Death of Adam Porter in Bluffton Ohio native obituary
Adam Porter died at his East South street home just before 9 a.m. after months of tuberculosis. A member of the Odd Fellows, the lodge handled his funeral at the Reformed church. Born May 9 1849 in Mahoning County Ohio, he married Lizzie Houck on September 1 1888 and lived in Marion before moving to Bluffton to work as a moulder. He leaves wife and two children Mable 10 Fay 13. The service was led by Rev J H String with Odd Fellows assistance, and interment followed at the old cemetery.
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Adam Porter
East South Street
Porter
Odd Fellows Lodge
Ohio
Mahoning County
Daniel
Tosann Porter
Mable
Fay
J. H. String
Reformed Church
Wells Circuit Court Term Closes Busy Session
The February term of the Wells Circuit court ended with noon Saturday. Judge Vaughn and stenographer M H Ormsby will leave for Blackford county. Gavin v Hast awarded 109 18 to the plaintiff. new trial denied. Real estate petitions and railroad condemnation cases settled for 100 fees. Faylor v Student Decatur proceedings continue with 33 witnesses examined and expected to last two more weeks.
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Wells
Vaughn
M. H. Ormsby
Blackford County
Whitright
C., B. & C. Railroad Company
Faylor
Decatur
Appellate Court Bars Reopening Divorces After Remarriage
The court held that remarriage bars reopening a divorce case or awarding alimony. Elliot Raridon had appealed a Newton circuit court decree granting his divorced wife $2,000 alimony, but he remarried before action. The court ruled alimony is an incident of a divorce judgment and cannot be reopened after the second marriage.
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Elliot Raridon
Newton
Funeral services for Miss Hattie Warner held at home
The funeral of Miss Hattie Warner was held from the home of her father Samuel Warner near Petrol eum on Saturday morning at 10 o'clock with interment at Stout's cemetery.
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Hattie Warner
Samuel Warner
Petroleum
Stout's Cemetery
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets praised
Mr Eli Butler of Frankville New York endorses Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets as the best remedy for constipation. He says they act gently with no unpleasant effects and leave the bowels in a natural condition. Sold by Davenport Ehle.
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Chamberlain
Eli Butler
Frankville
N. Y
Davenport & Ehle
The Teacher’s Summer Reckoning in Verse
A poem laments teachers losing jobs after winter, urging perseverance through summer work. It critiques critics who say teachers lack thinking and wealth, arguing educators labor year round and end up on school boards, penned by an anonymous editor.
FAVORS INCREASE IN- CARRIERS SALARY
In the House on Wednesday Representative Crumpacker endorsed raising rural mail carriers salaries while warning against officials using official time for private business. He plans an amendment proposing $750 yearly for routes twenty miles or more and $35 per mile yearly for shorter routes, signaling an expected salary increase.
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Crumpacker
Lettuce Claimed as Preventive Against Smallpox
A Medical Talk column asserts daily lettuce consumption protects against smallpox without vaccination. It urges clean habits and ventilation but dismisses vaccination, claiming no recorded smallpox case among daily lettuce eaters and inviting reports of any counterexamples.
Decrease in Smallpox Across State Counties
State Board of Health reports February smallpox cases 408 with five deaths across 34 counties, down from 889 cases and 50 deaths in February of the previous year across 59 counties. Counties listed include Allen, Clark, Clay, Tippecanoe, Warrick, Vigo, and others, with varying case counts and several deaths. The bulletin notes continued transmission among unvaccinated individuals and a forecast it could persist for years if vaccination rates stay low.
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State Board of Health
State Board
Allen
Benton
Boone
Cass
Clark
Clay
Clinton
Crawford
Daviess
Delaware
Dubois
Floyd
Grant
Huntington
Madison
Marlon
Marshall
Miami
Montgomery
Park
Pike
Pulaski
Putnam
Spencer
St Joseph
Sullivan
Tippecanoe
Tipton
Vanderburg
Vigo
Wabash
Warrick
Wells
White
Indiana Child Labor Laws Protect Youth in Factories
Indiana enforces strict child labor rules limiting work hours for under age fourteen and requiring basic English literacy for those under sixteen. The report cites census-based comparisons across states, noting illiteracy rates among literate children aged ten to fourteen and highlighting regional differences in the South.
