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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1903
Page
3
Derr Brothers Beat in Dance Hall Clash
Ben and Will Derr left a dancing school near town after a dispute with seven or eight gamblers. The melee left both brothers knocked down and booted across the road. Marshal Crosbie intervened and warned them to go home, planning no further trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Derr
Will
Penrod
Ponmeto Gamesters
Derr
Ruffin
Ben
Marshal Crosbie
Crosbie
Petroleum Citizens Consider Depot Site And Switch
Citizens hold a railroad meeting to select a depot site and switch location. Locals and railroad officials seek a favorable station spot aligning with patrons’ needs. Nottingham residents push for rapid line progress as the company places a frog on the main line near the junction with Lake Erie to aid track work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens of Petroleum
Nottingham
Lake Erie
Explosion at Montpelier farm injures shooter Hyer
Rey Hyer of the St. Mary's Torpedo Company was near a nitro glycerine blast five miles southwest of Montpelier while loading a twenty quart shell. The derrick and a large ground hole were blown, twenty more quarts detonated, yet Hyer suffered only minor bruises and walked to Montpelier to report the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rey Hyer
St. Mary’s Torpedo Company
Prohibition speaker to address Bluffton gathering
Quincey Lee Morrow, a noted prohibition speaker, will speak in Bluffton on Wednesday September 9 at one o'clock in Studabaker's hall above Rogers and Cole's hardware store. B F Wiley and John Studabaker invite prohibitionists and all temperance supporters to attend this important event. Two Italian musicians Augsta Tapetina of Buffalo and D A Emisellis of Detroit were seen on Main Street yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincey Lee Morrow
United States
Augesta Tapetina
Buffalo, N. Y
D. A. Emasellis
Detroit, Mich
Three Year Old Girl Choked By Button
Mrs. John Monyhan travels to Muncie to funeral of Winifred Fitzpatrick three who died Monday at age three from suffocation caused by a collar button lodged in her windpipe. Doctors failed to save her despite efforts after she swallowed the button from the floor upstairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Monyhan
Muncie
Winifred Fitzpatrick
J. J. Fitzpatrick
West Sixth Street
Soldiers Reunite as Wells County Holds Camp Carl Buck
The Wells county soldiers reunion opened with a thirteen gun salute from Captain W H Starr’s squad at daybreak in Studa baker grove. Captain Brunn’s Company G relieved the guard and Camp Carl Buck was dedicated with J B Plessinger presiding at 10:30. Rev H C Smith of Tocsin gave the invocation followed by speeches from Galbraith and Mellick of Reiffsburg. After dinner, a 1450 strong march led by the martial band moved to the Cornell company tent for the rest of the program and a show entertained the crowd in the crowded tent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Starr
Wells County Soldiers
Studabaker Grove
Company G
Capitan Brunn
Carl Buck
J. B. Plessinger
H. C. Smith
Tocsin
Comrads Galbra
Horeb Lutheran Charge Reunion Set for September
The Horeb Lutheran charge comprising St. Pauls St. Marks St. Johns Mt Zion and Horeb plans a reunion on Thursday September 3 in Schoonover grove one mile south of Uniondale. The event aims to foster fellowship among the five churches with union communion services. Rev N R Mohler pastor will act as moderator with speeches by Rev Smith synod president and Rev L J Notchman Fort Wayne pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horeb Lutheran Charge
St. Paul's
St. Mark’s
St. John
Mt. Zion
Five Points
Horeb
Schoonover Grove
Uniondale
N. R. Mohler
Smith
Synod
L. J. Notchman
Fort Wayne
State of
Indiana
Wells
John H. Fryback
Jennole Fryback
Smith & South
Jennie Frybuck
Bluffton
Bluthton
Luan D. Stupavaker
Wells Circuit Court
Petit jury drawn for ensuing term and grand jury plan
Jury Commissioner Nelson Kellogg and Clerk Studabaker draw the petit jury for the ensuing term Tuesday noon. Judge Vaughn plans a special grand jury on return next Monday to pursue an indictment in the Terrell Wolfe murder. Named jurors include Clement Jackson Tp L M Sellers Nottingham John W Banter A J Kain Rock Creek James Hatfield Union Edward Lockwood and others. J A Bixler traveled to Decatur to arrange a trip to Oden with John Myers for ten days starting Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Kellogg
