Annual rates for prepaid and overdue payments
The note states an annual charge of 1.00 dollars if paid in advance and 1.50 dollars per year for arrearages. The meaning of the term aes is unclear and not interpreted here.
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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1904
Page
2
Bluffton Citizens Ticket Sparks Political Debate
The writer questions a new political party in Bluffton during March 1904, accusing local businessmen of using politics to protect their interests. He doubts the integrity of seven town men who labeled their slate a citizens ticket and argues there is no legal obligation to support any ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluffton
Citizens ticket eyes fund raising for party effort
The piece notes Jim Sale volunteers to fund the cause and Jimmy, long in politics, understands the good of the cause. It suggests ticket parties will collect rent or clip coupons to raise a substantial wind for the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens Ticket
Jim Sale
Jimmy
Bluffton Politics Stir Democrats Seek Subsidy Study
Vague remarks describe Democratic interest in Bluffton political strife. Secretary Shaw proposes a commission to study ship subsidy questions while details on Republican supporters remain unpublished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaw
Banner exposes independents on citizens ticket in spite of Democratic ties
The Banner condemns the citizens ticket as made of men who have bolted or refused to back Bryan and who now claim Democrats only for primaries. It argues they will likely boost the Republican side and hoodwink true blue Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens
Bryan
Grocers Debated Over Council Race and Trust Claim
Doug Cook, longtime grocer, chairs the campaign committee while Emory Forst, also a grocer, seeks election in the Second ward. Public opinion questions a grocers trust, with many alleging an agreement influences politics, though grocers deny a formal trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doug Cook
Emory Forst
Hull Defense Taints Campaign Funds Case
Congressmen Hull of Iowa won a suit seeking 40 dollars for services to influence voters. The court ruled the contract contrary to public policy. The piece questions how Hull can be elected again despite the ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull
Iowa
Seedless Apple Invention Sparks Regional War Talk
The President spoke of universal friendship as tensions rose across Ohio Iowa and New York. The era's oddities include a seedless apple and a remark on the vermiform appendix suggesting skepticism about its purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Iowa
New York
Port lands Flood Claims More Lives in Portland
Three more residents died as the Portland flood claimed Joseph Ross a 50 year old man who perished from exposure after refusing to move, Anna Browning who fainted from fright and died after rescue, and Charles Bailey who saved seventeen people and lay dying at the water plant. The community held funerals for John Lally and Otis Dowling while the county loss reached about 125000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ind
Joseph Ross
Anna Browning
Middle Point
Joseph Franklin
Franklin
Charles Bailey
City Light and Water Plant
John Lally
Otis Downing
Husband and Wife Rest in One Grave at Ossian
The Hatfield couple died within seven hours of each other from pneumonia. Funeral held at their Uniondale home with Rev. Mohler in charge. A large procession followed to Ossian cemetery where both are buried in one grave. They leave a teenage son to mourn their loss.
Heiress sought in mystery inheritance note
Marshal Crosbie received a Salt Lake City message seeking Emanuel Roush's niece said to have once lived here. Roush reportedly died in Salt Lake leaving inheritance unknown in amount and no address. Authorities seek any factual help to locate the heir and clear the tangle from twenty two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshal Crosbie
Salt Lake City
Emanuel Roush
Roush
Salt Lake
Irvin Lesh Touring City Auditor’s Office
Irvin Lesh is in the city to meet officials and get acquainted with the auditor’s office operations and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvin Lesh
City
No Railroad Election In Rock Creek
Auditor Brineman called off the C and B railroad election in Rock Creek after the company failed to notify officials. Inspectors arrived prepared to vote, but were told no election would occur. The Huntington vote failure likely influenced the cancellation and future subsidies may trigger a new date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brineman
Banner
Curtis
Huntington
Rock Creek
Huntington County
Rack Creek
Powers Gave Bond In Petit Larceny Case
Constable Crouse arrested Elmer Powers on a petit larceny charge and he posted bond of 100 dollars with Squire Walbert. Powers will face a preliminary hearing next Thursday at 1 PM with Abe Simmons acting as his defense. He admits owning the boots involved but contends he bought them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crouse
Domestic
Elmer Powers
Powers
Squire Walbert
Bond
Abe Simmons
Bluffton Welcomes New Home Owner Mr Lounsbury
