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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1894
Page
7
A rundown of ads and community items includes sales offers, farm gear for sale, seeds and grain notes, a remedy claim, local political chatter, contractor services, and a long social column with farm life vignettes from Wells County. It mentions Charley Tapp, J. W. Shoemaker, H. C. Arnold, and community events in Bluffton vicinity.
T F Anthony of Promise City Iowa declares he bought one bottle of Mystic Cure and two doses relieved his rheumatism more than any prior medicine. Sold by L J Karns, Blufton druggist.
The Pall Mall Gazette reports theory that Jean Cousin of Dieppe reached America in 1488, four years before Columbus. It notes Cousin sailed the Amazon naming it Maragnon, with crewman Pincon punished on return, and suggests Columbus may have encountered Cousin’s voyage through a French lens.
Letter dated July 9 1653 from Cromwell to Captain Penn discusses Dutch fleet actions off enemies coast and hopes for parliamentary picks of godly gentlemen. praises Deane and asks for updates on affairs and fidelity as a true friend. Also a humorous piece on why well bred people cover their mouths when yawning with a cross sign once used to ward off the devil.
The Salvation Army began in Whitby Yorkshire when William Booth then a minister issued a declaration of war with hallelujahs. He posted 2000 copies to spur a crowd and held a vigorous meeting that sparked the movement, according to the Journal of Education.
A fragment shows a mistress asking for morning news and her husband’s table setting, mentioning big accidents murders bomb explosions and rumors of another war, then ordering warm leftovers and the newspaper set by his plate.
The article explains January derives from Januarius named for Janus the two faced Roman divinity. It notes Janus looks toward the new year on one face and the old year on the other, reflecting the month's dual outlook.
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