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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1904
Page
7
Law outlines strict duties for county auditors to add omitted real or personal property to the tax duplicate when credible information is found. If an auditor violates the section, they face misdemeanor charges with fines from one hundred to five thousand dollars and possible up to one year in jail.
Philip Gilbert of Rock Creek township submitted a Poole wheat sample showing heads filled with large grains. He estimates about twenty bushels per acre on a twenty acre field, with most of the crop yet to be harvested. Reports from across the county parallel this favorable outlook.
William Graham and another youth were arrested by Marshal Crosbie for shooting a dog belonging to Ceph Miller in a yard with children. Graham fired and hit the dog in the leg, Miller pursued them to town, and Graham was fined in mayor’s court with costs totaling 22.56 dollars. The riders escaped with a tired horse borrowed from Seabold as they fled toward the city. John Waring and wife returned home from Pennville where they had visited Mr and Mrs Will Bingeler.
Sammer, a long-time resident and former model youth who earned money painting bridges this summer, left for Montpelier and Blackford county. He was jailed briefly, released, and declared he would renounce Wells county forever. The first interurban car south carried the irate Samuel as he departed. He plans to return once funds run out to reclaim his place at the county farm.
Billy Russel traveled from Indianapolis after consulting Dr. Thompson about his son’s injured eye. The doctor said the eye is irrecoverably gone and the flying glass destroyed sight in that eye. Removal may be delayed four weeks to watch for infection in the good eye.
August second is scheduled for a joint session of Huntington and Wells commissioners to act on a gravel road petition. The three mile line road will be built between counties as viewers are appointed and an engineer chosen to oversee the project. The road has long been among the worst and poorly cared for.
Fred Hall of Mid way Oil Co. and Tom Flynn were taken to Fort Wayne on Monday and admitted to Hope hospital. Hall on a Milo lease has suffered a dangerous illness diagnosed as appendicitis. Doctors recommended an operation performed last Tuesday by Dr Porter. Hall is under company care and Flynn will stay with him during recovery.
Prosecutor Matlack returned from Liberty Center to attend hop ale cases before Justice Grady. Stone the defendant asked for a change of venue and the case was sent to M W Wal berts court for trial next Monday morning. The hop ale emporium remains in full operation with no signs of stopping business.
Joseph Knepper died Tuesday morning from injuries suffered in a fall from a wagon about six months earlier. Born June 30 1843 in Ohio, he lived in several Indiana towns before settling in Bluffton. Survived by wife Minerva McLeod and four children Reynolds Frank Charles and Mrs Cora Abrams, he served three years in the Seventh Indiana Volunteer Cavalry and was later affiliated with the Lew Dailey Post. Funeral 2:30 at the house with postorder, burial at Fairview.
Merchants on the West Side announce their third annual carnival for Saturday July 16. A balloon ascent by Professor Nemo and a snow scene return as star attractions along with Josh Hopkins and his band, the De Kalbes aerialists, the Martellas vaudeville skit, and Harry Mack. Street parades will be held at 10 30 a m and 1 p m. Admission is free and a good time is expected.
The Imperials schedule a home game next Sunday against a Delphos Ohio team. Local fans expect a strong showing after a recent convincing performance.
Miss Mayme Young formerly Mayme Jones dies in Fort Wayne hospital after an operation. She was well known in the city and visited with the John Ashbaucher family. funeral set for Thursday at one o clock.
Indiana residents challenge whether express firms must deliver within city limits as per address or can refuse outside established zones. The United States Express Co was fined for not delivering to Tom C. Gerhart in Kokomo, who lived inside the city but outside the firm's delivery area. Attorney General Miller filed a brief addressing state law cited by the express firms.
The case in Walbert's court ended in compromise after Mrs. Lawrence Runkle charged a fraudulent marriage. The defendant fled years ago, paid two hundred dollars, and escapes further prosecution. Mrs. Runkle may pursue divorce with him absent from the proceedings. Authorities have sought the defendant but never captured him.
