Local notes and happenings from the village life
Mr Zion remains in good health. Well drillers work on the Davis Huffman and Tihoon farms with mixed results. Rumors of a new well at Monahon’s farm. Visitors include Mrs Mattie Hammond and others from Nebraska Chicago and Anderson. Community life covers corn huskers elocutionists church parades Sunday school and local shifts in residents and repairs around town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Zion
Land of the
Davis Huffman
The
Standard Company
Mr. Tihoon
Monahon
Mattie Hammond
Bell Paul
Omaha
Nebraska
James Paul
Chicago
Ed. McKrien
Anderson
Zanesville, Indiana A Village Portrait and Growth
A local report paints Zanesville as perched on high land with inspiring views. It notes a population of about 400, largely retired farmers, and a thriving village economy with four stores a buggy factory mills and two meat markets. The piece highlights four churches and a well-run school led by Prof Hegler with Miss Maggie Stine assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanesville
Indiana
Hegler
Maggie Stine
Gravel upgrades for two main streets completed
About 1 000 loads of gravel were spread on our two main streets. Dr. McBride assisted Trustee Keyser at his home near Sheldon last Friday for his daughter's broken limb. Mrs. Schoonover of Argos visits her mother Mrs. Murray. Jonathan Michaels and Seamore Robison made a Bluffton business call last Saturday. The U B church will be dedicated Sunday Nov 26. A lecture on Palestine is set for the evening before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McBride
Batson Bridge Local Notes and Community Gossip
Health and farm updates from Warren area. Farmers husking corn near completion. Walter Bock's baby recovering. Lew Morison cautioned for late outings. Lew Kayley moving to Ben net farm. Qsro Bisbee to occupy Kayley’s house. Isaac Colbert seeking property. Marion’s mother visiting. Poultry buyers plentiful this fall with some theft incidents. H J Roby building a new house three miles south of Warren. Trading stock available with John Barber. Local visits by Levi Huffman party and others. Union Chapel singing marred by quarrel between Wm Thirston and Wm Alexander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Bock
Lew Morison
Lew Kayley
Bennet
Qsro Bisbee
Kayley
Isaac Colbert
Marion
Isaac
H. J. Roby
Warren
Wm. Colbert
John Barber
Levi Huffman
Joseph Griffith
James Jackson
Mr. Sanger
Union Chapel
Wm. Thirston
Wm. Alexander
Family Reunion at Elijah Morrison's Draws Relatives From Several States
About fifty people gathered at Elijah Morrison's for a family reunion after Sunday service. Three living Morrison sisters attended along with Mrs. Bell Paul of Omaha Nebraska and Mrs. Martha Hammon and Mrs. Jenna Briant of Anderson Indiana. A big fruit dinner followed and artist Denning of Warren photographed Mr. Morrison's family and the three sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teast
Elijah Morrison
Mr. Morrison
Bell Paul
Omaha
Nebraska
Martha Hammon
Jenna Briant
Anderson
Ind
Mr. Denning
Warren
Supreme Court Upheld 1889 Australian Ballot Bribe Provisions
Judge Dailey of the Supreme Court ruled the 1889 Australian ballot law valid. The act imposes a $300 forfeiture plus attorney fees on bribing a voter and aims to suppress vote buying, with Warren County suit by Teter Schoon over paying $10 for votes. The decision affirms legislative power to remedy wrongs not redressable at common law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dailey
Supreme Court
General Assembly
Warren County
Teter Schoonover
Justus Rogers Co. Takes Warner’s Heart Corrector
An advertisement notes Justus Rogers & Co. acquiring Warner’s Heart Corrector. A Nevada State soap claim touts Castile soap as a leading native product. A Missouri resident praises White Wine Tar Syrup for throat and lung ailments, while a tip mentions hay in water absorbing tobacco odor.