Studabaker
Elias Rinear
Liberty Center
Colorado
Vaughn
Clement
Jackson
L. M. Sellers
Nottingham
John W. Banter
W. A. R Upright
Jefferson
Elmer Craves
Chester
James Mann
Andrew Reed
Lancaster
John N. Lusk
Rathbone Sisters Plan Thimble Social for Flood Victims
The Rathbone Sisters Eureka Temple No 7 of Kansas City Kansas announces a thimble social at the K of P hall Friday night to aid thirty may have lost homes and clothing in the June 1903 flood. Contributions go to Jeanette B S Neubert 2040 North 7th street Kansas City Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rathbone Sisters Temple
K. of P. Hall
Kansas City
Kansas
Eureka Temple No. 7
Rathbone Sisters
Armourdale
Argentine
Jeanette B.S. Neubert
North 7Th Street
Divorce Suit Alleges Harsh Treatment and Separation
W H Eichhorn as attorney filed for Minta A Bower to separate from Noah Bower a Poneto merchant. Married October 8 1895 they have not lived together since August 15 1903. Allegations include gross mistreatment curses assaults threats to choke and a kicked door. She seeks custody of two children and alimony of 1000 and 150 per year amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Eichhorn
Minta A. Bower
Noah Bower
Poneto
Wich
Methodist Sunday school excursion to Detroit scheduled
The annual Methodist excursion to Detroit will depart Sept nth via Clover Leaf line, with fares 1.75 for adults and 1.00 for children. An optional Detroit to Niagara Falls ticket is 3.3 with a four day limit. Several local residents travel for personal reasons and a Cincinnati Navies game request is declined due to Fairview ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Toledo
Niagara Falls
Cutting
Cincinnati Navies
Lake Erie
Fairview
Farewell Birthday Party for Simon Bower and Wife
A large Sunday gathering at Simon Bower’s home near Reiffsburg celebrated his fifty fifth birthday and the couple’s upcoming move to Lawrenceburg Tennessee. Sixty guests shared a bountiful dinner and praised the couple, with many relatives and friends listed among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Bower
Reiffsburg
Lawrenceburg
Tennessee
Mary Moyer
Eliza Stout
Samuel Bower
John Bower
Henry Bower
Mahlon Bower
Noah Bower
EH. L. Bower
Edna
Robert Cummins
Marion
Ephraim Bower
Clara Foust
Art Fetters
Eli Bower
H. Dunwiddie
Frank Dunwiddie
Will Smith
Babe
Henry Shoemaker
Kate Valentine
Poneto
Trouble Follows Saturday Night Disturbance in Vera Cruz
Harry Hixon and John Emenhiser, youths from near Vera Cruz, fought in front of the Baumgartner saloon on East Marxet street. Crosbie jailed them. Hixon was released after pleading, Emenhiser stayed until Sunday. Both were intoxicated minors with possible liquor source under scrutiny. Hixon later provoked Cornell show security by kissing performers and slugged Cornell attaché Harry Simmons, triggering a confrontation that ended when reinforcements arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hixon
John Emenhiser
Vera Cruz
Baumgartner
East Marxet Street
Crosbie
Hixon
Emenhiser
Ol Derr
Young Nixon
Cornell
Harry Simmons
Cornell Company
Kinsey Led Bluffton Music School Twenty Years Ago
Prof J F Kinsey, now in the teachers institute, taught a summer music school in Bluffton twenty years past. Classes met in the Central building and ended with a grand church concert. He later lived in Fort Wayne Logansport and Chicago, directing Echo Music Company and editing Echo Musical Magazine, with thirty books published. The New Busy Bee is his latest compilation used in the institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Kinsey
Teachers Institute
Bluffton
Kinsey
Fort Wayne
Logansport
Echo Music Company
Chicago
Echo Musical Magazine
Busy Bee
Bert Brookhart Announces Marriage to Miss Blanch Newborn
Bert Brookhart, known to locals as a regular character, reports his marriage to Miss Blanch Newborn of Indianapolis. They will reside at 1618 Ashland Avenue. Brookhart previously lived in Ashbaucher flats and faced rumors of a prior marriage and a divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Brookhart
Miss Blanch Newborn
Indianapolis
Ashland Avenue
Brookhart
Ashbaucher Flats
Working Overtime
