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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-25
First Post Office Opened Here
In 1897; Town In Putnam County

most office was known by name it
still bears.
In 1861, Bluffton was on what was
known as Route 1859 from Findlay
to Lima. Mail was brought here
once a week by the contractor-car-
rier, Jacob Rosenberg, of Findlay.
HIGH POSTAGE
Postage rates at that time were
as follows: "For every letter COM
posed of a single sheet of paper,
weighing less than one ounce, con-
veyed not exceeding 80 miles, six
cents; from 80 to so miles, 10 cents;
from 80 to $50 miles, 121a cents;
from $50 to 400 miles, 1874 cents;
over 400 miles, 25 cents"
Earliest available records of post
office compensation in Bluffton shows
that the postmaster, Daniel S. Goble,
received S1508 for the fiscal year,
1889. Net receipts for the fiscal
year of 1841 were $28.68, and the
postmaster received S15.17.
In contrast, postal receipts in 1910
were $5,788; for 1920, $8,8S9; for
1880, $14,534; and for 1889. $25, ,949.
RURAL ROUTE IN 1901
Rural delivery service from the
Bluffton post office was established
Sept. 2, 1901, with one carrier. He
! received $500 a year. City delivery
service was established April l, 1927.
In addition to the first recorded
postmaster, Daniel S. Goble, the fol-
lowing have served:
Erastus Thompson, William Nc
Dermitt, Miles w. Vance, Jacob
Moser, Robert d. Murray, Abraham
Long, Andrew Hauenstein, Edwin
Edsall, John Martin, M. G. Smith.
William P. Bentley, John II. Pat
terson, Henry L. Romey, Russell B.
Day, George H. Lewis, Gideon
Locher, M. M. Murray, and Edward
r. Reichenbach, incumbent.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-25
japan Brooks No Interference
In Far East, Says Peace Speaker

Japan also wants French Indo-China
and is bending every effort to get it.
Since the outbreak of the Chino
Japanese war, the cost of living in
Japan has mounted 64 per cent and
wages have increased only 34 per
cent. A cotton shirt which would
sell for 81 here would bring $3.50
in Japan.
The common people are those suf-
fering from the war because the
government has first claim on all
products for war materials. Second
preference is to those manufacturing
goods for export to obtain foreign
exchange for money to finance the
war. This leaves little for domestic
consumption.
CHRISTIAN DEGENERATION
Fey also assailed the degeneration
of the Christian faith in Japan. Due
to government pressure, most of the
church sects now operating on the
island have made concession after
concession to the national religion of
Shintoism.
japanese Christians can be seen at
pagan shrines because it is the pa
| triotic thing to do, and Christian
church operation is rigidly con-
| trolled.
For example songs which hail God
as "Lord of Lords and King of
Kings" must be censored because the
statement conflicts with the Japan
ese Shinto belief that the Emperor
is of divine descent and is supreme
Totalitarianism will not survive in
this world, the speaker declared, be-
cause it is not human nature for the
residents of any country to perman-
emily conform to its theories and
modes of operation.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-25

Ohio's newest State Forest for
mally opens this Spring.
1t is the 22,400-acre Zaleski
Forest, near Zeleski, Ohio. There
has been a 3,400-acre Zaleski
State Forest since 1882. Recently
the Government added 10000
acres, in which were built the
park facilities. The recreational
area is near Hope on State Route
278, in N. E. Vinton County, with
Ranger headquarters at Zaleski,
Ohio.
There are IA attractive vacation
cabins. All have running water,
electric lights, modern plumbing,
window screens, kerosene stoves,
ice boxes, cooking utensils, dishes,
bedding and linens. Groceries,
kerosene and ice may be obtained
at the caretaker's lodge. Each
cabin is equipped with a shower
bath and has normal sleeping ac-
commodations for four people,
though as many as eight are al
lowed. Rental rates are set ac-
cording to a sliding scale based
upon the number of occupants and
the period of rental. Weekly
rates for small cabins start at
$4,000 per week for two persons
with $500 added per week for
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-25
Fashions OF Grandmother's
Day Shown In Old Magazine

Colorful inserts of the latest styles
in women's wear are featured in the
March, 1897, magazine.
1t has lao pages, and the inserts
in color are real works of art. Prac-
tically all the volume is devoted to
the latest styles for women, but in
the back are two short stories, de-
noting the trend to fiction that was
then taking hold.
The August, 1906, magazine also
placed its emphasis on women's FASH
ions, but a great share of the vol
ume carries fiction, including short
stories and serials. Advertising, also,
is much more prominent.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-25

