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FACE TWO
The Bluffton News presents
another in the series of import
ant but lesser known aspects of
South America.—Editor.
Tobacco Was First Found By Early
Spanish Explorers In South America
Tobacco—a gift of the American
continent to the world—was first seen
by white men upon their landing on
this Western Hemisphere. The Indi
ans of North America were seen to
inhale the smoke from peace pipes,
having apparently done so since time
immemorial.
The natives of Cuba smoked tobac
co in the form of fat little rolls—our
cigars of today —and all over the
rest of the Americas, the Indians used
it different wax’s as snuff, as chewing
tobacco, or even as a sacred drug.
The fact that it was pleasant and
had some sort of narcotic or stimulant
effect made it very popular with the
Spanish, the English and the Portu
gese settlers and the plant was
brought to Europe in 1558 by Fran
cisco Fernandes “who had been sent
by Philip II of Spain to investigate
the products of Mexico”.
From the south of Europe, where
it had been planted by the Portugese,
Jean Nicot, French Ambassador to
Portugal, brought seeds of the plant
to Queen Catherine de Medici in 1560,
thus introducing it to France. Nicot,
incidentally, not only studied scien
tifically the properties of tobacco but
gave his name to the genus “Nicoti
ana” and to “nicotin”.
Meanwhile the use of the plant for
smoking purposes was spreading
through England. Ralph Lane, the
first governor of Virginia and the
first English smoker, together with
Sir Francis Drake induced Sir Walter
Raleigh to take up pipe-smoking.
The example of the great Raleigh
“who tooke a pipe of tobacco a little
before he went to the scaffolde” con
tributed to the popularity of smoking
among Elizabethan courtiers.
During the 17th century the habit
spread with great popularity through
out the world. “Divine tobacco” as
it is called by Spencer, or “our holy
herb nicotian” by William Lilly who
attributed to it almost miraculous
October 3, 1918
Reports of the first day’s solicita
tion made Tuesday night showed
$25,000 still to be subscribed in the
Liberty Loan quota of $105,000 as
signed to Bluffton and Richland
North.
Bluffton college sent five represen
tatives to the state conference of the
United War Work fund held at Col
umbus, Friday. Dean Byers repre
sented the faculty, Aaron Myers and
Raymond Wulliman the Y. M. C. A.
and Lenore Miller and Ruth Strub
har the Y. W. C. A.
In a stirring address that came
straight from the shoulder, Hon.
Cole of Findlay opened Bluffton’s
Liberty Loan campaign at a meeting
in the town hall Monday night. We
must have a complete victory and
wipe autocracy from the face of the
earth, he concluded.
E. J. Strauch, Union township boy,
age 19, has made the supreme sac
rifice “over there.” Word that he
had died from disease has been re
ceived from the war department by
his mother, Mrs. Mary Strauch, re
siding north of town.
A huge patriotic parade composed
of Liberty Loan workers, Red Cross
women, the Citizens band, boy scouts,
industrial organizations and school
children marched in an impresive
parade Monday night.
Not having seen each other for
years, Ray Staater and Miss Bessie
Acomb graduates of the same class
at Bluffton High school met in a
base hospital in France. Neither
knew the other was in the hospital
until they met by chance.
Staater is attached to the operat
ing room of the medical department
of the base hospital, having enlisted
last year in Cicinnati. Miss Acomb
is the daughter of Rev. Acomb, a
former pastor of the Presbyterian
church.
Miss Martha Diller, who enlisted
as a Red Cross nurse is seriously
ill with pneumonia, according to
word received here. She enlisted
last month and is stationed at Camp
Dix. She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Benjamin Diller of Jackson
street.
“I am sleeping in a pup tent just
back of the firing line and can hear
the big guns roaring and rattling
like a thunder storm,” writes Earl
Good from France to his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Henson Good.
Although his heart dropped almost
to the zero point when the big shells
burst near him, it niver stayed there
Ion genough to give him cold feet,
writes Corp. Chas. Hilty from France.
The women of France work much
more in manual labor in the fields
than is the case in America, writes
healing powers, had therefore won its
way into the civilized world.
N. tobacum, the Virginian tobacco,
one of the best known species, is a
coarse rank-growing annual with sim
ple oblong leaves and pink or rose
colored flowers. It is cultivated in
localities scattered all over the world
and is to be found on our Hemisphere
as far north as Quebec and as far
south as Chile.