Hale and Markley sold the Hiram E Grove property in Bluffton to ex Commissioner Lounsbury for 3200 dollars. Lounsbury, a Jackson township farmer with oil income, will move in around May 15 and make Bluffton his home. The Banner joins Bluffton in welcoming him while Mr Grove plans to stay a Bluffton citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale & Markley
Bluffton
Hiram E. Grove
Ex- Co
Lounsbury
Jackson Township
Wella County
Grove
Bluffton Prepares to Welcome Pennington Family Home
A letter from Dick Pennington says the family will return this week to Bluffton from Alameda California after nearly two years away. Their son Edward died of tuberculosis while they were west, and Bluffton residents look forward to their homecoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Pennington
Bluffton
Alameda
Cal
Edward
Program of the W H M 8 auxiliary meeting notes
April 3 program at Barbara Shoemaker home features devotionals and readings. Nellie Valentine on Mining Camps dangers temptations and needs. Dora B Hoskins on Seed Sowing Along the Frontier. Emma Johns listed among participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poneto
Barbara Shoemaker
Nellie Valentine
Dora B. Hoskins
Emma Johns
Harry Chambers Goes To Toledo Hospital For Eye Operation
Harry Chambers will travel to Toledo for eye treatment and a two week hospital stay. He was blinded by a gunshot wound while hunting with friends over a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Chambers
Toledo
Harry
Quick Buys Simon Foreman Hardware at Poneto
Jas. Change acquires the Simon Foreman hardware store in Poneto and takes possession Monday morning. The stock invoices about 2600 dollars and includes buggies, farming implements and related items. The new venture will operate as the Quirk Hardware Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas. Quick
Simon Foreman Hardware
Poneto
Quirk Hardware Store
Baby Elephant Little Jim Dies In Bloomington
The Gentry show mourns Little Jim a baby elephant once valuable at 2000 dollars and famed for performing in a band with two other elephants and a dramatic fall act. Native to Calcutta he spent years amusing Bluffton crowds before passing away at winter quarters in Bloomington Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluffton
Little Jim
Bloomington
Ind
New York
Calcutta
Hisstunt
Willard Jones Brings Hope Hospital Return Home
Willard Jones, from Hope hospital at Ft Wayne, returned home to Tocsin Saturday in serious condition as he battles the last stage of consumption. Hazel Crum, daughter of John Crum, is recovering from pneumonia and is up around the house. Mary Crum, another daughter, came down with measles Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Jones
Tocsin
Hope Hospital
Ft. Wayne
Hazel
John Crum
Mary
People pick Deam's Drug Store for lowest wallpaper prices
The public has chosen where to buy wallpaper noting Deam's Drug Store offers the lowest prices. The report highlights shoppers favoring its cheaper rates in comparison with other outlets.
Deep Pay Well Boosts Redkey Oil Field Prospects
The Redkey Oil and Fuel Company drill No. 4 yielded a premier deep pay well Friday, hailed as the best in the field and a potential statewide benchmark. The discovery confirms deeper pay zones beyond the shallow 80 foot sands, with a second pay rich and expected to spur rapid development by 12 to 15 companies. Indications point to two thousand or more wells planned in the next three to four months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redkey Oil and Fuel
Indiana
Redkey
Plans for Montpelier Three Room Business Block
Architect Cune Kibele prepares plans for a three room business block 160 feet long in Montpelier. Wash Bonge to erect the building, hailed as one of the town's most modern business spaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cune Kibele
Wash Bonge
Montpelier
Thats Place
Administrator Appointed in Hatfield Estate
J W Goodyear named administrator of Harry Hatfield estate after the deaths of Mr and Mrs Hatfield within seven hours leaving a single heir. The notice records the appointment and succession steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Goodyear
Harry Hatfield
New Park Site Considered At Dr Bugh Farm
Discussion centers on the old Dr Bugh farm one and a half miles east of town as a potential park location. The area features a dense grove of young hickories and a ravine capable of forming a lagoon with a twelve foot dam. Access would rely on a gravel road and an interurban line, likely crossing the river to the north in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bugh
Interurban
Family narrowly escapes drowning in Rock Creek incident
Daniel Brineman his wife and two children narrowly avoided drowning when their car left a flooded grade on the Rock Creek road near Liberty Center. All four escaped unharmed though soaked, with a six year old and an eighteen month old child among the passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Brineman
Rock Creek
Liberty Center
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Lucas
Chasc
Deam
Bluffton Banner
Geo,l. Saunders
Morrow Block
Abel
Laffey
Downing
Kent
Family Wiil
Bender, Walmer & Barr
Cune
Kibele
the People's Goods Store
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