Part of the evolution of one of
Americas oldest magazines can be
traced thru three old copies of "The
Deliniator" brought to the office of
The Bluffton News this week by Mrs.
John Blome, of North Main street.
Issued in 1885, 1897 and 1906, the
magazines were owned by Mrs.
Blome's mother, Mrs. Tine McGriff,
from whom she obtained them.
In the April, 1885, issue of SO
pages, printed in black and white
everything is devoted to ladies fash
ions and with the exception of a
few pages on children's clothing.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-25
Former Oil Field
Worker SuccunabS

Kerwin Stratton, 81, formerly en-
ployed in the oil field near Bluffton
died in Tiffin, Sunday where he had
resided for the past several years.
He was the son of Harry and Har-
riet Stratton and formerly lived in
Orange township.
Surviving are his wife, one sister,
Mrs. Harry Morrison of Tulsa, Okla,
and one brother, Myron Stratton OF
Bluffton.
Funeral services were held in Tiff
fin, Tuesday afternoon followed by
interment at that place.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-25
Daughter OF Early Postmaster
Comes Too Late With MementO

She was a little woman-barely
noticed among the crowds that milled
about the corner stone at the post
office building Sunday afternoon
after the program was ovef-but she
smiled bravely and carefully replaced
tinq box in her purse and turned
away. 1t was just another of life's
disappointments.
The woman was Mrs. ]. E. Orch
ard of Lima whose father, John
Martin, was a Bluffton postmaster
in the early days. She arrived here
early Sunday afternoon with small
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-25
Times Change-And So Do Ideas
In Corner Stones, Engineer Says

bearing a suitable inscription at the
back of which, embedded in the wall
is a receptacle containing documents
to be preserved.
The corner stone of Buttons post
office building is an Ohio sandstone
quarried near Lorain. Although of
grayish cast it is known to the
trade as buff sandstone. It's di-
mensions are three feet in length
one foot IL inches in height and four
inches in thickness.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-25

burger fry.
Present from out of town for the
occasion were:
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Lee and son,
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Merritt, Owen
Thompson, A. J. Wosmuth, Mr.. and
Mrs. Glen Massman and Miss Helen
Engler all of Dayton and Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed Morlock of Piqua.
Other guests were: Grad Clark of
Battle Creek, Mich, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Karl Sharpe and daughters Dorothy
and Ruth of Columbus.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-25

box containing a thimble which had
belonged to her father, harness
maker by trade.
She had intended to place it in
the corner stone as memorial to
her father and was disappointed to
learn that the copper box containing
the various mementos had been
sealed on Saturday night.
"You see, the thimble is of no
value to anyone but me-and I have
no one to leave it to-, she explained,
"and / thought it would be nice to
put it in the corner stone of the
post office here.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-25
Lawn Picnic

A lawn picnic was enjoyed here
Sunday by staff members of the Day
ton agency of Investors Syndicate
and their wives and families, enter
tanned at the G. T. Soldner home on
Cherry street as guests of Mr.. Sold
ner who is connected with that or
ganization.
The afternoon, spent informally
also included talks by several of the
guests followed by an outdoor ham.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-25

Times change-and so do ideas in
corner stones, it is explained by VIM.
w. Cooke, construction engineer who
is the inspector representing the fed
eral government in the building of
Buttons new post office.
Corner stones are no longer heavy
cubic pieces of granite with receipt
acle cut therein to hold archives and
mementos. Present day corner stones
are slabs, usually Indiana limestone
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-25
Daniel Goble, First Postmaster,
Received Yearly Salary
OF SIS
Net Receipts of Bluffton Post
Office i'm 1871 were S2S,
Records Show

Buttons first post office was es-
tablished within four years after the
first settler, Joseph Deford, came
here in 1888, according to John =,
Lamiell, director of the division OF
international postal service, who rep
resented the post office department
of laying of the corner stone fol-
Buttons new federal building last
Sunday afternoon.
Lamiell obtained his information
relatives to the early history of pos
tai service in Bluffton from record:
of the post office department.
Opened July 20, 1887, the first post
office here was known as Croghan
Putnam county. That name was
given in honor of Col. George Crog-
han who so ably defended Fort
Stephenson, Fremont, in the war ot
1912.
In ALLEN COUNTY
On May 7, 1852, the post office OF
Croghan was changed from Putnam
to Allen county when the territorial
makeup of counties in this area was
revised.
Another change came on August
II, 1861, when the citizens of the
town voted to change its name from
Shannon to Bluffton. Thereafter the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-25