Tobacco is usually first planted
from seeds, then transplanted when
the plant has grown and its leaves
are ripening, they are picked and cur
ed either by air, sun or fire. Finally,
the leaves are submitted to fermen
tation and manufactured into cigars,
cigarettes, pipe tobacco, snuff or chew
ing tobacco.
The cigar, originally “segar” from
the Spanish cigar-shaped beetle “cin
cada”, originated in Cuba long before
the discovery of the New World when
the Indians made crude roll of native
West Indian tobacco. Introduced to
the United States by General Israel
Putnam, after the British campaign
in Cuba, the use of the cigar spread
through the world during the 18th
and 19th Centuries.
Cuban cigars still hold supremacy
as to quality and aroma and the grow
ing of tobacco is—after sugar—the
principal industry of the island repub
lic. Vuelta-Abajo section in the beau
tiful Cuban province of Pinar del Rio,
is entirely dedicated to the growing
of fine tobacco and the country-side
covered with “vegas” or tobacco plan
tations. Brazil’s climate and soil are
also very suitable to the production
of cigar leaf and this seems to be in
creasing.
Bluffton In First World War
Thus, tobacco is grown today all
over the earth. In the United States
alone, where it was first cultivated on
a commercial basis in Virginia in the
17th century, 18 states grow it now
for profit, while the country leads the
way in the industry of the cigarette
literally little cigar-of finely cut to
bacco rolled in paper. Anywhere in
the world, nowadays, the sight of a
pack of American cigarettes is a fam
iliar one.
What Happened Here Twenty-five Years Ago This Week
Sylvan Herrmann to his mother, Mrs.
Frank Herrmann.
The Bluffton Red Cross is asking
people here for a linen shower to be
sent to the American hospitals in
France. They may be delivered at
Hotel Russell on Tuesday. In charge
of this program are Mrs. C. H.
Smith, Mrs. W. S. Gottshall, Mrs.
John Bixel, Mrs. Geo. Schmidt, Mrs.
D. S. Flick, Mrs. I. B. Beeshy, Mrs.
John Nicholson and Misses Clara
Greding and Elizabeth Hummon.
Homer Locher, son of Mrs. John
Locher has arrived overseas, accord
ing to word received here.
Word has been received from Clair
Fett that he has arrived safely over
seas. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Fett and left for Camp Sher
man with the June Allen county
draft contingent.
Murray Triplehorn of the marine
corps, who is situated in Porto Rico
arrived Tuesday afternoon to spend
a 30 day furlough at the home of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Trip
plehorn. He holds a medal for
markmanship. He has not been home
since he enlisted 15 months ago.
Miss Hulda Schumacher, a train
ed nurse, left Wednesday morning
for army hospital service in a South
Carolina training camp. She is the
daughter of Jacob Schumacher of
Lawn avenue.
Few Xmas Trees In
Prospect This Year
Few Christmas trees will be avail
able next Yuletide, for tjie Canadian
supply centers which annually pro
vide more than 2,500,000 trees will
not furnish a single one this year.
Critical labor and transportation
shortages provided obstacles that re
sulted in the Christmas tree becom
ing another war casualty.
This means many an American
father will face the unwelcome task
of breaking the news to Junior that
the traditional symbol of the Yule
tide will not be available this year
to lighten up homes during the
Christmas season.
That the Christmas tree will do its
bit to help win the war by staying
in the woods became certain last
week with simultaneous announce
ments issued by three Canadian gov
ernmental departments.
Work permits will not le avail
able for anyone to cut trees, there
fore there will be no labor rail
ways are instructed not to transport
trees in cars that are suitable for
transportating grain: and no permits
will be issued to transport trees by
motor truck.
In addition *here is a shortage of
the type of t’ine used for binding
the trees in bunches for shipment.
Our Want-ads brirg resultc.
AZTEC *BREAO BASKETS?! SILT DUG UP FROM
SHALLOW LAKE TEXCOCO WAS POURED INTO HUGE
REED‘BASKETS’ RESTING ON LAKE FLOOR. CROPS
RAISED IN THIS RCH SOIL BROUGHT POWER AND
WEALTH TO ONCE-POOR AZTECS.‘ISLANDS’THUS
CREATED WERE THE START OF PRESt NT-CAY MEXICO CITY
ADOBE BRICK FACED WIN 5TONE AND
plaster._
The volume of mail cleared thru
the New York port of embarkation
post office is a military secret, altho
it has been learned that more than
750,000 V-Mail letters alone are
handled each day by the corps of
enlisted personnel, including a high
percentage of WACS.
