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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1893
Page
5
Local notes recount visits to the World’s Fair by Wilbur Oman and other residents, calls by Chas Dubach and Abraham Showalter, plus anecdotes on readers, sales, and social events. The Bluffton scene includes thefts, band performances, school reports, and business notices.
Tens of thousands joined the Bluffton and Wells County celebration, with a morning parade led by Chief Marshal Stephenson, races at the track, a battalion drill, fireworks, and bands from Ossian Tiberty Center and Bluffton. Festivities passed without major intoxication. crowds filled streets for hours and trains brought visitors.
A fight at Buena Vista between Amos Herman and Harvey Eckrote escalated when Eckrote drew a revolver and fired twice at Adam Moser who tried to intervene. Moser was wounded in the chin and chest, Herman sustained seven cuts, Eckrote was cut and jailed on $500 bond, and Herman was lightly hurt.
Bluffton is designated as a division on the Clover Leaf with a new time card taking effect Sunday. The schedule lists Westward and Eastward through fast express trains between Toledo and St Louis and a mail service between Toledo and Bluffton, with Bluffton to St Louis daily except Sunday and a local between Bluffton and Frankfort.
On the Buckner farm in Liberty township a six year old cow delivered triplets. All three calves are red, uniform in color, and heifers about two weeks old. Charley Buckner prizes them highly and many visitors have seen the unusual sight.
Rev H Souder will be publicly installed as pastor of the Bluffton charge on Sabbath evening at the First Reformed church. Rev A K Yartman of Ft Wayne to preach the installation sermon and Rev S M Kessler of Mulberry to conduct the liturgical service. Kessler will also preach Sunday morning at Emanuel's church in Rockford. Public invited amid unusual services.
The F. M. B. A. order of Wells county invites all lodges to meet at Prohibition hall Bluffton at one o clock Saturday July 15 1893. Each lodge to bring full delegate quota to transact business. R F Gavin President H B Williams Secretary.
Contractor Fawcett visited the city to survey the remaining right of way for the new railroad. Patchell of Union City arrived to assist with the effort as Wessell and Gardiner joined the team. Fawcett says financial help is secured and the road will be built, renewing public optimism.
Notice announces a special meeting of the French township Insurance Company at 1 PM on a Sunday in July 1893 at the Election school house in French township Adams County Indiana. Frep RePrent, Pres. V.D. Bel, Nee.
Sylvester Mills on horseback collided with a cow on the Pugney track and was nearly killed. Bystanders rushed to aid as onlookers recalled the Fourth spent in Bluffton and local alarms about a near miss on the mail train side track. A weather change and local notices follow urging readers to settle subscriptions and address debts to keep the Baker paper in cash in advance.
The Ft Wayne Cincinnati and Louisville railroad runs an excursion to the World's Fair on Saturday. The train leaves Chicago at 4 51 p m and Muncie at 10 15 p m arriving Michigan City 4 15 a m. At Michigan City passengers take the Soo City steamer at 5 20 arriving at the Fair grounds by 8 00. Chair cars and sleepers available. Round trip fare four dollars fifty cents. Also a note on DeWitt's Little Early Risers pills for various ailments.
John Grattan of Brooklyn cut off his dog tail claiming the dog owned it. He was imprisoned for six months for depriving the animal of its property.
Market notes list prices and prices ranges for wheat corn oats rye and flax seeds plus butter lard potatoes hay and shoulders with date stamps and market figures unclear due to OCR errors but indicating price points and commodity names for Bluffton region.
Fragmentary verse references a patent pill labeled Little Early KisER with a note of cure for great ills, attributed to DewWitt. The text presents a dialectical slogan about a small tablet and its imagined healing power.
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