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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1894
Page
7
Decatur proposes a new water works facility costing 43 000 dollars to improve supply. The item appears among local notices and community updates with other regional happenings such as visits, rail work, and school funding concerns. Names include Dailey the dentist and various families visiting friends in neighboring towns.
A New York Recorder item recounts a humorous domestic scene with a German maid and a cook who mispronounces food words. The wife bursts into hysterics, the husband asks for honesty, and the maid proclaims a mistaken fear of watermelons.
An American ambassador visits Prince Bismarck and jokes about bores. Bismarck reveals his infallible remedy: his wife summons him away on some pretext, so visitors must depart. The scene ends with the princess entering and prompting his exit, prompting laughter.
An excerpt shows a poor man and an old woman in a brief dialogue about living on water for three days and receiving a quarter. The exchange notes the man’s work on a canal boat.
City council met with mayor and full council. minutes approved and finances discussed. Items include water service work awarded to lowest bidder, gutter and curb construction on Market Street, street work on Main from Cherry to Central, tipping site for rubbish, and sidewalk grade instruction. Several suppliers and workers were listed. council adjourned.
Teethextracted without pain by Dr L W Dailey the painless dentist. No gas or sleep required, with own harmless preparation. Teeth without plates. All work guaranteed to be best and latest. Free consultation. Office over War ing’s jewelry store. 30t 2m.
In an Indianapolis Journal item a poet jokes with his wife about rhymes for sonnet and bonanza. He notes how sonnet rhymes with new bonnet and observes stan za rhymes with bonanza, though not closely.
In a Chicago Record piece a wise girl and a man discuss waiting for an answer on monopoly. She questions giving a monopoly until she learns whether any competition exists.
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