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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1893
Page
8
A one horse corn cutter with two men and the horse will cut and shock 300 shocks of corn in a single day. Visitors are invited to come and see the machine in operation.
Health is better in this vicinity than in several years at this season. Local clergy Rev Payne Rev Spry Rev Abbott to lead church work in Paulding and Bluffton counties. Community events include weddings impending in Craigville, carpenters starting Pete Hartman’s new house, and social visits among neighbors. A large West Center area network notes ordination at Eel River Conference and ongoing church activities amid work, travel, and schooling plans.
Farmers busy with fall chores as plowing lags due to drought. Leasie Turner reports a pleasant Toledo trip. David Gill starts a westward visit. Miss Cora Courtney sick with typhoid fever. New Pike makes neighbor hood notice. Sunday School held each Sabbath at Center Schoolhouse. Corn harvesting begins in the neighborhood.
The town records brief items on a cold snap joke as Jack Frost caused no damage. School start is delayed until October 2 by majority view of patrons. Hon M C Blue and son C B Blue return from the World’s Fair. The Tocsin item taker was misinformed about Mrs Ashcroft’s illness. Mrs Samuel Kunkel has been quite ill.
Neighborhood sickness rain ended clover hulling nearly done. Lewis Colbert on sick list and wife’s mother ill near Huntington. Grandma Bilber to move to farm. Gravel road work resumes with two hundred loads from Cline pit. Visiting Collins sisters from Fort Wayne last week. John Kelly bought bicycle for twenty five dollars. Fred Huffman to move to Hartford City. J H iack planning a farm move. Bridge repairs north of here. Masons at Feast and Beatty work. Revage to preach next Sunday. attendance urged. Watermelon thefts ongoing. patches watched. H J Roby relocated from Peneto. Len Shield rents farm to Melling brothers. moving to Marion. Alvin Cloud visiting Mt Zion and local brothers. Republicans complain after landslide. skepticism about party power. Joa Quin Jor.
The Warren Tri County Agricultural Society announces its tenth fair, set for September 12 to 17, with emphasis on promoting exhibits amid a backdrop of past fairs and debt considerations. The text also advertises a Salve for sores and related remedies, reflecting period ads in the article.
Health is good in Reightborhad. preaching at Salem Sunday. Sunday School celebration planned at Linn Grove on September 16. Heller and Eckroot gravel two miles of Anderson road, hauling from Kindle pit. Berne residents Welty Dan and Joel with Will Higgins and Abe Speiger attend Mr Shaw's Jersey cattle sale in Warren. Higgins and Speiger buy two head. John Myers of Hartford City visits neighborhood. Allen Speiger and Mollie visit Berne. Edward and Fred Schlaugenhaus visit Mrs. John W. Myers in Hartford City. singing at Salem Sunday evening. TRIX.
Typhoid fever cases are reported in the village with several victims in critical condition. Captain Spake and his wife from Kansas City plan to attend the National Encampment in Indianapolis with J. W. Rinear and others for a week. Rev. S F Jones of the Methodist church preached his first sermon here. Liberty Center gains a new grist mill from Garrett & Funk arriving last week. Tony Terrill of Ely was seen on the streets. A meeting to plan the old settlers' gathering is set, with a full program to follow. Frank Ernst and Demna Huffman wed with the Liberty Center band greeting them home.
A historical notice lists addressees including Mrs Addie Miller C E Baker Mrs SH Garwind Mr Irvena Lrownell Mr Andrew Blair Miss Belle Cuookey Mrs Anna Myers and criticizes DeWitt's Little Early Risers as cure-all pills for headaches and constipation.
Ayer's Pills are recommended by leading physicians and druggists as a prompt remedy for biliousness nausea costiveness indigestion liver sluggishness jaundice drowsiness side pain and sick headache. They also relieve colds fevers neuralgia and rheumatism and are said to benefit travelers faced with chills and Southern diseases.
A user from Sulphur Kentucky praises Ayer’s Pills as a mild and excellent purgative with a good effect on the liver. The advertisement claims the pills preserve medicinal integrity in all climates and are available in bottles and boxes, prepared by Dr. Ayer and Co.