Declaring that the power of
Gandhi in India is greater than that
of any world dictator, Harold Fey,
associate editor of Christian Century
magazine, Friday night addressed a
public meeting closing a six-day
statewide peace conference on the
Bluffton college campus.
Approximately 100 delegates were
here for the meeting arranged by
the Fellowship of Reconciliation, with
which Don Smucker and Rev. Carl
Lands, both formerly of Bluffton,
are affiliated. Smucker and Landis
each appeared on the program as
speakers.
Fey has recently returned from an
extended tour thru the Orient, and
his talk dealt with conditions in the
Far East.
GANDHI is POWERFUL
Violence has been Stunned by
Gandhi, and yet his civil disobedience
program has been the greatest prob
lem ever faced by the British en-
pire. His power is the greatest
force in India today, the speaker
said, and India's future depends up
on his decision.
His great following was attracted
n n1y Ivy d.rn - L. L
became one of the lower class, lived
with them and grasped a broad un-
derstanding of their problems.
In commenting on the Chino-Japan-
ese war, Fey said that if the former
did not have the forces of Nippon to
contend with they would be fighting
each other.
CHINA DIsoRGANIzED
Russia has been hard at work
spreading the theories of communism
in China, and sentiment between con-
fiicting forces has been at a boiling
point for several years.
The japanese threat, however, has
served to unite communistic and
anti-communistic forces against the
invader, but even now clashes be-
tween the two Chinese groups some.
times occur.
In sections of China which have
been conquered by Japan, civil dis
obedience similar to that of Gandhi's
has been used effectively, and it ii
some ways is question if Japar
can control the areas efficiently.
CHINESE STARvE
Japan's goal has been to ute tn,
yellow race against the whites, bu
the program is not very popular will
Chinese because of the war the Min
ponese have been waging on them
conditions are deplorable il
Shanghai where half of the peopl,
who die are found dead on tn,
streets, Fey declared. Starvation /,
prevalent since the price of rice ha,
increased approximately six time.
because OF the blockade and becaus,
of profteering.
Starving Chinese comb the ruin,
OF the city for scrap iron which the,
sell to the japanese to use in max
ing armaments for waging war o,
other Chinese. 1t is the only wa,
they can exc out an existence, h,
said.
TIRED OF WAR
In Japan the common man is grow
ing tired of the war, but despit.
that the country is ready to fieh
should the United States attempt tt
become receiver in bankruptcy fol
the Dutch East Indies and othe,
| european possessions in that quarter
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-25
.Uu-Side Down Girl Wed

Alyce Jane McHenry, who was op-
Grated on for an "upside-down"
stomach when she was 10, is now
normal married woman still in her
teens
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-25

tentious brick house made of
bricks which were nodded by
hand and fired in a little kiln in
a pit near the new Zaleski school.
In spite of his preparations for
making this his home, Zaleski
never came to Ohio but remained
in Europe.
The State Park is built around
the nearly l00-year-old Zaleski
holdings.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-25
Oliver Optic

Oliver Optic
Oliver Optic was the pseudonym
of William Taylor Adams, who
wrote 126 novels for young people
and over a thousand newspaper
stories
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-25
TIRED OF WAR

In Japan the common man is grow
ing tired of the war, but despite
tnat the country is ready to fight
should the United States attempt to
become receiver in bankruptcy for
the Dutch East Indies and other
European possessions in that quarter
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-25

