Morals of lumbering top-heavy warships warned
A reflecting line suggests the danger of constructing large top-heavy warships and warns against pursuing similar designs in future naval builds.
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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1893
Page
2
Coroner Editor Voicing Discontent in Quiet Town
In a small town an editor who also serves as coroner voices unhappiness with local conditions and leadership. He complains about the town’s state and signals frustration with ongoing issues.
Astronomers Unveil Solar Spots for Public Viewing
The sun spots are on hand and astronomers again have something to entertain themselves and the public with, offering a chance to observe solar activity up close.
Difficult view of a failed suicide attempt depicted
A sober reflection on the torment of a man who attempts to take his own life and survives, prompting respectful pity for his failed act and the pain behind it. The wording considers the gravity of self harm with restrained, non graphic tone.
Kaiser confronts Bis marckless policy in German vote
The article argues that in the German elections the youth driven leadership faces a hard and risky path without Bis marck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiser
Bismarck
Humane Society Could Buy Cowboys Bronchos Cheaper
From appearances it seems the Humane Society would have spent less to buy the cowboys bronchos outright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Humane Society
Stamp Conundrum Puzzles a Dollar’s Worth of Stamps
A reader presents a classic postage stamp conundrum: request one dollar’s worth of stamps with twice as many two cent stamps as one cent stamps and the rest in three cent stamps. Solve by matching values and counts to total one dollar.
Missouri man claims twin rules rare in nature
A Missouri man boasts of possessing twin rules, while naturalists deem twin males as rare as hens teeth. Experts say such pairs are unlikely to travel together, suggesting the claim is extraordinary and improbable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Potatoes In Maine's Caribou Station Worth Noted Sum
The Maine season ended with Caribou Station paying out over £400,000 for potatoes alone, excluding starch potatoes and farmers who shipped their own produce, highlighting the vast scale of the industry in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Caribou Station
CaxaDa Plans to Sell Thousand Islands Game Fish
CaxaDa aims to sell her Thousand Islands catch while public sportsmen worry over laws protecting game fish. The text cites Uncle Sam’s lax policing and a licensed practice that menaces Lake Erie's renowned fishing resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CaxaDa
Sam
Lake Erie
France considers easier divorce after three years separation
About 30 000 couples have been divorced in France in five years and a bill read in the Chamber of Deputies would allow a mere judicial separation to become a definite divorce after three years at the request of either party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Chamber of Deputies
Sinking of the Victoria Called an Accident
The piece notes how English papers label shipwrecks as accidents and mentions the Ford Theater collapse similarly described. It suggests friends of victims may seek to determine if the Victoria tragedy was accidental, implying forthcoming clarification from those affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gettysburg Electric Railway Vandalism Sparks Outrage
Citizens protest the desecration of Gettysburg’s historic field as contractors cut trees, dig hills, and remove boulders for an electric railway. The complaint to the Secretary of War questions authority to halt the work, while vandalism continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Coal price rise sparks opposition to markup practice
The coal price has climbed again without explanation. Critics say the combine inflates prices simply because it can, defying basic supply and demand as scarce supply prompts higher charges for what is sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Combine
Saxe Refuses French Academy Honor in Jestful Reproof
The story notes Marshal Saxe spurned a French Academy offer under Louis XIV. He quips that the academy would be a ring on a hat, mocking the selection of laureates for non literary merit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshal Saxe
Louis XIV
French Academy
Saxe
N S NSW Legislature Debates A Racial Immigration Bill
A drastic measure for regulating foreign immigration is before the New South Wales Legislature. It tightens residence rules for foreigners in the colony and restricts immigration of colored races, with full exclusion of Asiatics whether subjects of the Queen or not. Support exists but fear of consequences persists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New South Wales
German Census Reveals Widow and Widower Ratios
Curios statistics from Germany show four teen millions of single women and fifteen millions of single men, with two millions of widows to three quarters of a million widowers. The data suggest German widows avoid remarriage or men are biased against marrying widows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Dictatorship risks in Germany loom after election gains
