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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1903
Page
2
The jury found Frank Bright guilty of adultery and sentenced him to 30 days in jail and a $50 fine. He remains at large on bond pending a motion for a new trial. If the retrial motion is overruled, Bright will serve the sentence.
Captain Charles Trin reports Governor Durbin has accepted Second Lieutenant Jackson and an election will be held next Friday. Brunn notes shipment of Iraq Jorgenson rifles and commissary supplies from Chicago for West Point encampment. Khaki uniforms have been sent and Friday night drill will be the last before the company leaves for Ken Tenckey.
Marty KE Stoddard awards HL M Wiley the opera house constructor a contract to erect a brick business block on new South Main street lot, with completion by January 1. The building will occupy the site currently housing Liechday’s Meat Stands and the smoke house.
Mortgage filed in Wells county for 1100009 by Cin cimiti Bluffton Chicago Railway Co trustees and Davenport to secure road financing. Also notes marriage licenses issued: Nathan L. Collins to Jane Butterfield, Richard Beebe to Ward, Barney Bolton to Nel.
LaVonne Edwards and Simon G Engle will wed Sunday afternoon at 230 at the home of the bride's mother Mrs Clara Edwards 54 east Tenth street Indianapolis. After the ceremony the couple will live in Bluffton with a home announced on South Johnson street after October 15. Engle teaches science at the city high school and comes from Monticello Indiana. The bride has roots in Monticello and Bloomington State University.
Russ and Clark Niblick sons of Bruce Niblick living near Adams County east of Craigville were struck by Sherman Popejoy Saturday around eleven. They were crossing Main Street and knocked down under a vehicle causing scratches cuts and a bad fright. Passersby moved them to Johnson's office then Stout's drug store for cleaning and treatment. Dr. Davenport assessed no serious injuries to follow.
A local testimony from Mrs. L A McBride of 909 Wabash street describes severe loins pain eased by Noan's Kidney Pills advertised at Chas C Deam's drug store. She notes marked improvement, endorses the remedy, and cites Wester Milburn Co Buffalo NY as sole US agents. Price 40 cents per box. Remember the name Downs.
Morgan Allen of Frankton visits J W Bock. Joe Culbert and Os Baker attended Huntington last Monday. Hd Roby and Wm Colbert joined an excursion to Toledo Sunday. J L Jones has bought J P Rader’s house and will move in soon, while L Rader packs to move to Newcastle Thursday. Lewis Colbert and wife from Marion visited relatives over Sunday and returned Monday.
The fifth annual Kleinknight reunion will be hosted by Calvin Kinkle in Lancaster township on October 3. All invited. Signed John Kleinknight, Ohgirman.
Indiana will feature women's work at the St Louis fair with help from St Mary's in the Woods near Terre Haute. Sisters will prepare needlework china painting and new designs, plus Terre Haute and Anderson ladies will contribute samples of Persian drawn work pillow lace oriental embroidery and other pieces for selection.
Tilph Esterday, 16, son of Henry Esterday, living 2.5 miles NW of town, fell from a haymow Tuesday when a rotten board broke under him. He landed 10 to 12 feet below, suffered chest pains, and was taken home. Dr Fulton was summoned after several hours.
A Dike company prospect near Pleasant Plains in Jlyntington County has turned into a gusher after a Friday shot. Tubing is in and the well stood full without pumping. A nearby fourth week old well on the same lease remains an excellent producer. The Pike holds 240 acres in the area and plans continued development as outputs rise, with the lease expected to grow to a second Midway if expansion continues.
Louis Sowerwine and family narrowly escaped serious harm when a frightened horse caused their carriage to overturn near the Willian Wilkins home while returning toward town. All occupants escaped injury beyond a shaken state, though the rig was badly damaged. Mrs. John Johnson and daughter Bessie left for Marietta Ohio to settle there, where Johnson is employed.
Greeley Colorado irrigation colony overview with 5000 residents, county seat of Weld. Describes sugar factory capacity, beet yields, potato shipments, frost impact, alfalfa honey, and farm profits per acre. Mentions altitude, city park, and local visit notes by A J Weile of the Greeley Tribune.
Lancaster township schools begin Monday September 28 with all sites opening except Craigville delayed due to a new building not ready. Trustees list teachers per numbered schools including Dora Slarsh James Sturgis Myrtle Miller Willard Waugh Sibyl Lindsey Lester Wisner and Charles Pierce with Craigville staff Sylvester Miller Arley Wry Sadie Miller Raymond Wasson Murray staff Frank Waugh and Iva Clowser.
The following letters remain uncalled for at the Bluffton post office for the week ending September 21, 1903: John W. Ashley William Stocker Mrs Mary Coney Sadie Conley Mat ule Clark Frank Daniels Mary Iish er Fred Ginter Wiliam Jarvey C. A. Kenyon M. L. Miller John M. Miller James A. Monhall Miss Kathryn Momery Chas Nerr Elmer Sterns Sean Schwartz Clinton Lemanton Wd Re Suhafer lye W White.
I. A. Wilkwison, Phanuel Mela- Lire and T. J. Suwards were sworn in Monday as appraisers for the C. B. & GU condemnation case. They will perform eight separate adjustments as part of the process.
Monday evening at Mayor Mock's court, Clint Deam was jailed for malicious trespass after hurling a piece of iron at a saloon screen following a disturbance. Deam bound over to circuit court on a $300 bond, with circuit trial not before November. Frank Cotton, arrested for intoxication, pleaded guilty and paid $19.55 in fines and costs. Roy Jones admitted assault and battery, paying most costs, with $1.50 to be squared later.
Attorneys Mack and Sons Sturgis and Stine Charlies DeLacour and Arthur L Sharpe filed Tuesday for John W Terrill a plea of insanity in response to the grand jury indictment for the murder of Melvin Wolfe The plea states Terrill was of unsound mind at homicide The trial schedule shifts start two weeks later than Judge Vaughn suggested beginning November 30 The report notes Terrill preferred November 16 as too soon and the postponement followed accordingly Next weekend Methodist church services at Jummaus two miles east of Kingsland will host a quarterly meeting Presiding Elder Daniels will lead the event.
Commotion in Nottingham township as gradual withdrawal of the C. 3. and C. gradeing force due to unpaid wages. Last week over thirty leadmen quit as six berms left by Saturday noon, threatening to extend near the Terrell farm and toward Jay county line. A prominent local source cites owed sums, including a 3000 bill with 190 paid weeks ago, while railroad officials acknowledge only a few teams quitting by foreman request amid contractor disputes.
A new campaign badge shows President Roosevelt and Booker T. Washington seated together at a luncheon. The bold single word Nquality marks the badge. Colored men wear it first, seen on coats. origin credited to Thomas of Chicago.
Dunkirk business men and others push for an electric railroad from Eaton to Pennville via Dunkirk with a link to the M H W and N W at Eaton. The plan attracts favorable feedback as financiers weigh the project details.
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