Ben Derr Defends Self in Saloon Fight on North Main
Ben Derr was allegedly provoked by two United Telephone linemen in a North Main saloon clash. Derr struck one opponent, who lay unconscious, and left the area without further incident. He asserts his actions were justified and he sought to avoid further trouble, earning support for his conduct as proper self defense.
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Ben Derr
Ben
Number Ten
North Main Street
United Telephone Company
Derr
Branded Horses by District Association Update
John Lesh of Rock Creek reports the theft recovery costs and rewards paid by the local horse association. A $25 reward funded the arrest and return of the horse. John Crosbie received $35 for capturing the rig. Six new members were admitted, and branding rules require every horse within seven miles to carry an R hoof mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lesh
Rock Creek Township
Association
John Crosbie
Ohio City safecrack test ends in record time
Farmers Banking Co of Ohio City sponsored a battle of safes with two firms bidding for the job. One firm was allowed to place a safe while the other posted a 9500 forfeit to attempt entry within three hours. The Burglar Proof vault yielded in 1 hour 53 minutes using nitro glycerine with seven shots. The interior suffered no damage and the building remained intact. The successful company photographed the operation and won an order for their safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio City
Farmers Banking Co
Walmer and Engeler fire losses settled and plans hinted
A Germania adjuster settled Walmer and Engeler losses with $4210 paid on a $6000 policy. W H Eichhorn’s insurer paid $250. Ernst and Kain recoveries totaled $886. Walmer and Engeler report $17710 in insurance and plan a large sale to clear stock, with remodeling and possible expansion of the building discussed for the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walmer & Engeler
Germania
New York
W. H. Eichhorn
Ernst & Kain
Walmer and Engeler
Clergy Couple Honored With Salary Increase
At a joint St. Paul and Emmanuel consistory meeting on Wednesday Rev. and Mrs. H. A. Welker were praised for their work last year. A grant of one hundred dollars more per year was added to Mr. Welker's salary as he enters his fifth year with the congregations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul and Emmanuel
H. A. Welker
Welker
Fourth of July Round Trip Clover Leaf Tickets
Special round trip tickets sold at all Clover Leaf stations on July 3 and 4 1903 at one fare. Good to points within two hundred miles of Biling station. Return limit July 6. Tickets will not be sold to
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Biling
Electric cars bite into steam rail passenger receipts
Traveling passenger agents from Chicago report a sharp drop in steam road revenue as electric cars divert local traffic. A new Alexandria to Tipton line via Elwood opened January 1 is cutting $300 to $400 daily, while a Muncie to Montpelier service is taking over $200 daily. Despite efforts, monthly local business remains hard to match last year.
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Chicago
Alexandria
Tipton
Elwood
Muncie
Montpelier
Fort Wayne
Schedule For Housewives Union Rebalances Household Roles
A new union schedule for Housewives and Housekeepers outlines husband duties. Husbands may attend the club once weekly and wipe dishes three nights per week or hire help. They must build fires, empty ashes, and carry coal, while arranging work so wives need not exceed twelve hours daily. If unable, they must hire help, with wages paid legally.
Warren Board Rules Against Crabb License Remonstrance
The Warren board of county commissioners voted unanimously to favor the remonstrants in the Crabb liquor license case after a long trial with witnesses from both sides. The anti saloon league had led a signature campaign, and the decision comes as hearings on similar cases begin this week.
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Board of County Commissioners
Crabb
Anti-Saloon League
Warren
Huntington Herald
If Women Only Knew Backache Cure Promoted
Bluffton resident Mrs. C. L. Conklin testifies that Doan’s Kidney Pills cured her year long dull backache caused by kidney trouble. She bought at Charles C. Deans drug store and felt relief after a few doses. Sold by all dealers with Foster-Milburn Co. as U.S. agents in Buffalo New York. Remember the Doan’s name.
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Dean
Bluffton
C. L. Conklin
East South Street
Chas
C. Dean
Price Co
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
U. S
Doan’s
Take No Institute
Real estate transfers and local business mix in Bluffton area
A list of land and lot transfers shows numerous deeds from Wiley, Wiecking, Deam, Allen, McFarren, Buckner, Williamson, Jones, Stoddard, Krewson, Biddle, Rinehart, Schoch, Farlow, Neff, Gibson and others across Bluffton Ossian Poneto and surrounding towns for sums from 10 to 3,000 dollars. Amid transfers, a Lee Mass woman touts Chamberlain’s tablets for indigestion and notes a busy multi-use building housing a saloon restaurant cigar factory barber shop cobbler and more with upstairs rooms.
