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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1903
Page
4
Police hunt a young man in the Vera Cruz oil fields after a young woman reports she was exploited while pregnant. A companion faces a harsher charge. the case has stirred strong local emotion as citizens demand justice.
Ossian defeated Hoagland in morning 9 to 1 and again in the afternoon 12 to 1 with Crouse and Way pitching. Experts predict Crouse may become a better player than Wagner with experience. Uniondale defeated Kingsland 12 to 8 in a seven inning game at Kingsland. Kingsland plans to add a new third baseman and plays Bluffton next Sunday.
Judge Headington laments repeated moves and denounces housecleaning as the worst, saying it should be abolished and declared unconstitutional while recalling his forty years in the city and his single prior move from the farm.
Full blooded Short Horned Durham cattle for sale by Dr J C Funtron of Bluffton Indiana. Surplus stock of all ages and sexes available to farmers in Wells and adjoining counties for thirty days on six or nine months time on approved paper. Inspect stock on farm five miles northwest of Bluffton. 8966-273
The Linn Grove band aided the celebration with a serenading jaunt in the afternoon. The BaNNeER office was honored among the recipients, and the music drew much appreciation. The band is praised for its pleasing rendering under an able leader. Davenport & Ehle advertise Chamberlain's stomach and liver tablets in the notice.
About 250 from Fort Wayne and delegations from Muncie Marion Warsaw and other cities attended a day of events. A baseball game featured Fort Wayne Shamrocks and Bluffton with strong pitching by Baumgardner and solid defense behind Gosshorn. The afternoon included sprint and field contests with notable finishes by Reed and Pence, and a social evening with addresses and dancing before the return train.
An M. H. C. and Fort Wayne official predicted an interurban to Bluffton within six weeks. Attorney Brackin said only two small right of way pieces remain unsettled, minor enough to settle in minutes, enabling a clear track to Bluffton after grade work continues from this city south toward Montpelier. Contractors run two grading gangs, one near Poneto and another between Keystone and Montpelier, joining soon. The council did not adjust Johnson street grade at last night’s meeting.
Ed Huffman, a farmer, returned to town Friday afternoon with a fractured elbow after slipping from a hay load and falling onto nearby machinery near Vera Cruz. Dr. McKinney examined the injury as a fracture with partial dislocation but expects a favorable recovery.
Report of casing pulled from the Brickley well near Kingsland and pumping stopped is false. The well is active with oil being stored, though daily output is modest. Experts expect it to become a producer. Weatherbee plans a second well on the lease as the rig stays in the field.
Bert Stookey of Petroleum had filed suits against Will Kirkwood and wife for provoke. The cases were called in Nottingham before Squire Nusbaum. No trial occurred as defendants requested and were granted a change of venue. M. W. Walbert will hear the case July 11. Stookey says Kirkwood and his wife provoked him after he was fined for an assault on Kirkwood.
At a Thursday Elks meeting the group discussed renting the second and third floors of the proposed opera house for lodge quarters and club rooms. They favored the plan and planned a Friday session with the permanent quarters committee and lodge trustees to work out terms, including payment and heating arrangements, with a three story front to enhance the building’s appearance.
In Prairie, rain last week affected low ground corn and a phone at the Sawyer farm. A Sunday school collision near Prairie church sent Misses Belle and Anna Shrock tumbling from a buggy pulled by a careless horse driven by George Evans's son. Both women escaped serious injury and the incident prompts a call to safer driving near the church.
Detroit to Baltimore and various cities mark a series of one fare round trips for 1903. Events include Epworth League International Convention in Detroit July 10 to 19 and Knights of Columbus outings with trips to Put-in-Bay Ohio and Saratoga Springs New York. Special low round trip fares offered from Clover Leaf Route with May 14 to September 26 sales window.
One fare round trip to Marion Indiana via Clover Leaf route for Marion Driving Association meeting July 21 25 2003. Get tickets and information from Clover Leaf route agents or D Whitney general traffic manager Clover Leaf route Toledo Ohio.
Lake Shore railroad cuts summer fares with round trips Bluffton to Pleasant Lake 2.00, Bluffton to Angola 2.10, Bluffton to Freemont 2.40, Bluffton to Ray 2.50, Winona assembly season opens May 16 1903 at 2.00, 15 day limit 2.70, season limit to Oct 1 1903, Celina Ohio round trip 3.20 tickets valid 30 days. Water usage totals at Lake Erie lines station Brumbaugh show 401,850 gallons and Montpelier 239,700 gallons, totaling 641,550 gallons.
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