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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1893
Page
7
A Louisville Commercial anecdote describes a minister at a small station on the Louisville and Nashville line asking a railroad engineer about his work. He demonstrates forward and backward engine levers and attempts to recite the Lord's Prayer backward but fails, prompting the engineer to remark he may not understand his business.
An enterprising burglar was tried in Covington Kentucky for grand larceny. He stole parts of a safe from a Cincinnati factory where he worked and assembled it at home, prompting a courtroom moment as the judge questioned the charge.
An article extols Hostetters Stomach Bitters as a premier tonic to restore strength, aid digestion, regulate bowels, and calm nerves amid waning vigor. It claims the remedy counters loss of appetite, restless sleep, and fatigue, warning against overconfidence in natural recovery. Also notes benefits for kidney trouble and malaria.
The Mekarski compressed air system for street railways will be tested in Washington. A Berne, Switzerland, line operating since October 1, 1890, spans about two miles with a fifty horsepower turbine plant. Loco reservoirs reach 450 psi, each charge taking ten minutes. City speed is seven and a half mph, outside the city allowed to thirty mph. Washington tests will use a superior plant.
F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo advertise Halla Catarrh Cure with a $10 reward for any case of catarrh not cured by the product. They invite testimonials and offer the remedy through druggists.
A brief Washington Star note records a woman's confident reply that she will marry Harold, citing his love as the reason. The exchange is described with a casual scene of sharpening a pencil and a restrained reaction.
A newspaper notice promotes mailing purchases of light literature. It lists ten color bound books with individual prices and a prepaid set price, offering to ship by mail to readers along the Wisconsin Central Lines. The advertisement ends with a quip about book agents and hypnotism.
A columnist argues that women can safely manage family finances, citing experiences at the World’s Fair to claim the housewife is capable and trustworthy in household accounting.
A Chicago Post piece argues housewives can safely manage family money and even improve outcomes if allowed regular allowances. It extols women as economical, cites a politician's wife as model financier, and lauds traits of an ideal woman while urging trust over nagging.
A New York Times quotation advises travelers to wear a loose flannel gown, rest daily, and map a sensible itinerary. It stresses leg shoes, wheelchairs when tired, careful dieting, and avoiding fatigue as essential to enjoying the Fair. A separate Temple Place incident shows a mother losing and reclaiming her children, highlighting daily hazards in stores.
Prof Swing of Chicago spoke to Aurora high school graduates on Novel as the topic. He mused on the ideal woman and critiqued the Infanta Eulalia for talking too much and drinking beer. He questioned whether a chatterer or a comrade best suits man.
Miss Ethel Ingalls writes in Ladies' Home Journal about convent school life. Uniform dresses replace fashion with black frocks and limited ornaments. mirrors are tiny and mostly peer-views with neighbors. No powders or cosmetics allowed. any vanity is discouraged and confiscated.
Dollie Madison, the second of six Friends children, grew up with sunbonnet and linen mask for her delicate complexion. At nineteen she towered as a graceful beauty with blue eyes, initially declining marriage to John Todd before accepting his proposal. After Todd’s death she married James Madison and joined the White House life.
In a dialogue from the New York Ledger a girl recalls a piece of lace taught to her in childhood. Miss Smith praises its beauty while Little Lottie admires her resemblance to her mother and a warning to avoid vanity from a nurse or mother figure.
The Strongman Sampson demonstrated feats at the Metropolitan Hotel and offered readers a program to build strength. He urged regular meals of eggs and meat, outdoor exercise, and a daily cold-water sponge, plus a steel ring method to enlarge the arm and lung-bursting breathing exercises.
A self supporting young woman with a $600 yearly income travels abroad for eight months. She sails in second class for $35 plus $5 to the steward, rooms in a large ship cabin, then stays a week in Torquay and journeys to London. A fortnight in Paris costs $23 and she returns home in mid May, not overspending.
A fragmentary read hints a wedding story where tax concerns or long preparation revealed a hidden rift or deficit. The account suggests financial strain affected arrangements and outlook, with parties managing debts and expectations amid ceremony plans.
An 1824 Massachusetts prison mutiny tale shows an upstanding will overpowering brute force. Convicts revolted as three peers faced flogging. Major Wainwright tempered action, ordered a three minute ultimatum, and marines backed by restraint quelled the insurrection without firing.
Claude Shropshire of Georgia rises from a 27 year old law clerk with no French to a respected Paris role. He joined the U S Legation after moving to Paris four years ago and learned the language rapidly. A riot in the eight hour day protests tested him, but the French government apologized for the disruption and he advanced with a large Paris legal practice and strong oratorical gifts.
