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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1893
Page
4
Instructions on preparing beans sprouts onions parsley and greens with practical methods. Emphasizes boiling times for tenderness, cut style to favor texture, vinegar handling for pickling, and the roles of salt and washing soda in greens.
Tony Pastor, famed stage comedian, discusses how gags arise from daily life and audience dynamics. He notes gags travel from momentary inspiration, adapt to performer and venue, and often outlive local variants, with repeat usage and stage context shaping their success. He recalls examples and contrasts with newspaper gags and historic actors, highlighting Barrett, Mantell, Dixey, Kyrle Bellew, and Will S Rising as era stars.
Philadelphia Music and Drama notes Edwin Booth said Lawrence Barrett’s Hamlet surpassed his own. Barrett’s deep Shakespearean grasp and evolving ideas influenced a scene where Hamlet embraces his mother, a choice met with criticism for misreading Hamlet’s mental shift.
Joseph Jefferson recounts a dinner clash with a perceptive Englishwoman who tested him with American questions. He recalls parrying her jibe about the queen and a playful revenge. The piece also notes a French Folly Company advance agent describing an April 1 applause contest with prizes for top performers.
Peggy Pryde told an English interviewer she loves America but will never return except for a pleasure trip due to arduous work. In London she borrowed a song from her mother Jennie Hil and performed Push Dem Clouds Away learned from Percy Gaunt. Pryde praises American audiences as warm hearted and blames critics who fail to please.
Julia Wilcox once popular in Joshua Whitcomb married years ago and retired. Sara Jewett in New York City hopes to return next season. A Mirror writer cites morphomania to explain Duse’s genius. Frank Daniels in Dr Cupid debuts a new dark society hotel keeper persona. A Nebraska bank story sets a reflective scene at a New England play where a veteran tears up, then jokes about dry goods. A writer defends the acrobatic farce while lamenting stage frivolity and late nineteenth century drama.
A spoof collection titled Mealthy Sailor Anecdotes gleaned from various sources promises light reading. It features a mock dialogue with Lord George Gordon Fitzhugh and Mise Morleigh and includes a comic police beat exchange about a lunatic terrorizing a beat. The piece aims to amuse before bedtime.
In a whimsical scene the lecturer demonstrates a magnified drop of pure spring water, then compares it with a Hackensack River sample. A spectator, in humorous fashion, protests with a hiccup and a playful urge to leave the building.
The president states that every share of the Doemup Bond Investment and Silver Mining Company stock has been sold. An investor notes ongoing advertisements still promote stock for sale, and the president confirms more copies are being printed.
Mrs. D'Avnoo notes that the street repairers have finally finished their work and removed the red lantern, signaling another old landmark's disappearance. Mr. D'Avnoo reflects with astonishment at the change.
A humorous exchange in Puck features a shopper asking for eight yards of 4 cent cotton prints while a skeptical salesman insists the colors won’t run unless washed. The brief gag relies on witty pushback and everyday shopping banter.
Edith plans to sing I Love Thee on banjo to George this evening and hopes for his reaction. Beatrice jokes he’ll say she’s stringing him. Wife asks about dog monitor and husband explains sausage price at 40 cents a pound.
A distressed statement expresses frustration over inability to sleep until opponents resolve their difficulties. The speaker longs for relief and notes ongoing disturbance affecting rest. No identifiable names or locations are provided in the fragment.
Dialogue excerpt shows a clerk speaking to a peer and a rural child naming concerns about canal water. The child complains that in summer water is pumped to drown skaters and in winter water is released preventing skating, highlighting local grievances with canal management.
A humorous exchange notes guests facing a French menu at the St. Fashion hotel. Bouttown complains waiters and staff cannot translate, while Cultured Friend insists he can understand French, creating a culture clash in a witty scene.
Sharpe cites Lambley’s taste for inventions while Keepe of Waverly Magazine accuses him of swallowing every lie told to him. The exchange captures a tense, satirical moment highlighting personal credulity and inventive boasting.
In a humorous exchange, Johnny asks what a miracle means as the judge notes a mother’s claim about catching the new person. The remarks hinge on interpretation of conduct and legality in a courtroom setting.
A collage of witty quotations and humorous lines from era cartoons and humor pages. Snippets include remarks about marriage size, fountains of youth, musical evenings, style trends, and playful family banter. Read as brief comic quips reflecting social foibles of the period.
A comic panel features Life responding to a destroyed idea of lessons with a quip about singing. St. Peter jokes about a Columbus he has just seen a set of the Columbian stamps.
An advertisement proclaims Royal Baking Powder as the purest and strongest option for fine tasting food. It warns against powders offering gifts or prizes or priced lower, alleging they contain alum lime or sulphuric acid and make food unwholesome.
