Bluffton Realty Ad Promises Cheap Farms and Quick Abstracts
An advertisement from Hale & Markley of Bluffton Indiana promotes best terms in Wells County. They claim to offer complete abstracts at low prices and on short notice. The firm can sell property if desired and lists farms and city property for sale cheap with easy terms. Located three doors west of Exchange Bank.
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Wells County
Hale & Markley
Exchange Bank
Bluffton
Ind
Blood Purifier Promises Clear Complexion In Ad
An old advertisement touts Blood Purifier as a cure for skin eruptions and vitality, urging it as medicine for cleansing the blood. It also promotes toilet table requisites like brushes, combs, tooth powders, and perfumes from Deam's Drug Store.
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Deam’s
Free Wool and Tariff Debate Boosts Textile Mills
The piece argues that free wool and tariff changes have spurred textile growth, citing rising domestic wool prices, active demand in New York and Boston markets, and numerous new mills and mill expansions. It lists strong employment and wage gains, with a focus on McKinley era protectionist rhetoric.
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New York
Texas
Boston
America
Wool and Cotton Reporter
Very Cheap Political Capital in Keystone Village
A Republican leader in Keystone faced backlash after sending boys to post campaign bills in a store. They tore a Democrat bill, and the Democrat templeton bill was torn in the post office by Templeton’s boy. The Republican cried foul claiming Templeton tore a Republican bill, sparking a local row until Democrats uncovered the ruse.
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Keystone
W. H.cempleton
W. H. Merriman
William Herring
Templeton
Packersville News Roundup Prominent Local Doings
O P Jones visited Montpelier on business last week. Voorhees spoke at Bluffton. Farmers report good wheat and drying corn. cribbing soon. Colbert, Roby, Hanes, Cline, Huntington are all mentioned in visits and transactions. Community debates church plans and tariff views persist in local politics.
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O. P. Jones
Montpelier
Voorhees
Bluffton
Wm. Colbert
H. J. Roby
Lewis Colbert
Sam Hanes
van Buren
Levi Cline
Huntington
Superintendent Jones
John Baker
Sugar Grove
Joseph Griffith
Otro Bisbee
Mt. Zion
Mike Hayward
Bisbee
Pugney Pointers and local notes from Wells county
Local items report sicknesses including Frank Myers with typhoid and Albert Trullender slowly recovering with his sister Rena at his side. Lemuel Paynter dies near Pugney. Community updates mention Mrs. Caroline Myers and son George visiting Van Wert. Minor legal notices include several court cases and a divorce granted to Laura F Lee.
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Albert Trullender
Rena Trullender
Bluffton
Albert
Caroline Myers
George
van Wert
Ohio
Dessie Sewards
Belmore
Cap Blue
Lemuel Paynter
Pugney
Wells County
Court actions and verdicts from Ossian area docket
Circuit Court notes include 635 State versus B F Wolbridge for nuisance at Ossian saloon with $50 bond after Dr M N Newman affidavit. 636 State versus George Stevenson larceny of silverware connected to William Penn at races, jury verdict not guilty after hours. 4229 Farr versus Good change of venue granted. 4399 Carlile versus White jury verdict for 200.84 with remititur filed.
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F Wolbridge
Ossian
M. N. Newman
George Stevenson
Sherman House
George
William Penn
Jas
Farr
John J Good
Andrew J Carlile
Henry K. White
Jackson Township Institute Opens With Teacher Talks
The Jackson township teachers met at No. 4 on Saturday October 6 for their first institute. Supt. Stine presided as C. E Small spoke on The teacher The vital factor in the school and related topics. J. G. Click discussed Heart power and will power. C. D. Neff covered the attractive schoolroom. Mrs. Roush spoke on Ruskin as an Ethical Writer. The group then shared a dinner hosted by J. G. Click and A. E. Williams.
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Jackson Township
Stine
C. E Small
J. G. Click
C. D. Neff
Roush
Ruskin
A. W. Perry
Institute
A. E. Williams
Institute Adjourns AfterMorning Session
At half past one the institute was called to order by Supt. Stine. A. E. Williams discussed signals records and music. Isaac Roush presented Tompkins Philosophy of Teaching. The institute adjourned to meet the first Saturday in November.
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Stine
A. E. Williams
Isaac Roush
Tompkins
Tin Plate Wages Debate Endorsed by Workers
Local tin plate mills plan to run at full capacity and pay the previously agreed wage scale. The industry’s wage-cut warnings are criticized as a tactic to pressure workers, who united to resist reductions and maintain current pay.
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Tin Plate
Amalgamated Association
Lwood Press
Marriages Licenses Issued By Clerk Oppenheim
The clerk lists multiple marriage licenses since the last report. Couples include William H. Gibert and Clara N Powell, Ross Vevere and Sarah Studabaker, George A Wools and Mary A Peck, Lana Miller and Mary H Mayse, James Crosbie and Rosa L Mplier, Jacob W Fanner and Mattie Csmith, Angst Grewe and Barbara Fuschuber, and others such as Casrles B Favin and Lydia M Bays, Dennis Kelley and Catharine Thyen.
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William H. Gibert
Clara N Powell
Ross Vevere
Sarah Studabaker
George A Wools
Mary A Peck
Lana Miller
Mary H Mayse
James Crosbie
Rosa L Mplier
Jacob W Fanner
Mattie Csmith
Angst Grewe
Barbara Fuschuber
Brinnerman
Verwosha Croasdale
Casrles
Favin
Lydia M Bays
Dennis Kelley
Catharine Thyen
Lillie Pratt
Frank Zehring
Cora E Alebarkle
Lesser Yarge 2d
Matt
Nerlee
Fred Tracy
Rose & Beck
Mitton
Spencer
Liltian Deck
Adam Geiger
Clara Geter
Maggie Biehnorn
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Undertaking
Harry
Deam
Hudson
N. Y
McKinley
Packersville Pickups
Keno
Will
Dongola
Forst
Forst Brothers
Frank Myers
Christian P. G.seabold
Huber Manufacturing Co
Wm. McCollister
Ditch
Wm. A. Kunkel
Wm. H. Gregg
Levi Nutter
Jacob F. Krehl
James Murphy
George Myers
Christena Michaels
Laura F Lee
Minos W Lee
Circuit Court
Jackson Township Institute
Oppenheim
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