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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1893
Page
3
An 19th century style plea for preventive health against malaria and bilious ailments. The piece recommends Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a superior tonic over quinine, claiming it eradicates malaria in hot climates and addresses kidney and rheumatic issues. It emphasizes nationwide trust in the remedy.
Reader note cites Rev HP Carson from Scotland Dakota asserting two bottles of Hall's Catarrh Cure cured a little girl. The column recalls Theodore Hook coronation anecdote and a bishop audience where a country gentlewoman exposed newspaper deception about Cardinal Wolsey.
A policy credited to the German Emperor provides maid servants with stamp books. Each week a 5 cent stamp is purchased from the government and pasted by the mistress. The stamp acts as a tax for government support if the servant falls ill, and otherwise the stamps accumulate for the servant’s old age.
B. F. Johnson and Richmond Virginia promote social contact and financial independence for young men by offering opportunities to earn money while broadening life experiences. The venture invites participation and promises rapid savings.
A restless writer notes the England to India sea route is littered with shipwrecks. An industrious statistician claims hundreds of millions in gold and jewels lie at the bottom along a busy path. The piece repeats a quack remedy reference about Hatch's Universal Cough Syrup.
A dialogue invites Cousin Tom to Bar Harbor with talk of a wealthy girl. The scene shifts to a Beecham's Pills pitch claiming indigestion and stomach disorder cure after a good night’s sleep.
A fragmented collection of social quips and product pitches. The text includes lines about courtship chats and fashion, Dr Isaac Thompson eye water sold as a physician's prescription, praise for family-made preserves, a digestion tip with Small Bite Bean, and a joke about breaking into an old man’s house due to weak locks and broken gait.
Cervantes Burton disguises himself to pass a security gate at a fair using a photo pass. A series of misread IDs leads to a comic pursuit, a dramatic reveal, and a romance with a beauty who doubts his attire. The Chicago Times recounts the puzzling gate tale with sharp humor.
A charming Vicomte learns his uncle left 2 000 000 francs and an unfurnished Rue de la Victorie house with 82 000 francs yearly rent. He orders the concierge to lower rents by one third, provoking disbelief at the lodge and a quarrel with his wife Amanda.
In the Rue de la Victorie a landlord lowers rents after a strange incident prompting 23 lodgers to abandon, fearing a hidden blow or crime. Neighbors speculate on the cause as Bernard seeks a signed note while the building empties and rumors spread.
In a Paris quarter, the abandoned Rue de la Victoire house known as The Accursed House drives away occupants. Bernard and Mme Bernard flee after terrifying dreams while Amanda seeks escape from kinship and stage life. The neighborhood suffers as rents fall and neighboring homes lose value.
A Civil War memory recounts A H Nickerson wounded at Gettysburg and his servant Jerry a colored boy who took his haversack and rubber coat. Rain drenches Nickerson as he searches for his gear while Sergt Tracy dies trying to bring water. The tale ends with reference to greater love.
A dialog from the New York Herald tells of a con in which an egoistical suitor pitches a fake “engagement insurance” plan. He offers a policy for $1 a month to guard against memory loss after engagements, but a married man rejects it, noting he is already wed.
A short anecdote profiles Amy I Bell, a London stock broker with a notable office near the Stock Exchange and a thriving client base among women. As a child she displayed an unusual aptitude for finance, proving her vocation with early fascination for stock quotes and market reasoning.
A thoughtful admonition argues against deeming novices foolish due to inexperience. It praises steady, diligent effort over flashy talent and notes Crastity as one virtue among others.
In a Home Journal style notice, the article urges practical kitchen upgrades for efficiency and hygiene. It stresses brown oilcloth flooring to hide wear, a foldable flap table, marble cloth tops, wood chairs, wall-hung utensil racks, and dedicated closets for ironing and baking gear, all to improve domestic harmony and upkeep.
The piece argues that mothers sacrifice personal needs for children yet such self denial can foster selfishness in offspring. It warns that overindulgence at home may raise children unprepared for real-world struggles and future hardships. Parents are urged to weigh true sacrifices against shaping resilient, independent adults.
The law permits women meeting citizenship and residency criteria to vote in school matters and tax decisions at district meetings. It applies to those on town rolls or with a child who attended school, and to others who hire property in the district, with married women allowed same rights as single. The statute even accepts verbal rent arrangements to qualify.
A celebrated French woman hosts a yearly fête delighting guests with an unexpected theme. On one occasion attendees arrived in peasant dress and were greeted by a country bourgeois hostess. Farm wagons, floral decorations, cider, and rustic games energized the lawn gathering.
