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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1903
Page
7
A Bluffton column blends Deams drug store grippe cure and egg foods with town news. Reports include a smallpox pest house in Gas City a mental health case in Decatur County and a farm possession suit. Suggestions on telegraphy schooling and rural route materials appear alongside social announcements and local sales.
Article advises not to worry about uncontrollable matters and to act when possible. It recommends Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for colds to prevent pneumonia and asserts the product removes worry about the outcome. Davenport & Ehie sell it.
The report notes Isaac Roush and A P Christman securing right of way for an electric railroad through Mt Zion. Coal supplies are dwindling with little fuel prospects. Rachel Jones dies of heart failure. funeral planned. Various local items cover illnesses, a shooting match, construction delays, a dogfight plan, interurban line impact, a house fire, and merchant concerns.
Prospect area reports heavy snow drifts making several roads nearly impassable. Mrs. Oliver Ormsby visited Ossian and T. O. Guldin on Sunday. Union township teachers held their fifth institute at Prospect schoolhouse with papers read and discussions held. Revival services resumed Sunday after a road delay. Miss Gertie Fultz, granddaughter of Jacob Clark, died at Prospect Wednesday from consumption at eighteen. James Lesh delivered seventy seven hogs at Markle, earning six dollars sixty cents per hundred for thirty and six dollars fifteen cents for the rest. James Lipkey to bring a carload of fine lambs to Uniondale Wednesday.
Public sale at T. F. Brown residence three and a half miles west of Poneto on January 22 1903 offers 22 head of cattle including cows heifers steers a yearling bull and calves plus 3 sows with 22 pigs and farrow sows. Also about 50 tons baled hay oats corn and more farm equipment household goods and tools. Usual terms. middle Indiana farmer catalog tone.
A humorous note warns against freezing body parts or overreacting to cold. It mentions wearing boots to bed, not tampering with frozen features, and the folly of thawing near stoves. It cautions about street talk and jokes about chilblains, then advertises Deam’s Antarrh Cure salve with a two month supply for 250.
Jimmy Barton known as Black Apostle faced the mayor for intoxication. He reportedly suffers from cancer with two tumors on one arm and wore a sling. He wept in the mayor's office and was sent home with an overcoat instead of punishment.
Bluffton residents who bought land in Tennessee delay plans to visit until spring weather moderates. They cite damp chill air and common early spring illnesses and intend to travel when conditions warm and trips will last several weeks.
The Cotton Belt Route offers first and third Tuesday sales of one way and round trip tickets at half fare plus two dollars to Missouri Arkansas Louisiana and Texas with stopovers and a 21 day return limit. The aim is to attract settlers to the southwest highlighting soil fertility low land prices mild winters and two to three crop seasons. Free literature on Homes in the Southwest and related topics is available from E W LeBraumey G P T A Cotton Belt Route St Louis Mo.
The corn boom continues at Craigville with active corn buying by David Hetrick. Young people attend revival meetings at Tocsin and the Christian Endeavor Society sponsors a week of prayer. Arthur Brentlingner is ill. Wer den Huffman and Nick Pierce plan to buy Jank next spring. Barney Upright faces a fatal risk from livestock yet remains active with Dr. Fred Metts noting a shoulder injury from loading stock.
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