quartet of prisoners entertains nightly with guitar and mouth harp melodies. They plan a mock court with appointed attorneys and judges to try each case. The winter court drew notable attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnston
Grays Triumph in Another Bunday Victory
Grays of Kingsland won again as a picked team, defeating them in a game by a clear margin. The match added to the Grays' growing string of victories in the season.
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Kingsland Grays
Grays
Tomatoes Being Canned In Indiana Industry Snapshot
Indiana's canning sector centers on tomatoes with 85 factories packing tomatoes and corn and peas. About 15,000 workers process produce for canners and another 15,000 farm in gathering. Projections include one million cases of tomatoes and 750,000 of corn, yielding roughly 2.5 million dollars from tomatoes and 750 thousand from peas. The tomato crop outlook remains strong as weather avoids frost damage. season runs until frosts around October 10 to November 1. Packing for corn starts now and continues to October 1. sugar corn acreage is up over last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Made His Word Good On Pay Day For Railroad Staff
William S. Flemming, receiver of the Cincinnati Bluffton and Chicago railroad, paid over $2,000 from his own funds to meet the salaries of the work force after a postponed court hearing delayed funding. Despite promises, the railroad will operate with fewer than half its regular staff, retaining twenty workers: three office men, twelve section men, and five on the train crew. The move follows a pay day and signals a lean period for the employer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Flemming
Cincinnati, Bluffton & Chicago Railroad
Portland Review
Family knot answered in a paradoxical relation note
A reader explains a tangled kinship involving a father a son and two sisters in law. The son’s wife becomes daughter in law to the father while the father’s wife is both sister in law and step mother. The son and wife’s child would be both grandson and nephew to the father and wife, while the father and wife’s child would be a half brother and nephew to the son and wife.
National Supply goes to court over account claim
A case titled National Supply company versus Commercial Oil company et al was filed on Monday in the circuit court. It is a suit on account seeking $538.69. Local attorneys show interest in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit
National Supply Company
The
Commercial Oil Company, Et al
Cffrcuit
Oil fields report widespread running by Standard Oil units
Reports from the oil fields indicate that nearly all newer Standard Oil company units were in operation on Sunday while many local independent companies also ran. Day and night racing at Muncie fair is scheduled from August 30 to September 2. Congressman George Cromer traveled to Decatur after staying in the city yesterday. For sale a two room house with full lot at Central avenue and Oak street Enquire of Louise Muth. A Hill family reunion at Joe Sonner's farm north of Bluffton included W H Hananer and family John A Jones and family Joseph Sonner Mrs John French and Glen Ed Mosure and family Ed F Keyser and L M Hill among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie Fair
George Cromer
Decatur
Central Avenue
Oak Street
Louise Muth
Walmer & Engeler’s
Hill
Joe Sonner
Studabaker
W. H. Hananer
John A. Jones
Zanesville
Joseph Soners
John French
Glen
Bluffton
Ed Mosure
Vera Cruz
Ed F. Keyser
Wellington
Kan
L. M. Hill
Winona
Ashbaucher
New Evidence Found In Krauss Case Recipes For Poisoning Rats
Prosecutor Burns has two rat poison recipes found among Mrs Rae M Krauss effects. One uses strychnine and arsenic, the other mixes corn meal and plaster. A bottle with arsenic and cornmeal was linked to Crystal’s death. Experts say strychnine caused the death. arsenic may have preceded illness. State holds other undisclosed evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rae M. Krauss
Burns
Krauss
Crystal
P. L Drayer
Fort Wayne
May Be A Road For The Cincinnati Bluffton And Chicago
The C B C railroad may rise again despite cash woes and adverse winds. James S. Hopkins of Chicago has been named receiver for Bracey-Howard Construction holdings and hinted at a Chicago group purchasing the C B C as built, aiming to complete a Chicago to Cincinnati line. If successful, the road could prove a boon to Bluffton and restore the project’s value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C., B. & C. Railroad
Cincinnati, Bluffton & Chicago
James S. Hopkins
Chicago
Bracey-Howard Construction Company
Hopkins
Portland
Cincinnati
Bluffton
Filed Divorce Suit George J Barcus V Marie Barcus
A divorce suit was filed in circuit court Tuesday naming Marie Barcus as the defendant. The complaint cites adultery and abandonment with attorney A W Hamilton for George J Barcus. Authorities in Allen county will notify her, currently believed to be in Fort Wayne. The prior similar case, filed a year earlier, was dismissed awaiting this new filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. Barcus
Marie Barcus
A. W. Hamilton
Barcus
Fort Wayne
Allen County
Isaac Brown Helps Lead Mosquito Eradication Crusade
Col Isaac W Brown Rocherster naturalist speaker has impressed Miss Helen Gould of New York. She agrees to back a town wide crusade based on his ideas against mosquitoes and English sparrow decline. Brown will stay at Goulds New York summer home then visit naturalist John Burroughs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac W. Brown
Rochester
Indiana
Helen Miller Gould
New York
Col. Brown
Miss Gould
John Burroughs
Keystone to host old settlers reunion on Aug 27
Handbills say Keystone will entertain the old settlers reunion Saturday August 27, delayed from the first announced date due to rain. A social gathering occurred at John Weaver's on the old Lamm farm last Saturday with many attending and refreshments of ice cream cake and watermelon. Rev Walker and family and Mrs W were among those from the city.
