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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1903
Page
7
Mrs. Mary J. Todd remains in a very serious condition with friends noting a gradual sinking. Multiple local items cover new routes for mail carriers, a big Quaker revival in Rockford, and various small community updates on deaths, illnesses, and local commerce.
The article envisions rapid expansion of farm telephone service linking farmers to cities. It notes multiple small start ups forming semi private lines, later sold to larger firms, improving market access, emergency contact, and rural life. Wells county already hosts several such networks and more are planned.
William Fisher married Mrs. Nekrote at the bride’s home east of the city on Tuesday. The couple met through correspondence and had not met in person until Fisher arrived last Saturday. He brought his twelve year old daughter and obtained a marriage license at the clerk’s office Tuesday morning.
List of uncalled letters for the week ending February 2 1903 at Bluffton post office includes Miss May Allison J W Baumpardner Miss Phene Davis Mrs Winnie Dale Miss Girtie Ford William Fisher Miss Edna Harris Mr M I Johnson Chas Lafferty Edwin Redding Mrs Minnie Kennedy Mr Marley Sawyer A L Suarry P M Also an advertisement for Deam druggists nerve and bone liniment Deams Drag Store promotes sales reaching a peak this year noting 250 for one half pint.
In a First Presbyterian Sunday school class in Muncie a pupil named Jag claimed Jason was the great pool player after the teacher reviewed the visit of Paul and Timothy to the house of Jason. The scene shows a light moment among boys aged 12 to 16 as the lesson focused on biblical hosts.
Warren will gain a fourth rural route with an additional line ordered to operate February 16. The route will serve Wells county and Mt. Zion, with Mt. Zion post office kept open and a closed pouch delivered daily. The Mt. Zion petition to avoid abolition was granted and other star route offices will be abolished February 2.
Abe Levy challenged a Cherubusco tax on operating a transient merchant business after selling suspenders for 11 cents. Levy ran a Fort Wayne clothing store, rented a room there for a temporary branch, and argued the $25 daily tax unjustly restricted sale of suspenders. The circuit court upheld the law. Levy’s appeal seeks invalidation as unconstitutional restraint on trade.
Senator Davis will introduce a bill this week to abridge judges power to fine for contempt of court. It would give violators the right to a jury trial before being adjudged guilty of contempt unless the violation occurred in sight of the court. He argues current findings of contempt are excessive and often based on statements of prejudiced parties.
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