An elderly author Miss Larcom recalls childhood in a mother century era tuning memory to simpler times. She describes tallow candles oil lamps and fireside chats by the chimney with sisters and the sight of logs andirons and a bark sky through the chimney.
A Welsh pupil jokes that an English duke kept twenty four cooks at a party. Later it emerges the cooks were his relatives toasted with their own cheese. An ad for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters contrasts pure tonic with cheap local bitters and praises its health effects. A London parish scene shows a woman seeking thirty pence to buy a ring for epileptic cure with clerical sanction.
A dialogue recalls a bulky letter needing special delivery and correct stamps. Henry admits the 1 cent stamps made the note look like a theater board, leaving no space for the address. He plans to retry tomorrow with a larger envelope and 3 cent stamps.
A Boston Budget item recalls a lesson in a Sunday school where Black Sammy drops a wad of chewed paper hitting the superintendent. The teacher uses the incident to warn against bad deeds and the path to Heaven. Sammy is pressed by the teacher to name who goes to Heaven and replies “Dead boys.”
The chemist Dumas resented being mistaken for the famed writer. A English noblewoman praised him and spoke of his works from Monte Cristo to The Musketeers. She offered a card for her next soiree. He replied he was not connected to the author.
Judge Bond of the United States Circuit Court hosted a dinner in Raleigh with bar members including the late Henry A. Gilliam who was briefly out of humor over rulings. In a playful moment the judge sent a hogshead to Gilliam, who accepted it and said he finally had the ear of the court as he began to eat.
In a vivid race remark, Whipple outjumped a horse by landing a full rod farther past a ditch. Fellowes notes the horse’s effort was fine but Whipple’s leap surpassed it, marking a remarkable feat in the event.
In a terse exchange a lawyer urges a client to settle an outstanding fee. The lawyer directs the clerk to add 85 to Mr. Smith's bill for further advice, highlighting a tense financial dispute within a case.
An English officer dismisses a Maltese man as a fool for not understanding English. The Maltese traveler asks about other languages and replies with a witty retort: if I am a fool, you are four foals. The anecdote illustrates language barriers and bias toward foreigners.
A humorous exchange from Texas Siftings features a sharp witticism about a sister who works daily at the piano, prompting a playful retort from Bobby. The brief joke captures light local humor from the era.
Mrs Binks asks if a young woman swallowed a razor as a tale unfolds. Mr Kinks jokes about razors for complexion. A father questions a flirtatious suitor who is getting so familiar he wears the same necktie twice in a row.
Patient questions smoking blame while the physician insists on giving up cigars for a healthier life. The banter ends with a punch line about choosing a better brand Life.
Fragmentary quotation captures a rough weather talk among workers with stray phrases about being braced and Monday work, reflecting informal street chatter and local tone.
The Georgia movement promotes village farming by clustering residences on a central tract to reduce loneliness. Proponents argue central villages offer schools stores social activities religious benefits and practical organization. Governors and leaders back the plan as study groups form to implement it statewide.
A garbled note references a heavenly parson and apios, hinting at a rural tale or legend. The unclear text suggests a religious figure or sermon linked to a harvest or crop symbol.
An 1900s style drug ad touts Cavern Cure by J Cheney & Co. offering one hundred dollars for incurable catarrh. It features testimonials, wholesale druggists in Toledo, and claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces with 75 cents per bottle.
A Chicago burglar, visiting a restaurant, asks if the burglar business has ended. He replies that he has become a waiter, calling it more profitable, safer, and just as convenient. The exchange highlights a shift to a cashing in on service work.
The Northwestern Home Seeker, a newspaper, touts South Dakota agricultural and mineral wealth and invites readers to request a free copy by mailing their address to W. A. Thrall, General Passenger Agent North-Western Line, Chicago.
A humorous exchange contrasts the hardships of pilgrim mothers with those of fathers. Hicks quotes Life noting mothers faced the same privations as fathers and also had to cope with their husbands. Dickson asks why the distinction matters, prompting the punchline.
A large handsome Map of the United States mounted for office or family use is issued by the Burlington Route. Copies mailed to any address on receipt of fifteen cents postage by P. B. Evans, Gen's Pass Agent, C., B. & Q. R.R., Chicago, IL.
A collage of quotes and short ads includes a physician quip about cigarettes and epidemics, a Bile Beans promotion with a house order, a testimonial from A A Tontas in Coverdale, a furniture joke, and a promotion for Dobbins' Electric Soap touting its new Perfect Soap at 56 a bar versus 5¢ soaps.
A remark from the Somerville Journal cites a proverb about homely infants and maternal perception, noting the idea that beauty is subjective and tied to context and comparison. The comment reflects social attitudes toward infant appearance and motherhood.
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