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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1894
Page
13
A garbled excerpt references a timeless language style and a ringing bell, suggesting confusion over phrases and readings. The fragment mentions a doctor bell and an open end to language, without clear context or identifiable names or events.
Judge James Lempriere, veteran in India, entertains rising hopes of marriage as he travels home from Bombay on the steamship Auckland. He befriends American merchant Mrs Christie and Miss Briedenbach, sharing tea, cards, and conversation amid ocean travels from Bombay to Aden and beyond.
Judge Lempriere becomes entangled in a Georgia water scheme as Mrs Stevens offers a perfume consignment to a man he must fund. The scene shifts from a sea voyage to the Golden Cross in London where Stevens presents a bill for 300 bottles and the judge confronts a costly misreading of a business venture and personal loyalties.
A New York manager proposes an endowed theater to elevate the stage with three endowments: brains actors and audiences. The suggestion argues the endowment should fund talent and patronage to sustain performances.
A description contrasts a beautiful Arabian stallion from Wisconsin belonging to Bedjid Hedjaz lineage with historic Arab sires like Gadir and the Bedouin king’s release for royal stables. The piece also recounts a Broadway crowd scene and Cheerful’s charity act then shifts to molasses handling in bulk, tank design, pumping, and efficiency gains in shipping.
February farming guidance stresses careful care for dairy cows and ewes ready to lamb, with reduced grain rations and consistent hay and roots. It advises warmth and quiet for early lambing ewes, occasional night checks, and improved pig production starting in February. The note from Cor. Field and Farm discusses current stock movements, lamb fattening, and planned shipments to Chicago, highlighting market expectations for mutton.
The Philadelphia Ledger argues for adopting oil fuel for ships noting that ironclads could run 10 to 12 days on oil versus four to five with coal and could replenish at sea. It asserts ocean battles rely on cruisers with long endurance and argues oil enables greater range and flexibility beyond coal.
A dialogue between Bellefield and Bloomfield depicts Bellefield declining a $5 loan citing the dirty condition of existing bank notes and fears of transmitting germs. The joke ends with a promise to notify when a fresh $5 bill is obtained.
The Detroit Free Press notes five year old Florence calmly shrugs off burglars saying they can’t have her bracelet because it is lost. She questions what a burglar would want with a lost item, illustrating a child's humorous sense of security.
A middle aged business man claims to have sworn off drinking after a dramatic incident at the post office annex. He dropped a moistened stamp which crawled up the wall near the ceiling as if alive, prompting a physician's concern and a porter to retrieve it. The strange event convinced him to quit drinking.
The Blackburn Times reports a chimpanzee named Aaron grieving beside Elishaba as she dies in Liverpool weather. Professor Garner is present, Aaron touches her heart, and refuses to abandon her body while signaling distress and seeking consolation from the professor.
The man with two cork legs vents a bad mood over skating and pays the streetcar conductor. The conductor jokes that he has an advantage of never having cold feet, prompting the man to admit his feet are cold at night. The punchline lands as the conductor charges seven fares before recovering.
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