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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1894
Page
7
Readable items include social visits by Mrs. Frank Chalfant and Miss Josie Rutledge, mentions of local business calls, travel by Hon. Hugh Dougherty, and civic events on the Fourth. Highlights cover opera house plans, community parades, church dinners, Y P S C E delegates, and local weather jokes as well as short notices on accidents and politics.
The article summarizes Post Office guidance on postmasters duties with private business and courtesy replies. It covers enclosures of postage stamps for replies, dunning mail, use of penalty envelopes for government business, discretion on replying to private matters, and prepaid postage requirements. It warns that withdrawn letters need new stamps, postal cards with attached items incur extra postage, private cards are not postal cards, and mutilated or altered postal cards become unmailable.
Harry Deam reports the loss of one of his four good gray horses last Thursday evening. The animal had been driven hard the previous Tuesday, suggesting overexertion as a probable cause.
Wasnxerton July 9 1894 Congress adjourns for holidays as tariff bill passes 39 to 34 in the senate amid a heat wave. Conference on the bill is anticipated with key Senators Vorhees Harris West Jones Sherman Allison and Aldrich ready to join as needed. House members debate delays in currency reform and prepare stump materials led by Indiana Democrat Bynum. Grand jury indictments touch on sugar trust sources and possible U S Supreme Court appeal awaits.
The article notes the expected August start for federal intervention to prevent mail service interference by railroad strikes. It cites President Cleveland and the routine updates via Attorney General Olney Postmaster General Bissell and Secretary Lamont, who stay in constant telegraphic contact with subordinates. In Blackford County, Walker Monroe farm Well No 1 shows erratic output, shifting from oil to gas and back, now yielding about 30 barrels of oil daily.
The Lake Erie and Western Railroad announces a Friday August 3 1894 excursion to Cleveland Chautauqua Lake Buffalo and Niagara Falls with low rates from Peoria Fort Wayne Bloomington Muncie Lafayette Connersville Michigan City Rushville Indianapolis New Castle Tipton Cambridge City Lima Fremont Sandusky and other points. Side trips to Lewiston on the Lake Toronto and Thousand Islands are offered plus Sunday at the Falls and free trip Brocton Junction to Chautauqua Lake. Tickets valid return to August 7 1894.
Notice states the regular annual meeting of North Furniture Company stockholders for the election of a director. The meeting will be held at the factory office in Bluffton from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the first Monday of August 1894. 2713 C. M. Miller, Secretary.
An old advertisement lyric traces Castoria from infancy to motherhood. The refrain notes Castoria as a remedy used for babies, children, and even mothers, illustrating a period marketing voice and consumer trust in a single product.
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