Wardell Spiritualism Affair Stirring Bluffton Rumors
A LaFayette weekly item reports H R Wardell denying a Bluffton Seance claim that the spirit of Big Wolf appeared and that Wardell or family were harmed. Wardell brands the Enquirer piece as fiction and vows legal or other action. A teaser hints a sensational development to unfold tomorrow morning.
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LaFayette
Wardell
LaFayvette
Baswer
Enquirer
H. R. Wardell
Big Wolf
Royse
F. Williams
Fifth St
Bluffton Hosts Three Day Fall Races at Welty Track
H E Johnston, leasing the Welty track, has arranged a three day racing program in Bluffton for October 4 5 and 6 with purses totaling 1200 dollars. The setup promises top competition and big crowds across the event.
Bluffton to Host Three Days of Race Action
On Saturday Retla Boy Loco motive Jr and Ben Adbem will contest for a 150 purse. A bicycle and running race are planned daily. A grand stand seating 1900 will be built by a stock company. The fast half mile track will be in top condition for thirty to forty horses and three days of sport. The program is set as arranged.
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Retla Boy
Locomotive, Jr
Ben Adbem
Bluffton
Poem Fragment with Biblical and Name References
An OCR fragment presents a poem style line with names Moses Eli Morrison Ira Sink Bowman Pyle Charley and a call to fetch a bell. The diction suggests a playful or chant like verse with scattered archaic phrasing and a ta-ra-ra rhythm cue.
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Moses
Eli
Houtz
Morrison
Bowman
Pyle
Schott
Charley
Household telephone mystery and hotel gas quest
A resident questions who uses a telephone in their home. An old man at a city hotel, seen in a quiet state, becomes agitated by not finding gas and frets over electricity as he paces his third floor room.
Neighbors Clash Over Quiet Floors Turned Tea Time
A first visit between a flat’s new resident and the prior occupant ends with tense barbs about noise from wooden floors rugs and a piano. The newcomer hints that the front bedroom is a dressing room and requests quiet while the other woman nervously brushes aside the jabs during tea.
Panic Prices Offer Fall Goods on Free Wool Basis
Bluffton merchants announce a tariff based sale with low prices across dress goods and domestics. The store claims to be first in town to adopt the free wool basis and promises refunds or exchanges for unsatisfactory items.
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Bluffton
Gas mishap tale and a staged theater death
A Buffalo Express snippet recalls a tale of one man failing to light gas and nearly dying while another cousin saves him. It contrasts with a Tit-Bits note from Glasgow where a curtain stalls mid act and a dead man on stage rises to pull the curtain down, delivering a macabre punchline.
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Jim
Buffalo Express
Glasgow
No Morning Money From John Says Lady Becomes Lesson
A Picture Magazine caption presents a wife chiding her husband for his habit of saying yes and urging him to learn to say no to avoid headaches. The scene shows John replying with a calm No as she asks for money.
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John
Picture Magazine
Local Wills and Probate Notice Appears in Odd Message
Fragmentary note urges residents to seek will and estate services. The garbled text mentions executions of penies and the making of wills, hinting at a probate or legal advisory offering. The source shows unclear names and dates, with no clear official authority or contact details.
Excursion to Lancaster and harvest trips by Clover Leaf lines
Erie Lines offers a seventh annual Huntington Indiana to Lancaster Ohio excursion at 5.00 round trip with tickets on sale Oct 8 and 9 and a thirty day return limit. Harvest excursions from three Clover Leaf lines depart on Oct 25 and others to Kansas Colorado Wyoming and more with through tickets and reclining chair cars.
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Erie Lines
Erie R. BR
Huntington
Ind
Lancaster
Ohio
Columbus
W. G. MacEdward
T. P. A. Erie Lines
Kansas
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
Montana
Nebraska
Missouri
Texas
Arkansas
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Louisana
Iowa
Dakota
Minnesota
C. C. Jenkins
Gen. Pass. Agt
Toledo
Low rate excursion tickets on Clover Leaf route
The Toledo St Louis and Kansas City R B Clover Leaf line offers discounted excursion tickets from all stations through October 18. Consult nearest agent or address C C Jenkins G P A Toledo Ohio. N B The great St Louis Fair and a Midway Plaisance October 1 6.
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Michigan
Wisconsin
Arkansas
T. St. L
C. C. Jenkins
Toledo
Toledo, St. Louis
Kansas City
St. Louis Fair
Northwestern rail passes offered for broad western travel
Circulars announce 11 month passes and return passage within twenty days from sale in states across the northwest and plains. Privileges include a long trip in ticketed territory. For rates and details contact ticket agents of connecting lines or write W. A. Thrall Chicago Northwestern Railway Chicago 3415.
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Villaa Tesonea
Iowa
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Manitoba
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
Montana
Idaho
W. A. Thrall
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Chicago
Hale and Markley advertise real estate and loans in Bluffton
The firm promises best loan terms and lowest interest in Wells County with endless home and eastern money. They offer complete abstracts, first class work on short notice, and sale of farms and city property on easy terms. Located three doors west of Exchange Bank in Bluffton.
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Cal
College Fund
State of
Indiana
Farmery Loan and Abstract Office
Bluffton
Frank 8. Smith
N.P. J
Wells County
Hale & Markley
Exchange Bank
Bluffton, Lnd
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Rau
H. E. Johnston
Welty
Mra Binks
Mra. Binks
Grieged
Dress Goods Department
Henrietta
Black Lambsdowne
Philadelphia
New York
Nate TG
Dias Dee
L. Bluz
Railroad Notes
Henter
ST. Louis Exposition
Sousa's Grid
Ashbaucher Bros
Arnold Taft
Propr
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