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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1894
Page
8
Health updates and daily life items from By Mule Driver. Names like Mary Beeler Samuel Siegrist and E L Mertz appear with visits, travels, schooling and church events. Local business, farming, road work and Measles impact are noted along with community figures and a report on a family dispute and a funeral.
Tocsin from Lualaba notes fine weather and promising crops. It invites readers to trade with local merchants and praises the community as cheerful. It urges readiness to forgive others' shortcomings.
Health remains good as William Colbert visited James Hudson last Sunday. Aunt Betty Cloud improves and can be up some. Levi Huffman and wife visited relatives in (as City. A. H. Beard and family of Warren visited H. J. Roby. Samuel Haines and family from Van Buren joined Isaac Colbert. Farmers nearly finished planting corn with some plowing begun. Levi Cline and family report a pleasant Toledo, Indiana visit. Mort [ritchet of Marion moved from Ben Shields’ farm to work for him this summer. Cemetery lots in Jones and Cloud may be purchased after May 19, 1894. Mrs Martin Baker and her Sunday School class picnicked in Pulse’s woods. good time noted. Locals speculate Chopson oil well was drilled into the sand enough.
Oil is found and a new well is expected to open soon indicating strong prospects. Lew Colbert traded his bicycle for a buggy and Harve Cline bought a new one, as girls plan buggy riding, and the pace will not be slow.
In a Life and Correspondence excerpt, Arthur Stanley shows a rare nod to humor. The tale recalls Halle’s cook winning a lottery with number 23 after dreaming of seven thrice, prompting Stanley to remark that three times seven does not equal 23.
The Louisville Courier Journal reports Longfellow and Ten Broeck graves at Nantura Stock farm Woodford county Harpers home. Ten Broeck grave fenced white and green marble shaft stands with one inscription. Longfellow grave not yet enclosed. Jill Johnson and imported Rossington may join the quadruple grave.
A collage of notes from multiple sources covers clock numbering in Italy from one to twenty four, Irish gold abundance with Wicklow mines and museums, porcelain Meissen flutes, a Twain quote on eggs in baskets, and Harvard President Eliot on ancient Greek athletics versus modern college sports.
The article touts Minnesota, South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska and Wyoming as ideal farm regions. It highlights low prices for rich prairie lands, liberal terms, and strong markets via the Chicago and North Western Railway. Maps and schedules are available from ticket agents or W. A Thrall in Chicago. April 7-21 May 5-19.
In a Fortnightly Review piece Bernard Shaw deemphasizes the piano as a musical instrument noting cultural limits while other masters write for it and listeners still enjoy. A Washington Star quip recalls a parrot bought as a talking pet that merely emits sounds due to a Chinaman’s education.
The North Western Line spans nearly 8 000 miles and offers the North Western Limited a premier daily 6:30 p.m. service from Chicago to St Paul Minneapolis and Duluth. Vestibuled gas lit cars with 16 section palace sleepers, dining car and buffet library provide luxury travel. The line touts impeccable service to attract and retain passenger traffic. For the M2 Peoples Party State Convention in Indianapolis in May 2024 the L E W R will offer May 23 and 24 round trips at one and one third fare, returnable by May 25.
United States senators who condemned the Wilson bill as a menace to American industries drew scrutiny in 1892 by declaring Grover Cleveland could not be elected president if he won the Democratic nomination.
A brief criticism asserts no repeal of the McKinley law and widespread unemployment protests. It denounces the tariff as a robber tax burdening workers and families seeking bread.
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