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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1894
Page
10
In 1894 a newspaper reports on a storm in Missouri and European tornados where birds and trees show feather loss and cleanly split trunks. The piece cites Der Stein der Weisen to argue that electricity, not wind, caused the unusual damage.
James T. Eridge of Philadelphia curates a cabinet of early American artifacts. His collection includes a chip from the first U S millstone on Kitchen Street and Wissahickon, a Germantown lamp a century old, Franklin’s first lightning rod fragment, 1760 shilling scrip, a Germantown battlefield fence fragment riddled with bullets, an elm tree piece from the Chew estate, rusty cannon balls, and other colonial Revolution era memtos.
A Life editorial blasts appendicitis operations as dangerous and overused, claiming many cases arise from patient fear or surgeon imagination and urging court oversight. The piece contrasts public fear with medical caution, arguing the procedure has made a rare illness into a common risk.
The narrator describes being seized, placed in a cabin, and transported down a river toward St Petersburg. Sophia Otchkin observes, while the narrator endures illness and uncertainty. Gordon offers hopeful talk of turning the tables on their captors as they near open sea.
The speaker expects the minister to apologize and try to exonerate himself while offering exits from Russia. The plan is to travel via Berlin and Paris, rest briefly, then end by marching into Lambeth to a triumphant tune. I oppose the idea.
In frozen silence aboard a ship, the narrator confides a difficult truth to Gordon as they await the next steps. Gordon comforts with steady humor and declares unwavering loyalty while they discuss Kavanagh and Taras, then prepare for a transport to Russia and a potential Orkutsk departure.
A discussion of improved feed trough design with hand holes for mobility contrasts with a look at western cattle supply chains shifting from eastbound live cattle to westbound dressed beef. The piece notes bone and blood fertilizers rising in use, warns of missing potash, and cites The Rural New Yorker on potash needs. It ends by reporting a Kansas Nebraska irrigation promotion fueling windmill trades amid a regional growth in irrigation advocacy.
A woman tells the minister of police she aided in bringing Taras to England under the alias George Gordon to save Taras from murder by Rudersdorf. She explains attempts to move Taras previously and outlines Kavanagh's manipulation and motive for misleading authorities.
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