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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1894
Page
2
In a slave era scene, a mob tortures Uncle Ben for information about hidden fugitives. Marian Percy arrives unseen, halting the brutal act and shifting the crowd’s attention as the rescue plan unfolds amid Confederate threats.
Marian confronts Ike Baxter and his guerrillas at a Confederate camp, frees Uncle Ben the loyal slave, and demands respect for Kenton and the Yankee spy. She warns the group that Kenton has faced dangers for the South and asserts her heroism.
Rev. Roberts preached his first sermon at Oakland. Mrs. Strohm is very ill. Jacob Kepper and wife visited D. W. Abbott’s family. Bertha Miller has typhoid fever. The Christian Union church nears completion for dedication in weeks. Jonas Bear’s house nears occupancy. Merit and Minnie Abbott returned from Ohio. John Anderson and wife visited with Grandparents. Dave Hartman rented his farm to Elijah Christ. Mrs John Miller’s daughters visited Genesis. Will Deihl injured while slaughtering a beef. Campaign push prompts public speaking. East Lancaster claims strong Democrat support under Indiana laws. Rev. Roberts, Ossian minister, preached at Oakland and will reside in Ossian. Jim Dowty’s 21st birthday party hosted by local youth.
The article notes fall pasture excellent and a large area to be sown with wheat. It records local happenings including M C Blue's Bluffton visit, school start with Chas Brinnemano as teacher, and various farm activities such as onion shipping talks, gas well investment by Chas Kunkel, a colts death, and farmers buying disk harrows to improve wheat prep.
Mrs Bird Hover of Bluffton visited her parents last week and Mrs Tena Kleinknight went to Peru to visit her sister. John Dick and family from Muncie visited Grandma Dick. Rev Roberts preached at Lancaster Chapel to a large audience. Sam Keller and wife of Bluffton visited George Maddux and family. George Keller boasted of husking a bushel of corn from twelve hills and challenged Tocsin. Mart Perry failed taming a pair of coop and they ran off. Nell Watkins had three buggy wheels borrowed at a social and later found them with a young man a few miles away. The thefts may lead to trouble.
In Tit-Bits humor, Farmer Wayback-Well comments on an artist painting a dilapidated barn, while a fresh new barn stands completed behind him. Mrs Wayback questions the painter’s activity as the scene unfolds with lighthearted irony.
The state election commissioners order 1 500 000 ballots with a potential 200 000 more, totaling about 1 700 000. Secretary Stein asks counties for voter estimates and new precincts since last year. Printing will take three carloads of paper and eight presses running around the clock for seven days, with ballots issued twenty days before the election. Ballots list statewide officers in order and feature Democratic Republican Prohibition and Populist parties. Emblems appear in a single line, ink is purple, and act-specific woollen clothing ads conclude the notice.
A humorous quip from New York Weekly where a young author objects to publicity and contemplates traveling incognito under a nom de plume, while a friend endorses the idea. The item captures light social commentary on fame and privacy.
Threshing finished and pasture healthy after rain. Corn cutting and seeding under way. Samuel Schoch sells grapes at 4 cents per pound. Ezra Taylor family moves from Montpelier to Banner City. Banner man Charles Taylor offers sorghum cane mill for sale. Banner beats Markle kids two to one in local ball game. Haflich cousins travel to Warren for excursion. Preskey & Co add an evaporator to their steam sorghum cane mill. Hollow glass building bricks in use.
Have You a Family. If 20 you will be particularly interested in something good for children. Every family should have a bottle of Dr Wells New Cough Cure on hand at all times in cases of sudden colds cough croup etc. This remedy is pleasant to take free from danger and positive in its results. Try it and you will use no other. Price 25 cents Sold by J. E. Sturgis. 36 t 13 The timber piles under St Mark's at Venice are in good condition after carrying that structure 900 years.
Advert says Electric Bitters cures liver and kidney ailments pimples and skin conditions purges malaria and aids digestion. Claims guarantee satisfaction or money back with bottles priced 50c and 1 at Charles C Denim drug store. Also notes best steel castings for US navy with 65 000 000 to 75 000 pounds per square inch tenacity.
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as purifying blood and invigorating all body functions. It claims the medicine overcomes fatigue and creates a “new person”, while Hood's Pills are described as purely vegetable, harmless and reliable.
The highest lighthouse on the American coast is Cape Henry Virginia. It rises 162 feet and is built wholly of iron.
Curtis Buntin of Brooklyn New York spent 1000 with doctors and springs seeking relief from rheumatism but found no help. Drummond's Lightning Remedy claims rapid relief and total restoration. Send five dollars to Drummond Medicine Co. at 48 Maiden Lane New York for a month’s treatment two large bottles and they will ship to your address. Agents wanted.
The record notes 3,804 public libraries with 10,000 volumes each containing 26,896,357 bound volumes. It praises healthful feeding for livestock and advertises full pound packages at 25 cents from J. E. Sturgis. It also mentions Greek history starting at 776 years before the Christian era.
The ad stresses Hood's Sarsaparilla as unique due to its specific combination of remedies, exact mixing proportions, and a special curing process. It claims proven cures for others justify confidence it can help the reader, urging trial based on results rather than promises.
A report shows that about two fifths of companies promoted or started in England each year fail to survive. The study highlights risks for new businesses and the high volatility faced by startups amid financial pressures and market competition.
An English veterinary staple advertised as the wonder liniment claims to cure after others fail and has endured twenty years of use by a leading English veterinary surgeon. It is sold in the United States with a guarantee for man or beast at 50 cents or 1 dollar by J. E. Sturgis. A New York man reports his carpet stolen three times in three months.
The ad proclaims Bucklen's Arnica Salve as best for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns and skin eruptions and even piles with a money back guarantee. Price two cents per box sold by Charles C. Deam. The National Toothpick Association reports output of fifty two carloads of toothpicks yearly.
Safely and quickly cured by Crafta Distemper and Cough Cure. It cures distemper and prevents its spread when given promptly. Not expensive and easily administered. Send for book on distemper three. Wells Medicine Co. LaFayette Ind. or ask J. E. Sturgis. 36113 In Spain tobacco consumption is 110 pounds per 100 inhabitants. in Austria 273.
Mrs Phoebe Thomas of Junction City Illinois was told she had consumption and no hope, but two bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery cured her. Thomas Eggers of 139 Florids street San Francisco, after a dreadful cold, bought one bottle and cured in two weeks. Free trials at Charles C Deam’s drug store. Regular sizes 50 cents and 1 dollar.
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