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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1903
Page
6
R Hicks the weather prognosticator predicts January will bring storm periods from the 2nd to 4th and 6th to 12th with rapidly falling temperatures and gales. A NW cold wave follows, then a 14th to 16th reactionary storm, and a 18th to 28th period turning blizzardous, ending amid a central storm.
John Kreigh of Ossian returns home after lengthy Fort Wayne hospital stay for an arm torn off by a corn shredder last fall. He has undergone multiple skin grafts and will return to the hospital soon for further grafting procedures.
The State case against John W. Terrell has now had its costs calculated, totaling 1825 dollars. A hundred and two witnesses testified, though many were questioned for only a few minutes.
A Chicago special reports that executive officers of western roads plan a complete management overhaul of the Clover Leaf. The move follows complaints of illegal ticket selling and aims to halt the road’s practices by presenting the issue to principal owners. The Hawley syndicate, controlling the line, is said to be dissatisfied with current management.
A reflective piece questions the passing of 1903 and urges readers to assess their yearly progress. It asks whether habits are improving or worsening and whether people remain trapped in past failings or break free from them.
Burt Grove, once a local, opens a new billiard parlor in Douglass Arizona. The establishment is praised as among the finest in the region with an expert in charge at all times, reflecting Grove’s successful return after years away.
State Superintendent Cotton releases the annual fiscal year report ending last August to the governor on January 1. It covers 17,113 teachers 7,695 men and 9,418 women 9,375 school houses and 767,428 school age children with 560,523 attending. There are 896,354 male and 371,182 female school age children. 7,701 colored. Cost to maintain commissioned high schools was 678,901 dollars, about 30 dollars per pupil.
Monday marked the final week of Wells county November term with many motions and case entries, while Hartford City and Adams county dockets loom heavy. Judge Vaughn and Homer Ormsby plan to depart for Hartford City next Monday as major trials including Faylor vs Studabaker proceed in Adams county and Weil vs Van Every awaits a new-trial ruling.
Dr A V Smith formerly of this city died at his Ossian home Saturday after a brief illness He was a Civil War veteran not affiliated with the local post He moved to Bluffton years ago and practiced veterinary work Later he owned the Ossian hotel for a year or two His remains were brought to town Tuesday funeral services were held at Wesleyan Methodist Church at 9 in the morning The body rests at Fairview cemetery.
Attorneys for Joseph Osborne of Adams County plan an appeal after a second degree murder conviction and life sentence. They argue errors in rulings and law points, claiming insanity was clear and the judge failed to address many issues. The appeal will be filed within the court deadline.
H B Grove and Dr Buckner prepare to begin a search mission for a fire department team. They state they will not eat or sleep until the trail leads to success. Both men are described as capable and determined.
Andy Parks took John S. Emmons to Bluffton on the first train to pull out of Pennville. John is to offer Andy a ridle on the D A H railroad when built, with locals saying Emmons is ahead and Andy will have one coming. Portland Review refutes talk the C B C was built from junk and second hand ties.
The December period shows the largest work in Trenton Oil field history with 391 wells completed in Indiana and 376 in Ohio. Indiana added 6,769 barrels and Ohio 4,885 barrels. Indiana reports 41 dry holes and Ohio 37. January projections show 362 drilling wells and 136 rigs in Indiana. The past week was slow due to holidays with 195 wells completed and 22 failures. initial production of the rest totaled 5,079 barrels.
Ice men fear a long hot summer but hope for a sustained cold period. Lew Starr, authority on such matters, notes ice usually forms after the first of the year and that the current season has afforded only one small opportunity to set up ice.
Last week in Ohio and Indiana oil fields 96 wells in Indiana produced 2829 barrels, with 12 wells dry or gassy. In Ohio’s Buckeye field 95 wells yielded 2250 barrels, ten dry. Grant county led Indiana, followed by Blackford and Wells counties. Huntington had eleven completions, just one fewer than Wells.
The Portland Sun notes a rumor that Delaware county may field a candidate to challenge John A. M. Adair for district committeeman at the Decatur convention on Thursday. Regardless, a large Jay County Democrat delegation should attend, as Adair has been a wise and satisfactory committeeman and deserves reelection for the party’s good.
James and his wife returned Monday from Markle as reports say he left the city Thursday without a wife, but Friday afternoon the ceremony occurred at the home of Mrs Cora Harhart.
Judge Vaughn ruled in Bluffton that Charles DeLacour may practice law as he sees fit after affidavits showed he graduated in Ann Arbor as Charles H. Cline in 1886 and used that name in Michigan. He adopted his true name in 1895, the case dismissed, vows to stay.
Lem Robey of Hartford City found a lost envelope containing 107.65 dollars dated November 28 and addressed to his father. The money was sent by Sherman Frazier of Kunkle Ohio. Robey rewarded his son five dollars for recovering the funds.
Keystone reports a new weekly paper for the town with first issue slated in a few weeks. Plans include a three hundred subscriber prepayment list and a one dollar annual subscription, with local businessmen backing the project and several names already on the list.
A letter from W A Lipkey and Frank Smith says they will leave Oakland for Los Angeles to visit and sightsee for a time and return home in April. Miss Jennie Bedler, recently in G, is working on a big departure.
Col G W Walters of the Missouri state board of agriculture speaks at a corn show urging farmers to quit smoking. He notes that ordinary tobacco is easy to quit but twist and a Missouri meerchaum deliver a lasting vice that’s hard to break.
The Wells County Farmers Institute starts Monday January 11 1904 with sessions on The Corn Crop by Benjamin and The Soils relation to growing crops by Professor Fisher. Parents should attend for country schools with Superintendent Huyette and Professor Fisher. Ladies are urged to attend. the afternoon session will be theirs. Come early stay all day.
Monday morning a Nottingham township house owned by John Dickase was consumed by fire, destroying the building and most contents. Firemen could not check the blaze, which likely started in a closet. The house, a relatively new structure, was insured through the Greek agency of the city. The exact cause remains uncertain, with only conjecture available.
In the matter of the estate of John Henry Durr deceased in the Wella Circuit Court November Term 1903 the administrator Eldherstine ad has presented his final settlement and vouchers for the estate which will be examined by the circuit court on a day in February 1904 all heirs creditors or legatees are required to appear and show cause if any why the final settlement should not be approved
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