20 Oct 1894
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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1894
Page
1
Local merchant asserts they remain the headquarters for customers in Wells County and pledge the best terms to win repeat business. The brief touts customer loyalty and continued favorable offers as a selling point.
Bluffton Indiana lenders offer money on favorable terms with exhaustive abstract services. They claim the only complete set of abstracts in Wells county and promise quick, high quality work. They list farm and city property for sale cheap on easy terms and offer property selling services.
A local drug store touts Deam's Cough Syrup with crowds as the best testimonial to its effectiveness. It advertises Deam's Hair Renewer to prevent baldness and invites customers to inquire about drug items. Special two week prices on paints and oils.
A long list of factories and mills across multiple states resumed operations or expanded work as the tariff bill spurred industrial revival. The report cites Philadelphia, Reading, Harrisburg, Scranton, Wheeling, Kokomo, Youngstown, and many others adding workers and increasing output, arguing the McKinley era downturn ended.
An extended critique argues that Democratic administrations expanded veterans pensions, citing acts from 1886 to 1892 and higher approval rates than during Republican tenure. It lists specific bills, pension amounts, and comparative totals across administrations, concluding Democrats supported veterans more generously.
Oil well No 1 on Samuel Huffman farm shows promise. Thomas Hubbard buys a driving horse. Elijah Huffman completes a new dwelling. Lon Clark family moves into Wilson Neff property. Osroe Billby plans a barber shop. Andrew Cephart family visited relatives. Local winds are chill.
Democratic mood favorable as town discusses electioneering, teachers E P Hawk and Nerva North thriving in their schools. Nell Todd visits amid mild weather. Bluffton visitors plan surprise for Mrs Bishop. Reformed society hosts Mission feast with Rev J Ottovitz and Rev Henry W Vitz assisting. Harrison township teachers conduct week long institute.
Bert Miller is sick with typhoid fever. Samuel Jackson and Samuel Elkins recovered stolen goods at Landisville. Henry Ludwick jailed for store theft. goods found at his home. Lew Roush builds a picket fence for his farm. The farmers harvest corn as autumn begins. George Rauch resumes teaching after two weeks illness. O. K. Anderson married Lena Richey last Saturday night.
A Muncie correspondent details a purported mam moth cavern near Selma in Delaware County. A gas well drill descended about 200 feet before sloping into space, dropping trees iron castings and boulders, suggesting a vast underground cave with odors and possible animal activity.
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