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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1894
Page
8
A Chicago Herald symposium condemns the hump backed riding posture. It ridicules riders who display the pose, cites champions who ride upright, and calls for limits on street speed and bicycle designs that force the humped stance.
Vera Cruz hosts a health fair while local residents report visits from Edson Shoemaker and Wm Engler. News notes mention David Beeler’s recovery, Nancy Beeler’s return from Linn Grove, and Shigley’s Chicago trip. A Bluffton group arrived, bringing troubling scenes of gambling and rowdy carriage riding as locals lament changes in the quiet town.
Bluffton Indiana notices a regular council meeting June 13 1894 approving sidewalks along numerous lots on Morgan Washington Market Cherry and other streets per town ordinances. Costs are assessed per front foot with ten annual installments and bonds to be issued if needed. Objections must be filed with the city clerk by July 1 1894.
Extremely hot weather swept across Indiana with scattered showers turning general and timely, aiding oats corn pastures meadows and gardens. Wheat is well filled and maturing with an abundant yield while corn shows rapid growth and recovery from frost. Oats head for a fair crop clover hay timothy pasture and potato prospects improve though berries suffer from drought.
The Clover Leaf steamers Alpena Mackinac and other boats run weekly from Toledo to Detroit Port Huron Mackinac and Montreal with varied departure times. City of Toledo and steamer Acadia Melbourne connect to Put-in-Bay Cleveland Toronto Kingston and Montreal and special excursions to Niagara Falls Asbury Park and Michigan at reduced rates via Clover Leaf routes through Toledo.
On Sunday June 24 the B I F will run its fourth annual excursion to Lakeside Park Warsaw Ind Tickets cost $1.00 Trains depart Huntington at 7 50 a m and return to Huntington at 7 30 p m the same day Lakeside Park is described as the finest in Indiana W G Mac Edward T P A Erie Lines Huntington
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