Advertisement touting Dr. King's New Life Pills as a cure for indigestion billousness constipation and stomach liver and bowel troubles. Claims the pills are easy pleasant safe and sells for 2 cents at Charles C Deam's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
New Life
Chas. C. Deam
Judge Leffler Refuses to Dissolve Restraining Order
In Muncie Judge Leffler on Monday refused to hear arguments to dissolve the injunction against the C B C railroad, saying he lacks authority. The case will be decided by Judge Vaughn when he returns from Oden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leffler
Muncie
C. B. & C. Railroad
Vaughn
Oden
Prohibition Speaker to Address Bluffton Gathered
Quincy Lee Morrow, a distinguished prohibition speaker, will talk to the people of Bluffton on Wednesday September 0th. Place of meeting to be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy Lee Morrow
Bluffton
Archibold Reunion Brings 105 Relatives to Wells County Home
The tenth Archibold family reunion was held on the last Saturday in August at John Engle's home in Wells County. Attendees included 22 families and 105 relatives plus visitors George Judd and Grandma Green. Games occurred with Jim Briner's team winning one contest and Edgar Sages' team the other. next year’s gathering is planned at Charles A. White residence near Tocsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Archbold
Barbar Engle
Kansas City
John Engle
Wells Co
John
Barbara
Aunt Catharine
George Judd
Columbia City
Grandma Green
Ossian
Jim Briner
Edgar Sages
Charles A. White
Tocsin
Fairview Cemetery Consecration Day Celebrated
The Fairview Cemetery holds a consecration service on Sunday September 6 1903 to rededicate the grounds after redemption about a year earlier. A decorated program includes speeches music and a full report on the cemetery’s condition. Flowers are urged for graves and a decorating committee will assist those unable to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairview Cemetery
Fairview
Uncalled Letters at Bluffton Post Office August 31 1903
The week ending August 31 1903 lists uncalled letters at Bluffton post office including Mrs Frank Brown Mrs Dora Burnside Claude Cory Wm Cantlen Clara Fisher Jessa Hower N WY Hoover Lemuel Lodg Ella Miller Thames Mencer W C McDermont W M McKee Mrs Lana Martin liza Martin Mrs J Mardaugh Arnold Nerr Elmer Pennington Martin Riegle George M B Williamson Harry N Wolt Mrs Elizabeth Darshener Theodore Smither. Several recipients had returned to Montpelier Ohio after a few days visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluffton Post Office
Frank Brown
Dora Burnside
Claude Cory
Wm. Cantlen
Clara Fisher
Jessa Hower
N. WY. Hoover
Lemuel P. Lodg
Ella Miller
Thames Mencer
W. C. McDermont
W. M. McKee
Lana Martin
Liza Martin
J. Mardaugh
Arnold Nerr
Elmer Pennington
Martin Riegle
George M. B. Williamson
Harry N. Wolt
Farming activity and social notes from the neighborhood
Farmers prepare to sew wheat while health is fair in the district. A Sunday School picnic is planned for next Saturday at the Fred Gotta chalk grove with the I. O. O. F. band from Linen Grove. Various local families are guests and visiting, with attendance at the Keystone fair mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Vera Cruz
Robert Jenry
Fred Gottachalk
Linen Grove
Ben Neusbaum
Simon Lehman
Berne
Abe Speheger
Peter Romey
Ruth
Martin Romey
Redkey
John Romey
Harvey Gardenboden
Jacob Bossert
Decatur
John Bossert
Anna
John Ifarand
Nottingham
Della
Elma Bomey
Bluffton
County Institute
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fred Reppert
Garman
Low Garman
THE
Bluffton Banner
GEO. L. Saunders
Morrow Block
Jack Monyhan
Horeb Charge
Petit Jury
J. A. Bixler
John Myers
Rathbone
M. E
Jonas Johnson
Oklahoma Territory
J. L. Mortimer
E. M. Collier
Keystone
O. EB. Hagler
A. R. Huyette
Kathryn Fuckinger
Myerstown
Bert
Prohibition
J. E. Reynolds
Archibold Reunion
A. L. Saaure, P. M
Elizabeth Darshener
Theodore Smither
Montpelier
Noeice
State of Indiana
County of Walls
Isaac M. Perry
Goldie Perry
Mary Perry Relpich Perry
Ernest Perry
Hosu Perry
Cloce & Sons
Rosa Perry
Eaid Court
Biuffton
Hiuffton
Hua D. Sttudaraker
Mock & Sons
Kreps
Herb Warner
Harry McDowell
J. J. Roush
William Wiggins
Warren McBride
Wiliam McBride
Helen Deam
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