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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1903
Page
2
The Bluffton Banner lists delivery notes for readers to request a change of address. It states that all arrears must be paid and that the paper is discontinued only by order of the subscriber or a friend. Readers are advised to send both old and new addresses with change requests.
State Senator Newlands proposes a joint resolution inviting Cuba to join the United States as a state with equal rights. The plan would annex Puerto Rico as a Cuban province, keep Cuban officers temporarily, convert Cuban bonds to Cuban state debt, fund a sinking reserve, and absorb the Cuban rural guard into the U.S. Army. The measure claims no forcible annexation, arguing shared interests and equal laws.
James Hamilton Lewis criticized socialism while addressing the Henry George association on Edmund Burke. He warned against shifting personal duty to the many and warned that communal undertakings would erase individual rights, calling socialism a dissipating dream of perfection.
Captain Allen of Frankfort, a familiar Democrat, recalls his futile campaign for Congress. He says he served in the Philippines without a break, notes Orsan’s praise of Aguinaldo, and laments the mismatch between his anti rebel stance and the wartime stump speech he could not deliver. He questions his platform alignment.
An old advertisement notes use of Stout’s catarrh cure with claims of relief for catarrh and a price of 2hc. The misspelled line also mentions unsatisfactory效果 and a question about eye back.
Local Democratic loyalist E M Rinear endorses delegate conventions over primaries for selecting county and township officers. He backs A W Simmons’s proposed changes, says he is not a candidate, and promises further reasoning if asked. The letter aims to promote party harmony and strength within the county organization.
Hon Abraham Simmons opposes central committee delegate picks in Wells county and urges precinct mass meetings for state and congressional delegate selection. The Bleacher press notes the push would increase open debate and allow voters to voice preferences.
A. W. Hamilton reports intensified attacks on Dr LaFollette's Hoagland home after a Sunday visit. Vandals shattered plate glass with filthy buckets and toppled a lamp as a $200 reward grows for arresting the Poe-area assailants. Authorities pursued the trail with hounds, but saboteurs poisoned bait to deter pursuit. The feud spans four years and may explain the new harassment as foes from Poe renew hostilities.
Two men fought over ownership of identical kittens. Masterson, a bartender, struck Linniger after a dispute on the Baumgardner restaurant sidewalk. The German boy dodged several blows as onlookers jeered before both sides rested the quarrel.
F Harbaugh led a Tuesday noon trial of a new fire apparatus. The display showed a polished engine with axes hoses ladders and three chemical sets. Old engines remain usable and may fetch hire value upon sale. Also listed for sale a team of heavy horses wagon and harness and a barber college offering training and board.
A St. Louis Christian Advocate editorial urges country papers to warn readers about dangers facing young girls entering cities. It cautions about open depots and enticing advertisements that lure girls into boarding houses or unwanted jobs, stressing vigilance to protect innocence and moral safety for both sexes.
At the last meeting the Lew Dailey Post G A R voted five dollars to the orphans home for soldiers orphans at Knightstown. The funds will buy Christmas presents for the inmates. Stouts drug store is the best place in town to buy chamois skin.
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