Glorious Fourth Celebrated With City Wide Honors
The Fourth of July celebration passed smoothly with high credit to the committee. Crowds filled streets from early morning as firecrackers and noise filled the day. bands from Linn Grove and Bluffton provided music while trapeze acts and a foot race entertained spectators. An automobile race and balloon ascent drew crowds, though wind thwarted the balloon. fireworks at the courthouse square closed the event to general satisfaction.
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Blaiton
Linn Grove Band
Bluffton Band
Linn Grove
West Market Street
Lewis Dewitt
Charles McCleery
George Riley Stout
Leader Corner
Halshing
W. H. Stephenson
McCleery
Riley
Cline & Zimmer
McMahon
Britt
Bliss House
Glose
Faylor
North Main Street
Vore
Brittat Stout
Schott
Geneva
Fowler
Shepherd
Dave Myers
West Wabash Street
Dave Swaim
Stephenson Corner
George Becker
Harry Cutting
Montel Coons
Court House Square
Add Hall
Lem Stout
Gus Plessinger
Fruit Growing and Truck Farming Along the Cotton Belt
A new illustrated booklet from the Cotton Belt Route showcases success stories of Westward growers who turned low value lands into profits. It highlights peaches strawberries pears grapes tomatoes melons and other truck crops yielding from 100 to 300 per acre annually. The ad invites free copies and notes southwest living compares favorably to eastern rents.
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W. LaBeaume
G. P
T. A
Cotton Ball
St. Louis
Wants to Be a Fighter at Kenagy Quarry
A wary tramp, newly in town, took a stubborn stance and fights anyone who looks his way. He works at Kenagy and Starrstone quarry but his quarrelsome manner risks labor trouble. Also, Saturday brought record soda fountain business at Stout’s, with crowded tables all day as patrons sought cooling drinks.
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City
Kenagy
Starrstone
Stout
Last Wednesday Storm Delays Hay and Hits Town Hard
A violent storm struck Wednesday night with heavy rain and continuous lightning. Flooding damaged quarries and sewers, soaked hay and corn fields, and caused livestock losses from lightning, including two cows on H
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Mat Russell
Will Walmer
H. W. Hoover
Markie
Hoover
Julia Hanna
Kendalville
Mahlon Paxson
Greenfield Farm
Buttermilk
Two Personally Conducted Excursions to the West
Two personally conducted excursions are being organized to Colorado Utah and California. Departures are slated for the first weeks of July and August with very low round trip rates and no car changes from Ohio to Indiana points to the destination.
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Colorado
Utah
California
Ohio
Indiana
Deane
T.P. A
Mo. Pao. Ry
Sentinel
Ind
Ind. H
Post Office Report Highlights Local Government Support
Postmaster Sharpe releases fiscal year results showing 144628 envelopes 529315 postage stamps 57338 postal cards 925 stamp books 7377 money orders. Office receipts near 15000 monthly expenses about 9000 yearly. four thousand sent to government to fund rural carriers. eighteen employees paid regular wages. two million pieces of mail weighing about a hundred tons handled this year.
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Sharpe
Chambers Crane and Casting suit seeks 3000 dollar note judgment
Court filings show Chambers Crane and Casting versus Matthews Steel Casting in circuit court over a two thousand dollar note and an additional thousand dollars in damages. The case details are partially legible with references to an assigned or transferred claim and a grantor promise.
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Chambers, Crane & Casting Company
Matthews Steel Casting Company
Algo
Grantany
Real Estate Transfers From Bluffton and Townships
A sequence of property transfers lists buyers and sellers including Joseph Whaley to Hila Whaley for the east half of lot 50 in Studabaker's addition Bluffton for $2.00. Martha Lehman to George Todd 40 acres for $3100. Oscar Reese to Christian Reese 40.5 acres for $84 000. Luther Twibell trades 80 acres for $84 500 and 60 acres for $2 000. and other deeds involving Peter Confer, Samuel Confer, Martha Engle, Frank Gordon, Richard Garver, James Stahl, Franklin Haecker, Luella Watson, W. P. Bender, Leonard Meyers, and Charles Robb in townships 25 26 28 north with ranges 11 12 13 east.
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Joseph Whaley
Hila E. Whaley
Studabaker
Bluffton
W.P. Bender
Leonard Meyers
Martha Lehman
George W. Todd
Charles O. Robb
Peter Confer
Samuel Confer
John Confer
Martha Engle
Frank Gordon
Amanda Shaffer
Walmerville
Richard Garver
James M. Stahl
Jefferson Township
Oscar Reese
Christian Reese
Township
Franklin Haecker
Luella Watson
Luther Twibell
William Twibell
Strenuous baseball ends in deaths near Quitman Georgia
A close sixth inning at a Georgia ball game near Quitman left Samuel Johnston and Richard Edmonson dead. Buckshot killed Johnston after the catcher missed a ball and a pistol shot killed umpire Edmonson in the eighth inning during a fight that followed. The assailants fled.
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Georgia
Samuel Johnston
Richard Edmonson
Quitman
Johnston
Edmonson
Spain
Domestic Troubles Aid with Dr. King's New Life Pills
An advertiser claims Dr. King's New Life Pills ease domestic tensions by aiding stomach and liver troubles. The copy promises relief and cure, noting a price of 250 at Chas 0-Degm's and urging readers to try the remedy for family comfort.
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Dr. King
Pilla
Chas
Degm
Eva May Wale ser Wed to Willard R Van Winkle in Anderson Home
A refined home wedding at the residence of Mr and Mrs Dr J A Walser united Eva May Wale ser with Willard R Van Winkle of Winslow Arizona. Rev W Kent officiated beside palms and ferns as Anna Kaltwasser played Lohengrin. A three course dinner followed in a parlor filled with sweet peas and relatives toasted the couple before the couple departed for their new home with the Santa Fe railroad in Winslow Arizona.
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J. A. Waleser
Eva May
Willard R. van Winkle
Winslow
Arizona
Lohengrin
Anna Kaltwasser
Bluffton
Alta
Porter Cooper
Middletown
W. Kent
Mra. van Winkle
Mr. van Winkle
Santa Fe Railroad
Anderson Herald
California Excursion on Clover Leaf Route
Round trip 868 55 to California via Clover Leaf route. Tickets on sale July 1 to July 10, 1903 with return by August 31, 1903. For tickets and information contact Clover Leaf route agents or C A Whitney General Traffic Manager Clover Leaf route Toledo Ohio.
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California
Clover Leaf
C. A. Whitney
Toledo
Ohio
Drastic Sunday Closing Law Shuts Down Montpelier Businesses
The Montpelier Journal reports a Sunday closing law took effect banning sales of newspapers, milk and ice wagons, all amusements, and shutting shops. A cafe manager was arrested for selling chewing gum, an alderman for keeping his door open, and a pawnshop porter for washing windows.
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Montpelier Journal
Marriage Licenses: Francois Harden to Mi Blooher
Francois Harden and Mi Blooher appear on marriage license record with other names and note details in a brief civic notice. The fragment shows couple entries among multiple licenses listed in the column.
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Francois
Harden
Thom
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