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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1894
Page
11
A 60 year old maiden woman in Boston tests dreams of theater stardom with dancing and a scarlet costume. She adopts the stage name Concorda the Peerless after a lively audition that ends with a gray hair switch found on a couch, revealing a curious twist in the Boston Record tale.
The article notes Petrus Thyraeus a 1598 Cologne author endorses a method to banish haunted house ghosts by burying the earthly tenancy of the ghost under the hearthstone. He condemns damning swearing black beans as superstition and argues the hearth cannot stop spirits from roaming. He views such bone burying as pagan and imprudent.
The New York Sun quotes the English statute criminalizing forging or altering a telegram. Any person who forges or knowingly transmits or utters a forged telegram faces a misdemeanor charge with a fine up to £10 and up to 12 months imprisonment. The text covers forging, altering, and uttering telegrams and transmitting as telegrams with knowledge of falsity.
A Wilmington Delaware manufacturing firm stopped its whistle 13 years ago due to nuisance complaints and fined late workers 25 cents. In all that time only two men were fined, raising questions about the need for a noisy whistle to call employees to work anywhere.
The quotation compares riches to baggage for virtue, noting that riches hinder virtue much as impediments burden an army. The speaker uses a Roman terms contrast to illustrate the burden of wealth on moral character.
Experts explain that two handwritings rarely resemble each other closely enough to fool a careful observer. Forgers leave tiny traces of hesitancy and unique strokes, and experts use methods like cutting out letters to compare intraline features. Even perfect tracings of signatures can fail under microscope, revealing forgery via method and mistakes.
A nostalgic reminiscence on Yale football past hints at lax recruiting and outside players. One tall former Irish fighter, despite courage and good build, failed to adapt until a ball carry sparked him to fight the tackling, prompting the coach to demand he play.
The article notes actresses memorizing roles by copying lines by hand, citing Ellen Terry Amy Roselle and Mrs Patrick Campbell. It mentions learning parts outdoors with walks or rides as less popular among women but practiced by Mrs Bernard Beere Mrs Langtry and many younger actresses. It highlights Kendall and Sarah Bernhardt as strict about dedicated study time.
A witty note on a man who sketches a gown for his wife but cannot fit into or out of the design. The piece mockingly praises his artistry while highlighting the impractical flaw in the model.
Visitors can warm themselves by placing pennies in a meter beside the fireplace equal to hours of use. The system, described by an exchange, installs automatic gas fires in several British hotels to charge guests by the hour.
A Youth's Companion excerpt describes a woodsman using a 60 foot line and a 6 foot pole to measure tree height without climbing. The method involves placing a 6 foot pole at a base point, lying back with eye level at 60 feet, and sighting over the pole top to the tree to determine where the line intersects. The example highlights practical knowledge and Yankee ingenuity.
The Philadelphia Press notes vegetables have direct effects on the human system with rare curative powers. Spinach aids kidney troubles, dandelion greens help them as well, asparagus purges blood, celery benefits nerves and relieves rheumatism, tomatoes affect the liver, beets and turnips stimulate appetite, lettuce and cucumbers cool, onions garlic leeks olives and shallots boost circulation and digestion. Red onions act as a diuretic, white onions raw aid insomnia, and onion soup is a French restorative for digestive weakness.
A Nevada cattle drover recalls wearing buckskin breeches that stretched in a storm. He cut off portions as they soaked, one cut leading to more removals after a week of rain. By storm end he had made two pairs for his boy, then the sun returned and the remaining material shrank to a belt.
A Philadelphia Times anecdote recalls a judge who enjoyed an occasional nap during lengthy arguments. After the state’s attorney nudged him to verdict, the judge woke and promptly sentenced, with no record of ever granting a new trial for such judicial sleepiness.
A concise reflection on success: talent rests in doing what you can well and actions without seeking fame. Merit comes from deserved outcomes, not pursuit, and true achievement brings no misgivings or exhausting urgency.
A missionary with 22 years in China warns opium smoking dominates all classes and ages. He cites rising addiction, famine linked to opium fields, and widespread death as rice prices soar. He describes opium shops ubiquitous and users abandoning travelers for a smoke.
A group of six doctors at the Institute of Experimental Pathology in Vienna ingested the comma bacillus to study its effects. While Haterlik and an assistant stayed in normal condition, Stockmayer had headache and fever, two students experienced mild purging, and a participant with weaker health suffered nausea and vomiting before recovering in a week. The director Professor Stricker concludes illness symptoms can occur in physically weak individuals but cholera may not follow.
California takes the lead among hop growing states with the fastest growth and highest returns per acre. Despite larger acreage in New York and Washington, California's hot dry climate and winds prevent blight mildew and hop louse, producing larger flavorful Pacific coast hops in strong demand overseas and in the east.
The article describes $500 sombreros built with tortoiseshell wind and weatherproofing, gold or silver bands, and jeweled edges. It notes the high value compared to a vaquero’s possessions and observes Mexican ideas influencing Western states where $200 saddles appear on 320 horses.
A farmer offers a compact three stage view of life from youth and innocence through the prime of life to the final period of preparation for the afterlife. The summary notes the anecdote stems from a recently published book and uses Irish speech.
Housewives seek to stop celery from browning after short storage. Wrap stalks in dark brown paper then roll in a tank and keep in a cool dark place. Before serving, soak stalks in cold water for an hour to bleach and improve texture.
The Empress Ubina dismisses gay fashion and luxury, marking her sixth birthday with a proclamation urging restraint on extravagance. Ministers were urged to gift customary items of jewels and keepsakes.
An ad style medical notice inviting patients to the institute for deformities kidney bladder diseases and nervous disorders with free urine analysis and home treatment. It lists treatments for marriage related defects piles catarrh and diseases of men and offers remote diagnosis by express C O D.
Lord Southey built a grand guillotine in his Paris drawing room with ebony inlays and a spring operated blade. He attempted suicide by self execution but the mechanism failed. The device later went to the Glasgow museum where he visited it annually.
The text recounts Britain's colonial growth in India from 1842 onward, detailing territorial gains reaching about 927,887 square miles and noting India's population relative to the United States. It warns of difficulties in further acquisitions due to native discontent and northern threats over decades.
In ten years ending 1886 England and Wales recorded 1,768 murders and in 1,694 cases no trace of the criminal was found to lead to apprehension. The maxim murder will out is challenged by these numbers.
A narrative describes a gray spider attacking a fly but a yellow jacket intervenes. The yellow jacket guards the fly, then battles the spider. After a struggle the spider dies from combined injuries, and the yellow jacket departs with a damaged wing while the fly follows.
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