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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1894
Page
3
A catalog note touts the Equalizer Spring harrow as solving depth variance in disks when working over furrows. It claims consistent cutting depth on both ends regardless of team size and surface irregularities. The piece ends with local notices about a funeral trip and a burglary report at Wiley's school scene.
Local items from West Jackson include Justus Rogers and Co storing ice recently and ongoing thefts. James Riggs and wife with a boy and Marion Cruse preparing ice for summer use. A spelling bee at Beard schoolhouse last Tuesday night and church disturbances at Dillman. Samuel Elkins and Sam Kariger had their house ransacked while away.
Sheriff Huffman visits Ossian as Editor Keifer hosts his father. Residents move cafes, visit kin, and attend meetings. Rev Craven conducts a two week Elhanan meeting while Grace Chalfant attends a Greentown banquet. Numerous calls on sickness, travel, and local school events fill the week's notes.
The article notes growing turnout of Bluffton alumni on weekend visits and mentions D C R Kocher joining the group. It records the Alumni banquet success and lists forthcoming year offices: E H Roe president, Ida Taylor vice president, Nellie Craig secretary, William Doan treasurer.
The Craigville school reports a term ending February 22, 1894 with total enrollment 63 and average daily attendance 94. Students who were never absent or tardy include Edgar Abbott, Gerthie Hower, Verna Miller, Minnie Shaffer, Daisy Robenold, Nora Baxter, Minnie Hower, Willie Strohm, Isaiah Brinneman, Clintie Gilliland, Henry Strohm, Orla Pierce, Sue Miller, Sadie Miller, Fred Davenport, John Strohm, and Bertha Miler. The term closed with commemorative exercises honoring Washington, conducted by teacher Walter R. Reed.
A family expresses heartfelt thanks to friends who saved their goods and cared for their furniture when their house burned. William S Heckman and Lydia J Heckman thank those helpers for timely aid and preservation amid the fire’s ravages.
A full line of boys shoes is advertised urging shoppers to view the offerings before buying elsewhere. The notice emphasizes checking the stock prior to purchase.
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