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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1894
Page
2
The balloon failed at initial inflation but repairs by Prof Bartholomew allowed a later ascent. About 200 feet up a new tear caused smoke and a slow descent back to ground. No injuries occurred and the professor received $30 after a promised $100 prize. crowd disappointment noted.
Bluffton Business College opens Monday July 10 in Studa Bakers Hall N Main St as a branch of Prof Keller's Seymour and Greensburg College. It offers six months contact with courses in bookkeeping shorthand commercial law arithmetic business correspondence spelling penmanship and real office practice. Prospective students urged to inquire with Chas Cring Bluffton Ind for tuition and details.
A newspaper in Illinois filed suits against forty three men who refused payment. Judgment was entered in each case. Twenty eight affirmed they owned no more than allowed by law, avoiding attachments. Following a Supreme Court ruling they were arrested for petit larceny and bound over in 300 dollars each. all but six provided bonds. Postal laws deem taking a paper without paying as petit larceny.
The Decatur congressional convention drew large crowds with strong support for Mr. Martin who was nominated amid enthusiasm. The Hartford City Telegram states Martin is head and shoulders above G. W. Steele and will win in November.
Grandmother Mertz remains on the sick list as Mrs. Bishop and daughters visit friends near Domestic. Mrs. Kemmerer of Chicago visited about two weeks ago, and Mrs. Justus of Bluffton with a friend visited this place. Miss Ada Gottschalk of Comeati visited local friends. Two weeks ago the Evangelical church held its annual Children's Day with strong attendance and a collection afterward.
Zanesville hosts a grand Fourth with a 2590 audience for Eichhorn’s lecture and a $75 fireworks display. Rev. Bloyd of Ohio City visits. a local marriage Maud Young Clark ties the knot. Mrs. Bloyd lies dangerously ill. a planned barbecue follows Eichhorn’s address. Beware of business owners who sign petitions to close yet stay open.
Craigville weekly notes record scarce items and a near depopulation on the Fourth. Miss Myrtle Miller visits from Craigville to Geneva while Wheat in the area is cut and in shock. A child from Nank family buried at Pleasant Dale. A concert wagon and dog horn visit the town. Local W R C meeting at Oakland church. Blacksmith sought. gold standard query to congress.
West Jackson reports harvest is underway with wheat cut and cherry picking in progress. Mertie Thornburg of Milo visits her aunt Ida Jackson. News is scarce as everyone stays busy leaving little time for visitors. Fourth of July celebrations in Warren proceeded except the tule race. Farmers feared egg shipments stalled by trains affecting merchants.
Harvesting is nearly done as health fair returns to Wells County. M C Blue's operations at Decatur last Saturday include Mel Johnson harvesting for Blue. Frank Ruby expected to regain mobility soon. McCoy Smith, a Wells County pioneer since 1849, died Friday morning. Frosted nights hint at cooler weather while the town stays busy and odd quips wrap the page.
The community notes progress on threshing with George Gottschalk and C Funk at work last week and Fried Bosert with his thresher in use. Local residents travel to Ft Wayne and Decatur while farms like Jethro Potter’s show activity and fruit vine sellers are suggested.
W A Bowman of Bluffton Indiana praises the Bonanza Thresher from Robinson and Co and a 10 hp Gaar Scott traction engine. He claims lower cost lower dust and better threshing with reduced labor and offers to charge four cents per bushel of wheat and two cents per bushel of oats.
Letters from Bluffton to Linn Grove praise W A Bowman Bonanza thresher and Farmers Friend straw stacker. Farmers report cleaner threshing, fewer hands, faster work, and well preserved straw. Several buyers express intent to purchase and use the equipment next season. An Oregon note closes the fragment.
Delaware Ohio reader touts Simmons Liver Regulator easing crippling constipation and bleeding piles after four months of use. W B Leeper endorses it as available in powder or liquid to be taken dry or as tea. A Wheeling West Virginia man claims a canary can whistle Yankee Doodle.
Remedy claims to remove lumps, swellings, saddle galls, scratches, rheumatism, barbed wire cuts, bruises, sprains and deformities. Described as a nineteenth century discovery by a famed English veterinary surgeon and said to penetrate to the bone. Price 50 cents and $1.00. Sold by J. E. Sturgis. 2313m
The piece argues that sugar trust opposition shows self serving motives and extols Hood s Sarsaparilla as a cure for many blood related ailments. It claims impure blood causes disease and promotes vegetable remedies over quinine for conditions like scrofula rheumatism and dyspepsia.
A Providence resident writes that after one bottle of Drummond's Lightning Remedy she would not take a hundred dollars for the relief. The ad offers two bottles for five dollars and seeks agents, with the promise of a month's treatment sent by express to the buyer.
The advertisement proclaims Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a universal cure for cuts bruises sores ulcers and other skin issues with a money back guarantee and 2 cent price per box sold by Charles C Deam. It adds a note that one seventh of France's territory consists of forests.
Drummond's Lightning Remedy for rheumatism has the medical faculty's unqualified endorsement as a safe and efficient preparation. Benefits are felt from the first dose. a month’s treatment uses two bottles, priced at $5 and sent by express on receipt of price with special instructions.
In 1364 the pointed hoods worn by the ladies often reached four feet above the head, making the lady's face appear about the center of the body.
An advertisement claims Crafts Distemper and Cough Cure prevents distemper and coughs in horses sheep and dogs. It promises one dose prevents and one bottle cures in three to six days and offers a treatise with testimonials from breeders. Wells Medicine Corp Lafayette Indiana.
A reader is told that De Kine’s New Discovery cures consumption coughs and colds with claims of powerful chest and lung relief. Each bottle is guaranteed with refunds for unfulfilled claims, trial bottles are free at Charles C. Deam's Drug Store, and large bottles priced 50 cents and 1.00. The Greek church wedding ritual uses two rings in the ceremony.
An advertisement touts Dr Wells New Cough Cure as a universal throat and lung remedy for coughs colds bronchitis asthma consumption whooping cough croup and similar illnesses. It claims thousands of cures after others failed and lists price at 25 cents through J E Sturgis 2313. The copy ends with a skeptical line about changing opinions.
Four remedies prove their merit with phenomenal sales. Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds, Electric Bittera for liver stomach and kidneys, Bucklen’s Arnica Salve the best in the world, and Dr King’s New Life Pills a perfect pill. Each is guaranteed to do as claimed and sold at Charles C. Deam’s Drug Store.
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