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Newspaper

Bluffton Banner

Location

Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jul 13, 1904

Page

4

Missing Lynch girl sparks search across cities

Marshal Crosbie returns after a five o clock trip through the gas belt seeking Miss Mollie Lynch who has been missing since Sunday. Crosbie and Jim Lynch visited Hartford City Muncie Eaton and Montpelier with no success while relatives pursued leads from companions. The last sighting places her with Muff Morgan and a Miss White at a Hartford City dance.

Marshal Crosbie Mollie Lynch Elf Jim Lynch James Lynch Crosbie Hartford City Muncie Eaton Montpelier Miss Lynch Rhoda Thomas Anderson Ad Lynch

Cline band to hold weekly concerts if funds rise

The members of Cline's band met and decided to continue with weekly concerts provided sufficient money is raised. Subscriptions total about fourteen dollars, far short of expenses, and a circulation will be started to collect more. If funds improve, concerts will start about one week from tomorrow. Most favor the concerts as a cheap evening diversion.

Cline

Park club hosts riotous bell ringing at Rome City hotel

In executive session The Park club staged a noisy bell ringing prank on a young couple newly arrived at a Rome City hotel. The pair proved they had long-established marriage and showed their fourteen month old baby as evidence.

Park Club Rome City Jem

Mystery Surrounds Death of Mrs Starbuck and Babe in Well

Greensboro Indiana July 13 Sheriff Christopher arrested Haley Gipe in the ongoing case of Mrs Starbuck and her infant son found dead in a well. The motive appears robbery to some, with theories of accident or murder debated by physicians and locals. Funeral held for mother and child in a large county ceremony officiated by Miss Alicia Lawrence at the Friends church.

Greensboro Ind William Starbuck Christopher Haley Gipe

Woman Charged in Fatal Jonesboro Restaurant Shooting

In Jonesboro Indiana on July 13 Leslie E B Bradford aged nineteen was shot dead by Alma Vandeverer at a restaurant run by Jack Rente The two Bradford brothers had earlier serenaded the women with guitar and mandolin The shooter claims the incident was an accident Bradford worked as a gatherer at the US Glass plant and was the son of Mr and Mrs Benjamin Bradford Both women are jailed awaiting coroner investigation

Jonesboro Ind Leslie EB. Bradford Alma Vandeverer Jack Rente Leslie Bradford Jack Bradford Gas City Miss Vandeverer Brhel Ureviston Bradfords Benjamin Bradford

Mysterious assault interrupts show in Brazil Ind

John Kirkum of the Harrington Comedy company was struck during a storm while fixing a broken rope. The attacker, a tall well dressed man with a mustache, remains at large. Harrington offers a $100 reward for the arrest. In Indianapolis a jury pool for Ella Hicks murder trial includes many physicians.

Brazil Ind John Kirkum Harrington Comedy Company Harrington Indianapolis Ella Hicks Joseph Eddings May Inez Xcubea

Hill Sees Democratic Unity On Parker Gold Stand

Former Senator David B. Hill reports Democrats backing Judge Parker and the gold standard, saying the convention endorsed a brave stand and will keep the financial issue out of the campaign. He asserts the party now has a clear path to victory as Republicans are unable to reframe the issue.

David B. Hill Albany Judges Parker Judge Parker

Telegram for Judge Parker Still Missing after St Louis Vote

Esopus New York July 13 reports the telegram adopted by the St Louis convention remains undelivered to Judge Parker who only knows its tenor via the Associated Press. Mexico City July 13 notes Mexican papers praise ex Senator Davis the Democratic candidate for vice president as a Pan American congress member.

Esopus N. Y Judge Parker St. Louis Associated Press Davis Mexico City Pan-American Congress

Mine Workers Convention Addresses Cripple Creek Leader

In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania Frank McCafferty from Cripple Creek Colorado spoke at the Mine Workers Convention. The closed session discussed President Roosevelt’s alleged refusal to meet a committee from the Central Labor Union. Delegates debated the issue amid indignation as election tellers counted votes before adjournment.

Mine Workers Wilkesbarre Frank McCafferty Cripple Creek Colorado Miners’ Union Roosevelt Central Labor Union

Hamilton’s Memory Honored 100th Anniversary Observed

The 100th anniversary of Alexander Hamilton’s death was observed in New York with a brief service at Trinity churchyard and formal exercises on the Grange site in Washington Heights. A joint committee from the Society of the Cincinnati and Sons of the American Revolution and other societies organized events. The Hamilton family’s three generations attended and several addresses were delivered.

