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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1894
Page
11
A Minneapolis housekeeper Nelly Mee Afco writes a devotional poem praising Suliiette. The speaker extols Suliette as radiant and virtuous, offering imagery of sunlight, beauty, compassion, and art as a moral beacon for the weary and hopeful.
John Copleston Sinlesby rescues a drowning young woman off a Beacon Street alley and shelters her in his town house. The rescued girl, Margaret Leland, soon wins his regard as doctors and nuns arrange care. She plans to return home as the pair form a hopeful bond.
Singlesby confronts a family legacy tied to Copleston land in Halifax and a desk that rekindles love with Margaret. He purchases the desk’s papers, restores the inheritance to Leland, and renounces personal pursuit to seek a nobler path and a tranquil life by the Charles.
Sir Richard Burton challenges the phrase weaker sex, arguing inferiority is social. He notes women as laborers among tribal groups and predicts renewed feminine industry in England with old maids enlisted. In Dahomey women hold official status but still face male arrogance and a persistent male dominance in leadership.
Humorous exchange from the Atlanta Constitution shows a debtor offering assets like cotton corn or hogs, only to admit lacking livestock and crops while joking that rheumatism and measles are the only assets left, if creditors can wait.
A St. Louis Republic note states objects weigh less when barometer is low, despite higher atmospheric pressure. It cites that an average man bears about 15 tons of air pressure, and a mercury drop from 31 to 29 inches adds roughly one ton.
In Paris Echo a man seeks details of a line accident his family survived. A clerk derides newspaper figures claiming 15 dead 40 wounded, says the true toll was 30 dead 31 wounded, and teases the man about alphabetical victim lists as a cautionary statistic.
A breakfast scene shows a humane man freeing a fly trapped in butter. That night the same fly leads police to a burglar, who drops his loot and escapes. The grateful insect returns the favor by signaling the saved silver's owner.
Boston Critic correspondent notes an 1598 Excelsior issue from Pittsfield with verses by Oliver Wendell Holmes to an Episcopal fair post office. The item includes mock lines about turning a leaf and love, plus quips about tinned beef dinners and a doctor threatening amputation in a humorous montage from Quiver and Indianapolis Journal.
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