Quiet town notes spark growth talk and plans
Beautiful weather accompanies news of Chas Rush building a shop and Madam Rumor hinting at a new store. H B Lark visited recently while George Tappy and Dr Doster improve fish ponds. chatter of incorporation and a Democratic primary candidate Chas Henninger for Harrison township assessor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Rush
H. B. Lark
George Tappy
Dr. Doster
U. S
Chas. Henninger
Harrison Township
Henninger
Reform
Cincinnati Fire Sale Offers 28 000 in Tailored Clothing
Insurance company to sell 28000 dollars of customized clothing in four days under Board of Underwriters orders. Stock shipped to Bluffton stored at Williamson Bros. store, Wells county, with four day sale from Nov 22 to Nov 25. Hundreds of items listed with deep discounts and urged for holiday shoppers and merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Board of Underwriters
Bluffton
Williamson Bros
Banner Office
Wells County
Banner
L. Shohl
N. B
Dewitt's Early Risers and Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted
An old advertisement touts Dewitt's Little Early Risers as a perfect pill for sick headache biliousness and constipation. It also claims Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies blood and banishes scrofula whether hereditary or acquired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
C. A. Deam
Hood
Balding seeks liquor license for Bluffton business
Fred H. Balding announces an application to Wells County Indiana Board of Commissioners at the next regular session beginning December first 1893 for a license to sell spirituous vinous and malt liquors in less quantities than a quart at his Bluffton location described as part of lot 6 in Townley and Townley west addition bounded by 153 feet south 33 feet north 20 feet east 20 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluffton
Harrison Township
Wells County
Indiana
Fred H. Balding
Board of Commissioners
Towit
Townley & Townley
Welle County
Ossian
Jefferson Township
John H. Ratliff
Jonn H. Ratlirr
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Cures for Many Ailments
Advertisements tout Hood's Sarsaparilla as a sovereign remedy for numerous diseases including dyspepsia scrofula catarrh rheumatism and loss of appetite. Testimonials praise the product and other remedies such as White Wine of Tar Syrup and DeWitts Hazel Salve for coughs burns and skin issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Job
Tsut Hood
Notice of Estate Auction for Isham West
Administrator of the estate of Isham West deceased will offer for sale at auction at the late residence of the decedent two miles west of Keystone in Chester township Wells County Indiana on a date to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isham West
Keystone
Chester Township
Wells County
State of
Indiana
Liver Regulator powder promises great value with silver quarter
Advertisers claim Simmons Liver Regulator powder yields the greatest value on a silver quarter purchase. It is praised for indigestion and constipation relief and offers use both dry on the tongue or as a tea. The copy suggests preference over pills after use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fic Boney Co
Chicago
J.E. Sturais
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Verry
Nishing Goods
Ashbaucher Bros
J. A. Studabaker
Owen
Exchange Bank
Batson
Sylvester Loughberry
Wm. Rogers
Sheriff Huffman
Cloud
Brown
Oler
Sehrol
C. Brineman
Elmer Rogers
James Hunt
Thomas Clampitt
Charles
Dilliman
James Verry
Alva Colbert
Selurius Merriman
Isaac Roush
Wood House
Will Bill
Batson Bridge
Joaquin Joe
Wito Justus
Rogers & Go
Studabaker’s
Skeins
Justus, Rogers & Co
Warner
Castile
Nevada
Missouri
C. D. Warner
Elder T. Stephens
Elk Mills
J. FE. Sturgis
Oan
Cing
Hale & Markley
West of Exchange
Gluffton
Poneto
Meds Oaly
N. K. Fairbank & CO
Forest City
Blank’s
G.G. Kattshorn
Stanton Town
J. E. Sturgis
Japan
DeWit’s
C.C. Deam
Health and Happiness
W. Stine
Patig County
Erie
Chicago & Erie
R. R
Kingsland
Express
New York
W. C. Hutchens
G. Macedward
Trav. Pass. Agt
Homington, MD
VY Et
Medical and Surgical Institute
LW Tome
Bliss House
Younge
Taeee
Institute
Cali
J.W. Youngh
A.M. M.D
R.A. Orr
Mgr
Calhoun and
Lewis
M. S. West
Dnrnie Erent
P. D
Slocum
M. C
Pearl &T
Gari Rwax
Fort Wax
TeDrans
TY. L. Staples
ST. Nicholas
Mary Ma
North America
Oy Hornaday
U. S. National Museum
Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
Hemishere
Brander Matthews
Irving
Cooper
Bryant
Hawthorne
Emerson
Lowell
Stories of India
Rudyard Kipling
India
Charles Eastman
Mint
Patent Office
West Point
Howard Pyle
Frances Courtenay Baylor
James Otis
Mollie Elliot Seawell
Lady Jane
Palmes Cox
Century CO
East 17Th Street
Niagara Gorge
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