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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1903
Page
10
Ten years after a severe blood poisoning, patient R. M. Wall of Morristown Tennessee describes ineffective physician care and rapid improvement after taking eight bottles of 8.8.8, reporting full recovery.
Charles Fisher, named as the man shot by Risser during a prowler raid at the Sim Risser residence, is identified by Risser as the attacker involved with wife infidelity. Risser, who recently moved to the city, pursued Fisher after discovering him with his wife, with a gunshot reportedly killing Fisher.
Friday afternoon in the circuit court Mr Risser filed for divorce on grounds of adultery naming Charles Irisher as corespondent. The complaint seeks custody of their child and notes Fisher threatened to harm Risser. Local speculation centers on Fisher as the man involved despite Mrs Risser acknowledging the connection.
Yom Irwin attended the Matthew Iron thoroughbred stock sale in Lowell Michigan last week and purchased a fine running mare named Novice sired by Imported Rotherhill. The dam No vice by Afton links to Mystic Ehring and White-Ivy. Warren tribute.
A Geneva Herald peculiar note recounts a druggist who kept a cow on his lot. He found a new calf in the barn the next morning. His son told his mother, We must call him Jesus, for he was born in a manger.
E B McDowell letters Indianapolis February 11 1903 detailing 351 bills introduced 80 enacted and a pending rush of measures. He notes a Senate deadlock on a baseball bill and predicts heated contention over the garnishee bill while Republicans hold a constitutional majority and potential graft marks pervade proposals. Senator J W Linear visits with a welcoming entourage and returns soon.
In a family anecdote Jack Moughin recalls guiding his father in law to a hog pen. He shoots the lead hog by mistake and the animal falls dead, prompting the old man to remark that Jack is wonderfully cross eyed.
Don French is compiling county wide Meta listings with Mach township separately prepared. Township assessors will refresh their memory this spring as real estate assessments are updated and farm land prices influence values. A county meeting of assessors is expected next month with French guiding them and providing official books. April will find assessors busy pursuing anyone holding assets from a national bank to a common dog.
An advertisement proclaims Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the best remedy worldwide for cuts burns bruises inflammation boils ulcers skin eruptions and other ailments. It notes widespread use with millions of boxes sold annually and credits G C Dean’s drug store as a local seller.
Local advertises elm butts for sale at a new hub and spole factory in Bluffton's Clover Leaf railroad area. Prospective buyers are urged to call the factory for prices and availability.
The third assistant postmaster general issues a manual on rural free delivery registry. It covers registering letters and parcels left in rural boxes, sender receipts, and storekeeper delivery under written orders. The Cotton Belt Route promotes immigration with low tickets to Missouri Arkansas Louisiana and Texas and free literature on farming profitability.
Mrs Nate Chalfant left Thursday at 5 30 for Hartford City amid reports she and her husband have agreed to separate. She walked four miles from home with her young son, arranged to ship belongings, and took a train, despite appeals from family friends to reconsider.
A Marion Chronicle correspondent denounces several towns including Bluffton for denying access to colored residents in hotels fountains saloons theaters and transport. The piece urges legal action to enforce Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendment rights and criticizes local officials for failure to protect citizens.
A reported new giant bedbug from Mexico and Texas has reached the Mississippi valley in large numbers. Said to measure an inch, it is nicknamed cone nose and is feared to cause deaths. The winged tiger bug is dark brown with a potent odor and hunts at night while fleeing by day.
Swis and others advertise dyes including Diamond Dyes Putnam’s Fadetess Perfection Dyes and German Thousehold Dyes at Stout’s Drug Store. Mr and Mrs Levi Linni are mentioned in relation to the store’s offerings.
The Indiana reformatory board reports for the year ending October 31, 1902 show 366 prisoners received and 401 released. Of those released, 282 were pardoned, three escaped, and 26 passed through gates in a colony. Muncie County sent 39. Wells County sent none. Religious beliefs varied with 268 nonprofessionals, one reform denomination member, and 235 nonreligious. Occupations before conviction included cooks 14, farmers 20, laborers 205, painters 12. Racial makeup: White 284, Black 80. One widower. four prisoners had college education. 43 literates. Anti-cigarette advocates note 237 inmates habitually use tobacco. Only one man was financially able to be saved rich. Of 362 convicts, most are rated as poor. William Lion, south of the city, suffers an advancing illness and quarantine.
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