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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1905
Page
6
In Newport News Virginia on July 22 1903 a patient recovering from fever and inflammatory rheumatism in the knees reports months of confinement and failed treatments. After using S S S for rheumatism the patient improves after three bottles and continues until full recovery.
Bluffton resident Billy Kohler attempted to deposit a fake twenty at Wells County Bank. The bent note showed knife-scratched digits and differed colors, revealing the forgery. Kohler claimed origin at Studabaker Bank, but John Gilliland could not confirm receipt. Government redemption seems doubtful.
A local fur buyer was duped when a seller offered a black skunk pelt. The pelt hid white stripes painted with lamp black, lowering real value to only a few cents while the seller netted a good sum. The incident illustrates skunk pelt grading and deception.
Robes for the Royal Arch Mason chapter arrived Friday marking a lavish upgrade for the lodge. The velvet costumes with gold decorations, satin linings, and ermine trim were bought from a Detroit house and cost hundreds of dollars. Officers will be shown in the new outfits at upcoming gatherings.
The Observer dismisses a nationwide scare that unrecorded marriages are illegal. It states that a marriage remains legal if performed by a legally authorized person, even if the license is not returned or recorded. A will and posthumous testimony can resolve estate questions, but the fear is unfounded.
The sheriff will publicly sell on April 1 1905 at Wells County Court House between 10 am and 4 pm the rents and profits of undivided one sixth interest in sixty acres east side of southwest quarter section 17 township 27 north range 13 east and one sixth interest in the east half of the northwest quarter section 20 township 27 north range 13 east both in Wells County Indiana to satisfy a judgment with costs. The sale is to be without relief from valuation or appraisement laws and is conducted for the estate of George W Drum Son at the suit of Samuel Barger.
A certified copy from the Wells Circuit Court announces a public sale of real estate in Bluffton Wells County Indiana to satisfy a decree in a case with George T Williamson as plaintiff against Frank and Ella Christman. The sale occurs March 25 1905 between 10 am and 4 pm at the courthouse door. The property is 1744 feet of the east side of lot 35 in Bluffton. If unsold, the fee simple may be offered to satisfy the decree costs and interest. Sheriff Wells County. Mock & Sons Attorneys for Plaintiff. Minteh dst, AL 10, 1905.
Milton Davis and his sister visiting from Texas were in a runaway on a road west of town. Davis suffered a four inch cut across his chest and both were bruised badly. A horse buggy and harness were borrowed to return home after the crash.
Orskoff and Harvey debate duty vs. love aboard a gunboat after capturing robbers and learning two girls, Koura and Alma Jurnieff, are missing on Bokharan shores. They plot a risky plan to free the captives, using Palpak and the Zan nucks clan to leverage passage toward Bokhara, while the czar’s law looms over their treacherous course.
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