Plant varieties suited to your neighborhood soil. The white elm thrives on clay soils and provides monarch-like shade. Oaks grow slowly but endure hardships, with red oak prized for its form and resilience. Hard maples suit light loams or sand with bright green foliage and strong color in autumn. White birch cut leafed variety suits open lawns prioritizing form over shade. Austrian and white pines, Norway spruce, and balsam fir serve as screens for outbuildings and landscape variety, not for shade.
The Duke of Wellington told Lady de Ros a tale shared in her daughter’s memoirs about George IV. The king kept a pocketbook from youth, stuffing it with bank notes letters trinkets and keepsakes. When full he ignored it and replaced it with a fresh pocketbook stored on hand.
An account notes Wentie King died and a partner uncovered a chest of drawers full of fat pocketbooks. The caches reportedly held not less than 850000 in money.
A Jersey City father crafts a nightly shadowgraph show using cut paper figures on a curtain. He cuts forms from animals people and ships then pins them to the window to cast bold silhouettes for his children in the front yard. The finale features a paper aeronaut ascent and dramatic lift off.
In a dramatic Etna eruption a vast lava flow surged toward Catania threatening the town. The people prayed to St. Agatha for deliverance and believed a miracle halted the advance. Later science explained the lava’s gas jets that forced the lava to retreat and the wall to stand firm as the flow cooled.
The scholar Porson stayed with Canon Jeremiah King of Ely. During dinner a etymology dispute led King to mock a derivation as ridiculous. Porson replied with a playful chain: Jeremiah King to Jerry King to Gherkin, a cucumber pickled.
A 1329 brass workers strike in Breslau lasted a year. In 1385 a Dantzic blacksmith strike ended when authorities ordered that workers refusing their employer’s dictates be deprived of their ears.
Sir Samuel Baker describes camels as essential for crossing Africa's deserts with loads up to 400 pounds, water every three days in summer, and longer without drinking in cooler months. He notes strain limits, regional varieties like Haddendowns and Bishareen, and the camel’s unique ability to traverse waterless regions.
Chicago capitalist Samuel W. Allerton visits Hot Springs South Dakota and tells Star readers he believes the waters surpass any in the United States for rheumatic and skin ailments. He notes his wife’s relief, credits local promoter Mr Spencer, and predicts Hot Springs will become the nation's leading health resort.
On Newark rail lines passengers drop a penny to receive a daily publication sold by publishers at about five thousand copies daily. The scheme prompts riders to pay for the paper, turning the car into a moving newsstand.
A promotional note urges readers to write to B. F. Johnson & Co. of Richmond Virginia to discover work that yields happiness and profit. The message targets job seekers unsure of suitable employment and promises guidance to secure fitting positions.
A Philadelphia Press summary notes various city workers and their wealth across roles in Humble Employment. It lists a police officer valued at about 150000 with 15000 annual income plus 20 weekly pay, a Tenth Ward car driver with 2000 from real estate, a letter carrier worth 20000, a door to door newspaper seller with 60000 in interest, a Market Street head waiter at 30000, a hotel cook with 60000 bank stock and 25000 real estate, and a church sexton with 7500 yearly income from government bonds.
Researchers determine the soap film thickness that creates rainbow tints in expanding bubbles. Violet shade appears at about 1/60,000 of an inch, a thickness equal to 1/240,000 of an inch. As the bubble grows, a black patch forms at roughly 1/110,000,000 of an inch.
In Washington Star style a witty exchange follows a young city woman’s remark on self study. The man notes self study is bad while she quips that thinking of herself would make her narrow minded. He feels small, as she predicted, in a brief philosophical moment.
The Swedish king visited the Pope and kissed him on both cheeks, a breach of tradition that typically requires kissing the Pope’s hand. The only prior exception cited is General Grant’s handshake greeting to the late pontiff.
Ditches made for drainage that are not cleared out hinder water flow and keep ground wet. They should be thoroughly cleaned at least once a year to prevent partial filling during the year.
A quip in Brooklyn Life imagines Mr Slade reacting to his wife’s imagined death by saying he would call in the undertaker. The style lampoons melodrama and domestic rumor in a wry, satirical tone.
A brief fashion quip notes Dawson in his regular suit while Mrs Dawson wears a swan's-down attire, highlighted in a Harpers Bazaar style inspection.
A compact, era-tinged advertisement page lists Beecham's Pills at 25 cents per box and Jamaica Ginger for dysentery. It also touts Hatch's Universal Cough Syrup at similar price, plus quips about happiness, cowardice, and a boy breaking things, reflecting late 19th century sensational medical panache.
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