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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1893
Page
2
An eclectic, fragmented passage links business use for a face, the brevity of a professional politician’s career, Arctic winter saps about twenty one weeks, and Jullson noting a scolding can hurt a boiler yet not always.
Despite hard times women keep fashion moving as winter wardrobes lean toward shorter dresses. The shift signals ongoing style resilience with slimmer silhouettes amid economic pressure.
The article notes Nome took over two thousand years to reach 200000, but since 1570 the population has nearly doubled, remaining around 400000 with low numbers reported.
Report states a rich Quincy resident died when a folding bed closed on him. The incident is noted with a fatal accident context and a moralizing tone about sleeping arrangements.
Mr. Garp of Colgorada offers a reward of 16000 pounds to capture Apache Kid. The claim recalls a prior quip about selling the skin of men amid hunting tales, with the breakfasting man referenced in common lore.
The text urges a mother to exercise tender yet firm control from birth. It emphasizes shielding the child from vanity and bad habits as from disease. The core advice centers on daily demonstration of justice and truthfulness in all trivial matters.
A San Francisco reporter describes Robert Louis Stevenson in Samoa as thin and pale with a gaunt, wearied face. He is ill much of the time yet consistently good natured, while Mrs. Stevenson reportedly smokes cigarettes.
The text notes Mrs J Cole Prayton’s return to America and questions if her mother Mrs Astor will seek to reinstate her in society. It credits Mrs Prayton with dignity amid the Drayton Milbank Lorrawe scandal and criticizes her husband and a young relative Jarrene.
The article discusses the Lacania ship again setting a 560 mile run from noon to near sunset, with 24 hours 50 minutes elapsed and a speed near 23 knots. It contrasts feats of longevity, a Mexico centenarian death, and a Hungary wedding. It criticizes crank figures and urges safety advances for rail travel and urges law intervention to ban coal and kerosene heated cars.
The fragment suggests a discussion around an Alabama law or code being nearly nullified, indicating legal contention or reform efforts. Details are sparse but imply a heated debate over applicability and scope within the state legal framework.
A proposal backed by the Premier, Emperor, and Cabinet would require civil marriages in all cases. Clergy oppose it and many citizens doubt its aim. The measure cannot strengthen marital obligations, as ceremonies matter more for lasting union than formality. The change hinges on broader acceptance.
The piece portrays Terre Haute as a rare American center for anti vaccination adherents where courts blocked the Board of Health from enforcing school vaccination. It warns that enlightened citizens may keep children home to avoid infection and laments the city’s need for enlightenment with a hyperbolic warning about “burning witches.”
In a charged column in Pall Mall Gazette, William Waldorf Astor invokes the Harrison assassination to condemn U.S. municipal government practices. The writer accuses him of bias and subservience to English interests, urging foreign correspondents to ignore his remarks.
The court fined Rippey $250 or 125 days for shooting bonanza king Mackey, with quail hunting penalties cited as milder. The piece humorously ponders if a larger target might have yielded cheaper punishment, noting social sympathy for the old man and critiquing value placed on animal life versus human life.
A discussion argues Japan’s poverty absence stems from land tenure giving workers holdings and promoting self-sufficiency, plus a love of country life and plain living. It notes equal manners across classes enable charity through friendship rather than ostentation, and questions if this will endure with industrial change.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a man requests a tooth extraction from an oculist who clarifies he handles eyes not teeth. The tale ends with a quip about eye teeth and a joke on marital disputes showing a man seeking to convince his wife she is unreasonable.
The Boston Herald argues that high tariff advocates set a precedent by passing the McKinley tariff despite public verdicts against it. It claims Republicans ignored electoral shifts in New York Ohio and Massachusetts to push protection, and warns they cannot demand Democrats follow a different path now.
The piece argues the Democrats cannot afford to restore the sugar tariff as removed by the McKinley bill. It warns the bargain would cost three times six votes from the West and Northwest in the next Congress. It calls sugar on the free list a major blunder by Protectionists and notes the tariff acts as a tax raising prices for households.
