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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1894
Page
5
Bluffton items report farm supply ads and personal notices. Dentists and merchants promote goods while residents such as Dr William Werner and J R Fox are noted as visitors. The week includes church plans for April 8, Measles in Newville and a fatal heart attack of Mrs. Sarah A Surran with funeral Friday.
W B Estell refused to chair a Reform club meeting in Little Falls New York February 22 due to Democratic cowardice. P W Casler presided and argued tariff reform will restore prosperity, blaming Republican policy for current depression and likening weak Democrats to Lincoln era Republicans who supported abolition but later opposed radical change. The speech praised tariff reform and warned of ongoing economic distress under Republican mismanagement.
The piece argues Senators Pugh and Morgan ally with Senator Gorman’s conservatives to back duties on iron and coal, claiming they misrepresent Alabama. It notes Alabama voted for Grover Cleveland and free raw materials, with cotton and agriculture outweighing mining in 1890s value and employment.
The New York World argues Alabama mining profits rely on free raw materials and protection would harm states like Pennsylvania and Alabama alike. It notes Alabama's pig iron advantages and cheaper steel production, questioning which interests Alabama's senators protect.
In a Dry Goods Economist critique, the senate's tariff discussion is ridiculed for selfishness and dissension. The piece suggests locking lawmakers in their chamber until they vote to spur prompt action, arguing that delay harms commerce.
The Courier argues that even with government bounty to plantation hands wages would not rise. Paris restaurant workers lose tips to higher earnings for proprietors. The piece notes that thirty years of high tariff leaves laboring men dependent on public charity.
The piece mocks a German invention claimed to reduce war’s horrors by causing armies to sneeze and cough. It imagines armies halted by sneezing fits, condemning the concept as a farcical, invented warfare with economic notes on handkerchiefs and loom demand.
The Washington News notes a life preserver role for sneezing powder, framing it as a metaphorical tool to avert stagnation in industry and urging readiness to restart ventures. The remark hints at revival strategies amid evolving enterprise conditions.
The method uses a jacketed meat dish immersed in boiling water so no contact with water or steam occurs. Proponents claim nutrients are preserved with moisture preventing burning and flavor and tenderness retained.
Fragmentary text suggests a mention of cough care products or remedies. No clear persons, dates, or organizations are identifiable from the readable excerpt. Further readable context is needed to craft a precise summary.
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