Military personnel get better over
seas mail service than any civilian
did prior to the war, it was an
nounced last week by officers in
charge of the mailing center. This
is said to be because of the use of
airplanes, plus modem methods of
relaying information on the location
of troops.
Bluffton Officer In
English University
Second Lieutenant James G. Owens,
41, of Bluffton was one of a small
group of United States Army officers
privileged to recently take a short
course in agriculture at the Uni
versity of Reading, England’s most
famous agricultural college.
Subjects discussed in the course
dealt principally with war and post
1 war farm problems, artificial insem
ination of cattle and plans for post
war food distribution. In addition
to lectures at the university the
course included visits to Viscount
Hambleden’s model farm and to the
National Institute of Dairying.
Lieut. Owens, an intelligence offi
cer in the air corps, has been in the
army one year, and in the European
theatre of operations three months.
He is a graduate of the college of
agriculture, Ohio State university.
Pleasant View
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Green arn
the parents of a baby boy at the
Bluffton Community hospital, Thurs
day. The little one has been named
Richard Lyn.
Mrs. Win. Friedly, who underwent
an operation at the Bluffton Com
munity hospital is improving nicely.
Mrs. La Vaun Keller and daught
er Miriam spent last Monday after
noon with Mrs. Florence Keller and
daughter of Findlay.
Mrs. George Ridge and children of
Benton Ridge spent Sunday after
noon with Mr. and Mrs. Donald Har
ris.
A number from this community
are attending he Putnam County
Fair at Ottawa this wetk.
Th: Ladies Harmony Circle will
■'eet in the home of Mrs. Ruth
"Iti Th’.trsd'ty afternoon, Oct.
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NEAR MEXICO CITY, 6 Z10 FEET M6M, ONERS
11 ACRES OE GROLtJO AND IS BELIEVED IO
BE OVER 1,000 NEARS 0U. BUILT BY AN
UNKNOWN INDIAN TRIBE. IT 15 MAK OF
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Slow On Overseas
Mailing To Soldiers
In spite of the war, an old Amer
ician custom is being followed by the
public—that of mailing Christmas
parcels late—even tho they are de
signed for soldiers overseas, it w’as
announced last week by the port of
embarkation post office in New York
City.
Although the deadline for mailing
overseas packages has been set for
October 15, the greater rush of
Christmas mailing remains to be
handled. So far, little Yuletide mail
has cleared altho the post office is
ready to handle 30,000 sacks, each
containing 15 five-pound packages,
daily.
THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFT )N, OHIO
AIEET
MIDDLE AMERICA
NAM&er I nt z seriet on the
coutlrits of Middle America
A REPUBLIC SWCE
V22,
MEXICO IS SECOND
LARGEST IN POPULADON AND THIRD LARGEST N AREA OF THE
LATN AMERICAN REPUBLICS(NIIMXXW POP, 156,256 5U MILES)
NEW MASTERS! MODERN MEX-CAN FRESCOS,
WATER-COLOR MURALS mWTEPCW WET PLASTER,
RIVAL 1UO5E OF ITALIAN MASTERS MEXICAN
CLIMATE IS LIKE ITALY'S. TECHNIQUES ARE THE
ONES USED BY GIOTTO, FAMED
14Tm
CENTlRY
ITALIAN ARTIST. _________
MEXICO IS TWE WORLDS LEADING PRODUCER
OF SILVER. SINCE TWE 16™ CENTURY
5 Vl
BADON OUNCES have BEEN MNED
MORE THAN A THIRD OF TOTAL VORLD
PRODUCTION.
I Mexico’* people, like thoee of the other Middle
I American republics, believe in democracy. To
I protect their freedom now and P',e«erve
I the poet-war world, they offer their material
I wealth to the United Nation.’ war effort—
I copper, lead, xihc. petroleum, cocoa,
sisal and henequen (for twine), tin, tungsten,
hemp, quinine, guayule rubber, tannin, and
castor oil. among other product..
In the post war world, as today in a worldI at
war, Mexico and the other republics of Middle
America will play their vital parts as mem
bers of the Pan American family of nations.
V ........ ........
Troop No. 82
By Dean Ferguson
Members of the troop enjoyed a bi
cycle hike to Pandora Monday night.
Those making the trip were Scout
master Woody Little Assistant Scout
master Gene Benroth John Bracy,
Kenneth Bracy, Harry Burkholder,
Robert Coon, Earl Frick, Dean Fer
guson, Morris Groman, Jim Howe,
Keith Kirtland, Bobby Niswander,
Maynard Pogue and David Steams.
