Linotype Machine Now in Operation at Bluffton Banner
The Banner reports its new Linotype machine, installed by Chas Pauley of Logansport Indiana, is functioning after initial gas heating hiccups. It describes Ottmar Mergenthaler’s invention, its 1875 origins, 1886 adoption, and the machine’s 1500 brass matrices driving automatic type casting with a melting pot, injector blade, and distributor system enabling rapid composing and distribution.
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The
Banner
Bluffton
Chas. Pauley
Logansport
Indiana
Merganthaler Linotype
Ottmar Merganthaler
Baltimore
United States
Canada
England
Morganthaler Linotype
Linotype Machine Described for Printing Line Composition
The text explains Linotype basics with matrices for letters, spaces, and special chars. It details the keyboard driven assembler, wedge spaces, inclined magazine channels, and fast slug casting to print a line.
K of P District Meet Heads to Montpelier
The next K of P district meeting will be held in Montpelier with about 500 visitors expected from Bluffton and surrounding towns. The event will likely occur in February, with railroads offering reduced rates and Bluffton sending a large delegation as Montpelier promotes the gathering. The lodge has around 260 members and aims to mobilize a banner turnout.
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K. of P. Lodge
Montpelier
Bluffton
Mka
Fort Wayne Student Visits Family This Weekend
R. B. Kunkel, a Fort Wayne business college attendee, spent Sunday with his parents near the city, according to local notes.
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R. B. Kunkel
The
Fort Wayne
Remarkable Courtship Ends in Unconventional Marriage
Arnold Treat, thirty five and entrent man, courts Eugenia Dutfield a hospital board director. Their engagement fails and revives amid hospital politics and clashes over rules. They marry privately after repeated discord and now live apart, two residences and infrequent shared time.
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Arnold Treat
Eugenia Dutfield
Miss Dutfield
Treat
Hody
Mar
Lin
Mr. Treat
Miss Duttielli
Miss Durfield
Miss Duffield
Oleave Eitler
Wwe
Mary P. Piemson
Episode of the reign of terror rescues royalist youth
During the French revolution Mme de Four and Mme Breton skirted danger by disguising Victor Breton as a niece to hide him from arrest. Louise de Four aided the ruse, with a corporal inspecting the house before allowing escape to the border. The couple later wed after Bourbon restoration.
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Mme. de Tour
Mme. Breton
M. Breton
Victor Breton
Charle
Revolutionary Committee
Mel
Titan
Youngs
Mme. de Our
Carridge
Chateam
Mme. de Four
de Mour
Louise de Four
Madame
Louise
de Pours
M. de Four
de Four Chateau
Jule de Four
Renaud
Mile
Julie de Four
M. de Mour
Monsieur
Itenaud
Mademoiselle
Victor
Loulge
Mary Alice Bererford
Manic crisis leads doctor to opera intrigue
Dr Hamilton rends his dinner to aid Mrs Ward a wealthy widow tormented by a strange ear craving for music. A psychological twist unfolds as he treats a suspected mania by sedative and a whispered confession of love prompting his return to guests.
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Dr. Hamilton
Patrick
Ti Cami
H'm
Alex
Mystery Bank Robberies Expose Wife as Thief
In a small town, three vault robberies at Baker's Bank used existing keys. A boy uncovers wife Mrs Baker as the mastermind, finding the missing money in a garret hatbox and revealing the bank's collapse as Charles Baker, torn by betrayal, dies.
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C. B. Lewis
Baker's Bank
Baker
Nooo Gamd
Sheriy
Wees
Plac
Puarty
Thinkers Bank
Suwon Watt Emerse
Joe
Bunker
Lin
Husband
Charles Baker
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