The article argues socialist strength grows in Germany’s election results threatening future peace in Europe. It notes potential army expansion by the Government and warns the Emperor may trigger war to rally patriotic defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Bank Run Ties up New Jersey Bank During Saturday Suspensions
The article describes a bank in New Jersey facing a several day run as Hungarian miners and other depositors misread a “closed” card indicating noon Saturday suspensions. The deception involved stacking large sums on desks to create a visible liquidity illusion, while the depositors lacked an interpreter to grasp the sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Vegetarian Diet Death of Meat Era Foreseen
The passage argues that rising populations and economic savings would push society toward a vegetable diet. It contrasts tropical vegetarians with Arctic needs for meat and suggests temperate dwellers may stop eating meat only when scarce, implying meat may become a memory in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress of Vegetarians
Chicago
Canada
Tropics
Arctic Zone
Birth-rate Census Sparks Public Interest Across States
Census reveals birth rates in 1480 at 30.95 per thousand, dropping to 26.68 in 1890. Southern states show rates of 30 to nearly 34, while New England, California, and Nevada fall below 20. Regional declines from 1880 noted. New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts among the lowest. Explaining the figures remains challenging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Carolinas
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Texas
Arkansas
Tennessee
New England
California
Nevada
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
New York
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Bob White Quail Male Cares For Nest In Alabama Report
A note from June 1886 recounts Dr J M Pickett of Cedarville Alabama observing a male Bob White on a nest. The eggs did not hatch and were later destroyed to prevent nest occupation by the male. The female likely died hours earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob White
Captain Bendice
J. M. Pickett
Cedarville
Alabama
Ile
Doctor Pickett
Not Go Dangerous as It Was
Twelve years ago one sailor in cv ary 106 who went to sea lost his life. Now only one in 256 is lost.
Comfort For Business Men From Talmage Sermon At Tabernacle
Rev. Dr. Talmage’s Sunday sermon at the Tabernacle centers on wealth desire under God’s law, urging business leaders to endure market turmoil with faith. He warns against ruinous ambition, stresses home duties, and stresses that money cannot buy salvation while encouraging resilience and upright conduct amid 19th century financial crises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talmage
Jerusalem
San Francisco
New York
Ocean
Church of God
Washington
The Shipwreck of a World Sermon Message
A sermon laments earthly losses and urges faith, comparing a Central America disaster to a future divine judgment. It urges devotion and preservation of the soul despite wealth loss, promising salvation through the everlasting covenant. The speaker warns many will not survive the world’s final shipwreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ises
Central America
Jesus
Hong
God
Albatrosses Sail Like Vessels Aboard Ships
The albatrosses follow ships with wind ahead and wings shaped to act as sails. They nest in calcareous reefs and are rare on Louisiana coasts. eggs are large, white and reflective, nests hidden underwater with salt crusts, and the birds ride water and steamers at about twelve miles per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Pacific
Africa
East India Archipelago
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Compound color table yields best hues by tested blends
A vetted list ranks color blends by first color and subsequent tones in order of importance. Exact proportions vary by experiment and include Buff, Chestnut, Chocolate, Claret, Copper, Dove, Drab, Flesh, Freestone, French Gray, Gray, Gold, Green Bronze, Green Pea, Lemon, Limestone, Olive, Orange, Peach, Pearl, Pink, Purple, Rose, Sandstone, Snuff, and Violet with colors like white, yellow, red, black, ochre, vermilion, lake, blue, chrome green, Prussian blue, and other pigments.
House of Representatives Breeds Future Senators
The article argues that many House alumni such as Blaine Garfield Frye Conger Hale Beck Lamar and Voorhees rose to the Senate but added little reputational value. It laments the current Senate’s lack of speakers while noting Voorhees reading essays to empty seats and the public’s quip about the “Tall Sycamore of the Wabash.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blaine
Garfield
Frye
Conger
Hale
Beck
Lamar
Voorhees
Senate
House
Dan
Washington
Goringfeld
Victoria Gives Elles Terry on Little Suggestion
Theater notices reveal Victoria endorses Elles Terry on a minor hint while a review notes the revival of A Trip to Chinatown fails to uphold Mr Hoyt's standing. W Crane analyzes American plays with critical focus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Elles Terry
Chinatown
Mr. Hoyt
Crane
Hoyt’s Salted Farces Captivate American Audiences
The article defends Charles Hoyt as a premier American playwright who draws from everyday life and working-class characters. It contrasts Hoyt’s popular streetwise humor with a flawed later work, A Trip to Chinatown, and recalls a domestic scene illustrating public fascination with theatrical scandal and rebukes.