The piece describes various entertainments and delicacies for a celebration. It mentions copying maothers, Cartier sports and dances, cream and cottage cheese treats, and the idea of a gypsy fortune-teller or an Indian war-dance as night falls.
The Boston Courier notes mothers with daughters juggle arrivals from Paris and coming-out receptions while arranging guest lists for weekly dinners and weeded visiting rosters. Society girls must host weekly dinners to attract suitors, as death is the only excuse to skip social duties and dances with former hostesses.
Twenty six young women including several misses showcased a creditable display of pumping, hose, ladder, and blanket practice at a county seat in England. They wore a dark blue skirt uniform with white blouses and sailor hats, scarlet sashes forming graceful loops on the skirts.
A California girl touring an English baronet’s grounds spots a peach tree trained against a southern wall and exclaims at its support. The baronet replies that peach trees are always grown that way, noting the practical lean for fruit.
Two friends quarrel over remarks by Mrs Preacher heard yesterday. One notes the harsh words while the other insists not to hear them, showing strain in their exchange.
In a letter dialogue from Tit-Bits, Mr Duffer proposes he will marry only when he meets a woman who is his direct opposite. He is told that many bright, intelligent girls in the neighbourhood could fit that criteria.
A traveler in Portugal finds his native dog responds to Portuguese commands, ignores English despite gestures, and ultimately learns both languages. After moving to France the dog adapts, though replies falter compared with Portuguese and English as he ages and languages change.
A humorous portrait of Phoebe Cary described as witty and lively at dinners and breakfast, plus a humorous exchange at a party. She slipped from a staircase while watching a museum anaconda, but Barnum caught her, sparing a bruising fall. The piece recalls her quick wit and a quip about luck compared to a prior incident.
A Boston Budget item recounts a minister leaving for a trip and a boy Bobby pledging to look after mamma alone while praying for protection for papa and siblings. The piece ends noting the women who sought delegates at a church convention, while everybody else enjoyed the event.
Chemists report the discovery of hydrazoic acid named for its three nitrogen to one pyeromen composition. It may transform explosive chemistry though the acid itself is not explosive. its metal salts are highly so. Discovered by accident during an obscure organic study with few samples in the United States.
A Norwich church deacon and the Sunday-school superintendent were on a cottage veranda when a disheveled woman asked if anyone could swim. They chased her to the rocks and sea, where she revealed she lost her bathing suit. He suggested she advertise in Bordeaux papers while they returned home.
In 1608 Derry, nearly destroyed, was granted in 1612 to London’s Lord Mayor and Corporation forming the Irish Society to rebuild. It was incorporated as Londonderry in 1613 and lands within the county were divided among the Twelve Great Companies. The Irish Society remains a private property holder, not a governing body, and the bishopric retains the name Derry.
The word Eurasia or Eurasian originally meant a person of mixed European and Asian parentage, often a European father and Hindu mother, and later came to refer to half-breeds of European and Asiatic blood. The term also names the combined continents Europe and Asia, sometimes called Europasia.
An Oxford diocese circular asks if the clergyman preaches the Gospel with consistent conduct. The Wallingford church-warden replies that the preacher "preaches the Gospel, but he does not keep a carriage," a humorous misinterpretation of conduct versus carriage.
The excerpt notes that an old woman says you 'axe your pardon' reflecting careful English from the late 14th to 16th century. It cites Wycliffe's 1380 New Testament and Coverdale's 1534 Matthew translation, where 'axe' meaning ask appears in sayings about asking for things to be given.
A dying man, gasping for breath, directs that all his property go to his eldest daughter and asks the lawyer to ensure she inherits after his death. He asks the lawyer to marry her, the lawyerSilent gesture and a final, mournful consent.
Advice on facial care and temperament to reduce wrinkles. Emphasizes nine hours sleep daily, avoiding worry, wearing smoked glasses, gentle facial washing with warm water and pure soap, rubbing with flannel, feeding with cold cream, and accepting sunburn as a smoothing factor. The core guidance urges staying emotionless.
The piece notes that the deadly Upas tree’s poison is fictional, while it hints at exposure to flammable gases in Java’s volcanic lowlands. It frames the claim as historically built on myth rather than verifiable fact.
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Max Muller cites that a farm laborer uses about 400 words an educated man about 3000 to 4000 and a talker around 10000. He notes the Old Testament has 5642 words Milton uses about 8000 and is nearly 15000. Drake's Magazine.
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