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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1903
Page
3
Notice requests formal discontinuation by card and requires payment of arrears. It states the Banner is not mailed unless ordered by the recipient or a friend and instructs providing both old and new addresses when requesting a change of address.
Residents of the Pugney road area circulated a petition to preserve the rural route. The board of commissioners approved improving the road by building a pike this summer to ensure post office carriers can travel the best possible route and maintain delivery.
Jacob Lesh son of John and Elizabeth Lesh, born December 6 1832 in Center County and died January 20 1900 in Wells County aged seventy years, one month, and twenty three days. Surviving siblings include Jonathan Lesh Cooperstown Indiana Kathrine Barbart Markle Indiana David Lesh Caulfield Ohio Isaac Lesh twin and Susan Staver Markle. He moved with his parents to Indiana in 1850 settling in Rock Creek township Wells County. Married Margart Farbart December 1852, father of nine children, eight survive him with twenty eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. He joined Reformed Church in 1853 and remained faithful. Goitre first appeared 1884 leading to stroke and motor paralysis two weeks before his death. Funeral held Saturday at St Paul’s Church with Rev H A Welker and Rev Mohler, theme The Glad Home. Family expresses thanks for kindness shown during sickness and death.
The Wells circuit court opened the February term under Judge Vaughn with a full docket. Criminal cases will lead the week while the civil docket is prepared for hearings by week’s end. County commissioners also meet, considering a two percent subsidy for a Toledo, Fort Wayne and Indiana railroad crossing Union Township. Numerous minor rulings include a $1 fine for George Mack and dismissals in several divorce and foreclosure matters. The city injunction case against Hoosier Construction proceeds with demurrers argued by Sturgis and Smith, then Wilson and Elliott present opposing sides, and Dailey, Simmons & Dailey, Eichhorn modeling the city s defense.
Clover Leaf railroaders met in Frankfort on Saturday to push for wage hikes. The company granted new rates Sunday: freight conductors 3 per 100 miles, brakemen 2 per 100 miles, Toledo division local freight crews up ten cents per day, passenger conductors five dollars per month, overtime after twelve hours with 10 mph schedule maintained, half pay during dead-heading, yardmen up five percent. The package follows previous increases for engineers and firemen and takes effect Sunday.
Physicians in Indianapolis report Hon. Sid Cantwell improving after a hemorrhage nearly costing him his life. He gains strength with no recurrence symptoms and hopes to return to the House soon, though full duties may take several days. Friends from the legislature visited St. Vincent's to speak with him.
The large funeral for Perry Summerville was held Sunday in Hartford City with many locals in attendance. Summerville, once employed there, was a member of Uniformed Bank of Macabees, O U A M, and the Elks lodge. ILKS led services at the cemetery. large procession noted his popularity.
Indiana statewide statute requires transient merchants to obtain county auditor licenses before selling. The act bans ads for certain sales and imposes fines from fifty to five hundred dollars plus possible 10 to 30 day jail terms for violations. It defines transient merchants to include individuals, partnerships, and corporations moving goods statewide or within towns. The measure aims to protect retailers and customers from dead stock moved by flashy ads, noting such goods often linger in large city inventories before being dumped in smaller towns.
John and Charles Harrod were arrestedSaturday at their Williamsport home and held on bond awaiting trial for posting scurrilous verses in a public place that maligned the LaFollette daughters. A detective investigated amid prior misfortunes suffered by Dr. G W LaFollette and his family. The preliminary will reveal the extent of evidence, though details remain undisclosed.
For sale or trade a 160 acre farm with a six room house small barn and outbuildings. Features include a bearing orchard good water sixty cultivated acres and 100 acres of fine timber mainly oak in the Tennessee River valley near Flintsville Alabama. Write or visit W D McAfee Bluffton Indiana for full particulars.
Bluffton earns a dubious reputation as a town where Saturday night fights occur after saloon hours. The piece laments a rising lawless element, cites weak enforcement, and urges the city marshal to enforce closing times and for citizens to demand action.
Ben Wallace prepares a large road show with ten new cars, including two sleepers, to join a long circus train. Hicks locomotive and car works of Chicago won the contract. The forty car lineup signals a major push in the forthcoming circus battle, with Indiana as a key arena next summer.
A vintage drugstore advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the world’s best pain conqueror for cuts burns bruises and inflammation. It claims miraculous results for boils ulcers and skin eruptions with a money back guarantee and a 25 cent price at D C Deam's drug store.
The Washington West lauds Indiana for a long standing preeminent role in the Senate noting uninterrupted service by capable men a vice president from its ranks and a president from its party Indiana’s prestige is said to be credibly maintained as of now.
The new century shows a huge demand for top workers as millions are put to work. Dy King’s New Affects promises relief for constipation sick headache biliousness or any stomach liver or kidney trouble and is available only at O C Deam's drug store.
Mrs E H Johnson dies after months of consumption at 901 West Market Street Tuesday morning. Survived by husband and four sons Henry Rufus Charles and Emmett. Funeral at 1:30 P M Christian Church with burial in the old cemetery where two sons lie. Rev Warner to preach the sermon. Also ad blurbs for Deam's meat smoker and Rocky Mountain Tea product.
Between ten in the morning and four in the afternoon on the specified day, rents and profits of a tract of land and house at the court door in Bladon Wells County Indiana are offered for up to seven years. If inadequate, the full fee simple will be exposed to sale to satisfy the decree and costs with no relief from valuation.
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