Little Boy Blue
More boys than girls have blue
eyes, says the Better Vision In
stitute.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-18
EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, July 17.-QP-The
free British pound sterling declined
3 cents today as money traders
cleared decks for dealings tomorrow
in officially priced sterling.
Active trade developed as opera.
tors settled commitments.
After July 18, according to Lon
don plans. official sterling only may
be used to pay for United Kingdom
exports.
Free sterling will still have minor
uses. Just how many, local banks
are cabling London to discover.
The --latest English restrictions,
however, provide that no further
supplies Of free sterling shall be
created. Hence as the supply of the
free currency dwindles through
such uses as insurance premiums,
charity and travel-expenses, the
market will steadily contract
The New York English foreign
exchange committee has recommend
ed to the local market that trading
in official sterling start tomorrow
on the basis of $4.02 to $4.04 for
cable transfers.
Closing rates follow Great Britain
in dollars, others in cents:
Canada: Official Canadian control
boards rates for U. S. dollars: Buy
ing 10 per cent premium, selling II
per cent premium, equivalent to dis
counts on Canadian dollars in New
York of buying 9.911 per cent, selling
900 per cent.
Canadian dollar in New York open
market IL Ia per cent discount, or
S7.75 U. S. cents.
Europe: Great Britain, cables
3.78, Finland 2.O5n; Germany 40.1On,
(benevolent) 1906; Greece .6S; Hun
gary 17.65n; Italy sos; Portugal
3.7S; Rumania SIN; Sweden 1888;
Switzerland 22.70; Yugoslavia 2.35.
Latin America: Argentina, official
GIT, free 21.75; Brazil, official sos,
free sos; Mexico 20.35n:
Far East: Japan 23.4S; Hongkong
1916; Shanghai 6.25.
(Rates in spot cables unless other
wise indicated.)
n-Nominal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-18
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, July 1.-R-Q u e I
but persistent profit taking a n d
hedging today wiped out about halt
of yesterdays wheat price advance
quotations closing with net losses
of 3-4 to l 1-8 cents a bushel.
Some selling was based on over
night rains in Minnesota, North
Dakota and Montana, with 1.22 in
ches reported at Fargo, and fore
cast of showers over most of the
North Central states except Indi-
ana and Nebraska, with cooler wea-
Their in the heart of the spring
wheat belt.
July wheat closed at 70 7-8 and
September at "a 1912. Corn was
3-8 lower to IA higher, July g. Ia
3-8, September So 1884; oats 1-8
off to IL up: rye l to l 1-8 down
and lard 2 to 10 lower.
Some wheat support came from
the mills or was based on the re-
port of government experts that
stem rust is expected to cause con-
siderable damage in east central
Kansas. However, these experts say
injury in the soft wheat belt has
been less than expected and that
while moderately heavy infection
has developed on susceptible
spring wheat in the northwest there
r comparatively few fields of
such varieties. Thatcher wheat has
only a trace in the territory in
spected.
Extension of the export subsidy
plan to include flour sales from
all U. S. ports to all western hem
isphere points also attracted atten-
ton. The subsidy rate on flour ex-
ports to The Americas" was an
nounced as 70 cents a barrel. 2
Open High Low Close
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-18
EW FAVORED ISSUES MARK UP VAN IN MARKET
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, July 17-LP- Hogs
moved steady to 10 cents lower
today. The top was $6.70. Cattle
were strong to rs cents lower r.
Spring lambs were steady. Best
wholesale pork loins rose IL cent
to II IL cents a pound.
Medium weight and weighty
steers were weak to Is cents lower
with kinds scaling over 1900 pound
showing most of the decline. light
steers and yearling heifers were
strong.> Strictly grass steers were
weak to Is cents lower.
U. S. Dept. Agr.)-Salable hogs
$4,000; total 10000; slow; gener-
ally steady to 10 lower than Tues
days average; practical top $40;
good load CTS; bulk good a n d
choice 100 to 27O lbs. 6.25 to IS;
mostly $50 to IS for 200 to $50 lbs.
butchers $50 to 6.35; some heavier
weights $50 to rs; not good pack
ing sows $50 lbs. down 500 to 6.35;
some SIS; shippers took 1000; hold
overs 1000.
Salable cattle $500; calves LOCO
medium weights and weighty steers
weak to Is lower; kinds scaling
over 1900 lbs. showed most decline;
yearlings and light steers strong
same for yearling heifers; strictly
grass steers weak to Is lower
weighty kind showing most loss
selling at $50 down to so and be.
low; grade 1850 lbs. fed Kan.
sas 10.15; very liberal supply long
fed weighty steers 1880 to HOO;
practical top 1910 lbs. strictly
choice steers 11.50; several loads
11.35 to so; best $50 lb. yearling.
ll.40; grass fat natives and south
west cows weak to Is lower; new
low on crop: all such cows selling
at SOS down to 400 and below
granted weighty native cows III
to 800; bulls slow on light kinds
but strong on weighty offerings uT
to 40 vealers Is higher at 1925 te
8; few HOO; thin stockers down;
most demand developing on fresh.
ly good to choice weighty vealer.
costing $50 to 1880.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-18
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, July 171RcJuly
cotton contracts expired today. Aft
err sharp fluctuations old July
went off the board at moor with a
gain of 16 points and new up q
points. New crop futures declined
late in the day, ending off 6 to 8
points.
A contraction in the open inter-
est in July prior to expiration left
few buying or settings orders in the
ring. Issuance of Is transferable
notices brought out early liquida-
ton which was soon absorbed.
Worth street textile prices held
firm but brokers said buyers were
taking only small lots of goods.
No exports Tuesday: Season so
far $685., 954 bales. Port receipts
1857; port stocks 2,512, 959.
Range follows:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-18
CLOSING SP0TTY
IN BOND MARKET
Trading Ends In Assortment
OF Gains And Losses Ut
Varying Amounts

