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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1905
Page
4
The advertisement touts fat babies as healthier and happier, claiming Scott's Emulsion helps scrawny infants gain needed fat for bones and nerves. It asserts the product is sweet and soothing, marketed to parents with pricing and drugstore availability.
Government plans to start free mail delivery after February on a Petroleum route. The C., BG, & C. railway contract currently serves the line, but the present schedule may be unsatisfactory. A train schedule change is likely when mail service begins.
One fare for round trip every Sunday. For full information see agents or address C A Asterlin T P A Fort Wayne Ind Mrs Ida Reichard went to Hunting today to visit her husband who
The weather line predicts a warm wave with falling barometer followed by rain and snow from early February. Central to eastern areas face storms from the 3rd to the 9th with colder change, then warmer trends and more rain and snow from the west. Active storms arrive February 11 through 21 with tropical rain and thunder then rapid cold and blizzards. A fast storm period runs to March 2 to 7 with further rain, wind, and colder spells ending in late February into March.
Charles Deam Bruce Williamson and their wives arrive at Puerto Barrios then trek eighty miles into Gualan a rugged highland. They report Barrios diamonds fetch high prices and note local fleas and insects while the party enjoys $12 daily rates and Cresol compound for comfort amid scarce resources.
Fire at the Ervin residence west of Mt. Zion and near Huntington county started around four on Saturday morning. Mice chewing smatches may have sparked the blaze. the house burned to the ground. Neighbors helped save some goods but substantial losses occurred, with insurance at 800, total damages estimated 1200 to 1500 dollars.
Wilbur Potter aged three died suddenly Friday after convulsions following several days of grippe like illness. He was the nephew of Assessor John French and the funeral was held Sunday at Six Mile Church with interment in the church yard. The report that the father died with him was a mix up due to shared name.
A dist of land and town lots in Wells County Indiana is offered for sale due to non payment of taxes for the year 1264 including taxes for hi.
Auditor Clement S Ridneson certifies the enclosed docket is a true copy of detainees for the levy year and previous years. Treasurer Ed Surrer and Clerk note amounts due, penalties, and interest. Public sale of properties set for January in Wells County Court House, with parcels resold if not settled.
Laueinda H Sanderson Roethel Gardiner born New Carlysle Qjo June 29 184. died January 21 1905 in Richmond Indiana after lifelong service to her church and community. She married Daniel J Roethel in 1864 and later moved to Mendon Delkalb and Richmond. She leaves husband two children Fennua L Rose and Preston E Roethel, three sisters Emily Almira Spoke Emma Stureis Effie Patterson and many friends.
Mt Zion Telephone company completes an exchange at Petroleum and plans Dundee extension as the fourth station. The system began last summer in Mt Zion and has grown rapidly with extensions and cross connections to United Telephone lines, broadening patrons' access.
A series of fires damages homes and a mill with injuries reported. William Leedy’s farmhouse near Mt Zion destroyed. gasoline used causing an explosion. Francis Mumfert injured leaping from a second story window. A J Bremerkamp flour mill destroyed with 4000 bushels wheat and four carloads of flour lost. Ray Bremerkamp severely injured. A merry Craigville crowd visits William Berger. Dessie Mosure hosts a fourteenth birthday party with many guests and gifts.
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