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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1903
Page
8
rapid extension of electric lines in Indiana Ohio and New York draws attention. New York Central electrification is large scale and may set a model for others. short haul traffic near big cities shifts as interurban lines capture momentum, leaving steam roads unprepared to compete. TRY A BANNER WANT AD.
The Wells county Teachers Association met over Friday and Saturday in the circuit court room with nearly all county teachers in attendance. Papers on the history of social value and arithmetic methods were well received, and Superintendent Cotton urged a statewide exhibit of top school work. The program highlighted student exhibits, township histories, and photos of school buildings, with performances by Miss Catherine Flckinger and Mrs. Lela Beil Weisell. Adjournment followed Saturday afternoon.
Thanksgiving break details include a missing ten dollar bill found by no one yet and notes on school duties. W K Grove pursues township trustee candidacy while J D French compliments Molehill school lighting and O B Lesh plans to retire to become deputy county auditor.
A brief note records a marriage in an Indiana town during a traveling exhibition. The couple wed while the husband was on the road after meeting his partner during the act of the exhibition.
A remote dwelling prompts a family to prepare for accidents with bucklen’s Arnica Salve kept on hand. Advertises the salve as the best on earth, priced at 25 cents at Chas. C. Deam’s drug store.
Attorneys Adair and LaPollette filed in the circuit court condemnation suits over lands between Balhee and Pennville for railroad right of way. Defendants Gemmill heirs Oliver Penn Heller Radabaugh and others refused the C B Co. right of way. Viewers Lyons Nixon and Carder viewed lands and assessed damages in Pennville Friday.
Marriage license notice records John Wallace and Miss Zetta Wust. unrelated ad copy about ground pepper salt speke and Stowt's drug store appears.
Holiday bargains promote a wide range of men boys and children's suits overcoats hats sweaters and shirts with prices from $1 to $18 and up. The ad lists items including Norfolk and sailor jackets high cut shoes slippers underwear and accessories as well as rubbers trunks and leather goods urging readers to visit for their next purchase.
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