Bluffton Council by 11 PM Session Dashes City Officials
Bluffton common council met Wednesday night, approving bills and salaries, abolishing two offices, and reorganizing the fire department. The body raised the marshal’s salary and the tax levy, elected a new school trustee, and debated water meters and electric light plans. The session also discussed street paving, sidewalks, and city yard cleanup while the health officer reported low contagious disease and 187 sanitary orders.
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Bluffton Common Council
Studabaker, Sale & Co
O. K
MacFarren
Bliss Hotel
Iinder
City Council Eyes Salary Shifts and Declines Officers
Citizens press for a night policeman for the south side as a council debates two year salaries for mayor and other officials. The meeting also discusses library levy, abolishing city engineer and attorney posts, appointing trust ees, and setting the new tax levy for the year.
City adjourns after electric light levy raised to 31
Taxable amount this year would be about 2 206.00 to fund the electric light plant. A special electric light fund was created with a rate fixed at 20 cents, placing the city levy at 31 0, an increase of 20 cents from last year. This was the final act before adjournment as the meeting closed.
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Lambert Meter Company
Walter Fadley
Morris
Meck Farren
McFarren
Bender
Cheap trips southwest from St Louis for fair visitors
The Cotton Belt Route offers one fare plus 2 dollars for a round trip with stop overs and liberal return limits to Southeast Missouri Arkansas Louisiana and Texas. Trains run three daily southwest. Dates align with each month’s third Tuesday. Write for timetables maps literature and rates. E W LaBeaume G P T A Cotton Belt Route St Louis Mo.
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Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Cotton Belt
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T. A. Cotton Belt Route
St. Lotis, Mo
Mayors Court Fines For Drunkenness and Assault
Charley Hixson admitted guilt for intoxication and paid a $1 fine plus costs before the mayor. Al Bratton faced a trespass charge from Doc Evans with trial set for Wednesday at 9. The case stems from the Beth avenue sod cutting dispute. Ed Beers pleaded guilty to assault and battery and was fined $25 plus costs, following a Memorial Day incident on Market street.
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Charley Hixson
Joe Marsh
Hixson
al Bratton
Doc. Evans
Beth Avenue
Ed Beers
John Alexander
Market Street
Loan Money Terms From D L Reynolds Ossian Ind
A brief notice from D L Reynolds of Ossian Indiana offering a loan with ten years to repay, flexible payment timing, interest stops, and no commission.
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D. L. Reynolds
Ossian
Ind
Court Adjourns as Indictment Dockets Settle
Judge Vaughn presided at a short Saturday session granting those with grand jury indictments a chance to settle. The Wells circuit court adjourned for the long vacation with four weeks left at Hartford City. Lawyers plan summer vacations at lakes while courts remain quiet.
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Vaughn
Wells
Hartford City
Blackford
Wheat Looks Better Across County After Wet Spell
Wheat across the county shows improvement as persistent wet weather benefits growth. Reported conditions indicate fields that earlier appeared damaged are now filling out and responding to moisture.
Tax ferrets Here In Wells County Contracted
Professor J F Myers has contracted with Wellman and Son tax ferrets to locate sequestered taxes in Wells County. The process runs deed records back to 1881 and mortgage records forward. unrecovered taxes are presented to the county board for collection. The ferret earns 25 percent but only after all sums are collected. past experience shows large recoveries in other counties.
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J. F. Myers
Wellman & Son
Messrs. Wellman
Wells County
Scott
Wellman
Minnesota
Primary race for sheriff heats up with candidates
WARMING UP The many candidates for sheriff have declared their intention to seek nomination at the coming primary. About a dozen avowed contenders are active as wires are laid. The primary is scheduled for some time during August.
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Funeral Friday for Newt Carpenter Ossian
The funeral for Newt Carpenter Ossian was held Friday at the Meth church at noon. He became ill Tuesday evening after being well, an abrupt heart trouble is believed to have caused his death.
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Newt Carpenter Ossian
Meth
Mr. Carpenter
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