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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1894
Page
10
A witty exchange about social calling rules as Mrs Newrich learns the correct number of cards to leave. The old gentleman explains the practice, noting to add adult family members and sometimes husband’s cards, warning against niggardliness and poverty. A humorous misidentification ends with a quip about a card manufacturer.
A tiny grain of sand on a building roof braves a breeze and is carried into an unsuspecting dignified citizen. The grain hides in his eye causing pain until an oculist removes it for a £25 charge. The man keeps the grain framed in his library as a reminder that small ones matter.
The Washington Post notes Bill Nye’s engaging European trip audiences, praising his growing ease and humor. Nye spins tales and sketches with lively audience applause, including a playful note about a Tompkinsville Umpah Oompah band and a Swedish dialect bit.
A string of clipped quips shows Ragged Robert exchanging a quarter for a rumor about a husband, a playful misunderstanding about a post office, and various newspaper-style jests. The items include banter with Mrs Greeneye, a family tree pun, and a courtroom quip about shoes.
A girl with red gloves recounts a house poker game that escalates from penny ante to 50 cent limits. She cheats to obtain the ten of diamonds for a straight flush, ultimately winning $27 from Jim while Maud, Charley, Jen, and Will watch. She plans to spend part on a motto for Jim and the rest on her Sunday school class. Buffalo Express.
A teacher informs Arthur a detention after school, warning that gossip may arise from daily detentions. Arthur, seven, agrees he understands his responsibility for any rumors. Source: Boston Transcript style quotation.
Mr Starleigh questions high board charges for Mises Freakleigh. Landlady explains the tenant’s business and notes she is the fasting girl down at the museum. The exchange hints at a curious exhibit or persona influencing housing costs.
A brief dialogue from the Atlanta Constitution shows Sillybub troubled by a headache while a friend urges him to brace up and dismiss the concern as a trifling matter. The exchange captures a light, everyday tone of the era.
A brief humorous exchange from New York Weekly shows a husband and wife quarreling over a secret. The husband asserts it must stay hidden while the wife notes the ambiguity in the instruction. The gag hinges on the double negative of secrecy. The item reflects light domestic humor from period columns.
A clipped aside notes that Chumleigh, nicknamed She-Leander, hides his acting chops and presents an unexpected persona. The line hints at a public figure adopting a low profile while maintaining a crafted image.
A cobbler warns that new uppers are needed as the shoes are worn out. O Guff insists on half-sole and heel work, while the cobbler notes the uppers cannot endure repairs. The exchange ends with a demand for replacing uppers.
In Elizabethan London a scholar named Bogus, famed for an unseen essay on Human Errors, hoards a massive manuscript predicting evil matches life’s quantity. He shelters an orphan girl, Jessy, who briefly grieves and seeks her late mother’s flowers, an event Bog notes as a harmless, innocent cue.
A Nebraskan scholar, Bogus, nurtures a bond with his niece Jessy, who brings him life, flowers, and a shift in his Treatise on Human Errors into a herbarium. Their walks unveil nature, winter, and ideas about love, childhood, and learning, as Jessy’s insight reshapes his aging, solitary intellect.
Europe imports 660000 tons of meat yearly and Ceylon maintains 36000 acres of cinnamon plantations. Brazil has about one million in agriculture, Virginia first received cattle in 1609, New England in 1624. Ireland’s linen industry employs over 100000. The Queen of Cores has a physician paid 15 dollars annually. A rattlesnake in Atlanta Zoo has not eaten since August. Malaga workers gain fifteen minutes’ leisure per hour to smoke. House of Lords at 572 after recent additions. Gold from South African mines shown at Pretoria. The average brain weight of miners is higher than that of other people. Normal human temperature about 98.5 degrees with various species numbers. Duke of Westminster spent over a million pounds rebuilding Eton Hall, rivaling Chatsworth.
The hat originates in Asia, where felting wool began and Orientals carried the craft from ancient times. India, China, Burmah, and Siam produce hats from straw rattan bamboo pith palm leaf and various grasses. The Japanese made theirs from paper.
A violin dated 1734 said to be crafted by Stradivarius in his 90th year sold in London for £900. In the last twenty years it changed hands three times with earlier prices of £400 and another noted sale.
Gontran bids farewell to Parisian friends and plans a journey to Italy. He rents a room in Cometa street and begins a large correspondence while Guido de Rheteuil receives reflective letters from Genoa and discusses Genoa's history.
A compact chronicle of medieval German and Austrian events from 1225 to 162, including Prussia’s crusade veterans, Hanseatic League conflicts, Austrian succession battles, Swiss revolt, the Golden Bull, executions, Prussia’s capital, and dynastic unions shaping Austria and Burgundian realms. The sequence covers emperors, elections, rebellions, Sanction, and major territorial changes.
In a medieval clash, French forces defeated a faction led by Porcuers and captured King John, sending him as a prisoner to England. The outcome shifts control amid ongoing hostilities, with English authorities detaining the monarch.
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