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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1904
Page
6
A local shop announces an extensive ready to wear collection featuring cloaks suits and skirts in endless varieties. The advertisement highlights the largest stock available and invites shoppers to view the new lines.
J A Brennan a 22 year old man collapsed at the Lake Erie station as a train left. Witness Jacob Schiegel described a sudden fall with three gasps after which he died within minutes. Coroner McBride and Kerlin Bros. viewed the body. a note on hotel letterhead and a box of tablets were found. Analysis suggested chloral hydrate in a bottle, but no conclusive suicide ruling was made. The body was sent to Pennsylvania for burial.
John Oliver of Philadelphia narrates a dramatic recovery tale after near death from illness. He credits Electric Bitters with a life saving turn after three weeks of use. The ad urges readers to try the remedy at Chas. C. Deam’s drug store for 50 cents.
G A R notes report Lew Dalley Post meeting master Arthur Linn Emanuel Griffin and Mr French from Pone to Friday evening with reinstatement requests from John Huss and Dan Lepley. Forty members present. Marriage license issued to Ward Fry and Jennie Swaim. They wed Thursday as friends from Warren traveled to Ossian for the ceremony.
J L Snyder owner of the Fashion shoe store faces a legal copyright ruling. Murphy Bros holds the label and four U S stores share the Fashion name. Snyder may sell only if the label is sewn in within Indiana. He seeks a new store name and vows to comply with copyright law.
Friday afternoon Howard Skiles delivered a letter to Mrs. Mattie Connor in Oklahoma and found a hostile warning taped to the front door. The note warned she must not return or the house would catch fire swiftly, recalling a past dynamite incident at her residence.
Uniondale set for a Democratic rally Saturday night with Frank C. Dalley and M. W. Walbert as speakers. H. B. Robinson leads Parker and Dayly club outreach to organize local support. The glee club will perform songs to enliven the event.
Rebecca Sawyer of Bluffton dies at home on West Cherry Street after months of illness blamed on stomach troubles. Born March 23 1843 in Athens Ohio she married John Sawyer in 1857 and leaves seven children five living a husband three sisters and one brother. Funeral services were held at the house and Bethel church with Rev L A Beeks officiating.
Saturday an attorney filed a cross complaint for divorce against Levi Heller and a complaint for support in the Heller family case. A restraining order was issued preventing disposition of property without court order. Mrs Heller accuses Levi of adultery and other charges, signaling a heated trial ahead.
Three Wells county teacher institutes met Saturday with Harrison township teachers in the city examination room, Liberty township at Poneto, and Chester township at Keystone. John A. Walker of Union township was named administrator for the late E. D. Cartwright with a public sale planned. Cartwright had a wife but no children. In the J Miller vs McLin et al. case, a two ballot verdict favored the defense for $5,000 damages claim over injuries at the oil tanks where McLin and co-defendants worked. The cage will likely be taken to a higher court.
In circuit court Saturday the habeas corpus case by Mrs. Fox was dismissed at her cost after attorneys moved. An error in Grant county court records allegedly misrepresented the decree granting custody. Mrs. Fox plans to reopen in Grant county to correct the entry, then return here to seek possession. The child was later brought to Sturgis Stine's office for the mother to view.
The Cover habeas corpus trial paused after Mrs. Cover fainted in court. Physicians treated her as hysteria and convulsions delayed proceedings, with Judge Smith adjourning to Tuesday morning. Spectators crowded the case as defense rebuttal witnesses prepare. Charles Smith is released from jail after a 14 month sentence. Ada Chaffin v. Lambert et al. ends with $580.22 judgment and $800 bond for appeal.
The quarterly postal report lists round figure sales near $3,000 with about $2,800 disbursed to employees postmaster rent and incidentals. Annual receipts are estimated around $15,000 indicating a dull quarter but better than 1901 or 1902.
One way colonist tickets sold from St Louis Thebes Cairo Memphis via Cotton Belt route to Texas points at ten dollars fifty cents. Special round trip homesee tickets from same points on Sept Oct four and eighteen at fifteen dollars. Regular round trip homesell tickets on sale first and third Tuesday each month at one fare plus two dollars. Territory includes Dallas Fort Worth Waco Amarillo Houston San Antonio Corpus Christi and nearby points. Return limit and stopovers twenty one days. For maps timetables write L O Schaefer T PA Cotton Belt Cincinnati.
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