A short meeting w’as held at Pandora
before the return trip was started.
Keith Kirtland was named patrol
leader of the Coyote patrol at the
meeting.
Troop No. 56
By Malcolm Basinger
Monday’s meeting was opened w’ith
the group repeating the Scout Oath
and Law, followed by inspection and
roll call.
Rehearsal for a playlet to be pre
sented at the Ohio Power Co. office
in Lima on October 6 took up the rest
of the meeting.
Characters in the play include:
Dinky Howard, Don Augsburger
Bucko Smythe, Malcolm Basinger
Blinker, Don Paul Bixel George Mor
ton, Robert Stratton Mayor Simms,
Dean Niswander and Joe Green, Ro
bert Ramseyer.
Badges awarded at the court of
honor three weeks ago were given to
individual scouts at the meeting.
Armorsville
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Guider enter
tained in honor of Cpl. Max McCaf
ferty the following: Mr. and Mrs.
Carl McCafferty, Miss Margaret
Guider, Mrs. Rolland Guider, Mrs.
Wm. McCafferty, Gerald Harshey
and the honored guest, Max McCaf
ferty.
Harry Moore of Detroit is sped
ing the week with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. I. Moore.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Montgomery
and daughter Sue called Sunday af
ternoon with Mrs. Eva Montgomery.
Dale Owens and son Tommy spent
the week end at the Owens home.
Mrs. W. L. Hilty and Mrs. Chas.
Montgomery spent Wednesday in
North Baltimore.
Mrs. Mildred Daly of Toledo, Mrs.
Chas. Oehrli were over Sunday even
ing super guests at the Owens home.
Mrs. John W. Wilkins and daught
er Ellen spent Monday with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Klingler.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hall and fam
ily of Carey called Sunday afternoon
at the W. I. Moore home.
Cpl. Max McCafferty returned to
Camp on Monday after spending his
furlough with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Carl McCafferty.
Observance of Fire Prevention Week
on a nation-wide basis, October 3 to
9, inclusive, is spurred this year by
the realization that America’s all-out
war effort will be hampered just that
much by every fire destroying build
ings, critical materials and possibly
the lives of human beings.
Fire Prevention Week Observance
October 3-9 Spurred By War Needs
Mayor Wilbur A. Howe announced
Bluffton’s participation in the nation
al observance by citing the serious
losses and consequences to the na­
An interesting account of a visit to
the ruins of ancient Carthage was
contained in a letter received last
week by Scott Edinger of Orange
township, from his son, Cpl. Norman
R. Edinger, who is overseas with the
American expiditionary forces in Af
rica.
Edinger is a graduate of Mt. Cory
High school, was employed by The
Triplett Electrical Instrument, prior
to his enlistment in the army.
Soldier In North Africa Tells Of
Visit To Ruins Of Ancient Carthage
His account of Carthage follows:
“The modern city of Carthage
(and by modem I mean as modern as
any African city can be) is about one
mile from the ancient ruins. We were
so busy looking over the ruins, how
ever, that we didn’t have time to go
into the modern city.
“When approaching the site of an
cient Carthage, even for a number of
miles away, the first and main attrac
tion is the large Cathedral, located on
a high hill. It is a very large struc
ture with double spires and other than
its size is not especially attractive
outside. In fact it is rather gloomy
and rather distracts from the exotic
beauty of the interior. Such paint
ings and sculpture.
“The Carthage ruins overlook the
Gulf of Tunis, and of course, Hannibal
Bay. We parked our vehicle in front
of the Cathedral and before we could
say “Jack Banter” there were about
a dozen Arabs around us trying to
sell us souvenirs. I purchased an old
Roman lamp, found in the ruins,
which is claimed to be tremendously
old, 800 B. C. They were also selling
old coins dated back in B. C. (in fact
coins were not dated at all in B. C.
days, were they?).
“The ancient city was entirely cov
ered with earth for years, and only re
cently since the University of Michi
gan sponsored an excavating party
has any of it been uncovered.
“I saw the palace where Hannibal
lived, now in all in ruins. The acque
duct is in ruins, too, but some of the
fellows who were energetic enough to
County Honor Roll
To Be Erected Soon
Erection of a mammoth Allen
county honor roll carrying the names
of nearly 6,000 men and women in
the armed services will be started
soon on the site of the future Coun
ty Historical Society museum, near
Metcalf street on West Market street
in Lima.