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Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Connecticut
Washington
New York
Withers
Vermont
Mississippi
Georgia
North Carolina
Louisiana
Alabama
Replevin suit filed over horse dispute
A. W. Hamilton filed a replevin suit for Squire Moore Friday before M. W. Walbert against Sell Baker to recover a horse Moore says was not as represented. The case is set before Justice Walbert for 10 o'clock on the 22d.
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A. W. Hamilton
Squire Moore
M. W. Walbert
Sell Baker
Moore
Justice Walbert
Homecoming of Thaddeus Spaulding After Chicago Visit
Thaddeus Spaulding returned Friday morning from Chicago for a brief visit with his parents and grandmother. He appeared prosperous, claiming to have held first class positions. His grandmother has been critically ill, with her condition offering a glimmer of improvement that morning.
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Thaddeus Spaulding
Chicago
Thad
Thaddeus
Definition of man and woman as recounted by an 11 year old
An 11 year old provides a quotable glossary defining man as a queer animal with eyes ears nose and mouth and describes purposes for each feature. He states that a man’s body is split, he walks on the split end, and that a female man is called a Woman.
Proper Treatment of Pneumonia
Pneumonia is too dangerous to self diagnose and a physician should be called. The remedy Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is claimed to ward off pneumonia when used for colds or grip, and is said to be used by physicians with positive results. Dr W J Smith of Sanders Alabama endorses its use in pneumonia and in practice for six years. For sale by Davenport & Bhie.
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W. J. Smith
Sanders
Ala
Chamberlain
Davenport & Bhie
Erie R K Excursion Tickets Sale Notice
On the first and third Tuesdays of each month the Erie R R will sell one way and round trip excursion tickets to the west northwest and south at very low rates. For details contact Erie agents or Bros T P Ay.
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Hrie R. R
Erie Agenta
Bnos
T.P
Come Come My Love My Heart Is Burning Poem
A poetess Miss Take of Denver writes a verse titled Come Come My Love My Heart Is Burning. The piece asks a strong companion to comfort her before she is consumed by longing and loneliness.
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Miss Take
Denver
Pencil sketch shows new cemetery entrance archway
A pencil sketch in Ashbaucher Bros. store outlines a planned stone archway entrance to Fairview Cemetery. Two large ornamental iron gates will form the driving entrance, with an iron gateway at the sidewalk, described as exceedingly beautiful.
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Ashbaucher Bros
Fairview Cemetery
Nebraska Butter Outdone Folklore Tale
A humorous town yarn recounts finding a churn full of butter in a spring with hieroglyphics claiming 1846 origin. The teller describes a wild chase, a slippery elm tree, hair on the butter, and a gray squirrel as witnesses to the eccentric scene on a Nebraska farm.
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Ebraskans
Nebraska
Circus season in Indiana shows to parades and routes
Circus season in Indiana will feature usual parades as route agents announce possible appearances. Wallace circus may travel through gas belt cities in late May, Forepaugh-Sells Brothers arrive mid summer, Barenum Bailey plans fewer Indiana cities, Buffalo Bill tours Indiana, Pawnee Bill to book nearby, Colonel Cody. Ringlings have not announced dates.
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Wallace Circus
Indiana
Buffalo Bill
Pawnee Bill
Cody
Clover Leaf Route Excursions and Ticket Sales
Clover Leaf route announces excursion fares for Danville Illinois Central Minors Teachers association event March 25 28 1904 with round trip from Hainois stations and sale dates March 24. Lebanon Indiana State missionary society convention May 18 20 1904 with sale May 17 18. San Francisco National Association of Retail Grocers May 3 4 1904 with sale April 22 30. See agent for details or write G T M Whitney Toledo Ohio.
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Danville
Ill
Central Minors Teachers Association
Hainois
Lebanon
Missionary Society of the Churches’ of Christ
Indiana
San Francisco
Cal
National Assosciation of
United States
Whitney, G. T. M
Toledo, O
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Pell
Eds
Farren
Nobby
Erie RK. R. Excuretone West
Stetson & Royal
Kuppenheimer Spring
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