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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1894
Page
4
A 1894 Washington dispatch reports Senator Voorhees predicting the tariff bill will pass the Senate within five weeks, with the Bland seigniorage bill also expected to pass. The piece analyzes party positions on free wool, populist sugar subsidies, and the pace of Wilson bill passage compared to McKinley.
The piece cites calls to vote or pay a $2.50 poll tax in Kansas, criticizing anti democratic tactics in Congress and quoting Senator Turpie on tariff debates. It references President Cleveland's daily routine and discusses the Bland bill's silver coinage impact and its contrast with the Sherman bill.
New York ins woak figure Setister Hill testifies before the senate finance committee urging restoration of duties protecting New York and New England manufacturers and seeking removal of the income tax from the Wilson bill. He signals a shift away from a Democratic presidential bid and warns against protectionist ties in the party.
Frank Cummins, a Bluffton High School graduate of 1886, died Friday evening after an operation in Cincinnati for kidney and bladder trouble. His brothers and sister traveled to his bedside, and classmate mourners gathered to memorialize him, praising his generous, kindly disposition and loyalty to friends and school.
A patient with a pelvic abscess and multiple surgeries credits Hood s Sarsaparilla for dramatic improvement after two weeks of use. The account cites hospital transfer avoidance and an advertised testimonial seen in a Daily News notice prior to treatment.
Mrs. F. P. Young is reported sick. Mrs. Henry Starbuck is improving. Mrg B. R. B. Holcomb on the sick list. A new liveryman is doing a good business. Ed jokes about a broken saucer. Friday night entertainment praised. Bert Robey’s ground hog was a girl. Mint Wert sought work with Eck Ellison building a fence. Keystone begins to improve. Wm. Abshire adding to his barn. Bill Wilson hauled ice from Poneto. Tariff joke in local talk. Dad coming, its a boy and big enough to plow corn. Ike Hubbard’s valentines noted. Wesley Thomas comments on knowledge. Not every man can clerk in a livery barn. Locating a hotel discussed. hotel needed. Twenty to fifty men boarding at Montpelier and working in Keystone oil field. Loafing club reorganized with officers named. New lodge the Huckleberry Union. readers asked to identify it. Stoker Cottrell issues a challenge about crossing there.
The article notes a ten cent adoption fee and mentions Earl Lancaster's goat purchase. David Hitchens works on a side saddle while officers Len Martin John Fortner Bill Myres Jim Robison perform duties. The scribe plans to mail in her card next week.
Harrison Marsh offers for sale at his residence four miles southeast of Poneto on the Air Line pike on Thursday March 29. The catalog includes brood mares yearling colt yearling calf brood sows hog Studabaker wagon two buggies road cart harness sets double and single, tools, farming implements, livestock, ten acres wheat in the field corn in crib hay in stock, household and kitchen furniture, and other articles.
John Y. McKane arrived under guard at Sing Sing and faced a six year term as the warden proceeded. The barber shaved off his mustache and imperial, a notable personal feature, while he donned a convict’s suit and was placed in the idle ranks, showing calm during the process.
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