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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1904
Page
2
Thieves battered a side window and crawled inside the Sam Harnish drug store Tuesday night stealing about seventy dollars of goods including fourteen razors knives and other plunder. Local talent is suspected as the burglars left no clues and escaped with minimal trace.
Traffic Manager Davis met Mayor Mack to discuss a new switch from the Lake Erie line to the water works plant on Water Street. Backers say it would cut hauling costs, benefit nearby businesses, and reduce yearly coal transport expenses. Davis will arrange a survey and provide cost estimates with railroad concessions.
The Lancaster township Sunday school convention gathered at Lancaster Chapel with full attendance and active workers. Highlights included reports, a talk on Heart Work in the Sunday School, and a committee on nominations. The event closed with a benediction and song. A Hartford City News note humorously describes a local gin fizz well with no production, calling it a novelty.
The Wells County Medical Association held a meeting in the city hall last evening. Attendees included Dr. Shoemaker of Poneto Dr. Fred Metz and Dr. Newman of Ossian. The next meeting will be in Ossian on June 2. Dr. Park Grover and Dr. Denmaling of Fort Wayne will present papers.
Forrest Cummins arrived in Marion with his family at noon today. The gathering was met with broad acknowledgment as residents noted his notable presence in town and praised his customary attendance at local events.
A New York reader notes superstition remains common among women citing a family incident where a broken china cup sparked belief and a spell needing three items to break. A Kansas City letter mentions a servant seeking references for a job with a preferred social setting and early rising worries. Poneto's Methodist church plans a next week entertainment with Sam Brickley recitations, praised as an excellent speaker and likely to draw interest.
Jacob Burnsworth resigns as mollies postmaster after thirteen years, citing sharp reprimands from the Cincinnati branch. He recalls missed mails due to a stopped clock and busy days handling customers, noting a department reply to buy a new clock and later a “new thinker.” He jokes that at $8 a quarter his replacement may be drafted.
The Crab liquor case arising from Good Citizens league efforts to curb saloons in Warren ends in compromise. Crab sought a Warren license, faced a protest, and the matter moved through county and circuit courts to Marion before settlement. Each side pays half of about 565 dollars in costs.
In a March call, county treasurers pledged funds to meet state demands. The state notes over $300,000 has been paid out in the last twenty days and urges full remittance to replenish the general fund for warrants. Officials D B Sherick and N A Hill press prompt payment.
Market conditions were quiet with little change noted. Chicago receipts totaled 27 000 hogs and 46 000 cattle as grain quotations from Duttons wire showed May wheat around 9 1/2, July near 8 6, and September near 8 0, with corn and oats trading in tight ranges.
Bluffton Ind May 11 1904 Graln Co F Richmond an O B C surveyor left for Phoenix Ariz on physician advised trip due to lung trouble.
Bluffton city officials arrest three young women for prostitution after a Monday night disturbance at the Souder Baker barn. Mary Doe from Chicago was fined five dollars and jailed thirteen days. Mabel Moore and Hallie Fryback, both from Fort Wayne and Chicago area respectively, paid fines and were released after posting a total of thirteen dollars and fifty cents. An affidavit may be filed against Mrs Wingfield for assault and battery.
An advertisement promotes Push Kuro as a cure for nervous disorders poor digestion overwork excitement malaria and unhealthy occupation. It claims testimonials in a booklet and offers the remedy for 1 sold by druggists or direct from Dr C Pusheck 1619 Diversey Blvd Chicago with free medical advice and prepaid expressage.
An applicant in Bluffton Wells County Indiana will seek a one year liquor license at the June term of the Board of Commissioners. The premises are the ground floor of the Centerville Building on Market street occupying 79 by 17 feet with access from the front and rear yard and no partitions or connections to other rooms. Anpticant John Hass.
Indiana Grand Army of the Republic members decline yearly as about 600 veterans die each year. The state houses 15 574 members now, down from 23 880 a decade ago, with 422 G A R deaths in 1903. National G A R membership is 160 510, down from 399 510 ten years prior.
The petition of J. M. Snider seeks a ditch in Lancaster township Wells County Indiana. Viewers reported their findings and a hearing is set for Tuesday June 7 1904 before the Wells County Board of Commissioners. Ditch route begins 406 feet east of SE corner section 3 township 27 north range 12 east and proceeds via a described line to terminate at Datley Ditch affecting lands of H Mills J M Snider Homer Ashcroft John Rupright L A Williamson Sylvester Mills and Lancaster Township.
A male resident of Bluffton asks Wells County Indiana for a one year license to sell intoxicating liquors in a ground floor room of a Ward 2 building at lot 163 West Bluffton fronting Washington street. He seeks permission for on premise drinking and a lunch counter with entry lockable premises. The applicant is Lewis F. Helson.
In Wells Circuit Court April Term 1904 final settlement of George W. Grimes deceased estate filed by administrator Dr L Mason. Hearing May 28 1904 requiring heirs creditors or legatees to appear and show cause why account should not be approved. Clerk Hugh P Dailey at Bluffton Indiana attys Dailey Simmons Dailey.
Notice is given that W. W. McBride as administrator of the estate of Jacob Stroop deceased seeks final settlement. The heirs or legatees may appear to show cause why the account and vouchers should not be approved. Indiana dated May 11, 1904. Hugh D. Studabaker Clerk. Dalley Simmons & Dalley Attorneys.
By order of the Wells Circuit Court Indiana the administrator of Edwin W. Stockton deceased will sell at public auction at the north door of the Wells County Courthouse on Saturday June 11 1904 the west half of the northwest quarter section 9 township 27 north range 12 east in Wells County Indiana. One third cash and balance on nine and eighteen months notes at six percent interest secured by mortgage. Sale begins at 1 pm. William H Higgins administrator Mock and Sons Attys.
Viewers appointed by Wells County commissioners filed their report May 10 1904 on a proposed gravel or macadamized road in Wells County Indiana. The board will hear the report on June 7 1904 during the June term.
On May 1 1904 Wells County commissioners received the viewers report on the proposed gravel macadam road from the northeast corner of section 22 to the intersection with the Truffton and Salamania road. A hearing is set for Tuesday June 7 1904 during the June term of the commissioners court.
Notice of filing of a report by viewers to the county auditor on a proposed gravel road in Township 26 North Range 11 East, commencing at the southwest corner of section 13 and running north between sections 13 and 14 to the northwest corner of section 12, with hearing set for Tuesday June 7 1904. Bridget Moilen awarded $800 damages against Clover Leaf in Toledo Ohio for railroad damage to Pratt Street property and nuisance.
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