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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1904
Page
3
The first well drilled by Parlor City Oil Co produced no oil at 305 feet, leaving the venture a duster. Management plans to use treasury funds to pay lease rentals for a year or two while nearby companies drill test wells. Some stockholders sold at high prices, others hold firm as belief persists. a medium guided the initial location shift to align with neighboring producers.
A prospective branch of the Mystic Order of Camels plans introduction in this city. The secret fraternal group, born in Zanesville Ohio, promises literature and organization, stresses its camel emblem and includes grips passwords and distress sign for dry seasons.
Bad Runaway on a Bluffton area farm Friday ended with a team running through woods and hitting a tree. One horse suffered a crushed skull and tongue injury while the other horse’s head was injured as the accident likely ends the valuable animal's usefulness.
A brief note describes a patent remedy claimed to improve complexion by using Dewitt's Little Barley. The fragment suggests marketing in the style of early medicinal advertisements with emphasis on health benefits.
Dell Masterson intervened in a dog fight near East Wabash street saving a woman and receiving a serious bite to his left thumb. He warned that future interference could be fatal and described the incident as the near loss of his thumb after the dogs attacked as bystanders helped separate them.
The Wells County Teachers Association sets a two day session from Friday morning November 25 to Saturday evening November 28 in the county court room. County Superintendent Huyette organized the event with a full program featuring school work discussions and a musical literary program. Booklets with the full program and a directory of all county teachers will be mailed to each educator.
Will Hartman a 12 year old boy from Frank Hartman's family northeast of the city nearly lost his hand in a corn shredder on election day. His hand was caught in the machinery tearing flesh from a thumb and two fingers. Wounds were dressed and it is hoped the boy recovers. This is the first accident reported in the county amid other tales from the state of severed hands and arms in deadly mills.
The Bluffton Indiana post office lists unclaimed letters for the week ending November 14 190d including Ed Bowman J J Brown Mrs Hoff Mrs Sadie Sawie James H Morgan Joseph C Parry Elizabeth Rogers J H Shoemaker R A Williams Carence Wolf and dotin.
Fred Hammond and Miss Lilly May Whitwright were married Saturday at 7 PM in Murray by Rev. Stewart of the First Christian Church. About twenty five guests attended and a supper followed. The bride is a niece of Drayman John Smith of this city.
Decatur residents will vote on December 29 to grant Clover Leaf a subsidy of 28000 dollars for repairs and installing a set of awiteries around Decatur to modernize the city and attract traffic.
A man recalls how he became a barrister in England and the moral costs of saving a murder suspect. He narrates embezzled funds, bribery, and a staged execution to thwart death, arguing that one exceptional act does not make a rule.
Frank Shire writes to his father Jere Shire dated October 3 recounting four years in the Army. He served three years in the United States, then transferred to foreign service, now in the cavalry preferring it to infantry. He mentions a horse assignment with strict care duties and notes possible return to the states around March 15, with muster out and homeward options upon completion.
A band of fifty pipe line workers from the south arrived at noon Monday and dined at two North Main Street restaurants. They will work on a third line from Ruth Station to a pump station near Isble, with excavators caulkers and laymen teams paid four dollars a day. The project will take several weeks and provide local employment as Ohio Oil expands along the right of way.
The Pythian supreme chancellor, Chas W. Shiveley, issues a bulletin stating that during his term all officeholders must run affairs with businesslike methods. He insists everyone in the supreme lodge and subordinate bodies be guided by transparency and proper administration.
Hugh Dougherty as receiver petitions the superior court to sell 68314 shares of stock held by the Marion Brokerage Company in the American Central Life Insurance company. Dispute centers on 287 shares claimed by Nordyke as partnership property versus Woollen and Dark as personal property. Debts exceed 30,000 dollars and litigation threatens the insurer's position. The petition asks the court to determine ownership of the 287 disputed shares and authorize sale of all stock to protect assets and settle the partnership dissolution risk.
The purchase of the scale truck factory by Toledo capitalists is final. They paid about $9,000 and will take immediate possession. The plant is expected to restart soon and other Snell patents will be pursued once machinery is installed.
Reports indicate the Democratic party will hold eighteen seats in the upcoming legislature with fifty votes on joint ballot. Legi Hifl and wife reside in Indianapolis Indiana, planning their future home after reconciling past differences. Thanksgiving vacation applies to rural and city letter carriers. Bluffton mail service will be at the post office in the usual morning hour. In Adams county prisoners in the jail are allowed to exercise in the yard using a long wire they found to make a swing. John Jones, jailed for plain drunkenness, fell twenty feet while swinging and was unconscious for about twenty fear dying.
The item touts White Pine cough syrup and notes L B Stevens in Harrisburg overseeing a coal shaft project by Bluffton men. It mentions a new elevator by Petroleum grain and lumber company, I O O F semi annual meeting in Indianapolis, and Sunday school activity at Craigville. It covers Indiana wheat decline and local political row involving Richard Roe and a bribe attempt.
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