NEW YORK, July 1.-R1The
bond market finally ended up in an
assortment of gains and losses OF
varying amounts today after max
ing a stab at higher prices in the
forenoon.
The foreign dollar group fur
nished some of the widest changes.
French stamped 7 LIS of Al bound
ed up 9 "a points to so on turn
over of II bonds. German Is were
l higher at q IA and Argentine
As gained 2 IL at 81. Losers OF
major fractions to a point or mora
included Japanese 5 lbs and 6 LIS
and Buenos Aires 4 5-8s.
Some of the rails held up fairly
well in the domestic list after IT.
regularity replaced early firmness
coincident with backtracking In
stocks. New Haven collateral Is
ended up 3 at 80, Northern Pacific
As were 3-4 higher at 68 IL and
Baltimore & Ohio first mortgage
loans were up 2 3-8 at So 3-8. High
err issues in other groups included
International Telephone IS and
Ohio Edison 3 3-4s.
Lower by fractions to more than
a point were, among others, ALE
ghany stamped IS, American Tele.
phone 3 las, Consolidated Edison
LIS, Illinois Central 4 3-4s, Postal
Telegraph SIS, Youngstown Shee1
IS, Loews 3 lbs and Nickel Plate
4 LIS.
U. S. governments held a steady
undertone throughout and ended up
2-32 to 1882 of a point.
Total sales of S., 1872, 200, par val.
lie, compared with 81, 1852, 900 on
Tuesday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-18
NEW YORK SUGAR

NEW YORK, July 17-1P-The
domestic sugar futures contract
made a good showing today de-
spite a 3-point cut in spot raw
sugar.
Final prices in the domestic list
were unchanged to 3 points lower
On sales of II, 700 tons. Replace
ment demand for distant deliver
les steadied the market.
The world list ignored trade re-
ports of United Kingdom buying
of, Javan sugar and declined after
starting steadiness. Final prices
were IL 10 l point lower on sales
of 2,l00 tons; Sept. Sab, March
lob.
Spots were lowered on sale of
$500 tons of Philippines due Mon
day at 2.65 cents a pound.
Refined remained at $50 cents
in local territory.
No. 3 range follows.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-18
POTATOES

CHICAGO, July 17.-R-(U. S.
Dept. Agr.)Potatoes, arrivals 103;
on track 311; total U. S. shipments
412; supplies moderate; demand for
California long white moderate; for
western bliss triumphs demand
light, for Missouri cobblers demand
good; market slightly stronger on
best stock, for western bliss tri
umph market weaker, for Mis-
souri, cobbler market toda; Cali
fornia long white U. S. CONNER
cial 2.65; Idaho bliss triumphs U.
S. No. /, $50 to ITO; Oregon bliss
triumphs U. S. No. l, 1.60; Ne.
braska bliss triumphs good quality
l.60; Missouri cobblers fair to good
quality LOS to 20; Missouri bliss
triumphs fair to good quality 1.25
to 30; Kansas cobblers fair to gen.
orally good quality 100 to IS. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-18
Va, July IT.

RICHMOND, Va, July 17-R
Livestock: hogs: steady. Good
and choice 100 to 225 lbs. 6.55 to
6.75; 100 to 100 lbs. Ats to 5.25;
100 to 40 lbs. SIS to SIS; 40 to 100
lbs. SIS to $40; 100 to 1870 lbs. $40
to SIS; 225 10 $50 lbs. SOS to SIS;
$50 to 300 lbs. SIS to 6.25; over
300 lbs. So to 6.15. Sows under
$50 lbs. 500 to $50; over $50 lbs.
$50 to 500.
Cattle: Barely steady. Best fat
dairy type cows $50 to 500, me
diums AS Otto 500, Gamers and
cutters 3.25 to 400. Good sausage
bulls 800 to $50. Vealers steady.
800 top on good and choice. Others
$50 down q