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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1894
Page
9
On a January 19 1894 schooner wreck off a rocky coast the mate leaps for a perilous escape but falls to the sea. Sailors and passengers cling to rocks as a rope rescue succeeds and all survive before a passing brig reaches the island. The Falcon breaks up hours later.
A narrator encounters a beggar labeled deep and dumb on a placard. The conversation reveals the man is not blind but deaf and mute, correcting the speaker’s assumption. The exchange ends with the narrator walking away, still pocketed and unused to offering help.
A man recalls spotting a frail grandmother and a thin helper girl begging on a city street. He later finds the old woman dead beside the child as she guarded her slumbering granny near a stone step after wandering the town seeking air and reflection.
New York January 1 Albert Schock rode 1 600 miles in the six day race leading all rivals by over 100 miles as the event opened.
In a deserted bar Taras vanishes leaving Dingo and Patty to play cards. The narrator ascends to a dust-filled loft and discovers tapping sounds from the cellar engine speaking a plea for help. The tapping hints Taras is hidden below while the bar’s criminals ignore him.
The narrator recalls Fly Jigger’s tunneling under the Joy and Baxter's wharf to steal goods, the tub run lined with casks, and a crackdown that ended the illicit passage. After licensing changes and a prison sentence, Patty runs the Joy while the cellar remains sealed and forgotten until the narrator descends through a ventilating hole.
A narrator climbs into Johnson's yard to pry open a trap and reach Taras trapped beneath a cellar. She fights fatigue, digs through rubble, contends with rising tides, and braces to lift a stone vault to save him. The suspense centers on a perilous, time‑pressured escape.
A dramatic escape unfolds as Taras and a companion break from a flooded cellar. They free Taras, descend via a crane and chain, then plan a further exit as pursuers loom. The narrative shifts to a political analysis on tariffs and labor, arguing wages rise in protected industries and critiquing McKinley era policies and specific duties.
The article argues business groups push for rapid tariff bill enactment to test its effects before the next November elections. It suggests Republicans should avoid opposition or hindering factions to ensure the bill operates fully, reflecting a desire for timely implementation and alignment with party and public interests.
Peat diggers at Cavendish Stradmore Ireland unearthed a 25 foot deep vein of what seems to be pure butter varying 1 to 7 inches thick with soap like consistency. Geologists call it mineral wax but workers insist it is a bag of butter. If widespread it could be used for soaps and candles.
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