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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1894
Page
7
John Westley named postmaster at Decatur while Wells county notes show local calls and business visits. The issue highlights subscription deals, court terms, medical notices, and oil prospecting efforts in Markle and surrounding towns.
A jumble of short items notes a rumor about larger women sleeves, local calls, a fugitive case, medicines sold in Bluffton, militia officers, church notes, town surveys, and election praise for John Stine as County Recorder. The scattered items cover local visits, public notices, and community opinions across Ossian and Bluffton regions.
In Valparaiso Indiana the north county boom drew sharpers led by Thomas Payne of Boston posing as Chicago Cincinnati and New York capitalists seeking 2000 acres for a manufacturing site. He paid options with counterfeit banknotes and moved through Chesterton Porter LaPorte and Michigan City, ending with State Bank of Valparaiso holding notes signed by Patrick O Connor.
In May next the court heard that Cuonor declared a forged note to Payne. Investigators suspect the Laporte and aickigan City banks were dwindled as he visited those towns during the week, suggesting a wider banking pressure.
The 7 year old son of John Lenox Hartford City Indiana died after an insect ate from the stomach through the intestines into the heart. A post mortem by Dr Beck of Chicago found the insect caused death. Parents say he drank from a brook and swallowed the insect.
Fort Wayne residents report the arrest of Jandson Tyler and William Suttley, sons of prominent pioneer families, on burglary charges. Tyler confessed to leading the robbery of seven large business houses, implicating three others and leaving relatives shocked by the confession.
Advertises Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the best remedy for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions and claims it cures piles or money refunded price 25 cents per box sold by Charles C Deam.
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