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B. F. Wiley
Josephine Ulmer
Herman Wiecking
Gertrude Reed
Arnold
Bluffton
Charles C. Deam
Martha B. de Witt
Townley
South
Martha B. DeWitt
Ohio Street
J. W. Allen
Abner Elzey
Crouse
Ossian
G. F. McFarren
Wm. EB. Hixson
Silver
F.M. Buckner
Cyrus Stine
Doster
Amanda Jones
Margaret K. Williamson
Mary E. Stoddard
Free Public Library
Sarah Milliken
Andrew Davis
Krewson
Lillie Biddle
Charles Nash
Laura Rinehart
Rosa M. Schoch
Clara Farlow
Henry Cloud
Wilson Neff
H. §. Cloud
A. M. Gibson
J. W. Gibson
Robert Marshall
W. Clark
Frank Bayba
Ford White
Gus Michael
Fry case moved to Dekalb for trial in gas explosion suit
Henry W. Fry sues Fort Wayne Gas Co over the Eckart packing house explosion in Fort Wayne that killed three and injured others. The case, filed in Allen County and moved by change of venue, now awaits trial in Dekalb County amid expected hard fought proceedings with liability potentially resting on four possible defendants.
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Henry W. Fry
Fort Wayne Gas Co
Dekalb County
Eckart Packing House
Fort Wayne
Allen County
Fort Wayne Gas Company
Eckart Company
Nickel Plate Excursions to Chautauqua and Boston
Multiple Nickel Plate Road excursion notices advertise low fares from Fort Wayne to Chautauqua Lake N Y on July 3 and 24 1903 with return within 30 days plus Boston trip for First Church of Christ Scientist meeting June 28 July 1 at one fare round trip Tickets on sale June 25 26 27 see C A Asterlin T P A Fort Wayne Ind Also Y P C E Denver Colo International convention July 9 13 with reduced rates and rail passes through July 1 1902 plus N E A Boston July 6 10 with return extensions to Sept 1 1903 and Fourth of July limited trips all via Nickel Plate Road Alternative notices advise visit to Mystic Shriners Imperial Council Saratoga NY July 7 10 with round trip rate and more details from Asterlin Also Chamberlains Pain Balm advertised as antiseptic liniment for cuts bruises and burns Sold by Davenport Eble. William Kyle receives $61.75 from donors after team drowning with unnamed contributors. Mrs Archibald Mears offers piano lessons starting July 1 with concertized instruction and damper pedal emphasis. Hoaxes of professional beggars warned as flooding recedes, per Tipton Tribune.
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Chautauqua Lake
C. A. Asterlin
Fort Wayne
Ind. Y.P
Ind
Boston
Nickel Plate Road
Mystic Shriners—Imperial Council
Saratoga
N. Y
Reduced excursion fares and schedules in Indiana and nearby states
A sequence of travel notices lists reduced rates for L. E. & W. Modern Woodmen of America in Indianapolis from June 12 to 25, with general sale May 14 and 16, fare 2.85 round trip. Fort Wayne carnival June 22 to 27, fare 0.76. Ringling circus in Muncie June 25, fare 1.20. Indiana Music Teachers Association in Richmond June 23 to 26, fare 0.82 or 0.66 round trip, sale dates 23 and 24. Special excursion July 1 to Fort Wayne for anniversary, includes Bluffton departure at 8:57 a.m. and Fort Wayne return at 10:30 p.m., fare 7.50 round trip. Summer Lake Shore rail rates from Bluffton to Pleasant Lake 2.00, to Angola 2.10, to Fremont 2.40, to Ray 2.50. Winona assembly opens May 16, 1903, with 2.00 rate and 15-day limit, season ends Oct 1. Celina round trip 3.20, 30-day tickets.
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Modern Woodmen of America
Indianapolis
Fort Wayne
Ind
Ringling Circus
Muncie
Indiana Music ‘Teachers’ Association
Richmond
Indiana
Iraternal’ Assurance Association
Bluffton
Bhore
Pleasant Lake
Angola
Freemont
Ray
Winona Assembly
Celina
Letter List at Bluffton Post Office
Weekly list of unclaimed letters includes W. M. Gardard Miss May L. Paters son Ida M. Smith Davinia M Sprague with the post office notices for the week ending June 22 1003 and indicates items awaiting pickup by the addressees or their representatives at Bluffton.
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Bluffton
W.M. Gardard
May L. Paters
Ida M. Smith
Davinia
M. ‘Sprague
Fourth of July Excursion Rates by Erie Railroad
Erie railroad offers four round trip tickets at one fare for travel on July Fourth and return by July Sixth. Tickets valid within a radius of two hundred miles from the starting point. See an Erie agent for full details.
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Erie Railroad
Erie Agen
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Sarah W. Curtis
Lee, Mass
Chamberlain
Davenport & Ehle
Fry
Davenport & Eble
William Kyle
Myers Stone
Jacob Masterson
Tom "Ox
Archibald Mears
Tipton Tribune
East St. Louis
ITE
Indiana Medical and Surgical Institute
W. Wayne St
Ft. Wayne, Ind
D. W. Tucker
American Association of Medical and Surgical Specialists
United States
Hotel Bliss
Dr Tucker
Tucker
Pas God
Medical and Surgical Institute
J. W. Younge
Ft. Wayne
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