The piece argues against tariff cuts, warning they would harm American industry. It cites steel rail prices, British competition, and quotes from Carnegie as proof that protection sustains prices and profits, urging vigilance against Democratic revenue tariffs.
The piece praises Secretary Carlisle as a successor to Robert J. Walker, noting his potential to produce a clear and candid state paper on taxation similar to the Walker report. It argues such a document would command global attention and influence European and American statesmen.
A compilation of editorials argues tariff reform and rapid reduction are essential for national interests and party goals. It cites calls from the News in Lynchburg Buffalo Montgomery Atlanta Baltimore Kansas City Elmira Newport Louisville and other papers urging decisive congressional action, adherence to platform pledges, and prompt tariff revision to boost industry and confidence.
A survey of Stephen Foster’s public reception and the song Old Folks at Home detailing its origin in Pittsburgh with the Suwanee river name, Foster’s other works, and his burial. The column includes Edwin Booth reflections on religious staging, travel notes on Joe Murphy and Francis Murphy, theater anecdotes, and notes on performers, operas, and early Shakespeare folios.
Hamburg Nachrichten reports Hussars occupying front seats at a city theatre. Officers mocked spectators by swinging plush bags over the ledge to display opera-glasses tokens of plucked fashion, causing laughter and distracting from the stage. The trend spread to lower classes before the bags vanished from view.
The narrator recalls Edwin Booth in 1854 traveling with David C. Anderson to Australia and Hawaii. Booth helped posters rise nightly after a native worker stole paste to eat. Booth then postered the next night’s performances himself, claiming honesty and no paste theft.
A visitor recounts mixed Stratford experiences with crowds of Americans, disliking being paraded at Shakespeare's home and irritated by noisy guides. The writer longs for solitude, hopes a few weeks will boost confidence, and notes feelings of fatigue amid this trip.
The Free Press riffs on love and luck with aphorisms about unbidden guests, beauty as not always joy, society’s butterflies, aging burdens, and the folly of reinventing old tasks. It quips about trust, loans, Cupid, and fortune tellers, hinting at self interest and misfortune.
A column discusses the burden of domestic excess and the need for balance in women’s work and home aesthetics. It cites Burdette on the “Task Mistress of Woman” and argues wives should avoid overloading the home with bric a brac and luxury, noting husbands enjoy but do not need excess.
An excerpt discusses perils facing girls during the transition from childhood to womanhood, urging thoughtful women to guide and guard concerned youths. It cites Donahue's Magazine on protecting reputation and dignity and warns against aimless pursuits and sensational attention.
Frederika Bremer’s quote on life’s duty to ease pain frames a society dame who rarely causes hurt and often gives pleasure. Her polished witticisms charm the well-bred set, who respond with breezy compliments and discreet smiles.
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt outlines how lifelong study creates a universally agreeable persona. It praises a well bred woman for discerning pleasant from unpleasant, noting she habitually references agreeable traits in her remarks. The piece suggests transplanting this cordial standard into home life benefits social circles.
Julia Waid Howe recalls Lucy Stowe facing public skepticism toward women’s public voice. Howe notes progress in women’s rights, acknowledging many supported broadening horizons, and contrasts past opposition with today’s more open stance.
The Empress of Austria, living as Mmn Nicholson at Cromer, rose at 5 AM and was rowed to sea to swim. She returned for lunch, rested, then rode or walked in the late afternoon.
Miss Minnee Sacks sues Louis A. Richelson over a betrothal contract between their families. The suit highlights a Hebrew betrothal as binding as a marriage certificate, with parents sharing responsibility for the engagement terms.
The woman’s library at the World’s Fair holds 7000 volumes in sixteen languages from twenty three countries. It will be housed in the permanent Woman’s Memorial Building and serve as the nucleus for a future collection of women’s literary works and a complete bibliography up to the present time.
A Paris cable recounts an Evangelist and Confidence Man in Chicago who uses evolving identities to swindle men at street corners. The tale follows three dupe victims exchanging names like Easley Reinhardt and Greenup as the conman’s card reveals his ruse.
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