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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1904
Page
6
Local grocers report a brisk trade in granulated sugar sold mainly to farmers east of the city. Farmers with grape arbors are making home brewed wine, some by the barrel or large sacks. German settlers are noted as seasoned wine makers, with a reputation for pure, clean production often used as medicine.
B Stpegel of 1204 N Virginia St Evansville Indiana describes years of kidney and bladder pain and weight loss. Three doctors offered no help until Foley's Kidney Cure was taken. After one bottle relief came and a second bottle cured her. Davenport & Ehle sold the remedy.
John Radabaugh, a Penn township landowner, challenged Cincinnati Bluffton and Chicago railroad condemnation. Court appraisers had awarded him 140 dollars, but a circuit court jury increased the award to 500 dollars. Earlier case Olive J. Penn yielded 550 dollars. More trials may be moved to another county.
A. I. Jennesse of 9201 Butler St says a cold settled in his kidneys after working as a switchman. He tried remedies with no help until Foley's Kidney Cure, two thirds of a bottle, cured him. Davenport & Ehle sell it, along with Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tar for constipation.
T P Shonts president and principal stockholder of Toledo St. Louis Western denies transfer of control. He says no negotiations with Vanderbilt or Pennsylvania lines, though others asked about majority stock price. He notes Erie interest but says Erie cannot buy now. Possible party tied to Pere Marquette Cincinnati Hamilton Dayton hinted.
IT SAVED HIS LEG. P. A. Danforth of LaGrange Ga suffered six months with a frightful running sore on his leg but writes Bucklen's Arnica salve cured it in five days. For ulcers wounds piles it's the best salve in the world. Cure guaranteed. Only 25c sold by Chas C Deam druggist.
Abner D. Wolverton sues in circuit court to set aside the will of his brother James E. Wolverton on grounds of unsound mind. Executor H. B. Smith and beneficiaries Florence E. Harris and Blackford Lodge 106 F and A M are named. Estate valued around 17000. major bequest to the Masonic lodge. Breen Morris represents the complainant Hartford City News.
A Peru doctor questions a woman's health while she endures severe pains and fatigue. The dialogue ends with the dramatic reveal that they killed him, signaling a deadly act tied to the patient’s condition.
A man from Portland arrives in Bluffton to question local merchants about C. B. C. time checks. He copies checks and records amounts, claiming to be Senator Hopkins’s agent seeking road debts. Merchants grow wary as ownership chains complicate tracking funds, with the aim to pay off outstanding checks if the road is financed. He departs on the afternoon train.
The notice advises avoiding large portions and rich foods, chewing well, and spacing meals by five hours. It suggests Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets to prevent sour stomach when digestion is weak, noting Davenport and Ehle as sellers.
Indiana Knights of Pythias report 55 000 members with 6 000 new in ten months. Grand chancellor Merrill E Wilson to retire in three weeks to become US marshal. Harry Wade launches plan to honor Wilson by creating Merrill E Wilson Page rank classes in lodges to recruit about 1 000 new members.
An Iowa dealer touts Chamberlins Cough Remedy after over twenty years selling it. A Bluffton obituary notes the death of Mrs Cynthia Hartle in Muncie at 30 p.m. after eight months illness, with survivors listed. The Muncie Star reports funeral plans to be announced. A public inquiry questions the fate of the Indiana towns button advertising programs once used to lure factories.
Hartford City Gazette reports that cities struggle with dust from electric interurban lines. A Supreme Court ruling, deeming the line not a burden, limits remedies. The only effective step may be lowering speed or compelling sprinkling, as the M H and Ft W offers to pay half the cost on Jefferson street to curb dust.
The advertisement touts Dr. King's New Life Pills claiming to cure indigestion biliousness constipation sick headache and stomach liver and bowel troubles. It promotes constant human weariness as a virtue and markets the product as easy pleasant safe and sure available for 25c at Deam's drug store.
John F. Ponds and Laura B. Foreman obtained a marriage license from the county clerk and were married by Justice Walbert at 2:30 PM. The Chester township pair, both well known in the oil region, plan to reside in Chester township and begin married life together.
An ad extols Chamberlain's Pain Balm as superior to a plaster for lame backs and pains in the side or chest. It is praised as a potent liniment for deep seated muscular and rheumatic pains and offered for sale by Davenport and Ehle.
Lew Irey Lewis Trey filed suit against James Waugh and Jane Waugh for possession of Rustic Park near Montpe, and $1,000 damages. The complaint says the plaintiff leased the property with care understood, but the defendants violated the contract, destroyed trees and shrubs, and neglected the grounds.
The Krauss poisoning case shows little new development as Mrs. Krauss remains confined. Her husband and father visit daily, Dr. Scott attends to her, and she resists exercise. The October grand jury is expected to indict, with trial anticipated in January before Judge Vaughn, venue changes possible with extra costs for a Blackford county judge.
The seller Rufus Fishbaugh offers fine Shropshire yearling rams for sale. Rams were bought in Canada and are thoroughbreds. Interested buyers may call at the farm three miles southeast of Markle or write Rufus Fishbaugh.
Mrs Laura Campbell and Elias M Rinear of Bluffton Ind were married Thursday at 2 pm at the bride’s father Rufus Mentzer Denver address Rev D P Howe officiated The bride who has lived most of her life in Denver is a member of Christ M B church Mr Rinear plans to reside on South Main street Bluffton after April 18 1906.
The Clover Lent TOU sails Sept 20 departure with excursions out from Sept 14 to 18, 1908. The trip promises organized colonist travel via the Clover route to the Southwest region with planned stops and schedule details.
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