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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1903
Page
4
On a small isle the lovers Dick Ferris and Marjorie Amberly discover a buried stash of about 2000 dollars in a sealed jar. They plan a swift elopement to Southport, racing against a looming family feud and parental disapproval while the old man’s haunting memory lingers.
Ahmed Vefik Effendi and Sir Stratford Canning clash over the Galata prison case. Canning proclaims he would personally intervene with a kavass to free the British subject, Ahmed coolly replies the Turkish authorities would imprison him and his kavass if needed.
In Melanesia the sea is widely worshiped. Fiji natives build a retreat house by the shore, present cooked yams and painted coconuts, drum daily to summon sea spirits, erect a jetty, plant markers, and call and whistle to deities before feasting. Banka Islands people worship a being named Qat linked to the sea spirit.
A castaway named William Scott, second mate of the Hap py Day, is found adrift south of the Chagos after fourteen weeks on a barren rock. He led a crew to a cave with over 200 elephant tusks and five jars of gold dust, claimed to be from an eastern island. A quest to locate it ends with discovery that no such island exists on charts, but Scott’s hut and flagpole are sighted, and treasure is looted by whalers before the cave is found emptied.
Henry Egly leads Adams county group purchasing 5000 acres of Verde Water and Power rights near Phoenix. They aim to dispose to Christian church members to establish a Christian community in the far west. Prominent investors include Wyly and his brothers Samuel Joseph Christ, Fred Niederhouser, and mil Barhart. Families plan to move and farm within a year.
The iPhenix Oil No. 2 well on Joseph Futrell farm in Washington township Blackford County Indiana leads in eight years. It produced 20 tanks in two weeks value $6050 at $1.21 per barrel with owner royalty $991.66 and company $4958.34. Output 357 17 barrels per day from deep drive, a 450 feet depth, costly but long lasting. The deep drive spans Van Buren to St Marys Ohio reservoir across fields. Futrell well leads this streak.
Ernest Markley, long afflicted with locomotor ataxia, worsened Monday and many feared he would not survive the day. His suffering has been severe, despite the care and sympathy of those who tended him.
Central Oil of Montpelier sold half its Mt Zion holdings to a Chicago firm for 640,000. A 20,000 down payment was paid to guarantee good faith. The closing is set for today. It marks the largest oil transaction in the area to date.
Tribolet real estate agency arranged a major land deal today. Philip Hobie purchased the Lobseiger farm eighty acres east of the city for three thousand dollars. He plans to build a house immediately and his son will occupy the property in the spring as a future home.
Dr. Laidlaw is recovering slowly from a long healing process after a broken arm. The arm failed to mend properly and required scraping as part of treatment.
Bluffton's Opera House progress shows three story front ready for brick work. Jim Lynch supplies rough bricks, pressed brick for the front arrives, and Elks lodge members will use the second floor as a club room with the third as their led room. Architect George O. Garnsey of Chicago prepared the plans.
Invitations issued for the marriage of Miss Eva Charlotte Snyder of Huntington and Mr. Carl Bonham of Bluffton. The ceremony is set for Wednesday evening Oct 28 at 7 30 at the Snyder home 2141 North Jefferson Huntington officiated by Rev Donahey. The couple will reside in Bluffton after November 18.
Frank Runyan and wife with Mrs. O. Sixbey drove to the woods this afternoon to gather hickory nuts. Frank helped with climbing and hulling while the ladies planned to finish the picking and processing work themselves.
The Wells County Indiana commissioner overseeing the Grumas ditch in Lancaster township will sell the ditch project at the county surveyor’s office on Saturday October 24 1903 to the lowest responsible bidder. Preferences will be given as required by law to those whose lands have assessments to be paid and who bid the amount of their assessment. The sale will include specifications location and profile details to be prepared for bidding.
A list shows farm commodities such as wheat corn oats hay butter lard and cattle with prices, followed by a Notice of Assessments from Wells County drainage commissioners detailing Grimes ditch charges, 40 acre tracts, and twelve installment payment deadlines. The document also references a nine game series between the Boston and Pittsburgh teams.
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