The Epworth quartet Charles Burkett John Ker wood Alda Gilliam and C EB Snyder performed at Petroleum for the township Sunday school convention. About six hundred people attended as dinners were eaten on the church lawn and nearby lots due to Saturday rain. The Baptist pulpit committee will name a pastorate applicant at Wednesday prayer meeting with full membership attendance expected.
An Irish assessor raises a goat’s value from 2 to 40 dollars claiming a street-abutting animal may be taxed per foot. The owner protests as the law is shown in the book stating property abutting the street is assessed at 10 dollars per foot, and the goat has four feet.
Young surveyors recently laid off by the C B C survey crew consider staying in the area to complete a full plat of Portland. The project would map additions, water lines, sewers, streets, and electric light lines, becoming a valuable guide for the city. A Bluffton water system retrofit would require extensive digging to locate uncharted taps and plugs.
Monday the observers who will form the assessing committee for Deam gravel road filed their report with County Auditor C. S. Brineman. Starr gravel road reporters followed suit yesterday. Construction will start once offered for sale and certificates issued as the county’s gravel roads boom continues despite wet weather.
Miss Nancy Biddle fifteen year old daughter of Daniel Biddle was kicked in the side by a colt while playing in the barn yard with her cousin. The kick fractured a rib but she did not fall and fainted briefly before being carried to the house for a physician. The injuries are not serious and recovery is expected. Mr Biddle resides five miles north of town.
A year after the ambush killing of Melvin Wolfe by John W. Terrell, details emerge on the murder and Terrell’s fate. Terrell, once a prosperous figure, is said to be in a Richmond insane hospital, his fortunes scattered and his sanity questioned. The case remains a somber memory of that fatal Sunday evening.
Friends held a surprise party at Otto Pence house south of the city on Monday evening in his honor. The event featured games, music, and dainty refreshments with many attendees including Misses Ida Gentis Elma Romey Ida Merkey Catherine Mark ley Lenora Studabaker Pearl Chalfant Ethel Eckrote Effie Pence Edith Myrtle Nora Falk and several men from Liberty Center and the surrounding area.
Local banks report a spike in light counterfeit silver dollars, with two rejected at Wells County bank on Monday. The forgeries pass as perfect in appearance but feel greasy and weigh less, suggesting a leaden composition. The influx comes in waves with days of none followed by several pieces daily.
Invitations issued for the wedding of Miss Lenore Edith Evans to Mr. John Sanford Karns. Ceremony planned at the Awkerman residence on West Central Avenue Tuesday evening.
Roy Cole of Warren Huntington county has been notified by Congressman Fred Landis that he secured an appointment as a cadet at the West Point military academy and will be accepted in early spring. Cole previously aimed for Annapolis but was rejected for alleged color blindness. this disability will not prevent entry at West Point.
Migs and Hthel Fetters will depart tomorrow morning for Benton Harbor Michigan to meet Mr and Mrs at an erect ed event, according to the readable fragment.
A Keystone lad about twelve years old, found in Montpelier drunk, was supported home by concerned women after locals sought to help him. The incident spurred calls that anyone giving liquor to a minor should face full legal penalty, as the boy’s mother lies sick with consumption.
David Gottschalk won a contract at Berne for four squares of street work. The council awarded the $1,349 bid at Tuesday morning session. Work includes crushed stone pavement and a December 1 finish date. Gottschalk, with the lowest bid, will start immediately after bids were opened.
John Brineman, son of the county recorder, was exposed to a potent poison vine in the woods last Sunday. He remained at home in agony, broke out with severe symptoms overnight, and while some improvement is noted, recovery will take time as the poison is counteracted.
Bluffton Indiana market notes dated July 13 1904 show grain prices for wheat oats clover seed flax hay and other feeds with butter eggs potatoes and pork products listed. Live stock prices include veal calves cattle hogs and sheep plus poultry values. Mrs Arch Cook will host a gathering for friends this evening.
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