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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1894
Page
10
The article recounts Jacob Todd, once deemed eccentric in a western Ohio town, who amassed a fortune of 600000 by his 1867 death. His widow and three daughters Mary Sarah and Jane remained unmarried, a mystery tied to Todd’s odd life and a long refrain of speculation.
A Cincinnati executors’ tale surrounds a $520000 will leaving three homely sisters to wed within two years. Men must pass tests of honesty faith and church attendance and endure farm labor before marriage at the farms. A baggage man with a broken nose wins Mary’s favor and readiness to marry within an hour.
In a narrative set across Michigan Kentucky Tennessee and New Hampshire a narrator and Mr Waldo pursue a redheaded husband for Jane and two other tall suitors for Sarah and Mary. They chase matches across Bardstown Akron Plymouth Dalton Norton and Salem encountering tall men misfits stutters and hair color shortages while noting odds against redheaded prospects and a final turn toward Norton and Salem.
The narrator describes a sham marriage plot to abduct a school teacher and arrange three marriages. After manipulating the teacher, a sewing machine agent wins the girl, and the others also find partners. The plan culminates with a triple wedding eleven days before two years expire, all parties satisfied.
A humorous anecdote from Youth's Companion recounts Ellen a clumsy English servant who jokes about paying for broken dishes by losing her hide and placing blame on her heels. When she falls with a milk pan, she blames her misfortune on her heels and expresses pride in her heart over her work.
London engineer proposes storing heat by day heating water in boilers to 250 pounds pressure and transferring it to cylindrical reservoirs. Water is drawn when needed. steam engines run by pressure release to 190 pounds. A reservoir 8 feet by 90 feet could supply 5250 pounds of steam at 180 pounds.
In a museum a baby Jumbo is shown with a star and striped side linked by a golden chain to an onion jack design. A New Hampshire lady visiting Washington recognizes Jumbo from a long ago gift to her daughter in England, who married a man named Link. She does not claim him and Jumbo never voyages across the ocean.
A discussion on deep sea fish and the risk they face when rising toward the ocean surface. The expansion of swim bladders at depth can cause buoyancy to overwhelm muscle control, leading to death as they ascend. Also notes on related historical anecdotes and a crown relic from Irish kings.
Eskimo hunters tell a tale of a stake and flint blade set in ice to lure wolves. Wolves lick blubber, cut tongues, taste blood, and fight each other until the pack is dead, allowing the hunter to skin them for cheap wolf skins.
The article describes exercises to develop facial muscles and restore rounded youthful contours. Techniques include broad smiling with finger resistance on the cheek, pulling mouth corners outward, chin elevation with finger pressure, and chewing on rubber inserts to fill hollow cheeks, followed by cheek rubbing to strengthen muscles daily.
A Chicago Herald quote urges a few months of actual experience under the Wilson bill to prove its worth and gain broader commercial and industrial liberty. It emphasizes that what is needed now is action in the Senate to extend the trial and implement broader reforms.
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