Hamilton New York Alexander Hamilton History Trinity Churchyard Grange Washington Heights Society of the Cincinnati Sons of the American Revolution

Bulgaria Concerned Over Balkans Crisis In Vienna

Vienna July 13 diplomatic circles report renewed revolutionary outrages in Macedonia cause concern. Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, visiting Vienna, expressed anxiety about Balkans affairs and feared a decisive Russian defeat in the Far East might enable Bulgarians to join Macedonian revolutionists.

Bulgaria Vienna Macedonia Ferdinand Balkans Russia Far East

Catholic Educators Meet to Propose Parochial Education Plan

Catholic educators from nearly every diocese in the United States assembled at St. Louis University to devise plans for a uniform parochial and training school education system.

St. Louis United States St. Louis University

Fatal ford tragedy near Portland Ohio reported

Fatal drowning near Portland Ohio as W Marshall Alger and his wife of Wheeling attempted to ford Short creek three miles east of town yesterday. The couple lost their lives in the rapid current while crossing the stream.

Portland Ohio W Marshall Alger Wheeling Short Creek

Explosion Injures Several Near Bannock Ohio

A dynamite blast just east of Bannock Ohio yesterday killed one man and left another fatally injured. Four or five additional people sustained serious injuries in the explosion. Authorities investigated the accident site to determine the cause and scope of the incident.

Bannock Ohio

Despondent Husband Kills Wife then Ends His Life

In Clinton Ta, July 13 Simon Rings shot and killed his wife yesterday and then killed himself. Despondency is listed as the cause of his act.

Clinton, Ta Simon Rings

Ammenis Fronts Tension Amid Turkish Abuses Report

Brief dispatches note Turkish abuses in Ammenis on the front lines and Royal claims from the Italian court. Other items include British ships stopped by Russian warships in the Red Sea and a Wisconsin Central rail line rumor denied. Samuel L Clemens returns from Europe with his wife’s body. a Morristown angler nets a twelve pound pickerel. Governor Odell launches action against shipyard officers over alleged fraud. Britain and Germany sign a pact to arbitrate treaty disputes.

Ammenis Italy Red Sea Agile Wisconsin Central Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Samuel L. Clammoena Mark Twain Europe Morristown N. J Odell Great Britain Germany Treat

Bryan Declares Support For Parker Davis Ticket

Lincoln Nebraska July 12 W J Bryan endorses Parker Davis Democratic national ticket arguing opposition to imperialism and race politics seeks peace arbitration and reduced standing army while warning against Wall Street influence and anti labor planks hoping Parker upholds arbitration eight hour day and tariff positions amid cautious optimism about economic reform.

Lincoln Neb W. J. Bryan Parker Davis Mr. Roosevelt Wall Strees Roosevelt Judge Parker Colorado Wall Street Ins

Beards as Moral Barometers In Chicago News Voice

The Chicago News argues for clean shaving as the true sign of a man’s character. It asserts facial features reveal personality, condemns beards and mustaches as deceitful masks, and warns against hiding weakness or aggression behind facial hair.

Chicago News

Used Lanterns Foil Burglars In Montpelier Night

Police received a report of burglars near Montpelier. After securing a lantern, officers traced the thieves who fled over a fence. The account bills the lantern as a safe, incidentally revealing the criminals at the scene.

Montpelier

Breakfast Lessons And Odd Travel Notices In 1904

In Bluffton Indiana a miscellany of thriftless quips about manners and bites of moralizing tease a town scene. It notes a horse-traders gang, a camping string of fifteen rigs, and a vivid portrait of uneasy street life amid a Clover Leaf Route promotional travel excerpt for trips to the World’s Fair in St. Louis with varied round trip itineraries and dates.

Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad Company St. Louis Bluffton Ind Pullman Palace A. Wallace Clover Leaf Geo H. Ross Toledo West H. A. Wallace Indiana

Notice of Starr free gravel road filing Wells County

Notice that on July 12 1904 Wells County Indiana viewers reported a proposed 16000 foot Starr free gravel road from the northwest corner of section 10 to the northeast corner of section 12 in township 25 north range 11 east. The hearing before the Board of Commissioners is set for August 2 1904 at the commissioner’s court Co 5 Brineman Auditor.

Board of Commissioners Wells County Indiana Said Commissioner’s Court Brineman Township 25 Starr Free Commissioner'’s Court, Co. 5

Will Run Excursion From Pennville To Riverside Park

The O B C plans another excursion from Pennville on the twenty seventh of this month. A large Pennville crowd, likely over two hundred, will travel to Eaton Park and then proceed toward Riverside Park by interurban.

Pennville Eaton Park Riverside Park

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