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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1903
Page
2
Rates listed include 41.00 per year paid in advance and 94.50 per year for arrearages. Paper registered as second class matter at Bluffton Indiana Post Office. Include both old and new addresses for changes. All arrearages must be paid.
S C Reid of Bluffton criticizes Washington street brick bids in Hartford City. He notes bids range from 3.62 to 3.80 per square yard, contrasts with Kemp & Sons winning 2.20 for Wabash street using Metropolitan Brick, and cites other streets bid as low as 2.03. He calls for transparency and urges publication of specifications while defending the higher bid standards.
Back in the Pittsburgh area era the figure known as Rube Waddell earned a lasting nickname. He pitched a morning game then, after a midafternoon win, suffered a severe blow from a batted ball yet refused removal. He remained in the game and his team won by a wide margin, the manager noting his tough display in Owl City.
Monday evening at eight o'clock Charles Pierce and Nora Lipkey wed at the Lipkey home on Taft Wabash street. Rev. L A Beeks performed the ceremony in a brief but impressive service. Pearl Kindle played the wedding march as guests praised the union and shared a two course luncheon in the dining room. The groom, son of Mr and Mrs John Pierce, has taught in schools and works in the Greek agency company. The bride, only daughter of Mr and Mrs W A Lipkey, has a wide circle of friends. The Banner extends hearty Congratulations.
Resolutions from Hall of Liberty Center lodge No 147 1 C C F Liberty Center Indiana dated June 5 1903 express condolences for the death of Joseph Moore an esteemed lodge member. The resolution drapes the charter in mourning for thirty days and directs minutes copies to the bereaved family county papers and a report to the committee of John Dean Perciville Johnson and Thomas Turpin.
Miss Edith McCague entertained many friends at noon on Wednesday with a lawn dinner. The group included numerous Misses and Messrs including Charley Donaghy Marvin, Willie Ehrett, Raymond Kreigh, John Isnogle, and John Ehrett. GC W Rich of Muncie visited on business, traveling for a wholesale grocery firm owned by his father.
Prof Hart J Walker, longtime English teacher, will resign at semester end to become Ossian superintendent succeeding J B Merriman. He went to Bloomington to hire a new high school principal and secured Clara Roelker of Evansville as teacher. Marion Deam, ex Bluffton student, will join as the other high school teacher. No replacement for Walker yet in Marion. Board meet Thursday night to fill vacancies.
Miss Allie Braner received a agreeable surprise planned by her sister Marie after Sunday School and services. A large group joined her at home for invitations, a bountiful dinner, and cheerful social time. All went home feeling well repaid for the effort.
Mrs L A McBride wife of carpenter at 909 Wabash St reports weeks of severe loins pain and restlessness. After reading an ad she bought Doan's Kidney Pills from Chas Dean drug store and saw noticeable improvement. She recommends the remedy and notes price 50 cents with Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as agents. Paris green is also mentioned as a pure drug. Remember the name Doan's.
August 8 to 15 the 8th Regiment Indiana Brigade Uniformed Rank Knights of Pythias encampment will be at Lake Manitou near Rochester. Prizes total 200 for drills with 100 to best company, 75 to second, 50 to third, plus 25 for battalion turnout. Companies from Fort Wayne to Huntington compete. Bluffton begins preparations.
J L and Chas Humphrey awarded a $2500 contract last Monday for a two story brick business block on north Johnson Street. Watson Bros will build a 20 by 55 foot structure with two ground floor shops and four upper offices, ready in two months. Old rooms housing Frank Bayha’s cigar factory and Press office machinery will be relocated, improving the street’s appearance amid high demand for such small business spaces.
Four youths under twenty plead guilty in a mayor court session after a Saturday night of drinking in Bluffton. James Clark Raymond Mossburg Frank Brown and James Hughes were fined 90.55 with suspended payment during good behavior due to their youth and prior good character.
Portland will form a 60 member military company with the list completed on Saturday. Mustering will occur within ten days though no regiment assignment has been made. Fred Woodcock named captain. The G Y Griffiths hat factory will relocate from Huntington to Albany Indiana within thirty days due to timber scarcity in northern Indiana. Factory long a major Huntington industry. about twenty families will move with it.
Mr William Botell a well known young farmer of Van Buren wed Mary Studabaker who lived at Van Buren for some time The ceremony took place at the bride's parents home three miles east of Keystone Saturday evening June 0 Rev Louis Huffman of Mount Zion officiatedice cream fruit and cake were served The couple will reside in Van Buren
John S. Gilliland, as trustee, follows a Federal Court order to sell the Geo. H. Amram stock at public auction Tuesday June 23 on the store premises. Bid deposits of 200 dollars required. The sale may be by single pieces or in three lots clothing shoe stock and fixtures. N K Todd conveyed court-date confirmation from Indianapolis after telegraph.
At the July meeting arrangements were made to print and distribute advertising. Posters and handbills will be ready by Friday. Ed Spencer Ad Nall and John Dickerson will post bills. No speeches this year. Balloons and glittering fireworks will entertain. Music featured by the Linn Grove band, fourteen pieces in white, with a white wagon and white horses.
The June term of the Blackford circuit court will begin on Monday and run four weeks with no grand jury. Few new cases will reach trial due to many old cases on the docket. The criminal docket depends on whether indicted defendants plead guilty or plead not guilty, potentially taking much of the term.
The 1805 silver dollar minted in San Francisco and marked s on the reverse trades at a premium of 3.50 or the cost of a round trip to St. Louis for the exposition. Chapman & Co of Philadelphia offers the premium while a Boston agency quotes the trip price. The premium stems from coin scarcity as only 860 were minted in 18965. Ed Shoemaker owns one, while Minnie Faylor wed John will xealde at Fort Wi on Way day evening.
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