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Keystone
Old Settlers
John Weaver
Lamm
Walker
Elderly Mrs Fulton dies after paralysis near Murray
Saturday evening Mrs Margaret D Fulton aged 90 died at her home near Murray from paralysis after preparing a meal and collapsing. She and her husband James Fulton were early county pioneers from Pennsylvania, no children, active in United Presbyterian church. Funeral Monday at 10 from the church with Rev Barnes officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret D. Fulton
Murray
J. C
G. B. Fulton
James Fulton
Zanesville
Ossian
Warren
Marshal Gets Rings After Interurban Stop
At the 5:10 interurban from the south Marshal Crosbie and Special Policeman Dean watched all arrivals. They questioned a young man named Harry Straut from Montpelier who passed two rings to the marshal. Straut surrendered the rings on demand and left without further trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshal Crosbie
Dean
Harry Straut
Montpelier
Crosbie
Straut
Insanity charge leads to $500 bond for Charles Day
Marshal Crosbie arrested Charles Day near town on an insanity charge filed by Eva R. Johnson. Day remained jailed after refusing a $100 settlement with the underage accuser. He could not post bond by press time. Also note a marriage license issued to Mary Eiland er and Nelson Steele and memorials from Paxson reunion and local birthdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshal Crosbie
Charles Day
Eva R. Johnson
M. W. Walbert
Kingsland Grays Edge Bluffton In See-Saw Diamond Bout
A huge Kingsland crowd watched the Grays defeat Bluffton 15 to 14 after a back and forth nine inning scramble. Bluffton sent a blended lineup from Blues Imperials Ossian and Uniondale Reds, while Kingsland pitcher Gibson struggled early before steadying the spiel as the Grays rallied to win by a single run.
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Kingsland Diamond
Kingsland Grays
Bluffton
Bluffton Boys
Bluffton Blues
Imperials
Ossian
Uniondale Reds
Gibson
Grays
Kingsland
Rome
Sunday services and election at Tocsin church
Andrew Lash Pugney and several residents are listed as ill while Miss Eiva Garton visits Mercer county Ohio. Mrs Albert Trullender suffers malarial fever and Walter Davenport has stomach trouble. The congregation prepares for next Sunday's service with a sermon by Rev J K Borkert and new Sunday school officers. W C T U activities occur, and social events raise funds.
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Andrew Lash
Eiva Garton
Mercer County
Ohio
Albert Trullender
Walter Davenport
Walter
J. K. Borkert
Walmer
Bluffton
Mary Wisner
Robert Patterson
Fight over saloon trouble lands Mendenhall in jail
Jim Mendenhall of Liberty township fought with Jack Stanton outside the latter's saloon on Saturday. Mendenhall resisted arrest, fought officers, and was jailed. He pleaded guilty to assault and battery Sunday morning and paid a fine plus costs. Stanton also paid a dollar and costs. Observers expect further trouble between the two men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Mendenhall
Liberty Township
Mendenhall
Jack Stanton
Sherr Stanton
Stanton
Jenston
Hus
Leon
Jane
Running races and vaudeville program set for Munele fall run
Evening events August 30 to September 2 feature racing and a free vaudeville program at Stout’s venue. The lineup promises quick relief for cramps colic and diarrhoea with a focus on summer complaints and bowel issues in the audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stout
Wells County 1905 calendar year expense estimates list
Clerk of Circuit Court 2865 for office expenses. County Auditor 17500. County Treasurer 2260. County Recorder 0. County Sheriff 6442. County Surveyor 1840. County Superintendent 1654. County Coroner 0. County Assessor 450. Truant Officer 325. Circuit Court expenses 8060. Change of venue insane inquest 1845. Assessor per diem amounts across townships. Board of county commissioners expenses 0. For court house bonds 48052.50 Repairs to free turnpikes 429,820.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells County Council
S.sseese
Circuit Court
Wells Circuit Court
Wells
Chester Township
Liberty Township
Union Township
Nottingham Township
Jackson Township
Rock Creek Town
Haeens
Harrison Township
CLS Secoideances
Lancaster Township
Jefferson Township
Board of County Commissioners
Court House
C. S. Brineman
Auditor Wells County
Sheriff Sale in Wells County Indiana 1904
A sheriff sale announces the public auction of rents and profits for up to seven years on a Wells County Indiana property described as east half southeast quarter section 30 township 25 north range 12 east. The sale is at the courthouse door on September 17 1904 between 10 am and 4 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Sach Real Estate
Thomas B. Scott
New American Oil and Mining Company
J. R. Johnston
Wells County
McBride, Denny & Denny
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Bluffton Market
Bluffton, Ind
Ingsland Grays
Standard Oil Company
Standard
Isaac
Marshal
Mary Eilander
Nelson Steele
H. A. Welker
Markle
William Barhart
Barhart
Emmanuel Reformed Church
Paxson
J. Riley
John Bell
Matilda Neff
George Lesh
W. W. Wessell
Joseph Neff
Bell
Rock
Pugney
Poneto M
Hartford City
Blackford County
Plymouth Rock
Hary Snider
Snider
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