I Began Producing Purely American Plays Says William H Crane
In the New York Journal William H Crane recalls backing American drama from near obscurity to prominence. He notes financing three to six authors annually, with retainers spending at least ten thousand dollars each season, and cites The Senator as a landmark success that spurred growth in American plays abroad and pleased audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Crane
New York Journal
New York
England
America
Queen Prompts Miss Ellen Terry at Sandringham
Pall Mall Gazette reports a humorous incident during Miss Ellen Terry’s Portia speech in Merchant of Venice at Sandringham. Queen Victoria, seated with Royal courtesy, mistook Portia’s pause for a lapse and prompted the actress, who recovered with grace amid the royal scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duchess of Kent
Miss Terry
Bess
Pall Mall Gazette
Legal Matrimony Tangles Stirring In Three Marriages
The piece notes Cora Tanor remains Mrs Sinn amid a decree, detailing divorces and remarriages including Mrs Sinn once being Mrs Farlin. It contrasts with a famous Illinois case of multiple ex spouses and a pending appeal, humorously pondering cannubial calculus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Tanor
Mr. Sinn
Illinois
Jehosaphat
Theatrical Notes and Society Gossip of the Era
The piece surveys multiple theatre topics from Dublin licenses to new plays. It notes May Waldren’s marriage, Masenete’s opera Sais, Overton licensing English rights, Crane's Brother John at Star Theater, a caution to theatergoers about dress, and ongoing waves of dramatic fashion with Viola Compton’s stage debut and ES Van Zits entering comedies Champagne and A Bachelor's Years. It also asserts Americans see rich material for plays and predicts growing recognition for new playwrights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sardoov
Fanny Davenport
Actors’ Fund
Thespians
Dublin
May Waldren
Robson
May Rush
Massenet
Charles Overton
Belasco and Fyles
W. H. Crane
John
Star Theater
New York
New York Sun
Edward Compton
Bateman
Two Cities
Viola Compton
Charles Darnay
ES. van Zitx
Felix Morris
Europe
Prayer and Awe Animate the Human Spirit
The text extols truthful piety and the inward God, arguing prayer unites awe and love, elevates earth and heaven within the heart, and sustains the soul amid sorrow. It contends prayer resists denial as nature and God exert power beyond sceptics, who must sever reverence to banish its influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Heaven
Sowing Wild Oats and the Devil's Crop Maxims
The piece laments the sowing of wild oats as a deadly folly across life stages. It warns seeds will sprout with persistent roots and leaves, urging burning the oats and deep soil work to avoid lasting troubles. Thomas Hughes is quoted on the folly and consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Hughes
Live To-day stirl of great value and eternal life
Theodore Parker urges readers to seek Heaven by living righteously now. He says everlasting life comes from knowing God and letting his spirit dwell within, with justice wisdom religion and love as the best earthly deeds that lead to heavenly reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Association
America
Christ
Napoleon
United States
God
Urs
Gibson
Stirl
Earth
Theodore Parker
The Use of Temptations in Life and Battle
The passage argues that daily temptations create growth through conflict and struggle. It claims growth comes from overcoming battles, likening this to a soldier’s honor and the Master’s spirit. Easy life yields little nobility, and heaven belongs to those who overcome.
Truthfulness as a virtue in science and knowledge
The text extols honesty in scientific learning, praising candid admission of ignorance as noble and refreshing. It criticizes evasive or speculative replies and argues that plain acknowledgement of not understanding strengthens character and credibility.
Notes and Comments from Religious Groups
The General Theological Seminary of New York graduated a class of 33. Illinois Congregationalists contributed 1 million dollars to church work last year, 280 thousand for missions. Missionary debt of the Methodist Episcopal Church stood at 120 thousand, pledges later covered it. Salvation Army praised by Stockholm police for crime fighting impact. William A. Stearns of Concord left 60 thousand dollars to American Baptist Missionary Union and Home Missionary Society. The Salvation Army is noted for reaching unconventional regions and classes. Wesleyan Methodist Church in Britain reports 427,739 members, up 2,780, with 32,016 on trial, up 4,476. Christian Endeavor is banned by the Turk government, with prohibition on literature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Theological Seminary of
New York
Ilinois
Tae
Methodist Episcopal Church
Stockholm
Salvation Army
William A. Stearns
Concord
American Baptist Missionary Union
American Baptist Home Missionary Society
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Great Britain
Land of the
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Damascus
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Tam
Hoyt
Ameriica
Boston
Charley Hoyt
Charles Hoyt
Violet
Robinson
Prettyman
Maud
Mabel Rockerbilt
Jack
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