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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1904
Page
6
A historical look at freshman life contrasts old and new hazing methods. The piece notes milder practices today, campus support from Y M C A and fraternities, and the eager freshman eager to fit in by purchasing caps pins and pennants. It cites an Indiana incident where sophomores exploited ticket schemes for cash.
On Saturday at Bluffton central school room, sixteen applicants took the civil service exam for rural mail carrier posts on new routes from Bluffton Keystone and Poneto. The test was easy with a high pass expectation. Will Krill posted the fastest time at twenty minutes. DeForrest Little supervised the effort. Names listed include Charles Angel Will Krill Will Stogdill Homer Clark Fred Pence Henry L Carrysot Arthur Markley Nelson Abbot C R Hoffman G W Evans John R Kizer Arnold Grove John R Slinger Geo H Slinger E D Cochran Forrest A Wolfe.
Raymond Hesher, aged two, died at the home of Emanuel Bieberstine southeast of the city on Wednesday. Funeral services were held Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Bieberstine residence conducted by Rev. O P Vitz. Interment followed at Six Mile cemetery. J B Yeagley arrived from Fort Wayne to establish Bluffton as his home and will represent the Fraternal Assurance Society working under district agent O M Hammond.
Leopold F Wittebort claims he was remarried by Father Dhe and that a license existed but ceremonies did not occur. Father Dhe and locals dispute the tale saying the remarriage did take place with Mrs Wittebort and her sister present. Wittebort’s wife and daughter in Brussels appeal to Father Che to intervene and deny divorce claims. The Belgian case continues as the public questions his motives and legality.
The Rev. A. D. Alexander pastor of the M. E. church at Alto is located in Toledo Ohio after a week long unexplained absence. He writes his wife admitting wrong doing and asks to join him in Toledo promising to start anew among strangers. The Alto pulpit will be declared vacant as church authorities consider action. Alexander is a Warren native known in Wells county and his family has standing in the community.
The Walmer heirs plat a new addition, Walmerville No 3, with 127 lots on 27 acres west of the city. Streets mirror the town plan and may later extend to Bluffton, leaving 40 acres of the estate. A city drug store incident involving a wife confronting her husband and the pharmacist drew a formal complaint.
General James B. Weaver, who spoke for Judge Parker, was interviewed at the Bliss House after returning from Colorado. He blamed Governor Peabody for labor conditions, recalled past campaigns in Bluffton, and noted his shifting party affiliations from Greenback to Populist.
A Bluffton group with an option on the Harrisburg coal property disputes reports of a two foot vein. Maps show a six to eight foot vein across the area with test shafts sunk to cover the land. The plan includes a $20,000 shaft, deep at about 130 feet, and a railroad linked system paying $2 per car to cover costs.
Garth Bixler sold his automobile to Arthur Foust and William Lyons of Warren for 500 dollars. The new owners took the machine home under its own steam, with the manual and all. Foust noted Warren has eleven automobiles, bragging that Bluffton cannot beat them in motoring and Wells County roads are commendable.
William Myers near Mc Nutts district stepped on a rattlesnake while hunting near Twin Lakes. Startled, he grabbed the serpent and held it by the head until a companion killed it with a knife. The three foot snake had a full set of rattles.
Local youths organize efforts to form a Bluffton football club promising players will sign to play at least six games, once a weekly schedule. Surrounding towns already fielding teams and seek games with Bluffton. A smooth talker in Indiana sells rural route directories to benefit mail order houses, harming home merchants.
Fragmentary notes describe disorder at a political meeting with calls to order and interruptions. A local plan for a large grocery venture, modeled after a Fort Wayne fruit house, is mentioned. A promoter with capital faces a partner with experience as the main movers in the affair.
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