New City Directory to List Bluffton Residents and Rural Routes
George Dale of Hartford City plans a Bluffton city directory to be finished by January. The 200 page volume will include a rural routes directory with names and addresses, a city resident list with occupations, churches and clubs, and local labor unions. Dale will start canvassing names immediately to update Bluffton’s population, previously 5000, with growth anticipated.
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George Dale
Hartford City
Bluffton
Dale
Public Combination Sale of Poland China Hogs at Bluffton
A sale of about 30 Poland China hogs to be held at the Mosure feed barn in Bluffton on Friday October 28 1904 at 12 20 pm. Hogs are bred from Chief Darkness 24023 and U S Gold Chief II with well bred dams. Propr proprietors Hoover Nash and Shire Davis Auctioneers invite all hog enthusiasts to attend regardless of intent to buy.
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Poland
Mosure
Bluffton
U. S
W. A. Hoover
J. A. Nash
Shire & Davis
Hallowe'en Plans and City Precautions in Bluffton
Bluffton city officials seek a decorous Halloween to curb rowdy youth after past celebrations left the town looking like a cyclone flood. Locals anticipate a clash between orderly enforcement and pranksters as October 31 falls on a Monday.
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Hallowe’en
All Saints’ Day
Bluffton
Kansas
Linifton
Hallow
Elm Poles For Bluffton Hub Factory Fourth Inches Or More
Bltnton area notices report Elm poles to be bought at the hub factory near Clover Leaf railroad in Bluffton. Poles must be four inches or larger cut to any length. For particulars contact the factory run by S C Reid. Also included is a brief obituary for Mrs Lacey Chandler of Montpelier who died by self inflicted gunshot amid family disputes over hidden diamonds. A Toll Gate school box social raised funds. Florence Sawyer named most popular girl. Lewis A Stoy elected Great Junior Sagamore of the Red Men in Indiana after a lengthy contest.
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Clover Leaf
Bluffton
S. C. Reid
Lacey Chandler
Dave McDowell
Montpellier
Montpelier
McDowell
Chandler
Florence Sawyer
Lewis A. Stoy
New Albany
Sagamore
Red Men
Parker
Stone
Senator Stone Speech Draws Wells County Democrats
United States Senator W. J. Stone spoke at the Wells County opera house on current political issues. He traced party roles with Bryan and Parker, debated the money and tariff questions, and defended Democratic ideals while warning against Republican excesses. The loud crowd applauded as the meeting closed with songs from the glee club.
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Wells County
United States
W. J. Stone
Opera House
Senator Stone
New York City
Democratic Headquart 4
House
Binfiton
Indiana
Bedford
Parker
William Jennings Bryan
Stone
National Democratic Central Committee
Bryan
Mr. Stone
Mr. Bryan
Arker
Republican Party
Judge Parker
Thomas Jefferson
Bene Iesaman
Foley’s Honey and Tar Endures as Cough Remedy
A Batesville Indiana man endorses Foley’s Honey and Tar saying it cured his severe cold after other remedies failed. The ad proclaims the product as the people’s favorite remedy for coughs and incipient consumption and claims it prevents pneumonia regardless of presidential outcome. Davenport and Ehle.
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Foley
A. J. Nusbaum
Batesville
Ind
Davenport
Five Tickets On Ballot In County Election
Five tickets will appear on county ballots this election replacing four. Robert Gavin filed with the clerk adding C F W Bartling of Muncie as the People’s party congressional nominee. The petition held 214 district voters showing Bartling’s local recognition, with Wells county having the fewest signatures yet meeting the required total. Ballots will be led by Democrats, then Republicans, Prohibitionists, Socialists, and the newly filed People’s ticket.
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Robert Gavin
C. F. W. Bartling
Muncie
People’s Party
Delaware County
Wells County
People’s Ticket
A Great Sensation In Leesville Revival and Cure News
A town in Leesville Indiana celebrated a reported life saved by Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption. W H Brown credited immediate relief and eventual cure for asthma and lung issues. Revival meetings led by Rev Warnes drew large crowds with promising progress, while Warren faced a typhoid fever outbreak taxing physicians.
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Leesville
Ind
W. H. Brown
Chas, C. Deam
Drugeast
Christian Church
Liberty Union Church
Warnes
Warren
Prisoners Escape From Wells County Jail
Two inmates Hite Sills and Oscar Millington escaped Wells County Jail by prying loose a rear window bar between 8 and 9 pm. They fled through an outside corridor, aided by a light top bar and nearby trees concealing their movements, and were last seen heading toward the interurban toward Montpelier. Sheriff Johnston and relatives pursue leads as authorities issue be on the lookout.
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Hite Sills
Oscar Millington
Wells County
Montpelier
Johnston
Freom Carlisle
Sills
Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Millington
Professor Slate
Ober and Mann Acquire Largest Wells County Farmland
RM G W Ober and F T Manna bought the H Shively farm tracts from James Mc and Tribolet, forming a single 80 acre strip and part of the old Shively farm. The purchase totals about a half section of highly fertile river bottom land, noted for its productivity and quality. The new owners plan to settle and improve the land for future use.
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G. W. Ober
F. T. Manna
Wells County
H. Shively Farm
James Mc
Shively Farm
Ober
Mann
Thoughtful Man Helps Wife With Illness
A Winchester man M. M. Austin knew how to act in a stomach and liver trouble case. His wife found relief after using Dr. King's New Life Pills, bought for 25 cents at Deam's drug store, and she was cured.
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M. M. Austin
Winchester
Dr. King
Deam
Bluffton Leader Mourns C F Rinehart Death
C F Rinehart, Bluffton's prominent citizen, died Thursday after brief illness born October 1860 in Philadelphia to George and Wilhelmina Rinehart. He married Ruth Morgan in August and moved to Bluffton in 1897. A Methodist. Red Men member. funeral held at Methodist Episcopal church on Saturday at 2. Interment at View Cemetery.
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C. FP. Rinehart
Bluffton
Mr. Rinehart
Philadelphia
George and
Wilhelmina Rinehart
Ruth Morgan
North
Baltimo GO
Blu
Wor
Red Men
Rinehart
View Cemetery
Liberty man seeks railroad action over hog losses
Rufus B. Clark of Liberty reports six of his fine Chest hogs killed by Clover L days ago and seeks compensation from the railroad company. He notes the hogs were selling around 24 dollars per head for breeding purposes and asks for payment reflecting the loss.
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Rufus B. Clark
Liberty
Readers urged to share appreciation with free map offer
The Banner lists readers and invites liberal premium offers. A free map of Wells’ region is promised, noting available names and locations ready for display. The notice emphasizes no cost and readiness for hanging.
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Ar Presiatey
Wells
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Snyder’s Cash Shoe
Studabaker Bank
NEW City Directory
Hubert O. P. Kline
Grant County
Julia Harvey
Jonesboro
Kline
Julge
Vaughn
Ben Prescott
The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Hallowe'en
FREE
City OF ST. Louis
Senna
Ee Seer
Roosevelt
Yang
South
Glee Club
Marcellus Justice
Adams County
Justus
Slate
Iumbus
C. F. Rinehart
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