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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1903
Page
2
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A 1903 Indiana editorial urges caution in granting interurban railroad franchises. Communities should demand value for public funds and avoid overreliance on private capital. The piece notes promoters’ profit motives and warns towns to seek true public benefit before approving deals.
The Knights of Pythias building committee with Locke Nelson Eichhorn Stout Roush Cummins and Cook and Arch Cuno Kibele plan a tour of inspection next Thursday evening. They will visit New Castle Cambridge City Indianapolis Franklin Lebanon and possibly Crawfordsville to study lodge hall layouts financing and design ideas for future Bluffton projects. Frank Bowers will join at Indianapolis to share lodge experience as the tour informs plans for a premier local building.
Erie Chief Fred Osten rider and Officer William Millen, with Huntington officers, captured four young men Sunday at Markle. They face charges of malicious trespass, arson, and damages totaling forty five dollars after igniting a refrigerator car to stay warm during a theft spree. They were arraigned before Mayor Mock, with fines set at fifteen dollars and ten days in jail each.
On Friday in circuit court three divorce actions proceeded. Ramsey versus Ramsey involved a nonappearing defendant. the court ordered decree upon costs. Baumgardner versus Baumgardner heard cruelty allegations. plaintiff seeks divorce on payment of costs. Lantis versus Lantis moved quickly through proceedings. details incomplete in readable text.
Plans discussed by the Wells county board of trustees to showcase county and city school work at the St Louis exposition. Photographs of school buildings interior designs and manuscript work from exams will be displayed. A stenographer will record a primary lesson for verbatim reports then typewritten for display.
Albert Studabaker was called before Judge Vaughn on a contempt charge after fleeing during the Pratt trial and joining the militia to Lexington, Kentucky. He received a severe reprimand and was fined the cost of the attachment. he later returned briefly to Kay a Short for a visit.
Eva Williamson, ten, daughter of Oscar Williamson near Keystone, broke her right arm below the elbow when her buggy overturned after a rut snagged the wheel. Her sisters and a Baker girl were thrown out. they escaped serious injury as the horse bolted toward Keystone.
Union township in Wells county and Lafayette township in Allen county will hold a joint teachers institute on November 21. County superintendents from both counties will attend and review work on a comparative basis. A large dinner will be a highlight of the day.
J L MeLin a farmer near Keystone sought a gray 900 pound horse with a left shoulder brand and new shives after it vanished Monday night His mate stayed behind prompting belief of theft Officials in Lawn issued descriptive cards to aid capture and identify the thief if found
Saturday Mrs. Ida Whitright filed an affidavit against Bennie Brown charging him with provoke. Affidavits against Bennie’s sisters Jessie and Bessie Brown were filed for profanity. The notices appeared in Squire Chalfant's court. A Dailey tally party led Ben Derr to invite the two Brown sisters to a party in Murray.
List of uncalled letters at Bluffton post office for the week ending October 26 1003 includes BE H Brock James Ewins A F Berry Williard Crites Ernest Clark Lizzie Folk Clara Voisly Chas Horner Mrs Zilla Ratliff Lchrover D B Wilted 0 Streb W.
An attachment for 1000 dollars was served on Dowie and his team as a deputy sheriff seized the coach and drove away the vehicle near the Fifth Avenue hotel. The claim, filed by attorney Robert B. Farley, concerns services rendered in defending J Luther Pierson of White Plains, a former Zionite, in a case involving an animal death. Charles Krohn and Flo fell ill. Krohn briefly near death, Flo in poor health necessitating two physicians to revive him.
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