An Italian Prince traveling with his Sicilian cook and kitchen staff fears a fatal fall when a rider’s cry signals a toppled figure in a torrent. The chaplain is named instead of the cook, prompting the Prince to sigh in relief and joke about the mistaken identity.
A historical account notes Mary Stuart of Scotland was not a beauty and wore a wig after her hair was shaved. After her execution, the head was displayed and the wig fell away, exposing a close cropped skull with gray hair.
Swiss lawmakers are described as poorly paid in a model republican system. The president earns 10 000 francs or 2000 dollars annually, the Federal Council members 1200 dollars each, and Legislative members 240 per day during sessions. The legislature meets twice yearly for ten to twelve days, with businesslike conduct and no ceremony.
The North-Western Line announces low rate harvest excursions with tickets on August 22, September 12, and October 10, 1898 to Northwestern Iowa Western Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Manitoba Nebraska Colorado Wyoming and Utah. Return passage within twenty days from sale with stopovers on the going trip. Inquiries through connecting line ticket agents. Circulars mailed free by W A Thrall Chicago and North Western Railway Chicago.
Kate Field notes Edwin Booth voted for Lincoln once, others such as Longstreet and Hill are depicted with homes, riches, and artistic collections. Lord Salisbury’s youth in Australian gold fields contrasts with Derby’s royal skepticism and George II to George IV reputations. Count Camillo Pecei’s exile, debts, and Cuba residence thread through papal jubilee intrigue.
A compact chronology notes key events in astronomy: La Grange’s work on celestial inequalities, Herschel’s discovery of Uranus and satellites, La Place’s Mechanique Celeste, discovery of 220 minor planets between 1801 and 1881, a long tail comet in 1811, Fraunhofer lines, Encke’s comet, the Royal Astronomical Society’s founding, Biela’s comet, sunspot cycles, Beer & Madler moon map, 61 Cygni parallax, 1843 sun-surface close pass of a comet, the Bosse telescope in Parsonstown, Neptune predictions by Adams and Le Verrier, Neptune’s discovery, inner ring on Saturn, celestial photography beginning with Bond, and a sun spot position apparatus at Kew with Babinet’s note on comet density.
The article catalogues palmistry traits for various hand types including the philosophic and American hands, notes on line significance for temperament and luck, cites Stonewall Jackson as an example of a strong impulse line, and ends with advertising for De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve claiming cures for pites burns sores and ulcers.
Notice to teachers announcing regular examinations for teaching licenses on the last Saturday of each month at the Central School Building. Applicants personally known to the superintendent must present a certificate of good character from a trustee or similar officer. A library fee of fifty cents is charged. Applicants must appear for work by 9:00 a.m. County superintendent not specified.
The first use of flying buttresses emerged in the thirteenth century to support church roofs, marking a key architectural development in medieval cathedrals.
The piece lauds rigorous inquiry into testimonial letters for Hood's Sarsaparilla and emphasizes the credibility of testimonials based on the authors' occupations and standing. It notes that in Germany street bands are banned unless with processions and Vienna organ grinders may play only between noon and sunset.
A minister endorses White Wine of Tar Syrup for lung troubles, claiming strong personal benefit and recommending it widely. The note cites J. E. Sturgis as the seller in Trilla Coles. The margin mentions Western Australia’s size and a March population estimate of about 59,713 with more males than females.
A mother and Rev TD Roberts praise White Wine of Tar Syrup for a six year old daughter with a sore throat and coughing. The remedy reportedly led to rapid improvement and wide recommendation. Sturgés store in Clarksville, Missouri is listed as a seller. Mount Kinseo near Moonehead Lake, Maine, described as a hornstone formation, noted as the largest such mass in the known world.
A Troy Kansas reader endorses Champlain’s Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for prevention and relief of cholera morbus symptoms. The note urges keeping the remedy handy and mentions Deam as a seller and DeWitt’s Little Medicine as a treatment for sick headache biliousness and constipation.
Jost Dotzinger unified the diverse German Freemason fraternities into a single body in 1444, consolidating lodges and administrative oversight under one organization. The move centralized governance and standard protocols across the German lodges.
Along the Atlantic coast the text repeats many English Irish and Scottish names. The talk in the wa a will of convines you so quickly as one triab of DeWits Witch Hazel Silve for scards burns bruises shin affections and piles. C. Deam.
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