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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1903
Page
3
Fragment from a newspaper notice informs readers to discontinue by notifying the publisher and settle any arrears. It warns the Banner is not sent to others and requests that change requests include both old and new addresses for accuracy.
January eighteenth deadline issued by the Banner company urges readers to settle delinquent subscriptions. The notice notes a one dollar annual rate if prepaid and a delinquent arrearage of one fifty per year, emphasizing convenient payment options and the impact on publishers.
The article reports Ben Hoover, confined on a chicken theft charge at the poor farm, missing from the facility. He wandered the yard, rode a local path to Bhifton, claimed plans to visit Ossian for family, and was later reported safe with relatives until Monday. County officials await care decisions at Richmond asylum.
Members of the W R C and G A R held a joint meeting Sunday night at the G A R hall decorated in national colors. After a solemn installation a banquet of sandwiches doughnuts and coffee was served by the W R C ladies. New officers installed include Mrs D H Studabaker president Mrs W J Tivans treasurer Mrs L O Bender secretary Mrs John Wisner chaplain and others including senior vice Mrs Ed Bartlemay junior vice Mrs Frank Thorpe conductress Mrs I B Shimp guard Mrs Ephloster assistant conductress Mrs Charles Isaltwasser assistant guard Miss Essie Bartlemay organist and color bearers Madam Ashbaucher Davenport White and Thornburg.
The Indianapolis Sentinel reports cities sidestepping a constitutional limit restricting debt to two percent of assessed property value. Decatur Huntington Evansville and others exceed the cap with bonds far above the limit while Blounton shows improving finances and a path to compliance.
The Indiana governor vows to stop boxing exhibitions and close revived pugilistic clubs in Muncie and Martford City, calling most events fake and designed to bleed spectators. Miss Minnie Lovell remains ill since Sunday with no improvement.
The county commissioners met for the first regular session of the year with a new member, George W. Lechner, replacing Andrew Haflich. David Quehsenrider becomes president, Joseph Stahl moves up, and Lechner begins at the foot. The session mostly reviewed bills and routine work while two liquor license applications were on the docket, Pra Wisham and Enoch Stipp. A RR ad mentions White Pine cough syrup, 25 cents at Stout's drug store.
Arch Quok shares a Tuesday letter from George Ashbaucher with news from the Great American desert. He endures extreme heat, dry conditions, and nightly desert wolves near the tent while mules are soaked to eat baled hay. The job pays well, hours are short, and he plans to return for the summer season. He speaks of improved health and hopes to withstand the north's climate, plus a plug for 16x20 frames at McLain's studio.
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