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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1904
Page
6
Logansport and Indianapolis report elevated typhoid risk as flood debris contaminates wells and cisterns. Physicians warn heated weather could trigger new cases unless areas are cleaned and disinfected, noting many residents rely on deep city wells less affected by surface water.
Residents in Delaware County watch an oil rush fuel speculation with preposterous lease bonuses. A veteran operator warns the boom will produce winners and losers and that the “bonus” game harms the business, noting past shifts from one-eighth to one-seventh and one-sixth royalties in major plays like Standard Oil.
A collection of light quips and anecdotes from a small town scene. Jokes cover smoking after meals, editor versus hen, a husband telling a joke at 2 a.m., and a fashionably dressed lady confusing a child with a playful hat remark.
The Sunday school superintendent committee met to discuss a possible union excursion this year. A future meeting will decide the destination with Detroit a favored option. Travel rumors include tolls at sixty mile lake crossings and a Windsor Canada option, with cheap rates and child free trips for some.
The Montpelier racing association announced summer race dates with July 12 as the meet day. Purses totaling fifty two hundred dollars are offered, promising strong entries including Bluffton sprinters training on the Montpelier track.
City merchants favor a monster country picnic near the city on July Fourth. Plans include games outdoor sports and a large turnout with attendees providing their own meals while the Merchants association discusses funding grounds and water needs.
Goodland Indiana baseball management sent Oscar Way on Monday to pitch two games for $20 and expenses. The tryout with the strong independent team could lead to remaining season play.
Byron Witmer and wife visit Petroleum for a Saturday report. Witmer notes strong business and a booming real estate market with several new towns platted in the area.
Sheriff Butler of Adams county recovered a horse stolen from Decatur Packing company on Saturday morning. He found the animal with a gang near the Toll Gate school house and returned it to Decatur. A youth named Woodruff confessed to stealing the horse Sunday evening and was jailed. The gang pursued toward Fort Wayne then Ossian before being located near Toll Gate school. Innocent buyers turned over the horse, while Woodruff faces a lengthy sentence.
A larceny case in Hartford City centers on a $1 grindstone once held as an heirloom in the Long family. William Cochran pleads not guilty, claiming the heirloom stone was his property as part of his family history. The judge weighs the claim as the trial proceeds.
Blackford County rulers, in their June meeting, decide to bar all non county business from the Hartford City courthouse. They order barber shops and similar shops to vacate at once, with rooms to be used by county officers and staff.
An introspective critique of a man passed over for promotion. It portrays a floundering employee who clings to poor habits, fellow intruders, and complacency. He resists learning, cannot act on his own judgment, and favors amusements over growth.
An industry with a promising future in the city is cement building blocks. Several buildings will rise this summer with this material and industry officials expect it to enter general use by next year. The material is praised for cheapness and neatness.
Hastings Nebraska June 9 1904 K M Rienar writes of World’s Fair Indiana building and Quay’s mourning in Pennsylvania building. He mentions meeting Gov Peabody of Colorado and martial law telegram from Lieut Gov Haggett. Describes Hastings farms wheat alfalfa soil black and neat homes. En route to Colorado notes on Republican River McCook Wray Palmer Lake and altitude 7000 feet, cattle country ahead.
Saturday morning Arthur Alexander and Maggie Chenoweth obtained a license at Clerk Studabaker’s office and were married by M. W. Walhert after Terri Stroiabaker offered the space. The ceremony completed in a short time, with neighbors offering congratulations as the couple departed.
Dell Hamilton visited his parents in Union township and will stay with his brother A. W. Hamilton before preparing to study medicine at Chicago University this summer. He is also offered an instructor position in mathematics at Rock Island for the coming term at $90 per month.
A farm near Stockton was sold Saturday afternoon at an administrator sale held at the courthouse steps. Details on the buyer and final price are not fully readable from the fragment.
In Boone County Indiana Judge Artman rules the sheriff cannot be reimbursed for feeding transients in the Lebanon jail. The decision implies counties may stop funding inmate sustenance, leaving the hungry vagrants with no meals while awaiting further action.
The narrator recalls boys with electric porch lights disturbing quiet evenings on the front porch. A young man leaped in fright when the lights flashed, hitting his head and causing a headache. Mr. and Mrs. McCaughan visited Ford City and spent Sunday with Mrs. G. B. Gardiner.
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