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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1894
Page
9
A local retailer proclaims unparalleled customer confidence in Wells County, promising unbeatable terms and a reputation as the community’s headquarter for dependable service and value.
Bluffton Indiana firm Hale and Markley promote complete abstracts at low prices with fastest service and offer to sell property for clients Also advertise farms and city property for sale on easy terms from their office three doors west of Exchange Bank
A old time advert touts Deam's Drug Store with a bottle of Sarsaparilla to revitalize overworked workers and weary housewives. The notice invites rest and care, offering toilet requisites and perfumes, and claims a perfect prescription department and pure white lead for sale.
Fourteen pages reveal 104 new titles in the Public Library catalog. Authors range from Holmes and Dickens to Verne and Alcott with multiple copies of some works listed. The list includes classics, biographies, histories, natural science texts, and reference works for readers and students.
A long critique attacks opponents of tariff reform, arguing that claims of industrial paralysis and a flood of foreign goods are false. It asserts domestic production and buying continue, cites 1893 and 1894 tariff contexts, and predicts voters will favor further tariff liberalization before the next election. The piece ends with a note on casualties from Alpine climbs.
A Chicago speech by Mr. MacVeagh attacks protection as a cause of speculative panics. He argues tariffs artificially push prices, invite speculation, and trigger cycles of boom and collapse. He predicts the current system nears extinction and calls for a natural order to reduce future panics.
Readers describe dramatic reductions in dress goods hosiery blankets and more citing savings from 10 to 50 percent since the McKinley law repeal. A Evansville Courier reader notes a husband once undecided about voting now plans to persuade others as Democratic gains are framed as relief from high prices.
The first Rockcreek Institute in Rockcreek Township met at district No on October 20 1894. It opened at 10 o clock with the chairman presiding and programs covering History by J W McKinney Felton numbers by A K Morgan Ruskins Essays by Thomas Iulden and teaching by Burnau Thompkins.
The report notes Reed and Decker discussing teaching topics at the second institute and mentions Home and School visitors as valued literature. It covers a November 17, 1894 adjournment and lists local residents with various activities including farming, timber buying, a horse swap, house construction, a foundation, a party, a railroad sentiment, a proposed bottle factory, a funeral, and a marriage with Berne band providing music.
Notice states burial plots in the Mossburg cemetery addition are prepared for sale. For details contact president W. N Buckner near the cemetery. Also listed are J. T. Mosspura Com G. N. Becwyen.
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