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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1894
Page
6
A medical advertisement offering treatment for deformities and various diseases. It lists kidney and bladder issues, prostate problems, nervous and chronic conditions, women’s diseases, piles, catarrh, and male sexual disorders. Free urine analysis and confidential consultations are advertised, with mail order options.
The sixteenth annual report for the Indiana School for Feeble Minded Youth in Ft Wayne covers the year ending Oct 31, 1894. Enrollment rose from 455 to 488 with eighty two new entrants and four counties lacking representation. A dairy farm trial yielded profits while finances stayed prudent, ending with a small treasury balance.
James Bell was born November 25 1811 in Susquehanna County Pennsylvania and died November 30 1894 aged 83 years and 5 days. He moved with his parents to Ohio then Indiana, married Eveline Bentley in 1835, had ten children, twenty six grandchildren and five great grandchildren. His first wife died May 28 1869.
The obituary recounts a man who endured two marriages, outlived his spouses, and died at rest after a life of honesty and service. He served as county commissioner twice and justice of the peace three times, was active in the Christian church for over four decades, and was greatly mourned at his funeral where Rev. B. R. B. Holcomb delivered the sermon.
The New York World now publishes two papers weekly, offering greater value at $1 per year. Readers are urged to stay informed of Congress in session and world events, with a special rate combining the Banner and Twice-a-Week World at $2.15 annually.
A new law bans shooting or harassing squirrels from December 20 to June 1 with a fine of two dollars per squirrel. The column also recounts local court verdicts, charity criticism, and reflections on newspaper readers who demand editorial cover while avoiding accountability.
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