Sponsor of the project is the
American Legion, with other veter
ans organizations and patriotic, fra
ternal, labor organizations and serv
ice clubs assisting.
Preliminary plans call for the erec
tion of an illuminated sign, 125 feet
long and 26 feet high.
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tion’s war effort by fire since Pearl
Harbor.
In President Roosevelt’s national
proclamation, it was pointed out that
the nation’s war program is menaced
by an alarming increase in prevent
able fire loss.
He called upon the people of the
country to take unusually active
measures not only during fire preven
tion week but also throughout the
year to conserve human and ma
terial resources from fire destruction.
trace it said that farther up in the
mountains it is still in very good
shape. In fact certain parts of it still
are usable.
“We went into one of the structures
uncovered from the ruins, which now
is being used as living quarters by a
French family. They had it all ar
ranged exactly as they thought it
might have been back in B. C. days.
This had formerly been a palace erec
ted in honor of Jupiter’s wife, Juno,
the goddess. It was complete even to
a cute little baby of two or three
months, in a crude cradle, hanging
like a swing. There was also a fresh
leg of lamb hanging on the wall, with
no protection from the flies or dust.
The beds were old Roman style.
“From there we went to another
Frenchman’s home. In his backyard
were hundreds of tiny tombstones, un
covered during the excavation. This
had been the temple of the Moon God.
“Here is where the ancients sacra
ficed little children to the Moon God.
This they did by placing the live child
in the mouth of a huge bronze animal
and cremating the tot alive.
“After cremation they placed the
ashes in a small jar. I purchased one
of the jars w’hich had been excavated
by the University of Michigan, which
is said to date back to about 300 years
B. C. When we got back home I emp
tied the container to see what I could
find. It was full of ashes and the re
mains of a bone which our surgeon i
dentified as a “femur.”
“One of the most interesting places
was the ancient am pi theatre. As
you know, this is one of the places
where early Christians, etc., were
thrown to the lions. Talking about
it and actually being there inside the
arena is quite a different sensation.
“We w’ent through the entire struc
ture which is still in remarkably good
condition, including the rooms where
the prisoners wee held, the lions den,
and the messroom. Above and around
the arena were the ruins of what had
been seating capacity for 40,000.”
Relative Of Local
Residents Succumbs
Enos Steiner has returned from
Kidron where he attended the fun
eral of Mrs. Lydia Steiner Geiser,
68, who died suddenly of a heart at
tack.
Mrs. Steiner, the daughter of John
and Elizabeth Steiner, was born near
Mt. Eaton and died at her home
near Kidron.
Surviving are her husband, one
daughter Pearl at home and five
sons: Allen, Lester and Tillman of
Apple Creek Melvin of Dalton and
Leeman of Orrville.
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THURSDAY, OCT. 7, 1943
Sem Geiger Dies
In Wayne County
Sem Geiger, 86, native of the Swiss
Settlement northwest of Bluffton who
for many years lived in Wayne coun
ty, died at a Canton hospital follow
ing a major operation. He was a
brother of Aaron and Peter Geiger
and Mrs. Elizabeth Tschantz of
Bluffton and Mrs. Leah Leichty of
Pandora.
He was born in Riley township
the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Geiger,
June 7, 1857, and attended the Beech
Tree school. In 1881 he moved to
Wayne county where he resided until
his death.
Besides his vocation as a farmer,
Mr. Geiger was a skilled woodwork
er, inventor of mechanical devices,
piano and organ tuner and builder
of two pipe organs.
Surviving are one son Wilbur and
two daughters Mrs. Viola Lehman
and Mrs. Elda Amstutz, all of Orr
ville.
Among those attending the funeral
services held at Orrville were: Aaron
and Peter Geiger, Mrs. Elizabeth
Tschantz, Melvin Hilty, Mrs. Ben
Whisler and Mrs. S. F. Pannabecker
of Bluffton Mrs. Viola Sommers,
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Sommers and
Harvey Hilty of Pandora.
Rescue Home Report
The Lima Rescue Mission furnish
ed meals to 175 transients and lodg
ing to 180 during the month of Sep
tember, it is reported by Rev. A. D.
Welty, superintendent of the mission.
And Good, Too
A rich meat and vegetable soup
is almost a meal in itself. Start the
pot boiling with a beef or ham bone,
or bones trimmed out of the roast,
and later add vegetables.
MUNSON R. BIXEL. M.D.
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1-3 P. M. 7-8 P. M.
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Phone 120-F Bluffton, O.
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Telephone 271-W
Bluffton, Ohio
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