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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1903
Page
2
In Bluffton Indiana a notice instructs discontinuation of the paper by card and requires payment of any arrearages. It also mentions a delivery error where the Banner was not sent to the intended recipient and requests a change of address with both old and new locations. The date cited is Wednesday February 11 1963.
The Ohio Oil Co. secured two large wells in Wells County. Ohio No.7 on the M B Sills arm in Jackson township produced 200 barrels in 24 hours. Ohio No.23 on the Jones & Cloud lease in section 10 yielded 120 barrels. Other wells in Jackson township ranged from 10 to 15 barrels, with one gasser. A separate well by J. Gordon & Co. on William Pine farm reached 350 barrels in 24 hours. Additional wells by Clover Leaf Oil Co and Slazelwood 411 Co produced 25 and 24 barrels respectively.
The scare in Magley is over with no fatalities since several spring cases. Dr Severin treated a border county case to prevent spread, and Wells county saw one case. Bluffton remains free but urges continued precautions. Deam's Catarrh Cure advertised at 25 cents a box.
Park G. Frazier of Fort Wayne married Miss Mabel Martin of Bluffton at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Postal on South Main Street. Rev. George Paul Torrence officiated with a small guest list and a luncheon following. The couple plans a home in Rochester after brief visits to New York Boston and Philadelphia.
A large Monday auction at Peter Hartman’s home featured items belonging to John Trostle and Hartman. Fred Reppert of Decatur and clerk Charles Pierce oversaw bids as the sale totaling over two thousand dollars drew participants from across the region. Part of both families planned a Tennessee move, with some already there.
Gen Bailey of Union township died Tuesday at 8 oclock aged fifty two. He was born and raised in Wells county and lived there all his life. He leaves a wife three sons one daughter two brothers and four sisters. The funeral will assemble at his home Thursday at ten for service at St John church with interment at the same place. Uniondale lodge K of J will oversee arrangements.
Enterprising women in the city are urged to bake and sell potato chips. With hot lard and thinly sliced potatoes, a ready market exists as a former local supplier quit manufacturing. Restaurants seek reliable chip makers and will purchase all produced. The first applicant to offer quality chips can secure the job.
Frank Head, a resident with prior infirmary time, was arrested by Marshal Crosbie and Constable Bill Crouse on a larceny charge. Lee Jacobs, who had employed Head, reported a fifty cent advance. Head allegedly took seventeen dollars from Jacobs pocket. Head appeared intoxicated, retained several dollars, and bonds set at one hundred dollars. He was jailed until arraignment before Squire Walbert.
Mrs. Snyder’s Sunday School class plans a seven cent social at the Baptist church basement on Tuesday evening February twenty fourth. Admission, supper, and all sales inside will cost seven cents each as the event promotes a novel all seven cent theme. Evans Winters Co extends six o clock closing for employees to April first as a voluntary kindness.
The article highlights a young Chicago woman who repelled two would be robbers with a hat pin as she walked home from work. It urges Bluffton girls to adopt a similar Chicago method and defend themselves against prowling masher crowds around church doors during revivals.
Mr and Mrs Charles Kaltwasser hosted a Monday night gathering for friends in honor of Mr and Mrs John H Snyder of Akron Ohio visiting during their wedding trip. Guests included Fred Ashbaucher Benjamin Ashbaucher Reverend String Jacob Klopfenstine and Charles Bentz with spouses enjoying games music and refreshments through the evening.
Weekly list of uncalled letters for the Bluffton post office ending February 9 1903 includes J C Berry Miss C D Brown Ed Conrad Robert Dick Distman Miss Mary DeLong Miss Nora Fall Abe E Ernst Peter Freeman Robert L Gardner Mrs C Hennefort William Harrison Miss E KE Johnson Wesley Little IT Lamson Manderville Prouty Mis EK J Thomas John C Yarger A L Sharpe and others awaiting pickup at the main office.
Daniel K. Reinhart and Thos J. McDowell of Bluffton closed a deal for a brick yard at the shovel factory switch of C. L. Smith. They bought three jets and a contract for clay, expect to build a kiln and start making brick by April first, shipping from Bluffton to supply local trade once ready.
Secretary Harry of the State Board of Health warns that old bank notes can carry microbes and bacilli and spread contagious diseases. He urges faster exchange of old money for new and notes the difficulty of tracing infections to a specific note. He likens the risk to battle bullets and weapons, noting eye infections and pneumonia as possible transmissions.
The House approved Rep Bell's bill allowing town school corporations to incur debts up to 2 percent of property valuation in addition to the 2 percent civil limit. The measure, amended and sent back for engrossment, targets municipalities not under existing laws and may pass with the change. The bill previously barred bond sales under 98 cents on the dollar, later amended to apply only to towns under 3,000 inhabitants with larger towns selling at par.
Mrs D D Studabaker living south of the city slipped on icy pavement Saturday evening while sweeping the sidewalk from the gate to the house. She suffered a serious right leg bruise and for a time it was feared the limb might be broken. A physician from the city found no bones broken but said she is badly hurt and will be bedbound for some time.
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Emmanuel's Church holds Sunday School at 1 30 p m and worship at 2 30 p m with the theme The Favorite Son Genesis 37 3 A cordial invitation to all Rev H A Wikre Pastor Saturday preparatory service at 10 30 a m and catechetical instruction after the service St Pauls CIMRCI holds Sunday School at 0 30 m and a 10 30 a m sermon The Commended Love Romans 5 8 Lord's Supper observed
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